In honour of the aot universe pulling me back again (and because you're the reason i got into berusasha first) i present you a thought:
AU where bertholdt and sasha live, but bertholdt hears about this marleyan guy named niccolo that, apparently, is crushing hard on his girl her
What do you think his reaction would be??
@seleneprince
Hi Selene!! ✨ Thank you so much for sending your message! Sorry for the late response :') I'm very happy to know that you became interested in berusasha because of my work! 🤧🤧🥹
And AAAAAA I loved your idea!! I think so much would be happening that he wouldn't know what to say, a lot of conflicting feelings. He has already had so many traumas, and as far as the manga has shown us, Bertholdt's father died without seeing his son return; so we have him without a family, he saw people die, people he cared about, people he had to left behind, people who needed to have died for that plan to be done, a bloody plan ordered by people who would rather see children getting blood on their hands, risking their own necks like if they were disposable. And unfortunately, that's what Eldians are in that society.
So after a lifetime of suffering, giving up himself and his feelings to serve Marley's interest, a Marleyan prisoner who would never go through a third of what Bertholdt had to face, in addition to being treated better than an Eldian would ever be, was not only having the opportunity to work alongside the Eldians he were taught to hate, but still be respected for those same Eldians! And now what? Courting one of the "island devils"? Bertholdt feels this is insane, completely unfair! Niccolo is a Marleyan, he was destined to live a life on easy mode, just for being born on the winning side of that war. That wasn't enough, did he still feel the right to hit on a girl he was “allowed” to hate and humiliate?
Bertholdt has to stop himself from saying anything. That's the end of the world, they don't have time to discuss things like relationships and feelings hidden over the years. But oh yes, he's definitely salty about it.
Well then that's what I could think of. What did you think? Do you have any different ideas? 👀
Thank you again for your message and for being interested in berusasha! Wish you a great weekend!! 🩷✨