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Hey, hi, hello. It’s been a long while.

I hope you’ve all been well. I have. Although a lot changed in my life. I’m currently concentrated on a tiny human that changed my world forever. And I’m living a love that’s bigger than anything else I’ve ever felt. ❤️

Maybe I’ll post something here from time to time, when I’m done with all the “mum duties”.

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The brothers under the same sun.

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Decadence

When you realize your life as a soldier is so ephemeral like the cigarette’s smoke.

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Sunday lazy sketches with Levihans

Gosh, I am so lazy.

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When the sun rose over Shinganshina.

Shingeki no Kyojin doujinshi - illustrated by enelle

Just for fanart purposes - I do it for fun, out of love for my beloved series! 🍙

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#myfavoriteshorty

Levi, one of the best written characters in manga history

At the end of attack on titan, Levi solidified the fact that he's humanity's strongest not only in the aot world, but also in the entirety of manga world.

Levi's first introduced in chapter 9.5, and as soon as we see him we're presented to one of his most memorable quirks: being a clean freak. Levi's very indifferent to his title as humanity's strongest and seems to go as far as to feel embarrassed by it at times, since it makes all eyes go on him when the sc is passing by.

Later in the chapter, when one of his comrades Is about to die, we see Levi go against his aversion to dirt by holding his dying friend's hand. It is then that we are presented to my favorite personality trait of Levi's: he's extremely caring with those he loves.

Levi's care is shown in the ACWRN spin off in its crudest form, in a Levi in his 20s that still hadn't learned how to control his impulses, that would do anything to protect the first friends he ever made in his life.

The complexity of Levi's relationship with violence is insane, because while he despises those that enjoy violence, despises those that think blood should be spilt for fun,

He also doesn't mind becoming a monster to achieve a greater goal for humanity.

Levi was born in violence. He was raised in it, practiced it, and still, he was able to maintain the kernel of his heart intact. Levi has seen and done horrible things. He's an abnormal, and one of the most human characters in the whole series.

A moment where we're able to see Levi's pain shine through is when he kills Zeke. Levi spent years readying himself for that moment. He spent years waiting for the day he'd finally follow through with his promise to Erwin, waited so he could save humanity. And then, when he finally does it, he feels nothing but pain. Because Levi was born in violence, raised in it, practiced it, but was still aversed by it. At the end of the moment, when his promise was fullfilled, when his goal was achieved, he felt pained that this.... This is what it all came down to.

Levi doesn't say "i love you" conventionally. Instead he says "thank you", because that's the way he feels love. Levi feels love in the form of gratitude, because its in those people -his friends- that he's able to find fhe strength to fight. Levi isn't strong because he's an Ackerman, or because he's just unbelievably skilled. Levi's strong because of the love he feels for those around him.

The way Levi sees the world...

And the way he interacts with it...

All come from love, in its purest form.

Now in his 40s, Levi's the only person in all of humanity that lived the world of the walls in its crudest, most violent form. Levi's the only one that knows the stories, the faces and the names of those that made their win possible. Levi's the only one that lived every bit of it, from humanity's worst moments of dispair to its most glorious days of victory. Levi's the golden stem that connects the past and the future. He's a product of all the love there is in this world. And I'm so thankful that, even after so much loss, he's not alone in the end.

Levi's not humanity's strongest because of his speed, his agility, or his last name. Levi's humanity's strongest because even in death, he was able to find love, and move on. And I know living is a choice he doesn't regret.

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Rainy and Gloomy Sunday

I added dust particles because they looked so cool... and then realized that Levi would probably go berserk seeing such a dusty room ^^”

But well, they can clean up... later. 🖤

Tiktok 🎬

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How Levi Ackermann learned about pheromones.

I guess it surprised him 🧡

The recent official Mappa art about clothes inspired me!

TikTok 🎬

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#omgilovethemsomuch

DONT MIND ME HERE! IM SCREAMING INTERNALLY. LIKE WTF. THIS IS CANON. UHUHU. from:

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“When the morning came over Shinganshina...”

When the morning came over Shinganshina, they were still alive. Battered, in mourning, but still breathing.

And together in their loneliness. 🧡

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“Down in the heat and the summer rain of

The automatic gauze of your memories

Down in the sleep at the airplane races

Try to hold on

To this heart

A little bit longer

Try to hold on

To this love aloud

Try to hold on

For this heart's

A little bit colder

Try to hold on

To this love...”

- lyrics by The Smashing Pumpkins, song: “Try, try, try”.

This song suits them like hell.

Soon I’ll share with you a little side story of what happened after... ❣️

Tiktok 🎬

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One Less Lonely Night - Levi x Hanji

He always suffered of insomnia. The hardest were those endlessly long, lonely nights. But now, he was no longer alone. 🖤

Tiktok video ♥️

The beautiful video made by @the-faces-and-voices-in-my-head where Levi and Hanji speak their own voices ♥️

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Let the whole world watch - Levi x Hanji

It’s obvious that Levi wouldn’t miss any opportunity to draw level with Hanji. That’s why he brings her to their spot on the wall.

And so they let the world watch.

L🧡H

“The whole world is watching when you rise

The whole world is beating for you right now

Your whole life is flashing for your eyes

It's all in this moment that changes all

What are you waiting for? What are you fighting for?

'Cause time's always slipping away.”

Lyrics by Within Temptation & Piotr Rogucki - “The whole world is watching”

PS Those lyrics give me second thrills after reading the end of the manga...

I also did a video for tiktok

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Levi x Hanji - Another chance

Took a hell of a time to finish, but here it is. My Shingeki no Kyojin obsession is still undergoing. I just can’t help I’m hopelessly in love with those two ♥️

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#levihan #ohilovethesetwo

post traumatic expedition Levi x Hange (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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I’ve been dying at home from getting my covid19 vaccine and I found myself a new object of obsession. I’ve always had a weakness for short guys, but Levi Ackermann is surely the most charismatic and bad-ass character in my entire adventure with anime.

I’ve just finished all series of anime, going halfway through the manga. So, it was only a matter of time before I tried to draw Levy, even if I still need to use a lot of references.

Plus, it’s sometimes good to push the limits of an artist’s comfort zone and draw something different.

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LEVIHAN AND EREMIKA PARALLELS

Both pairs are shown to be isolated and away from the rest of the world. Levi and Hanji are deep in the woods while Mikasa and Eren are in the mountains.

There is a sense of familiarity with how Hanji casually places their hand on Levi's arms—telling him to keep laying down and how Eren nudges Mikasa awake because she might catch a cold. Simple details but it shows how Hanji and Eren cares about the well being Levi and Mikasa.

In 126 Hanji asks Levi if they should just stay in the forest together and later in 127 Hanji admits to Mikasa an Jean that they had thought of running away.

It was the same in the alternate reality sequence in 138 with Eren and Mikasa. We were shown a reality where they chose to run away and abandoned everything to live together in peace.

But of course things did not turn out that way in their realities. Levi and Hanji did not stay in the forest. Eren and Mikasa did not elope in 123.

Maybe living in peace with the one they cherish is truly what both pairs had longed for but running away isn't who they are.

For Levi and Hanji's case, Levi knows that running away cannot give Hanji the peace that they are looking for and they both would've regretted abandoning the people who need them.

For Eren and Mikasa's case we were shown an alternate reality where they did elope and left their friends behind but it wasn't something they would've had done in their actual reality.

I am not gonna talk in detail about Eren's plans here because it deserves its own post but here is my take on it: it seems like Eren concluded that the only way for the Eldians to be accepted and seen as heroes is if he plays the role of the devil. Eren wouldn't have been able to do that if he chose to run away with Mikasa back in Marley. However, I still do not condemn Eren's actions and it would never be justifiable to me because countless innocent lives were lost with the path he chose to take.

This is where the parallels become even more noticeable. It wasn't present only in the narrative but also with how the panels were drawn.

Hanji tells Levi that it is their turn now and asks him if he could let them go.

Eren asks Mikasa to forget about him and throw away the scarf and to please forget about him.

Instead of simply telling Levi and Mikasa goodbye, both Hanji and Eren asked them to let go because they already that the two would be stubburn and would probably try to argue with them. It was a request and not an order.

Again another set of panels that were drawn similarly.

Levi and Mikasa were left with no choice but to accept that they have to let go of the person they hold dear. Their eyes were shown looking lifeless as they try to process the situation.

Levi and Mikasa show an act that symbolizes their bond with Hanji and Eren.

For Levi it was striking his left fist over Hanji's chest while saying the words devote your heart for the very first time. It was a fitting farewell for the last two veterans of the Survey Corps, and the perfect parting words for Hanji who have truly dedicated their heart for humanity and embodied the scouts' ideals.

For Mikasa it was wrapping the scarf that had given her when they first met. It marks the beginning of their bond—how Eren had shown Mikasa what home is.

I guess in a way you can interpret these as their own unique ways of saying I love you.

More similarity. Both Ackermans are in sideview and their eyes are obscured.

Rather than saying goodbye, Levi and Mikasa says see you to Hanji and Eren likely because of the belief that one day they would meet again.

The pairs didn't have to explicitly say I love you for it was already present in the hope that they would reunite again someday and through the acts that symbolizes their bond with their person.

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#toocute #levihan

I'm crying so much! 😭❤

An official art with Hange and Levi!?

It's a miracle!

and Hange taking Levi's arm!! please nooo this is too adorable😫💘

Thank you so much mappa!