thoughts on sasha and niccolo?
It’s finally time for me to answer this because I’ve watched the relevant episodes.
When Niccolo was first introduced, I was a sceptic. I thought it was gonna be a hinted at ship (not to say they’re any less valid, but I thought it’s a ship that would require more work on the part of the shipper to draw the links). Because I thought that was it? Sasha being a big fan of Niccolo’s food? WHICH IS, in itself very cute because... how apt that she should date a chef. (Connie, Jean and Mikasa are like “good god... typical...) Literal match made in heaven.
But Sasha died and then came the grieving. When Jean apologised to him and he’s just like “why are you saying sorry to me? I’m just the guy who made you guys food...” that hurt me... Because he wishes to be more?
Good god as if the graveyard scene wasn’t enough, Niccolo-kun went batshit on Falco and Gabs. And his expression here was just *chefs kiss* (pun intended)-
You can tell the exact moment he sort of just loses it? Can you imagine going to a fancy restaurant and in the middle of your steak and peas the chef comes out, a child under his arm and another kicked in front of him and he’s wielding a kitchen knife talking about avenging his girlfriend, your daughter? And he offers you the knife and asks if you’d like to join in. And the military is there, and he actually tells them to back off because he’s “just trying to avenge Sasha”. And he is unleashing generations worth of confusion and just manic grief on two kids?
Also note that whenever I see Niccolo I always say out loud “awwwww he’s her boyfriend!” And the first time it was just in a “awww how cute... he’s blushing” sort of way, second time it was a more serious “oh no... he’s her boyfriend 🥺”. And when he was waving that knife at Falco and gabbers, saying he had someone special to him too and her being a goddamn Eldian, saying she “saved him from the war”... his grief was so intense that it hit me-
“Oh my god... He’s her boyfriend...”
Sorry this took so long? I love this ship. Girl loves food, boy is chef? Yes. Star-crossed lovers from two warring factions? Yes. Love for girl undid a lifetime of brainwashing? Yes. Wish we had more😕
Also I miss Sasha...
