#cadet!armin

[itsnathateasy]

Armin Week | Day 6 | SFW Prompts | Bunny Armin OR Cadet Corps Shenaningans

word count: 863 warnings: none author’s note: there are a few shenanigans in there, i promise!

@armin-week-2024

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i couldn’t resist writing some headcanons about cadet!armin and you dating!

cadet!armin DEFINITELY stays up late with you. you casually plan these dates during supper, then pretend to go to bed, only to sneak out a couple of hours later hehe

these dates are mostly reserved for snogging

and you literally always get caught by eren and mikasa who share your not-so-secret plan

cadet!armin is the cutest by always waiting for you to be done with your food and walks with you to the kitchen where you leave your empty plates and glasses

cadet!armin also makes sure you’re together for cleaning and kitchen duties, armin is so meticulous, but you keep distracting him, making up choreos with sasha and putting on the funniest of shows and connie always joins in the dancing

but captain levi is never satisfied with your cleaning, and even less with your terrible dance moves someone pls write a hc where levi joins in a broomstick and mop/bucket dance off to sum up, your cleaning duties tend to last quite longer than they should

cadet!armin isn’t the best at hand to hand combat but the fact that you practice together all the time has helped him greatly improve and has also filled his head with nasty thoughts

cadet!armin is very protective over you and gets kinda possessive (in a cute way) when you’re not allowed to pair up for tasks because why should you be allowed to gather apples with jean just the two of you when he’s stuck with mikasa?

and no, secretly saving him a few apples to snack on when you’re sneaking out didn’t really help, but no apples were left and armin was much calmer and confident about you hanging out with the other guys from then on

cadet!armin makes sure you study together, teaching each other the material you find most difficult to understand. you even expand those study dates to invite the rest of the group, which you both regret because no studying was done BUT you both find great joy in spending time with your friends, these study dates somehow make your alone time feel even more special

also, cadet!armin used to tutor eren and connie when they needed help, but he found out they only asked for help so that they could secretly plot their pranks and needed armin’s intel

cadet!armin takes AGES to properly confess to you and ask you out even though you two have been practically an item for who knows how long

“armin, we’ve been dating for months, what are you talking about?”

“i mean uh, we’ve never really- i mean it’s official now! we never properly discussed are relationship status before”

“have you been seeing anyone else besides me?”

armin is now PROFUSELY blushing and stutters at your remark “YOU KNOW THIS ISN’T WHAT I MEANT, I LOVE YOU”

“he has been seeing eren behind your back y/n”, a comment from jean which only earned him a glare from you and a punch from eren

“this was unnecessary” armin says to eren

“punching jean is never unnecessary armin, trust me” he said and rubbed his fist against his palm

cadet!armin is the one to pour you your tea in the mornings while you and the other cadets are still having breakfast, only to mess up and spill it all on you, him and whoever is sitting beside you because you kept talking to him and looking at him with those eyes “and this is how you waste an entire kettle of fine black tea cadets” a snear remark from captain levi

levi didn’t even bother putting armin, sasha and you on cleaning duty again, he knows this battle is long lost

cadet!armin pretends to have such a hard time getting his odm straps on once in a while, so he can come to you for help, only to see you tying all these straps and knots and have you touch him, he’s cunning like that

cadet!armin was often scared because he wasn’t as strong and skilled as his classmates, but he was never afraid to admit his fear or back down, he was particularly afraid the first time you tried your odm gear and he practically smashed himself flat on the wall, the incident was a running joke in your year

connie would always make fun of the incident and he even tried to imitate armin’s face when they took him down, “it’s not even funny anymore connie, just drop it” eren would step up for his friend

“yeah, remember that time captain caught you trying to cook when the fire was out? THAT was funny” said jean and pulled armin closer with one arm, ruffling his hair

“th- thanks jean. was my face really that funny?”

“yes, it was, but it’s been 6 months, connie should entertain himself with a new joke”

the blush on armin’s face was beyond words

“maybe we’d all be funnier if we were foods, right?” sasha asked, looking at you, then at mikasa

“drop it potato girl” reiner exclaimed in a pissed off way

“NOW THIS JOKE IS EVEN OLDER THAN ARMIN’S!” sasha screamed as she started chasing reiner around

[rorynni]

i love the implication that whenever they don’t understand something they simply go to armin and force him to educate them

[annawayne]

I've always had my eyes on you

[ettas-stuff]

Aruani angst cause erm they r amazing and silly

[foruko]

Maybe you’re my love - sakura kiss (OHSHC OP)

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[kimasousparky]

104th cadet corps

[i-am-pixxie]

Gang's all here 😌

[melishade]

what if in Remorse Timeline. Instead of Optimus taking care of Gabi, Terminus is the one taking care of Gabi (maybe add falco if he's not in a coma) and when they find out that this titan is Matthew Hayes/Megatron Dad... they'll so suprised

Megatron getting mad at Gabi

Terminus: D-16, she's just a Kid..

Falco and Gabi: D-16??

Previous Episode of the Remorse Timeline

Megatron's about to get real mad.

So again, Terminus isn't a fighter, but he does have a wealth of knowledge and supplies in terms of history and agriculture. As a result he's been asked by the military to help grow some of those crops on the island. So that's what he's been doing prior to the Liberio attack. People are stunned to see a titan planting seeds and growing crops, but hey, he's also giving tips on how to grow said things. Mr. Blause approves of Terminus' methods.

Megatron is still actively avoiding him, trying so hard to focus on the mission and finding out where Eren is! Terminus would want to talk to Megatron and ask how he's been, and everyone else is pressuring Megatron into talking to Terminus. Again, huge opportunity so many of them wish they had with their deceased loved ones. Armin tries to convince him personally, but:

Megatron:....Your situation is different from mine. You still fight for the betterment of your island. You still consider the safety of the world as a whole, trying to find a peaceful solution through the chaos. I became worse than the very thing I swore to destroy. If your parents were to return, they would still see remnants of a kind and gentle son. I am nothing more than a husk used by the god of destruction! There is nothing left of D-16! He died in the mines that day! So tell me Armin: what in the Allspark am I supposed to say?! How am I to handle things differently?! How am I supposed to tell Terminus that he should have let die in the mines that day in order to spare himself and Cybertron the pain of what I would become?!

Megatron stands up: I don't want sympathy or empathy or remorse! I just...I wished Terminus had stayed dead. It would have spared us both.

Terminus does hear about that and he just feels even worse and kind of gives up on Megatron really talking to him at all.

That being said, Terminus doesn't get involved in the Liberio attack, only hearing about it word of mouth. And I'll be generous, Megatron's own distractions during the Liberio fight changes a few small moments, leading to Falco not getting knocked into a coma. He does fall off the ship because he unable to find stable balance, and the bullet nearly hitting him doesn't help, but Sasha catches him and brings him back up to the ship. But Gabi still has that bullet hole in her ear, and she and Falco are prisoners in a jail cell. They don't find out about the whole Megatron/Matthew reveal. Megatron doesn't visit them this time around, but Gabi and Falco still break out of prison. Note that Gabi and Falco are still on bad terms with each other, Gabi being the more hostile and it's only getting worse after Zofia's death in Liberio.

As Gabi and Falco are on the run, the two come across one of Terminus' crop yield that's already producing fruit. Falco and Gabi are hungry, but it's Falco that makes the move. Gabi insists that they don't eat food off an island of devils, but Falco can't wait. He tries to grab a few for himself and Gabi, but yells when something picks him up by his jacket and lifts him in the air, dropping the food in the process. Falco is terrified as he's now face to face with Terminus holding him in one servo while using a cane to support himself. Before Terminus can speak, Gabi screams and rushes him, holding a pitchfork she found near the crops. She tries to stab Terminus in the ankle but it does little to nothing. She then smacks his pede repeatedly with the pitchfork, demanding he let Falco go while screaming profanities and insults.

Terminus: I assume she's with you.

Falco, surprised he can talk: Uhhhhhhhhhhh

Terminus is just tired and he sits down before grabbing Gabi looking the two of them in the eye. He demands to know what they were doing trying to steal his crops. Falco tries to lie, says they were hungry and they ran away from home. Terminus doesn't buy that completely as he brings up the insults thrown his way, stating that he's heard them from humans a million times on the mainland. Falco tries to come up with another excuse, but Gabi makes things worse by screaming more insults at him, and Terminus puts two and two together and realizes they were the Marleyan prisoners that snuck aboard the Jackhammer. Terminus is taken off guard at how young they were, not remembering it being brought up in conversation.

Falco asks fearfully if Terminus was going to kill them. And Terminus states that he doesn't kill before setting them down. Gabi calls him a liar and Terminus can't help but be annoyed with this human. He knows she's brainwashed, but c'mon! He just let them go! Falco asks if he was going to turn them in, and Terminus does think it over.

He knows things are hostile on the island right now, and that there would be a few people wanting to kill two people from Marley, regardless if they were children. He's been in prison himself. It's not fun. But he can't have two trained soldiers running around trying to kill people, especially Gabi.

So he gives them an ultimatum: they could stay with him and help him out with agricultural stuff. He was considered a neutral party; no one would suspect they were with him. In return, they would be protected and fed. Gabi immediately says no to the idea while Falco is insisting that she do it. Gabi shouts at Falco, calling him a traitor, but Terminus speaks up again, reminding her that he can just turn them over if they say no to his deal. Falco reminds her that the two of them need to survive and get back home. Gabi is forced to reconsider and decides to cooperate for now until she can find a means of escaping.

Terminus grabs his cane and gestures for them to pick up their fruit before following him. Falco scrambles to grab what he can and quickly follows while Gabi reluctantly follows behind Falco, holding the pitchfork in her hands.

Some notes:

-So Terminus makes Falco and Gabi work, especially since he thinks it's good to have smaller hands. Falco excels while Gabi's face is in the dirt. She keeps screwing up.

-Falco starts talking with Terminus and confesses that he's surprised to meet a talking titan, and one that was old. Falco realizes his mistake but Terminus can't help but chuckle. Terminus tells Falco that he's been old for a long time.

-Falco and Terminus talk a lot. Terminus talks a lot about some of the plants that have been considered extinct while Falco is excited learning history about the world.

-Gabi gets frustrated and jealous really fast. Falco was falling for the words of this titan. This titan was trying to convert Falco and get him to join this island of devils. Gabi confronts Falco about it, but Falco can't help but be mad at her. Terminus was protecting them for now. And he thought that she considered him a bad friend. Why should she care how he spends his time?

-Gabi's hurt by this and Terminus does notice, deciding ask what's wrong and give her advice. Gabi initially refuses, but Terminus speaks from his own experience with Megatron (without saying his name) and how the two aren't on speaking terms, and Gabi does listen, surprised that a titan would have such...complex problems.

-Megatron asks Wheeljack to bring Terminus to the neutral ship as signs of the chaos persist. Wheeljack goes to grab him, and Terminus states that's he's bringing Gabi and Falco. Wheeljack is a little suspicious at their nervous expressions, but doesn't question it as he brings all three to the neutral ship. Gabi and Falco are shocked at the sight of humans there (The Restorationists, Erwin practicing with his new arm, Kenny), Megatron makes himself known to talk to Wheeljack, but his mind screeches to a halt when he spots Falco and Gabi hiding behind Terminus in fear of him.

-And Megatron can't help but start laughing at the absurdity of it all.

(Setup needed to happen first, but Gabi and Falco will find out in the next ask, or a few moments, depending on the time frame you're looking at)

[the-last-thread-of-my-sanity]

I am back from self-imposed sabbatical friends- ARUANI 2025 LET’S GO!

[aruanimess]

Aruani breakup au (canon, modern au, pre time skip, cadet days, post time skip WHATEVER)

Saying this cause I’ve started cooking smth right now😰

Oh, Gaia, thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to yap about this!!

So this is a scenario I've often daydreamt about but I didn't think had enough substance to work it into a fic.

Cadet years, but chiller. (Perhaps an Annie is originally from Paradis AU). The two of them start dating, but decide to keep it a secret until they're more confident in their relationship.

One month passes, then two, then three.

Armin is starting to get antsy. Surely, it's time for them to go public, right? But Annie hasn't brought anything up. Perhaps she's still uncertain about him? Is she doubting his feelings? Or worse! Is she doubting hers??

Amidst this uncertainty, he overhears a bunch of boys in the barracks talking about Annie. One guy from their group apparently has a crush on her and the others are urging him to go ask her out.

Armin is seething with anger.

He wouldn't have to put up with this if he and Annie were public. Or perhaps he would, but he'd be justified in telling the other guy off for making a move on his girlfriend. What right does Armin have on Annie now? None, that's what.

As he's stewing in his own juices, his jealousy-choked brain starts cooking up a plan. Before he even realises what he's doing, he sidles up to the group of boys and begins encouraging the guy to be bolder. "What's the worst that can happen?" he tells him, and "Maybe you should try your luck," and "She looks like she could use some company."

Slowly but surely the guy is convinced: tomorrow at lunchtime he will shoot his shot.

Armin goes to bed in a trance. A small part of his brain, one that's barely conscious, understands that he was overcome by jealousy and acted out by instinct. He realizes he should probably stop the guy before he embarrasses himself in front of everyone. Then another part of him, one that likes to dismiss his own abilities, reassures him that certainly what he said couldn't possibly have an effect. Surely, nothing will happen because of his words.

Little does he know, the very next day, the guy approaches Annie, makes a fool of himself in front of the entire mess hall and endures a particularly cold and very public rejection. The guy hangs his head and shuffles away, muttering something about being misled by a fucking nerd.

Then Annie is at Armin's table, hovering awkwardly and dangerously between Eren and Mikasa's seats. Armin doesn't even have time to say 'hi'.

"Did you have something to do with this?" she asks.

Eren and Mikasa turn to look at her, confused. Armin speaks, halting the beginning of a protest that's about to fall from Eren's lip.

"Annie, I can explain."

She stiffens. "No need."

"No, Annie, please!"

"I get it." Her eyes are lowered, doleful. "You felt threatened."

"I-" he gulps. "Yes..."

"You doubted me."

"N- no... Annie..."

Her blank expression crumbles. "You always do this, Armin. You never trust me." Then she composes herself. "I don't blame you."

Armin's stomach is sick. How could she fault herself for his own stupid insecurities? He's been so foolish, so self-absorbed. Had she wanted to reveal their relationship all this time and thought he was the reluctant one?

"No, Annie, you've got this all wrong..."

But it's too late.

She turns her back to him. "Don't come after me. This was a mistake," she says and walks away.

[saintxhunter]

847 - 850

So much skill I would barely need.

I can’t say the same of the people.

[distortedclouds]

Listen I agree that Armin is baby and deserves the gentlest of handling and care

But I think he'd actually like it if Annie tossed him around a bit

[sadiecoocoo]

I love how hannes is a sort of father figure to Eren, Mikasa, and Armin… like he feels like they’re his responsibility and tries to look for them whenever he can

I jsut got the where Reiner and Berholt took Eren and Ymir, and I am rlly terrified as to what’s gonna happen and where the beast titan went. But hannes patting armins head and asking if he’d eaten jsut made my heart melt lol

[ettas-stuff]

Lil doodle

[kimasousparky]

they're planning something devious. nefarious, even

[melishade]

Someone ask "if AOT cast are Cybertronian" i was wondering if the Warrior, Warrior Cadets, Willy and Lara as Cybertronian. what is there relationship with Megatronus/Megatron before the Civil War and do they join the Deception? 🤔

Pull out a long list of notes over this Survey Corps Cybertronian AU

Thank you @justawannabearchaeologist and @echoblaze5 for helping me with the ideas.

So I will quickly bulletpoint what the Warriors, Warrior Cadets, and Lara do within the context of this AU.

Lara is a Flyer and of noble birth, along with Willy. I'd imagine that they would've been part of the high council or close to it before Megatron kills Halogen and kick starts the war. Willy and Lara would try to remain neutral for the longest time to keep themselves alive.

Warrior Cadets: Falco is a Flyer. Gabi is a grounder. Udo and Zofia are also grounders. The four are part of the Decepticons because they associate the Autobots with oppression. Megatron does see them as nothing more than foot soldiers by the time they're active in the war.

Warriors: Zeke is a Maximal playing multiple sides. He cannot be trusted. Pieck and Porco are also animal based transformers with the Decepticons. And I believe I stated that Reiner was a grounder in the past. Bertholdt would probably be a cityformer like Trypticon...maybe Bertholdt would be Trypticon in this IDK. And Annie would be a rogue. Don't know if she would be a grounder or a flyer.

But a lot of the Warriors and Warrior Cadets would fall to the Decepticons first either because of the abuse suffered under the caste system or just conditioning and propaganda that reached really far into the war.

But how would this whole thing start?

So in the Aligned Continuity, the Quintessions invade Cybertron and successfully take it over, but Cybertron rises up, defeats the Quintessions. But the trauma was so bad that everyone's memories got wiped.

However, Erwin's father recorded information about the Quintession war and hid it because he noticed enough historical patterns to realize what was happening. They new government was going to suppress the information, and Erwin's father was taken away when he publicly tried to speak out. Erwin saw this in hiding, holding onto the information his father gave him, saw the people taking him away, and saw Sentinel Prime ordering people to burn any records of the Quintession invasion.

Erwin then decides to make a case against Sentinel Prime, trying to find the proof needed to expose Sentinel for burying what happened during the Quintesson War. Erwin ends up going to the Iacon Hall of Records, where he meets Orion and asks him about the Quintessons...but is stopped by Alpha Trion, who gets in the way of both of them and immediately tells Erwin to stop asking about the war. Erwin is about to press, but stops himself, realizing how all of this felt off, and immediately leaves the facility. Erwin does a little more digging and realizes that Sentinel Prime was just a figure head. A puppet of the system ran by the high council. Sentinel was only a Prime in name. Erwin started digging into records, files, photos, and realized that Sentinel Prime wasn't the enemy: it was Alpha Trion.

(Now some of you might be wondering "Why Alpha Trion?" "He's Optimus' Mentor!" "He's a good guy!" In TF1, maybe, but not in the Aligned Continuity. Alpha Trion in the Aligned/TFP can be described as negligent at best, secretive as neutral, and malicious as worse because of the Covenant of Primus and his Quill! It is argued that Alpha Trion either had the foresight of the future and made it happen, or chose to write that future into existence. Either way, the Prime was actively pulling strings in order to make the events in the Covenant happen, including letting Cybertron die. I don't care if it was some long convoluted way to get Optimus to Earth in order to defeat Unicron. The Cybertronian race was almost wiped out.)

But besides that, Erwin is veering off course away from Sentinel and focusing his attention on Alpha Trion. He finds out information about Alpha Trion like he's influencing the council's decision making and he's actively talked to Sentinel in the past. And whenever he talks to Mike and Hanji about it sounds like an absolute madman but the other two go along with it because they're afraid he'll try something if they don't.

Meanwhile, Levi, who is a triple changer (Because all Ackermans are triple changers here) who ends up in the gladiator arena in order to provide for Farlan and Isabel. Ends up getting a match with Megatronus and is persuaded to join the Decepticon movement. Yes, Levi as a Cybertronian would be a Decepticon first.

Also side note, a lot of the Survey Corp veterans would be the ones that were actively around prior to the Cybertronian War. The 104th and Warrior Cadets would either pop up at the very beginning of the war or in the middle of it.

By the time the council meeting happens and Orion gets confirmed to be a Prime, Erwin has his suspicions confirmed of Alpha Trion's involvement. But despite having it confirmed, he still joins the Autobots. Erwin's surface justification is that Megatron's credibility went out the window when he shot the council member. Because if he was willing to go that far to get what he wanted, then he wasn't worthy of being a Prime. In reality, he knows Megatron was sabotaged, he knows Orion was used, and he knows Alpha Trion had something to do with it. So he's making it his sole mission to figure out why. He's doing everything in his power to not be suspicious in Alpha Trion's eyes. And Mike and Hanji are slowly starting to become believers.

This is from Justa. These lines are not mine. I just thought to include it for fun.

Erwin: (optic twitching) You’re telling me no one knew Megatron was losing it until he went into those council chambers, he was able to hide it perfectly? And that his entire following just conveniently went with it, aside from Orion??? You can see what I’m getting at here.

Hanji: (sigh) The same thing you always get at?

Erwin: (using a ruler to slap a picture of Alpha Trion with a bunch of red arrows pointed at him and devil horns drawn on his head) THIS BEARDED FUCK-

Erwin is given his own division within the Autobots, which is technically the Survey Corps, and Erwin's methods are obviously still very questionable among the Autobot ranks. Some have even compared Erwin to a Decepticon, but Erwin's loyalties are too strong to really find any cracks. And instead of Erwin pulling Levi from the underground, he and the Survey Corps ends up capturing Levi, Farlan, and Isabel and bringing them to the Autobots. Which is definitely causing Optimus a headache at this point. But initially, Levi and co had no plans of betraying the Decepticons, but Levi couldn't help but notice that Megatron's methods were becoming rather sadistic, and his goals were starting to change. And exposure to the Autobots doesn't really help their case.

However, Levi ultimately ends up defecting from the Decepticons and joins the Autobots when Megatron kills Farlan and Isabel for their betrayal. Levi tries to take Megatron down himself but ultimately fails because Megatron is still the slightly more experienced fighter. But Levi swears vengeance.

Megatron walking away from Levi, wounded and bloodied.

Levi croaking: I’ll kill you. I’ll kill you! DO YOU HEAR ME MEGATRON?! ILL KILL YOU! YOURE GOING TO DIE!

Megatron:…save your breath, Autobot.

Now anytime Levi sees Megatron it's on sight.

Optimus: One shall stand, and one shall-!

Levi zooms past Optimus and tackles Megatron.

But also also, Erwin manages to trust Levi enough to get him completely onboard with his theory that Alpha Trion is pulling all the strings.

Levi when he gets looped into this: You mean to tell me all of this is because of that bearded fuck?!

Erwin: YES!

Levi: Farlan and Isabel died for Alpha Trion's fanfiction!

Hanji: Oh wow it was really easy to get Levi on board.

As for Armin, Eren, and Mikasa, they are all orphaned during the war. Mikasa is all alone while Armin and Eren are together. Eren lost his mom during the war while Armin lost his won parents and they've been staying together to survive, ultimately found by Optimus and the Autobots to be raised.

Eren: Bites Optimus.

Armin: Quietly reading.

Optimus:…We’re keeping them.

Ratchet: groans in defeat

Meanwhile, Mikasa ends up getting found by Megatron and she's holding a knife to defend herself. Megatron sees her will to survive and the fact that she's a triple changer and brings her back to the Decepticon base.

Soundwave: What is that?

Megatron holding Mikasa and an energon smoothie: A smoothie.

Soundwave: sighs in defeat.

She ends up defecting too it's gonna be great.

Now there's a lot more that I wouldn't mind talking about but I've been...going through it so the AOP Cybertronian AU will have to wait for the time being.