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Hello, everyone!!

I just wanted to let you know that I will be going on vacation for a few days, so I'll be slower in any potential interactions here. Knowing me, I'll probably won't be keeping off of tumblr entirely, but if we talk and I suddenly disappear that's why hehe 😅

Also, the next chapter of By Each Crime and Kindness (I'm bound to you) might be a little delayed for the same reason.

Love you all 💕

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– Hear that, guys? That's the situation we're in. Our lives and mankind are in his hands. We'll probably die without Eren ever knowing, just like Marco did. – Jean, why are you driving Eren into a corner like this? – You know, Mikasa, not everyone can blindly die for Eren like you, without anything in return. We have the right to know what exactly we're risking our lives for. Otherwise, we'll waver at the moment of truth.

ATTACK ON TITAN #16, "WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE"

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Made this for her birthday then forgot about it, anyways i love her

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I made an avatar for goth mikasa 🥰

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I have no thoughts

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armin will put his jacket around annie all the time to be a gentleman and every single time it backfires because he’s always more cold than she is

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– If you're saying you want to leave town, I have no reason to complain. And the best part? No more shifts having to stare at your face in the basement. – Sounds good. Finally. Now I don't have to listen to all your stupid rants about men. – Huh…?! Why do you know about—No way. Were you… conscious the whole time? Over four years?

ATTACK ON TITAN #82, "SUNSET"

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a sneakpeak🤭

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TO BE HONEST! Armin would hear Annie talking about Some Guy™ she knows and he gets super jealous and stuff and then when he first meets The Guy it hits him in the face:

Meanwhile he's not even remotely Annie's type

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hi! I hope you’re doing great today ☺️ I wanted to ask you one thing

how do you think Annie got her ring? was it her idea so that she would not have to bite herself? and if so, what does it say about her personality?

Hello! I hope your day is going well too :3

Interesting question tho. I don't think anything about Annie's ring was ever mentioned in the manga beyond the obvious reference to its purpose. Please correct me if I'm wrong tho, my memory these days is WELP xD

However, assuming I am right, this is where I have to say that I like picking tidbits of information from other published sources to expand upon lore, as long as it doesn't straight up contradict canon information.

So, I'll dive into Lost Girls for a bit.

I recall a chapter in it where Mikasa confronts Annie over her ring that she found in the training grounds (we already know that Annie doesn't wear her ring all the time, only putting it on when she's likely to use it, and Lost Girls maintains this). Annie's response to this is that it was an item given to her by her "parents" before she left home, and that it's important to her. Mikasa then asks her something like, "Why are you here, in the military?" And follows it up with, "It doesn't look to me like you're here to secure a place in the inner districts, rather, you're doing it because you have to." Annie then explains that the ring is what gives her purpose, and that's good enough a reason.

From this I've always assumed that the ring wasn't a thing Annie made or bought herself - it was given to her by her father, probably once she was seen by the Marleyan military as a definite successor to the Female Titan.

Now where did the ring itself come from?

Since we aren't told much about Mr.Leonhardt either except for the fact that he was shipped off to Liberio for his half eldian blood, his background remains murky. But I remember reading a reddit post years and years ago about how the pointy blade on Annie's ring was a bit similar to real life poison rings that were used in the middle ages by nobility. These rings were used to poison enemies as well as to facilitate suicide in case of capture. Sound a bit familiar? Anyway, somehow I ended up imagining that Mr.Leonhardt came into possession of a similar such ring with a blade as a part of a loot of stolen goods before he arrived at Liberio, and that has been fact in my head haha xD

So while I've just taken Annie's words (about being given the ring by her dad) at face value and accepted them, it is also highly interesting to explore the possibility that Annie bought it herself. Why? Let's see:

Whichever take you go with, the ring is very symbolic. The choice of using the ring to transform instead of a bite or cut, is very much reflective of what Annie was taught: to be quick, powerful and lethal. With a ring you attract less attention, and the cut will be smaller and therefore easier to hide as it heals. It can assist in situations where the hands and mouth are bound and gagged. It can also act as a psychological trigger: putting it on means you have a mission to complete and see through, no matter what; aka, you mean serious business.

So to put it simply: Annie getting the ring for herself would basically speak about her tactical mind and quick problem solving abilities, leaning towards methods most efficient and able to get the job done with minimum effort - the ring achieves exactly that.

On the other hand, Annie getting the ring as a "gift" from her father would speak to narrative symbolism. The reason I personally like this more than the first one is because Annie calls the ring "important to her", and perhaps that is because the ring is her one, single tangible link between her and father (in the Lost Girls chapter, she pats her left breast pocket to check for it), and as such, it's very precious. This brings out Annie's softer side that yearns and longs for affection and love.

Anyway xD Long ass reply, but I hope that satisfies you!

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SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN S04E14 — Ignorance is the opposite of being free. I am free.

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a "pretty boy" has been found sniffling and whimpering in the wilderness

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i know boy parents aruani is somewhat controversial in the fandom right now BUT HEAR ME OUT ON LONG HAIR ARUANI SON PLS

also some headcanons:

- He learned to walk and run really early (Annie’s genes) so the toddler phase was really fun. Annie could handle him easily but he probably outran his dad so many times that it left Armin questioning his eight years of being a trained soldier.

- The kid knew how to read by age four (Armin insists that this isn’t that extraordinary but he probably also learned to read at like three years old).

- He didn’t get a first haircut until he was three, and by the time he was two his hair was shoulder length. Annie put it in a little ponytail a couple times and it just stuck.

- Since Armin was very feminine as a kid and got a lot of shit for it growing up, he was a little reluctant about leaving their son’s hair long and probably initially wanted him to get it cut shorter. He decided it was okay since it was tied up and no one really mistook him for a girl.

- Annie was reluctant to teach their child martial arts, since she didn’t want to feel like she was forcing it on him like her father did to her. After being begged approximately 7283 times, she started giving him age appropriate lessons and teaching her technique in a healthy way.

- He’s taller than both his parents by the time he’s sixteen (much to Armin’s dismay).

- Armin really wanted him to share his interest in the ocean but instead he’s really fascinated by outer space.

- Much like Annie, he tends to be quiet and keeps to himself.

- Aunt Mikasa is his favourite.

- Jean, Connie, Reiner and Pieck are very betrayed by this fact.

i might add more later

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Imagine being Floch grappling to the side of the ship, freezing from the water and bleeding out from a bullet wound, trying to hide to stop them in the right moment.

And having to listen to these two trying to confess in the middle of the apocalypse