Bent on revenge, superpowered Levi makes a deal with the leader of the Legion, the half-robotic, very charismatic Commander, Erwin Smith.
Superhero AU based on Acwnr. Rated for violence, swearing, as always.
Extract:
He looks like a classicist’s wet dream. Perfect waves of blond hair, sinfully sharp jawline, the shoulder-to-waist ratio of a comic book hero. And those eyes. Blue goddamn eyes that look like they would put the blue of the sunlit sea to shame.
The man takes another step towards Levi -and he smiles. Shit, he even has fucking dimples. For some reason, that pisses off Levi. With a low snarl, he strains his muscles against the binds -and they snap.
The man freezes. His eyes gleam brighter than before and his smile actually widens.
Levi snatches up his blades, flings them at the man, and turns around and bolts.
I kind of like the “Levi tries to seduce Erwin to get the Lovof documents” idea but Levi would be so bad at flirting and seducing, sooo bad at it, absolutely terrible
and now that I mention it, I’d love to read a fic in which he tries so hard and fails even harder and Erwin knows exactly what is going on and is having so much fun
I saw this on twitter, anyone willing to translate? I don’t know why they’ve underlined the last sentence.
“The person Levi admires the most” there you go!
Text beside Erwin:
What did you grasp (see/understand from this situation)? Who is the enemy in your opinion?
Translation:
Erwin Smith, the commander of Survey Legion. He excel in reading the true nature of whole situation (affair and everything). He is not someone to be easily agitated by the situation right in front of his eyes. He is also very popular, a person who is really suitable to be on the top of organization. He is the person Levi has most faith in
Note: Last sentence also can mean Levi’s most trusted person or Levi trust him more than anybody else
the
fuck am i supposed to take away from this. “oh by the way this game,
where a girl has to make a choice between sacrificing a girl she loves
or sacrificing everyone else, is a great influence in this chapter where
levi basically chose to sacrifice humanity’s chances in order to give
erwin peace. also i really fucking love the romance in this game by the
way!! also i like BL. just saying.”
people in this chapter chose
their chloe over their arcadia bay. levi never stopped prioritizing
erwin, the only difference is that the definition of “saving erwin”
changed at the last minute and he was able to “accept” saying goodbye.
but he still chose erwin over the good of humanity.
in the game saving chloe means the whole town of arcadia bay gets fucked. i wonder how it’ll go in snk
There are bonus pages inside that I drew, and I want to talk about how fun that was. It is a fantasy of ‘What if the SnK world was an American high school?” It was a lot of fun to think about.
Why an American high school? There are two things that influenced me.
The adventure game, ‘Life is Strange’. It was so good! A masterpiece! It’s a well-made video game as well as a film And above all, it is one-of-a-kind Yuri!
[TN: Yup, yuri as in girlxgirl, as in ymir/historia, that kind of yuri]
The setting is an American school in the coutryside The student’s outfits are wonderful. I used them as reference in my own illustrations.
To begin with, the whole ‘school caste’ prejudice. Categorizing people and forcing them to fit in. It’s not a nice way of thinking. Not at all.
But it’s entertaining.
A phenomenon where without consent, people are classified into groups depending on how you look; your attributes, your clothes and your body.
Of course, if you get to know the person, you would know that they are one of a kind. But there are an unlimited number of people in this world that you would never get to know on that deep level.
And during the time you don’t know them, you can’t help but categorize them. And tend to hold on to prejudices more or less.
In this game, the main character transfers to a new school, and without becoming very familiar with others, she tends to have prejudices against the people around her. But as the story continues, she grows and learns that people aren’t that simple.
In the process of understanding people on a deeper level, to a certain degree, prejudice is needed. Taking that stance, I drew the bonus pages while forcibly affirming the school caste system.
In ‘Life is Strange’, the main character finds out that every time she rewinds time, her every choice affects her life in a butterfly effect.
The unbearable losses and partings in our lives. The story is about whether or not we can accept them. Frankly, this month’s chapter is greatly influenced by it.
And more than anything, it’s Yuri! Yuri is the best! Life Is Yuri!
The other influence is ‘21 Jump Street’.
This one involves the ‘school caste’ theme as well, but it’s not the typical school caste system. This one has a high level of awarenesss, a bit like ‘glee’… that’s the kind of film it is.
If the previous one was Yuri, then this one is a chrysanthemum.
[TN: chrysanthemum basically means BL. Yaois. Gays.]
Namely, a bromance!
Channing Tatum is jealous of Jonah Hill’s girlfriend!
[TN: wtf Isayama you fucking fujoshi]
The sequel ’22 Jump Street’ has an even richer bromance… So rich that it is heavy on the stomach. It’s insanely funny! I wasn’t particularly influenced by it.
But I wonder how long the series will continue…”
—-end—
To summarize, on the same day as the release of ch84 and ANSWERS, Isayama decided to rant about Yuri and BL on his personal blog.
*I will translate only the lower part of the article.*
“The trustful relationship with Erwin seems to be special to Levi. Although he doesn’t appear to give Erwin any respect, he always follows his decision. Even when it ends up with failure, Levi never shows any displeasure or doubt against Erwin. On the other hand, he tells Erwin not to worry and encourages him. A strong bond that got over win-or-lose and any benefit.“
Procrastination Station 