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[cattysapien]

Helloo

Do you have a softer spot for Eren or for Mikasa?

i love them both for different reasons but there’s smth abt Eren…. 🫢

he is so passionate and emotional and a very complicated person

and hes such a toxic little bitch sometimes lowkey. i love that in a male character

[starshower1215]

For the wip ask game! I'd like to know about the local puppet master

Hello, @sunflowersunite, thank you for the ask and the interest. That one is entertaining to me because it explores some things that I don't see often. Purely self-indulgent, and one of the very first things I ever wrote for AOT.

That being said, here's a piece of it for you:

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“Levi!” They were closing in on him. 

He made for a beeline out of the courtyard to hide in the corridors, but Hange’s hand had already closed around his bicep, a gleeful smile stretched across their face. Levi suppressed a groan, defeated. “What is it, four-eyes?”

Hange released his elbow and grinned, matching his pace as the two of them jogged the perimeter of the courtyard. “I was just thinking.”

“You really need to quit doing that.” 

“Have you ever been on a date, Levi?” 

Levi nearly choked on his own breath. “The hell kind of question is that?”

Hange shrugged. “Well, have you?”

Levi gaped at them. Because, well, that was the thing. He hadn’t, but was he supposed to admit that to them? He hadn’t been prepared for this conversation. Levi remembers Furlan had taken an interest in a couple women during their time together, but he quickly got over that. The both of them had learned fast that they didn’t have much room in their lives for romance, and as time rolled on, Levi had grown accustomed to the lifestyle. 

He supposed it shouldn’t have been much different now, but in retrospect, food was delivered to the table these days, even if it was simple bread and often unidentifiable sludges that he hoped would remain so. He had a bed, even if he didn’t use it much, and communal bathing in the barracks exceeded any resources he’d ever managed to get his hands on in the Underground. 

Did he have any excuses, really?

Hange had already taken his hesitance as a response, though, puffing their cheeks out thoughtfully. “Have you ever wanted to go on one? Well, do you think you’d mind it?”

Levi stared at them blankly, his stomach twisting strangely. “Are you asking me—” 

“—To go on a date with Nanaba!” 

That time, he actually did choke on his breath.

And that was how he ended up in the room Mike shared with three other soldiers, swapping through shirts that he'd been forced to choose with Mike and Hange in preparation for his big date night.

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I think the cool part of this is the thought process: "The Survey Corps put their lives on the line every single day. So does that make them more afraid to lose, or braver to live?" That in mind, why not give dating your friends a shot? Why not say yes to all this stuff you've never considered? Why not, if you're literally living like you could die tomorrow?

The premise, though, is that it's a game of matchmaker, but more than one, and perhaps the notion that our local "puppet master" may not be who they're made out to be.

[this-is-krikkit]

Hello Kit! I'm dropping by for the fanfiction tropes rating, and I'd like to know how you feel about:

ocs in fanfiction

unhappy endings

hey Sun! thanks for sending me tropes to rate 😁🌻 still doing those if anyone else want to send something!

now for your picks:

OCs in fanfiction

rating: C - neutral (a good author might be able to sell it, but a bad one will kill it deader than dead)

explanation: OCs in fanfiction aren't something i look for, but i'm fine with them if they're not actively breaking up one of my otps by being shipped with part of it. i've been pleasantly surprised by fully fleshed out, tridimensional original characters in fics before, and i really respect that from a fic author because i feel like it's such a risky move in this form of media! oh and sidenote, i don't care if they're a mary sue or whatever ppl call these nowadays, as long as they're an interesting character that brings something to the story and has believable interactions with canon characters.

unhappy endings

rating: i'm torn between D - not my favorite (i avoid it if i can, but it won’t necessarily put me off reading something) and F - hate it (will immediately make me nope out of a fic)

explanation: look, if you don't warn me beforehand at least with a "creator chose to not use archive warnings" or "angst" tag, it's definitely an F, and i think that's actually super rude (i get wanting to keep a surprise effect, but you still gotta give your reader some clue as to what they're about to read, yk?). if it's to be expected from the summary/tags, i will give it a try and actually read it if the writing is really good (or if it's someone i follow on ao3 who posted it, bc usually that means i'm a fan of their work anyway). i've finished fics with unhappy endings before for that reason, and honestly it hurts so much they have a specific (and horribly nerdy) tag in my bookmarks. overall, my blorbos have met unhappy endings in canon so many times around, i don't usually want to read that in fanworks as well...

[this-is-krikkit]

Hi Kit! Here for the music ask game.

5, 9, 11, 14 (this will be useful soon hopefully :D), 23

hello!! thanks for playing, here are my picks for this round of the

🎶 music asks game 🎵

5. a song that needs to be played LOUD

slaughterhouse by motionless in white. not just because it is inherently loud, but because it always gives me an energy boost! it's my fave middle-of-the-night-shift tune hehe

9. a song that makes you happy

brightside by icona pop. found this song through a fic where it was used as a platonic declaration of love between my absolute brotp, and i've loved it ever since. it's such a bop.

11. a song that you never get tired of

little talks by of monsters and men, because it reminds me of levihan (i made a post about this a while back, still stand by it, it is THEIR FUCKING SONG) and i love the different ways in which it does that depending on how i choose to look at their story (canon at different points of it, AU, canon divergent…). i'm currently writing something for them inspired by this song, too!

14. a song that you would love played at your wedding

first pick would be jimmy by moriarty. it's very soft and a little melancholic, but it's also a song my gf and i play and sing together quite often so it's special to my heart and our relationship 👉👈

23. a song that you think everybody should listen to

no kings by the total bettys! and by everybody, i especially mean women-loving-queers. i was out and had been having all the wlq fun for a while when this song came out, but it's still one of the first hymns for us that i ever heard that felt so real and authentic. it's less rare now, but at that time i don't think i'd ever heard such a happy and hopeful song celebrating wlq love that didn't feel targeted at curious straight gals who'll only end up breaking your heart, or male-gazed as fuck, you know? this song is truly a breath of fresh air. it's chaotic and perfect and so goddamn cute, it made me feel even more at ease with my queerness at a point where i didn't think i needed more reassurance about it (but in societies like ours, we always do, don't we?)

[this-is-krikkit]

Hello Kit! Questions no 18 and 19?

hey Sun 🌻 thanks for sending these in!

18. what’s one historical event that you would have liked to have witnessed?

if i have to pick only one, i would have loved to be there in 1975 (almost exactly 50 years ago, as it was jan 17th) when abortion was officially decriminalized here. considering the threat to women's (and other minorities) rights that have been getting worse in many countries in the past few years, i feel it's important to remember how recent and fragile those accomplishments are...

19. what’s your favorite halloween costume from when you were a kid?

i don't have many memories of dressing up as a kid, sorry! i did as a teen and adult like for parties and stuff, but we don't really celebrate Halloween that much where i grew up 🥖

want to send me some asks just because?

[this-is-krikkit]

BEAUTIFUL PERSON AWARD. Once you're given this award, you're supposed to paste it in the ask of eight people who deserve it, but you don't need to. So there you go! I think you're beautiful inside and outside ♥️

hehe thank you!! ♥️🥰

[storiesofaot]

BEAUTIFUL PERSON AWARD. Once you're given this award, you're supposed to paste it in the ask of eight people who deserve it, but you don't need to. If you break the chain, nothing happens but it's sweet to know, so. I think you're beautiful inside and outside :) your stories are very sweet!

Ooh this is so lovely, thank you so much!! ✨️ You were my first mutual, and thank you for all the wonderful interactions we already had! 🫶🏼

Price Tag by Jessie J was probably the very first song I really loved when I was 10, and it was this very performance, so it definitely brings back many memories whenever I listen to it - that's the song I'd love to share with you in return! 😊

I hope you'll have a wonderful weekend! 🙌🏼