#Still on my Eruri bullshit

[theearlgreymage]

“Alright, alright…” he returned to his thoughts. Trying to think of a suitable name for the cat. “How about Levi?” At this suggestion, Levi purred and Erwin smiled fondly down at the small cat he was rapidly growing attached to. “Levi it is then.” Levi stayed at Erwin’s side for a while longer, until a squirrel scampering through the yard grabbed his attention. Rising to all fours, Levi eyed up the small rodent with wide eyes before taking off after it in a flash. His shape blurred against the vibrant grass like a shadow as he gained on the smaller creature. The squirrel, realizing that it was about to meet its doom, darted into the bushes with Levi hot on its heels. The branches and leaves rustled for only a moment as Levi vanished after the squirrel, before the yard fell silent. “At least I know I don’t need to worry about mice with you around,” Erwin mused to himself as he climbed to his feet. Heading back inside to wash the cut on his hand. Their routine shifted after that day - Erwin staying outside to pet Levi for a bit whenever he gave him food. Levi started waiting for Erwin on the porch, rubbing up against his ankles whenever Erwin came outside with his bowl of food. While giving Levi his daily dose of pets and chin scratches, Erwin would tell Levi about his day. Letting the small cat know about the drama between his students and coworkers, details about his lessons, and the day to day minutiae that went into education.

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I promise that @ic3-que3n and I aren't locked in a room together. Really. We aren't.

But.

Are they responsible for another fic? Duh. (Love you 😘)

Because they drew the cutest Cat!Levi for Day 7 of Inktober - Drip, and I just couldn't help myself

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Shingeki no Kyojin | Attack on Titan Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Levi Ackerman & Erwin Smith Characters: Levi Ackerman, Erwin Smith, Dot Pixis Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, cat!levi, Teacher!Erwin, Levi is a feral little stray, Erwin is a tired teacher, this is extremely self indulgent, Inspired by Fanart, Fanart Summary:

Today was different though. As Erwin crouched down to place the plate of food on the stoop - which was no longer served on paper plates, Erwin had purchased some proper feeding bowls for the cat - he felt a soft pressure along his ankle.

“Oh, hello there,” Erwin cooed to the cat as he froze in place. He’d tried holding his hand out for the cat to investigate before, but the feline had kept its distance and all but turned its nose up as though Erwin’s hand was offensive to him. So he stayed still, letting the cat rub its cheek against his pant leg. Pacing back and forth between Erwin’s ankles and rubbing against him on every pass.

“Finally feeling friendly are we?” Erwin asked teasingly and gambled a finger. Holding his hand out in the cat's direction.

The cat ignored Erwin’s hand, continuing to rub against his legs for another moment before the food gained control of his focus. Instead of going inside and watching the cat like normal, Erwin crouched down further. Sitting on the stoop and observing the cat up close.

[kikarouflames]

Ngl, past these months I haven't read a single eruri fanfic, after actually engaging and seeing how the Fandom is, my interest has almost evaporated. Everytime I see a fanfic the only thing that stops me from reading it is, what if they just totally made Levi into a lovelorn slave, it's really sickening how they treat Levi.

I remember an Ereri shipper saying to me on Twitter ,"a real Levi stan like you won't be able to survive in eruri fandom for much longer" and I think they were right, everytime I see an eruri shippers' bullshit it always ruins my mood. How blind, Delusional and braindead can people be, the best example of clown behavior has to be some toxic Eruri shippers themselves.

At this point imma just ship Levi with anyone but Erwin or not ship him with anyone at all. How is it that in almost every fic Erwin is so glorious and great and Levi isn't. Like why they need to think Levi is inferior to Erwin. I saw someone on Twitter saying they like making Levi like that, and from that point shipping Eruri has become so difficult. Levi is such a great character and this downright degradation of his character makes my brain and heart ache.

I don't see other ships making Levi all about a character as much as I see in eruri. The ship had potential that people didn't notice and made it into some master-slave gross fantasy. Even if I scream facts in thier faces they will still be smoking bullshit.

[chopzoe]

or you could just not be a homophobe?? whats wrong with you?

Why exactly makes people think I'm homophobic? Because I'm genderbending Levi? Really?

I also genderbent Erwin AND Levi in the same story, writing fem!eruri, which made them two women lmao. In Tit for Tat, I wrote Erwin and Mike having sex, in part two Petra and fem!Levi sleep with each other, multiple times, which is - surprise - also two characters of the same gender having sex, but yeah, apparently, that makes me a homophobe.

I dedicated two years of my life doing a full fan translation of Dresden. You could read that, give the author credit for writing men not able to love each other in the way straight people can, based on real events, just like it was and still is for millions of real people.

As a bi woman, I was in a same sex relationship myself and know what true homophobia and hate is, and how it fucks you up for years if not your whole life, so don't give me that bullshit.

I know how fucking unfair it is, how you are treated differently simply depending on what hand you are holding in public. I know how damaging and traumatising it was having to hear the slurs and people harrassing us, trying to PHYSICALLY break my then girlfriend and me apart and talking shit about us behind our backs. How invisible I often feel in my straight relationship in the present. Because once you happen to fall in love with a guy as a bi woman, people assume you were having a phase and are on the "right track" now. Your parents are all of a sudden hopeful again, that they might be getting grandchildren after all, even though I stated a hundred fucking times I wont be getting any. So many times, I feel like I'm betraying myself, even though I'm happy, I can always do a balancing act. I was so happy to move out of that fucking conservative town I grew up in and lived for two decades of my fucking live. But it all clings to me like a piece of shit stained toilet paper under my shoe.

Some people happen to like what I write. It makes me happy, it even helps me reflect on my own experiences in a safe way sometimes. If you want to read "real" Eruri, go for it, but leave your hate elsewhere. What's wrong with you?

[lostcauses-noregrets]

Hi Lost! <3 I know that Twitter has long been home to a wonderful eruri community. I’ve never had Twitter, but used to be able to casually snoop on the art, conversations, and AO3 updates. With the recent changes to Twitter that’s not really possible anymore :( and I’m not planning on making a Twitter account..

Do you think the public-facing community will go somewhere else at same point with all the uncertainty? (Maybe Threads? Maybe elsewhere?)

I know there are discords but I tend to be a true lurker (besides asking questions on your tumblr) so I don’t think I’d contribute much.

Curious about your thoughts!

Twitter is a complete shit show right now. Just when you think it couldn't possibly get worse, it manages to plumb new depths. Its utterly pointless and self defeating that you have to be logged in to see twitter content, but then again pointless and self-defeating business decisions do seem to be the current CEOs specially, that and being an utter twat.

Aaaaanyway...

Despite all the bullshit, there doesn't seem to be any signs of a mass exodus to another platform. Many people, particularly in fandom, are rightly wary of Threads because Meta has a nasty habit of linking your accounts together no matter how carefully you try to keep them separate. It's almost like they have no concept of consent, privacy or data protection. So yeah, not many folk are keen on having their fandom account linked to social media accounts they may use with family or work colleagues.

A few folk I know have Bluesky accounts, but it seems to be very niche and doesn't have much traction yet. Mastodon doesn't seem to feature at all in fandom circles, at least not that I've seen. There has been a slow drift back to tumblr but I don't think tumblr will ever have the same kind of presence as it used to unless the porn ban is lifted and I can't see that happening any time soon. Tumblr did post a twitter thread explaining the reasons porn is not allowed here, which in their own words boils down to

1. credit card companies and app stores are anti-porn 2. there are new rules around verifying consent and age in adult content (and our top priority is ensuring that all of our users are safe)

It sucks, but at least they're up front about it.

Discord still seems to be the best bet for fandom communities. The fact that servers can be closed and controlled is one of Discord's best features, but as you rightly pointed out, that doesn't help fans who prefer to lurk, of whom there are many. Having said that, there are bigger servers where you can lurk pretty anonymously. I tend to stick to smaller servers with a few close friends, so I'm not sure how big the biggest Eruri servers are. I know there are a few that have been around for a good number of years now, so I suspect they're a pretty decent size.

I do wonder if twitter might eventually reverse the decision about having to be logged in to see content, but the way things are going right now, it's a moot point whether the platform will survive at all.s

Personally speaking, I'm not going anywhere for the time being. AO3, Tumblr and Discord still feel like my main fandom homes and Twitter is just an added extra where I go to see cool art and roll my eyes at the discourse. I'd be interested to hear other fans thoughts on this, so feel free comment!

[selfships-in-spanish]

Hey it’s been a while since we’ve been able to talk but I’ve missed you!!!

Just a life update I figured out I am a lesbian so 🤪

I’m finishing up my junior year of college now and figuring out vacation with my girlfriend! It’s been a busy year but every once in a while I like to check in on your blog and read through your older writing stuff

I hope you’re having a great year, and I’d love to hear what’s been going on with you <3

MY DARLING <3333333333333333333

This made me genuinely so, so happy! I MISSED YOU TOO!!!! Even if doesn't seem like it, I think about all of you a lot. I love every interaction, ask and comment we ever had and it has brought me so much joy! I really hope you all are having wonderful times and that are okay <3

I know I have Tumblr super abandoned and I'm on Twitter and sometimes on Instagram, but I was thinking about coming back here. I really love Tumblr, even though they have massive issues and shit :_) gotta love this little hellhole.

BUT YOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! SO HAPPY FOR YOU MY LOVE 💖💖💖 I'm so glad you can be fully you, and be happy with it!! (drinking game, shot every time I write happy in this reply)

I hope these last months of college treat you well and that you pass with flying colours ✨ Last push! C'MON YOU GOT THIS!! THEN VACATIONS WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND FUCK YEAH! Sounds super good!!! (I'm seriously writing all this with a huge smile sdjflskadjfsadfhakhgfksfd I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU)

Also thank you for checking in ;v; I do plan to post more stuff, also updates on the QoD fic (I swear I'm getting to it, LIFE HAS BEEN CRAZY) and arts and stuff. Get ready for an incoming spam <3

But on my part life has been busy as fuck too, but in a good way.

Well, first of all I caught covid and almost went to the hospital xD I was alone at home and my entire family caught it too, so we couldn't go to take care of each other and my boyfriend was back at his home, too. Also with covid.

It was massively shitty.

Luckily we all recovered from it, so that's a good thing!! But well, apart from that I was unemployed and no matter how hard I tried, I wasn't able to land a job. The whole covid situation really made it seriously difficult and I wanted to scream. I somehow landed a job as a colour assistant on the Webtoon series Sable Curse, (still can't believe it sfsdfa) which is officially launched now!! I was super happy to be part of the team and see how the story and characters developed. It really was super fun and a learning experience! But I had to leave it because... I FOUND A JOB!

I am officially a 2D concept artist & illustrator! :DDDDD YOUR GIRL MADE IT, FUCK YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS

But it means it's a day job, 8-5 and I am so fucking tired I spend my evenings doodling and playing Genshin :_) I'm slowly finishing commissions but I am super exhausted. I love my job though x)

I also recently moved into a new flat! Me and my boyfriend wanted to move out because we had humidity & mold, a lot of problems with the neighbourhood and such, so we were looking for a new one like crazy. It was draining and so. fucking. shitty. because in Barcelona flat prices are INSANE. Also because of my new job I need to be closer to the office... so we were looking to move out of the city itself, too. And we made it! By sheer luck but we made it xD

Holy fuck I'm writing a bible here xD

But basically, that's it! New job, new flat, new me! And also still on my eruri/aot bullshit because those two got me on a chokehold. Eva is my darling baby and I was itching also to draw Ona, my child TvT

Thank you so much for reaching out to me and writing this message! It seems super silly but I'm so happy you did so! TvT

I hope everything continues to go well for you!! You deserve it <3

[leave-i-athan]

me as a combination of my fav character pairs

saw a post saying that people often are a mix of their favorite ships/duos, which is a) a fun theory, and b) something i naturally had to test out for myself. (spoiler: it appears to be quite accurate for me personally)

satosugu

yeah. yep. gojo my dearest fellow entp e7 VLFE scuei with a superiority complex and vulnerability/intimacy issues. geto, chronic overthinker who is # calm in every sense except the ones where he's Not; the ambivert introvert who's still social as hell.

eruri

yes but they're Me in very different ways. erwin (a kin), so7 LIE, calm under pressure, rational, greatest strength is his mind - but it's also what will be the end of him in every way possible; fucked up sense of morals but in a way that Works for the most part because he makes it work. levi - we have the same name. also he looks like me.

lawlight

not my best side mayhaps but transparency is what this blog's for. i am them they are me. the way their minds work, the Dramatics, all of it. they're both on my kin list. i do not agree with light's worldview/politics, but IF i did i would've reached more or less the same conclusions as him. Ls lacking sense of morals and prioritization of his own enjoyment, which meets his Choice to still be on the Right Side? yeah. that. the way they both went absolutely feral over meeting someone whose mind matched their own? yeah <3

hamilton & burr

not a ship really since i don't really fandom-interact with hamilton as much as i just love the musical on its own, but as it is i love their dynamic as characters. and yeah it's one of the most relatable pairs of characters i've ever encountered. the hubris and unchecked ambition of hamilton, the so3 fix and LIE, the sheer capacity for bullshitting your way out of any situation, the youre-the-only-enemy-you-ever-seem-to-lose-to, the what-the-fuck-is-up-with-this-kid. and burr, the other side of it all, the same burning ambition but this time fundamentally hindered by some unnamed, undefined enemy in your own head - caution, fear, indecisiveness; the constant awareness of the field you're playing on, and the commitment to picking the right option, which is stronger than the commitment to your own convictions. i could go on about them forever but yeah, they're me.

kuroken

shoutout to the fact that the haikyuu movie is coming out in less than a week! but yeah this is another yes. kuroo, fellow entp so7 VLFE, whose temperament and outward personality is one of the most relatable i've found in a fictional character; the ultimate introverted extrovert laid-back super-passionate chill nerd duality king. kenma, the inherent INTP-ism in my ENTP, the neurodivergency, the utter distaste for physical exertion except for When It Matters, the my-mind-is-my-strongest-weapon-and-fuck-you-i-will-make-it-work, the you-gotta-make-it-worth-my-time.

to sum it up: yeah. fun!

[levissecondblog]

me as a combination of my fav character pairs

saw a post saying that people often are a mix of their favorite ships/duos, which is a) a fun theory, and b) something i naturally had to test out for myself. (spoiler: it appears to be quite accurate for me personally)

satosugu

yeah. yep. gojo my dearest fellow entp e7 VLFE scuei with a superiority complex and vulnerability/intimacy issues. geto, chronic overthinker who is # calm in every sense except the ones where he's Not; the ambivert introvert who's still social as hell.

eruri

yes but they're Me in very different ways. erwin (a kin), so7 LIE, calm under pressure, rational, greatest strength is his mind - but it's also what will be the end of him in every way possible; fucked up sense of morals but in a way that Works for the most part because he makes it work. levi - we have the same name. also he looks like me.

lawlight

not my best side mayhaps but transparency is what this blog's for. i am them they are me. the way their minds work, the Dramatics, all of it. they're both on my kin list. i do not agree with light's worldview/politics, but IF i did i would've reached more or less the same conclusions as him. Ls lacking sense of morals and prioritization of his own enjoyment, which meets his Choice to still be on the Right Side? yeah. that. the way they both went absolutely feral over meeting someone whose mind matched their own? yeah <3

hamilton & burr

not a ship really since i don't really fandom-interact with hamilton as much as i just love the musical on its own, but as it is i love their dynamic as characters. and yeah it's one of the most relatable pairs of characters i've ever encountered. the hubris and unchecked ambition of hamilton, the so3 fix and LIE, the sheer capacity for bullshitting your way out of any situation, the youre-the-only-enemy-you-ever-seem-to-lose-to, the what-the-fuck-is-up-with-this-kid. and burr, the other side of it all, the same burning ambition but this time fundamentally hindered by some unnamed, undefined enemy in your own head - caution, fear, indecisiveness; the constant awareness of the field you're playing on, and the commitment to picking the right option, which is stronger than the commitment to your own convictions. i could go on about them forever but yeah, they're me.

kuroken

shoutout to the fact that the haikyuu movie is coming out in less than a week! but yeah this is another yes. kuroo, fellow entp so7 VLFE, whose temperament and outward personality is one of the most relatable i've found in a fictional character; the ultimate introverted extrovert laid-back super-passionate chill nerd duality king. kenma, the inherent INTP-ism in my ENTP, the neurodivergency, the utter distaste for physical exertion except for When It Matters, the my-mind-is-my-strongest-weapon-and-fuck-you-i-will-make-it-work, the you-gotta-make-it-worth-my-time.

to sum it up: yeah. fun!

[i-heart-danchou]

Bells

This is for bottom Erwin week day 2, Official Art AU

Is the art I’ve chosen, from the wit production team’s beautiful eruri bounty that they released during production of season 3.  The text says “I want to see your laughing face”

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It’s the way he laughs. The Commander’s whole face lights up, his body shakes, his eyes crinkle and he can’t control his joy.  Erwin is a man in control of his emotions; disciplined, severe, intimidating… but catch him in just the right moment and he can’t stop himself, he laughs and it warms Levi to the core.

It’s not always big belly laughs either— sometimes it’s a warm soft chuckle, a bit of mirth escaping the Commander when Levi snarks him in private.  It grounds both of them, alleviates the severity of their situations a little… they’re both human, and they bicker and fight because they love each other, because every day Erwin stares death in the face and laughs.

**

They're at a party together, some post mission hootenanny Hanji’s thrown together since no one died this time.  It was one of the first missions since Erwin had become Commander, the second where his long distance formation had been implemented, and shit, it’s worked like a fucking charm.

Mike and Hanji have pilfered some alcohol from somewhere, and the new recruits are quite happy to drink up a storm with their leaders.  

Erwin isn’t the sort to get sloppy in front of his coworkers, nor was Levi for that matter.  So they sit back together, Levi fixed some tea, and they watch the party unfold from a distance.  

“Those two.”  Levi mutters, pointing at two young men seconds away from a brawl. “Definitely fucking.”

Erwin smiles and leans close.  “Oh yeah?  How can you tell?”

Levi puts his arm on Erwin’s shoulder, enjoying the warm, hard weight and power he feels under his muscles.  “Cause that’s how it always starts, right?  Two guys fight, it’s charged, it’s hot, they pin each other to the ground and three weeks later some blond dumb idiot’s getting porked by his subordinate.”

Erwin laughs then, loud and hard enough that Levi fears everyone will gawk at them but thankfully they’re all entrenched in their own bullshit by then.  “I don’t know if that’s how most relationships start, Levi.”

Silver eyes roll up incredulously.  “Oh yeah?  How do you think it’s supposed to go?”

Erwin’s smile is warm and soft.  “You see someone incredible, they take your breath away.  You think ‘I need him, I need him in my life and I’ll do anything I can to make him mine.’”

Levi’s cheeks go pink and he ignores them.  

“But how do you win over someone who hates you? Overt displays of strength? Abusing positions of power?”  Erwin’s hips nudge Levi’s as they sit together.  “No.  It’s mutual respect, and trust, and wanting to make each other happy.  This didn’t happen because we fought in the underground.  It happened because I grew to adore you.”

Levi looks away, huffing a chuckle into his tea.  “You’re lucky you’re so good looking.  Cheesy shit like that’d make anyone’s stomach turn.”

Erwin laughs again, and Levi can’t help but smile.  This man.  This man is everything.

**

Erwin smiles when he loses his arm.  He laughs when he’s informed by his colleague that his legs are about to be broken.  Levi wonders if he’s a fucking masochist, and stuffs that little tidbit away for later.  

He’s always had trouble saying no to Erwin… he’s chasing his dream like a child and Levi knows they probably won’t come back alive.  But that laugh, that fucking soft, open laugh… he knows he’s lost, he knows Erwin’s going to lead them into hell like the shit eating magnificent beast that he is.  

Erwin smiles as they depart civilization, cheered on by the public for the first time in Survey Corps history… and he smiles when Levi tells him to die.  

That smile lacerates Levi’s heart and he feels like he’s dying when he makes that last charge.  That smile’ll give him strength, drive him forward… the last gift Erwin gave him.

The beast titan falls and makes a fucking getaway like a coward, and Levi doesn’t have the gas to chase after him.  He scans the green field of dead soldiers, like a graverobbing magpie he wonders if there’s some equipment he can wrestle off of a corpse. But… that smile, Erwin’s soft voice echoing in his ears… a niggling voice at the back of Levi’s mind wonders.

‘What if Erwin’s not dead?’

It’s not hard to find him, even amongst the thousands of dead and wounded men.  His horse is snow white, his hair is spun gold; even bleeding out he’s beautiful he’s sunlight and Levi runs to his Commander.  

“Erwin!”  Levi falls to his knees and rolls him on his back.  He’s breathing, he’s wounded, but… he’ll live.  Holy fuck, he’ll live.  

“…Levi?” Erwin’s pale, he’s in agony, his breathing is harsh but he laughs, he fucking laughs.  A weak little chuckle, a broken cough in a flailing chest.  “You’re on the… on the wrong end of the battlefield I think.” He shuts his eyes against the pain.  “Did you win?”

Levi nods and clutches Erwin’s hand to his chest.  “Yeah.  We won.”  A swallow.  “I ran out of gas, I figured… maybe I could steal yours since you’re a lazy sack of shit laying around while the battle’s still going.”

Erwin’s smile broadens; he laughs once more but his body seizes in pain.  

“Erwin.”  Levi says urgently, patiently.  “The brats probably need some adults to help them.  Can you move?”

That smile falters, only slightly, only slightly, a light quiver in the wind.  Erwin meets Levi’s gaze.  “I can’t feel my legs, Levi.”

Silver eyes widen almost imperceptibly, and Levi licks his lips.  “Stay here.”  Stupid.  Stupid thing to say.  “I’ll get some supplies and we can finish what we started.”

They soar back together, Erwin strapped to Levi’s back like an infant.  Armin is badly wounded, he gets the injection and everything shifts in their favor.  Erwin can’t join them in the basement, but the man can’t stop smiling.  

It baffles Levi sometimes, how much abuse one man can take and still find joy in the world.  A murdered father, a lonely childhood, a limb lost, a near execution and now… his body is broken, useless, beyond repair, and the fucking Commander is smiling.  

**

All Eldians receive the same message of indiscriminate genocide.  It’s worse than Levi dared imagine, worse than Zeke had planned for them too.  

Erwin’s spent the last four years in a wheelchair, helping from the sidelines because his mind is as sharp as it’s ever been.  He and Levi exchange a glance and Levi begins to suit up once more.

They don’t need to exchange words… Levi’s probably going to the other end of the world for this battle, this will decide the fate of the world, and Erwin will be dead weight.  Erwin squeezes Levi’s hand and brings it to his lips.  

“Be careful.”  He whispers.

“I’m always careful.”  Levi retorts, though the scar on his face says otherwise.  “And you remember our rules for when I’m gone.”

Erwin cocks an eyebrow, a smirk loaded up and ready to be deployed for whatever snark his husband’s got lined up.

“No getting killed and no fucking mistresses.”

Erwin’s laugh is like bells, and it keeps Levi standing.

[whyiloverivamika]

Correct me if I'm wrong but was it confirmed by Animedia magazine (official source) that eruri is canon with the phrase: "そんなリヴァイのエルヴィンに対する愛情の深さは感動を呼び" which is basically "many were touched by the depth of Levi's love towards Erwin" and the type of "love" that was used refers to romantic/sexual love as opposed to platonic love? Thanks! I'm a rivamika shipper and I know it's silly but I feel discouraged by this information :(

Buckle up, this got long.

First off, I don’t speak or read Japanese so I really can’t say about the exact meaning of that phrase. But if we take the translation as you have provided it, it can be read two ways. One says that many people see the relationship between the two as romantic/sexual in nature. Which is correct. There is a lot of shippers for them, so yes, many people see romantic/sexual love between them. It mainly talks about the fandom and its perception of the relationship. And yes, it can also be read as confirming that Levi felt that way towards Erwin, thus sort of making the ship canon. Both of those readings are supported by the phrasing. Which brings me to your question and my second point.

Second, it doesn’t matter. I have gone on record on both this and my personal blog about how canon is secondary when it comes to shipping. I believe that while canon validation is nice, sometimes very nice, what really matters are a shipper’s feelings towards their ship. Do you love your ship? Then that’s the most important thing.

I know fandoms have gotten really, really awful about shipping. I see so many shippers across so many fandoms tying their sense of self and worth to what they ship and how focused they are on getting that confirmation from either the canon or by Word of God that their ship is the one. And then when it doesn’t work out, when the ship goes unacknowledged or gets dismissed or sunk, they get really hurt by it. And that’s without getting into the whole purity culture “you need to make your ship seem wholesome at any cost” bullshit that plagues this particular site so much. All of these things were always present in the fandoms, of course, but the centralization of fandoms on a handful of sites and the more ready access to the creators that happened in the past decade made it much worse.

A ship doesn’t need to be canon to be shipped. A canon ship doesn’t need to be torn down to uphold another ship. Two different ships with the same character can be canon at different points in the storyline. A character can hold romantic/sexual feelings towards more than one other character. The characters don’t even need to meet to be shipped. One ship being canon doesn’t mean another ship with those characters can’t be shipped.

Levi loving Erwin doesn’t diminish his relationship with Mikasa, just like Mikasa loving Eren doesn’t diminish her relationship with Levi and anyone who says otherwise can come talk to me to be corrected on how blatantly wrong they are.

Rivamika has had long odds since the beginning. The fact that it came as far as it did is nothing short of amazing. I have shipped ships that didn’t even have any contact in canon and I don’t love them any less.

Honestly nonnie, stop looking across the fence at the other lawn. I guarantee their grass is not greener, it just looks that way. Shipping is not a contest to be won, it’s supposed to be fun and enjoying what you like. Twenty years down the line, I’m still a hardcore HHr shipper despite how the books ended. Fifteen years down the line, I still maintain the position that Thrass/Lorana was the most beautiful and tragic Star Wars ship that deserved so much better. Twelve years down the line, I’m still riding that IchiRuki and ByaRan train despite how the manga ended. Twelve years down the line, I still believe ItaKonan could have been so much more than what we got (which was nothing bc similarly to ByaRan, that was how much interaction they canonically had).

I could go on about all those rare and non-canon and crack ships I have had over my time in fandom and how I enjoyed looking for fanworks or making fanworks for them. How overjoyed I got whenever I found a kindred fan. Of course, there were people who tried to, in ancient slang, “harsh my squee” by pointing out how my ship was non-canon or problematic. I didn’t let them. Other ships are canon? Good for them, I still love my ships regardless.

tldr, canon shouldn’t matter so much when it comes to shipping and as long as the fans of the canon ship leave the fans of non-canon ships alone (and vice versa), we should be able to just enjoy our shipping in peace.

[p-eppermintea]

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Pairing: Erwin Smith / Levi Ackerman (Eruri) Characters: Erwin Smith, Levi Ackerman, Mike Zacharias, Furlan Church, Isabel Magnolia Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Warnings: N/A Word Count: 2527 Tags: Enemies, Levi hates Erwin so much lol, mild violence, Erwin kinda sucks, Very slightly implied sub/dom dynamic, only slightly, Set during No Regrets Excerpt / Summary: 

 “But if I have to beat you into submission, I will. I don’t care who sees, or what they think.” He looks up at Levi, all eyelashes and thick eyebrows. “I will break you.”

The sharp smack of the back of Erwin’s hand connecting with Levi’s cheek resonates throughout the stables. He hits him so hard that Levi is knocked off his feet, sprawling awkwardly across the dirt. He whirls around to look at Erwin, baring his teeth. “Fuck you!” he spits.

Erwin stalks towards him. His hands are balled up into fists at his sides – ready and deadly like any other weapon. “You need to learn some manners.”

“Fuck you,” Levi repeats. His insult is met by a swift hit to the side of his head by Erwin’s shin. He falls back, his head connecting hard against the ground. He can hear a collective gasp from the other trainees, and Furlan and Isabel shouting his name.

Levi barely has time to spit onto the ground before Erwin swoops down to grab him by the collar of his uniform and yank him up to his feet. He holds him just above the ground like a mother cat carrying her young around by the scruff.

Levi bares his teeth at the man, kicking out at him with his legs. Who the fuck does he think he is? He’s convinced that Erwin just likes to take any chance to smack him around like a punching bag. All Levi did was be a little rude to his training officer. It’s not like he even really wants to be here. Perhaps Erwin is trying to prove something, although Levi’s not sure what or to whom. Is he concerned about his position within the Corps? Or perhaps he just does it for fun. Perhaps he just hates me.

Levi wanted to kill Erwin before, but now he really wants to kill him. If it wasn’t practically a death wish, he would take him on right here, right now.

But no. He’ll wait. He’s going to take his time killing Erwin Smith, and he’s going to enjoy it.

Erwin and Levi stare each other down; fierce grey eyes meeting piercing blue. The tension is palpable, and no one says a word or so much as twitches until, finally, Erwin throws Levi back down. Levi stumbles a little, trying to regain his balance. He balls up his fists, fingernails digging almost-painfully into his palms. They continue to stare.

It’s not like Levi can exactly fight back and give it all he’s got right now. Surely not with Mike right behind him, constantly sniffing up Erwin’s ass like some kind of lapdog. He thinks back to Mike’s hand forcing his head into that disgusting puddle. Maybe he’ll make him watch Erwin die, and then kill him after, too.

Erwin’s thick eyebrows furrow. The disdain in his gaze is obvious. “I expect you in my office after training,” he says, and then he turns on the heel of his boot and retreats back towards the office building. Mike follows closely behind, throwing a “Get back to it!” over his shoulder.

As soon as Erwin is completely out of sight, Isabel and Furlan run up to Levi, ready to make a fuss. Levi shrugs them off, though. He’s far too pissed off to even talk to his friends right now. He goes back to his horse and reaches up to stroke the side of her neck. Stay calm. Don’t ruin everything you’ve been working up to.

 While everyone else heads to the mess hall for dinner, Levi makes his way to Erwin’s office. Isabel had given him a sad look and promised to save him some of her dinner. Such bullshit that he has to miss out for whatever ridiculousness Erwin has planned. He knocks heavily on the door and waits outside with his hands clasped behind his back. He knows Erwin is in there – he can hear him talking on the other side of the door. He’s left to wait outside for far too long for his liking. He starts to pace outside of the office, painfully impatient.

He’s about to give up and just leave, reluctance obedience be damned, when the door swings open and he’s finally face to face with Erwin. “Levi,” he says, stepping aside. “Come in.”

Levi supresses an annoyed grumble and steps inside the threshold of Erwin’s office. It’s a rather spacious office, almost impressively so. There are a couple of chairs in front of a desk, and a God-ugly rug spread on the wooden floorboards. Mike is leaning against a bookshelf with his arms crossed. The sneer he gives Levi is almost laughable to him.

Erwin strides swiftly past Levi and back to his desk, sitting down at the chair. He folds his hands in front of him neatly and they both stare each other down in silence. Slowly, one of Erwin’s eyebrows lifts. What the fuck does he want from me?

They stare at each other for a while. It’s like some sort of weird standoff. Levi refuses to be the first one to act. As it seems, so does Erwin.

Finally, Mike sighs heavily. “Salute, trainee,” he snaps.

Begrudgingly, Levi stands up straight and slaps his fist against his chest. “Sir,” he says, simply.

Erwin leans back in his chair, crossing his legs on the way. “Levi,” he replies, just as curtly. He has this strange sort of coolness to him. His devil-may-care attitude is downright unappealing, but Levi guesses that’s probably the exact reason why so many people trust him as a captain. Half of the idiots here would die for him in a heartbeat, and it makes Levi sick.

“At ease, Levi,” Erwin commands. He doesn’t take his eyes off of Levi, and he’s half convinced that he doesn’t even blink. Is he trying to be intimidating? “Mike, you can leave us alone.”

Mike leaves without a word, but Levi can feel his glare boring a hole into his back. Glare away, asshole.

Erwin is silent until the door closes behind Mike. He gestures in front of him. “Sit.”

Levi obeys. The chair creaks under his weight, but it’s sturdy. He’s determined to remain non-committal and as distant as possible, but he tosses up between obedience and just being downright rude.

“You need to learn to trust me, Levi.”

“What reason do I have to trust you?” Levi challenges. He guesses he’ll go for something in-between. He slips down into his chair and brings one foot up to rest on the seat. Finally comfortable, he tilts his head back. “What choice do I have, even?”

Erwin huffs out a laugh. “I suppose you don’t really have a choice,” he agrees. He leans forwards, serious. “Trust the Survey Corps – and more importantly, me – or spend the rest of your life imprisoned.”

“I wonder which would be worse.”

Erwin laughs for real at that, leaning back again. “A true dilemma, indeed,” he says. “We all end up the same in the end. Why not use your incredible talents for the good of humanity?”

Levi stays silent. He’d be lying if he said he didn’t feel a bit of a thrill from being a member of the Survey Corps. Even after getting his citizenship – and, providing that he doesn’t get caught or prosecuted for killing Erwin – he sometimes thinks that maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to stay. He has way more potential than anyone else in the Corps, that’s for sure.

It’s nice to feel useful and powerful. He supposes that’s why his life underground felt generally fulfilling to him.

“You’re talented, Levi. More so than anyone else here,” Erwin tells him. “I know this, and you haven’t even faced a real titan yet. I really hope that you can learn to trust me. I know that it won’t happen overnight, but I do know that we will make a great team someday.”

Levi furrows his brows. “You want me to trust you,” he says slowly, “and yet you kick me around in front of everyone.”

“Above all else, you need to learn obedience.” Erwin says it like it’s obvious. “Don’t you think that the best way to teach someone obedience to beat it into them?” He pauses, looking up and directly into Levi’s eyes. “Especially when they’re as difficult as you.”

“You’re sadistic,” Levi hisses.

“That, I am.”

In that moment, there’s a tentative knock at the door. Erwin makes a delighted sound and stands up. “Come in,” he calls.

A small trainee with blonde hair opens the door and peeks her head in. “Um, I brought your dinner for you, Mr. Smith, sir,” she says timidly.

“Excellent.” Erwin approaches her and takes a platter out of her hands. “Thank you.”

She salutes and leaves without a word. The military has always creeped Levi out. He wonders what Erwin has done to earn her salute and her trust.

Erwin sets a shitty metal plate holding a bowl of soup, a small loaf of bread, and a couple of steamed potatoes in front of Levi. “Eat with me,” he requests. Or, it sounds like a request, but Levi knows it’s an order. He sets his own dinner down at his side of the desk and sits back down. He passes Levi a knife, fork, and spoon.

Levi regards the cutlery. The knife is blunt and essentially useless. He flicks his gaze back up to Erwin, who is already digging into his bread and soup. Could he kill him right here, right now? Just leap over the desk and jab the fork into his neck.

He’d probably be killed on the spot if he even tried and failed. Or, maybe not. Erwin seems like the kind of sick fuck who would still try to keep him around, anyway. For the sake of humanity. That’s always been his reasoning for wanting Levi to work under him.

Levi may hate his guts, but at least his intentions seem decent enough. It’s almost a shame.

Although, he’s not sure what the consequences of killing Erwin could be. There’s no one like him, that’s for sure. Everyone says that Erwin’s tactical abilities are some of the best, and he’s a natural-born leader. They all seem to think that Erwin is humanity’s only hope right now. And maybe under different circumstances, Levi might, too.

Ripping into his bread, Levi shakes the thought out of his head. Isabel and Furlan’s citizenships and wellbeing are more important to him than Erwin’s life ever will be. They’re his family. They will always come first, and they deserve a comfortable life on the surface.

Erwin and Levi eat quietly, and a little awkwardly. While Levi is avoiding eye contact, he takes a look around the office. It’s nice, he guesses, but fuck. He can see the dust in the air, and he doesn’t even want to think about the possible disarray inside Erwin’s desk drawers. If he wasn’t so starving, he would be completely put off his dinner.

When he looks back at Erwin, he’s looking right at him. It’s downright creepy, but if that’s how he wants to do thing, Levi is more than happy to oblige. He stuffs bread into his mouth and stares right back at him. What is he looking at? If he’s expecting Levi to say something, then he’s sorely mistaken. He’ll sit there and stare at him all night if he has to. He’ll never deny that he isn’t a stubborn man.

If Erwin is going to lead Levi straight to his death, then he’s not going to just let it happen without a fight.

Erwin knows this.

Erwin puts his spoon down softly in his half empty soup bowl. “Do you want to know what I think?”

Levi takes a bite out of one of his potatoes. “Not really,” he says, chewing while he talks. It’s gross and rude, but he’ll do anything to cement the fact that he won’t completely submit to Erwin – even in petty shit like this.

Erwin goes on anyway. “I think you’re smarter than everyone thinks you are. And you’re better than everyone thinks you are, too,” he tells him. “You’re better than those two friends of yours, who will only hold you back.” Levi bristles at that and opens his mouth to snap back at him, but Erwin quickly continues. “And maybe you’re even too good for me.”

He leans forwards, fire and determination in his eyes. “But I’m your only option for survival right now. You’re just too much work for anyone else to want to deal with, even if you are unbelievably skilled.”

Levi scoffs. He really is full of back-and-forths. How exhausting. “Am I supposed to be flattered or insulted?”

“I don’t care. You really have no choice, so I’m not interested in flattery. Or insults, for that matter.” Erwin folds his arms. “But if I have to beat you into submission, I will. I don’t care who sees, or what they think.” He looks up at Levi, all eyelashes and thick eyebrows. “I will break you.”

Levi can’t help but shudder at that. For some reason, he completely believes him. He won’t give up so easily, but he is certain that Erwin will do whatever it takes to make sure he submits. He stays silent at that and finishes off his final potato. A tiny voice in the back of his mind wonders if perhaps it wouldn’t be too bad to submit completely to Erwin. Almost cringing, Levi shoves that voice further back. Absolutely not.

Erwin, satisfied at Levi’s reaction (or lack thereof), goes back to eating like nothing happened. Levi slowly puts his cutlery back on the plate.

For some reason, and for the first, Erwin’s words are affecting him. I will break you. He’s already broken – it’s hard not to be, with the life he’s had – but Erwin will find a way to break him even more, eventually, and he has no doubts about that. It’s unnerving.

Levi decides that while Erwin Smith might be all charisma, piercing blue eyes, and jawlines; he’s also evil. That’s probably why he’s made it this far.

“Are we done?” Levi asks.

“Sure,” Erwin replies. He sets his cutlery down. “I expect you back here first thing in the morning, though. We have a lot of work to do.”

Supressing the urge to roll his eyes, Levi nods and stands up. “Yes, sir.” He salutes half heartedly and turns to leave swiftly. He sees a hint of Erwin’s smile.

Once the door is shut behind him, Levi heaves a sigh. He takes his time walking back to the barracks, mulling everything over.

On one hand, Erwin Smith is his ticket to a comfortable life within the walls. If he just gets his job done, he can disappear with Furlan and Isabel. Open a tea shop or something, and finally live comfortably.

But on the other hand…

Some part of him sees potential in Erwin and their proposed partnership; and an even sicker part of him is already starting to respect him, in some way. He may be a lot of things (annoying, relentless to the point where it’s almost pathetic, and incredibly fake), but he’s certainly ambitious. Rightfully so, as well.

I will break you.

A voice inside of Levi hisses; not if I break you first.

[humanitys-shortest-soldier]

Eruri / Attack on Titan

Rating: T

Word Count: 3071

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“I’m making the choice.”

“Give up on your dream and die. Lead the recruits straight into hell.”

“I will take down the Beast Titan.”

Levi’s vow rang in his ears. He meant them, every word, yet he wished he could take them back the moment they left his mouth. 

This is what Erwin came to do, the reason why he refused to stay behind. Determined to do whatever it took to uncover the truth. Nothing Levi could say would change his mind. 

Erwin was stubborn as hell and more than willing to die, two facts that Levi was painfully aware of. 

He knelt before Erwin, his eyes on the ground. His mind was buzzing with a million other things he wanted to say, but his throat felt tight. None of them mattered now anyway. Not anymore.

He lifted his gaze, looking up at Eren, unconscious on top of the wall. Was anyone even alive on the other side? Or was it already too late?

“I can’t believe it’s come to this,” Levi said, not trying to keep the bitterness out of his voice. “All our planning and it comes down to a fucking suicide mission.”

“A sacrifice,” Erwin corrected. “For a cause we all pledged to give our hearts to. It’s not over yet.”

It is for you, Levi thought, but he didn’t say it.

Instead he scoffed. “Call it whatever you want, it’s still a shitty situation.”

He hated this plan, even though he agreed to it. He’d been more than willing to give his own life, to try and distract the Beast Titan long enough for Erwin and the others to escape on Eren. It was strange, how that idea felt easier for him to swallow than the current plan.

“I’m no exception,” Erwin continued, keeping in line with Levi’s thoughts. “My life is no more important than theirs. I can’t expect them to fight if I won’t do the same. The least I can do now is make our deaths useful.”

That’s bullshit and you know it, Levi thought to himself. Erwin was the brains behind their whole operation. If you lose the head, the body follows. He was placing all this faith in Levi, but it was Erwin’s mind that was the best weapon the Survey Corps had.

He didn’t call Erwin out. Not that it would do any good if he did. Erwin knew he was right. The troops wouldn’t go without him at the lead. 

And goddamnit, of all the times for him to be right.

CONTINUE ON AO3

[livysan]

just wanted to remind you what a whore you are for shipping eruri and jeankasa and to go fuck yourself

Invertoalbedo u still on this bullshit? Dude u r so fucking creepy and sexist get tf off my blog

[animentality]

SNK starts up again tomorrow and I'm not sure how I feel about it because

1) on the one hand, I loved this arc to pieces when it first came out and I defended isayama's writing and his decisions, and he had my faith from then on.

2) he then dashed my dreams and showed himself to be completely untrustworthy in the ensuing Marley arc and the whatever the fuck arc happening right now.

So I have this mixed bag of emotions where I'm excited to see the rts arc, but I also still hate the snk fandom for all of its stupidity.

None of which I feel like recounting, since you guys will never know the true extent of the bullshit I had to deal with back when the snk fandom was a monstrous size and wasn't limited to the hardcore fans who will literally praise anything isayama does nowadays.

So snk coming back with its best arc, its last good arc?

It's good and I will be doing my usual reaction posts.

But do I look forward to the fandom becoming mildly active again?

Nah, not really.

I will be doing what I did every season since season 2, and that is mostly ignoring every other fan, and just watching the show for myself. Which is what I should've been doing all along, but hey you don't know everything as a kid.

Anyway.

Tl;dr- I'm excited to see snk's best arc adapted, not excited to see snk fans being their usual obnoxious selves.

Oh and addendum: I can't wait to see how they no homo the shit out of eremin and eruri this season.

Shonen can't be gay, so get ready for a lot of manly no homo back slapping.

[lostcauses-noregrets]

What are some of your favorite things about the Snk fandom? Eruri fandom specifically? also loved your post about how within the Snk world Erwin and Levi aren’t really considered attractive

Oh wow! Where to start??! There’s so, so much I love about this fandom, but perhaps a good place to start might be by admitting that my experience of the SnK fandom as a whole is actually quite limited.  I’ve spent most of the last six years holed up in my little Eruri corner of the fandom, where I can hang out with close friends and like-minded fans.  That’s not to say that I’m not invested in the series as a whole, I absolutely am, I wouldn’t still be here if I wasn’t, but I’ve curated my own little fandom niche very carefully.  I’ve really only been active on tumblr, twitter and a few small discords, I give Reddit and Youtube a wide berth, and have only occasionally dipped my toe into the wider fandom waters.  I should add that I have huge respect for fans who do have the energy and equanimity to navigate these often choppy waters (looking at you @momtaku​ – respect), I haven’t got that kind of patience.  

As a result, my experience of SnK fandom has been almost entirely Eruri and the Veterans, but what an experience it’s been.  I’ve been involved in fandom for twelve years now and I can quite honestly say that I’ve never come across such a diverse, creative, funny and generous fandom community.  I’ve met fans of all ages from all over the world, some of whom have become my closest friends in real life over the last six years.  My life has been made immeasurably richer through their friendship, and I’m immensely grateful for their presence in my life.  Some of those friends have moved on from the fandom long since, and though there are some that I still miss everyday, I know that it’s just the nature of fandom friendships, and that’s fine, I will always treasure the time we spent together.  

I also love the incredible creativity of this amazing fandom, the fic and the art is second to none, and the generosity of creators is unparalleled.  I’m particularly indebted all the readers who have commented on and encouraged my writing (I may never get round to replying to AO3 comments, but I treasure every one), the artists who have illustrated my fics (honestly, it’s the highest honour), the translators who have translated my stories to bring them to Russian and Chinese readers, the artists and writers who have been happy to collaborate with me, the readers who have reblogged and commented on my meta, and the friends who have allowed me to turn their shenanigans into stupid crack fic XD

I love the real sense of community that exists in the Eruri fandom, and it’s such a diverse community too.  Sure there have been fallings out and differences of opinion over the years but that’s inevitable, we’re not a homogenous group.  However I do think that because the average age of the fandom skews a little older than the norm, the community has managed to rise above a lot of the drama and bullshit that seems to be sadly endemic in fandom spaces these days.  And when push comes to shove, people really pull together, as they did during the painful days of the Serum Bowl, when we were all raw with grief, and emotions were running high on all sides of the fandom.  I’ve also been hugely inspired by the courage and dedication of individuals within the Eruri community in shutting down bullying behaviour, supporting fans from other communities when they are being harassed, rallying round friends who are struggling, and raising awareness of and funding for important social justice causes.  

I’ve been inspired by so many people in the Eruri and Veterans fandom community, I’m not going to try and list everyone here, suffice to say you all have my enduring gratitude, love and thanks.  

And thank you too for this ask Anon, it’s been lovely to have an excuse to reflect on all my favourite things about this amazing fandom ♡

[prettyodditybeware]

Pretty_oddity beware

After awhile, me and two other people are here to make a callout/beware on an Instagram user who used to be a popfur on DeviantArt that moved to Instagram after being banned. They’ve done so many horrible things I think people should be aware of. People may raise eyebrows bc this started in 2017, but he still lies abt it all to this day and acts the same way,,,

I got screenshots from multiple people, including the people helping me write this callout! Please don’t attack anyone here, it helps no one

You can contact us here: https://www.instagram.com/prettyoddity_beware/

This is the user in question:

Proof here that they’re the same person here, they have the same oc: https://www.instagram.com/p/BuQVqEdH8PZ/

(He deleted it... but we have it saved)

Oddity has also made stories about his old dA, which was Vegasi, so it’s impossible for him to say it’s not his account

Oddity was known to be a jerk on dA; he often caused drama with his friend who was called “Ali” (FYI: This person no longer goes by Ali and is a male so pls don’t call them a her,,, I’m only calling him “them” in this journal because all of them go by he/him and it gets confusing) at the time by blaming things Oddity did on them. He also told them to kill themself after awhile and covered it up as being “hacked” by him.

He also scammed points from people and said Ali and Luke (mentioned below) stole them,,, which isn’t true. Ali actually tried to help said people get their money back,,,

 He also was dating someone called Lokidime on dA, aka Luke, (Oddity later admitted that he had only dated Luke to compensate for the fact he wasn’t dating Ali,,, gross). He never really talked to Loki and left dA for a few weeks without warning after he started more drama with Ali. Loki eventually learned about how Oddity was treating Ali and turned against him, but first wanted to talk to him about the situation. Oddity was ignoring his notes for weeks until he responded to one after awhile. They’re very insulting so trigger warning,,,

He said he was also using Ali and pretending to be their friend:

Ali also made a callout against him for his behavior, which is sadly now deleted, but here’s a small summary from Luke:

When these screenshots were leaked and put in a callout against him, he tried to cover it up by saying he was hacked,,, and blamed the people he was harassing.

Obviously he didn’t actually have any proof bc it wasn’t true,,, and the screenshots above prove otherwise. Obviously no one who had seen the screenshots believed him and thank god for that,,,

Then later this person appeared,,,? This is more than enough proof Ali didn’t hack Oddity but we have a suspicion Oddity made the account to try and cover up the things he said to Ali and Loki

“Ali” was also manipulated/forced into telling Oddity they hacked despite the fact they didn’t: https://www.instagram.com/p/BybEm9AgxN_/

Before that, when he got called out by them, he commented these things:

He also lies abt Ali “ripping-off” one of his ocs when they bought an adopt from someone that they didn’t know was similar to his,,, he knows they adopted the character but still says they did it anyway to paint them as a bad person

(SCREENSHOT BELOW IS FROM 2019)

Oddity is also a very jealous and possessive person; when the user Ali started having feelings for both him and another person, he’d always react like he was being cheated when they were never together and never even instigated anything with Ali:

And when Ali started being friends with Luke again, he acted like this,,, he was also being rude to Ali to try and force them to break up with him which is super gross,,,

(THE REST PF THR SCREENSHOTS BELOW ARE FROM 2018)

He has a tendency to act like he doesn’t do anything wrong and admitted to having a god complex,,, which would explain that. He also tried to fish for sympathy a lot and act like the victim

He also made a “vent” (this far left drawing in the image above) that he had always liked this boy at his school,,, while he was constantly going after Ali. When someone told Ali abt all of this, here’s what he said:

New update in July of 2019:

Oddity claimed to keep “Ali” anonymous, but then later displayed their old dA account name in a post, which can easily be used to find their new and current social media’s,,, that’s extremely disgusting and disrespectful. He also sent his friend to attack them and accuse them of things they never did

(Screenshot taken by a follower on their close friend story list)

A few users have reported “Teela” to also be as much of a jerk as Oddity,,, they’re a whiteknight of his. We suggest you block them too.

And we have more proof Oddity uses people for free art,,, he joined artfight, promising to do revenge against anyone who attacks him, and when he got enough attacks, he only did a couple and then decided to quit,,, that’s so gross.

This is a really manipulative way to get free art,,, but then again, he did say all he cared about was art of his characters,,, :/

He also mocks/makes fun of straight people and emphasizes how “gay” he is,,, sounds a lot like fetishizing gay people

Here’s a very recent example:

Calling straight boys 12-year-olds and implying they’re ugly/wrong? That’s not disgusting at all,,, and this is being written by someone who is bi

These are all I have for now,,, but I’ll find more eventually. I recently found the people called “Ali” and “Luke” and asked them to share their experiences:

Luke (eruriator on instagram):

“we started dating in 2017 but he admitted he was just using me for art and didn’t love me in the first place, he only dated me because he was butthurt he wasn’t dating (Ali) and wanted a replacement

he was also very abusive towards (Ali) when they were friends, he’d start drama and blame it on him, he lied constantly about us hacking him when we didn’t just to get his popularity back

all he cares about is free art of his stupid characters and he doesn’t deserve it, not after what he did to me and (Ali), he actually admitted it multiple times

he’s honestly so gross please stay away from him he’s a monster”

Ali:

“I don’t want to say too much since I don’t want to remember every detail again, I also want my current accounts anonymous bc I don’t want to be involved or attacked by a bunch of white knights if that happens. I’m not instigating anything here, I’m just recalling what I’ve gone through so please don’t use what I say as some kind of promotion to attack him because I don’t want that.

but I met him sometime in 2016 and he wasn’t the greatest person, he constantly caused fights with me and then say I started it, he still does to this day

he claims that I hacked him to steal his points, stole his boyfriend (who he didn’t even love in the first place), ruin his reputation, and ripped off his characters?? which is complete bullshit, a few months ago I had a conversation with him and he was STILL blaming me for all the drama, saying “oh I can’t forget what you did” “you did this” “you did that” and was implying I was to blame for it all when I didn’t even do anything to him- the worst I did was vent and get upset at him for being a hypocrite and treating me like shit

he also pretended to have feelings for me after the drama?? he claims his feelings were genuine but, I shit you not, about a week ago on his instagram story he said that in 2017-2018 he knew he was gay and didn’t like girls (which I identified as at the time) and that he was uncomfortable with them. so obviously he didn’t like me. not to mention he tried to make me break up with him when we tried dating by treating me like dirt and valuing me a bunch of times which is really fucked up. he also demeaned my trauma (I was abused by his ex and he blamed me for it saying I was just making stuff up). so gross

he’s got this massive ego and god complex too, he thinks he’s above consequence and doesn’t do anything wrong but vents about being a terrible person n stuff to get sympathy which is ironic

in fact I remember one time he called me out for ““pose theft”” just because in one of my drawings had a pose a bit similar to one he had. it’s appalling how big his ego is

honestly I tried for a long time to help him but obviously it was a huge waste of time, I’m over him bc he just doesn’t have any gratitude or consideration for anyone but himself. he thinks he’s his own character and has one of the biggest ego’s I’ve ever seen

like I wouldn’t be even talking about any of this if he wasn’t such an ass to me. but yeah he just blames everything on me so whatever? I don’t care what happens to him at this point he’s never really cared about me anyway

there’s way more but it’s way too long I’d be writing an essay; if people want to ask me about it you can give them my user privately and I’ll talk to them if they want”

Overall, Pretty_Oddity is a narcissistic, selfish jerk who only cares about getting art of his characters,,, please do not support him or his work, he doesn’t deserve the traffic. he also blocks people for no reason, even people who simply follow him or say a friendly hello. We suggest deleting any art you’ve made for him as he doesn’t deserve it. He’s been using fabricated screenshots to “prove” he is “innocent” and obsessively posts about us... a sign of being guilty.

[ackbang]

tea time for @dumberer and eruri week ‘18. prompt: carrying

erwin has known levi for almost a decade. it is to the point that erwin doesn’t quite remember a time before him--the times before having a vacant side of the bed, before having only one toothbrush, before all the healthy food stocked to the brim in his fridge. but he doesn’t quite want to remember a time without him--levi has integrated himself into the part of erwin’s life that he didn’t realize was so incomplete, so dull, so empty. levi is, in so many words, his soulmate.

but in his ten years, in the ten beautiful, sometimes painfully frustrating, but incredibly fulfilling years--he’s never seen levi drunk.

“erwwwiiin.”

erwin drapes his arm over his eyes, the dull light of the living room shooting a painful migraine through the entire globe of his head. “shut up.”

“no. hey.” levi coughs. “erwwwiiin.”

“stop it. leave me alone.”

there’s shuffling, a thud and a shake as it seems levi has fallen off the couch and onto the floor. “my leggies don’ work.”

“levi.”

“erwwwiiin...” there’s some slapping on the wood floor and another thud. “i got some shit... i got... uh... why can’t i stand?”

“you’re drunk.”

“oh my god, erwin, are my legs... where did my legs go!?”

erwin raises his arm slightly, peeks at levi who’s face down on the floor, his butt wiggling as it seems he’s trying to remember how to walk. he smiles. “they’re attached to your ass, you ass.”

levi pauses, his hips a few inches off the ground, his face still buried in the floor. he groans, “oh.”

“dumbass.”

“yer...” levi snorts into the floor as his hips drop, and he breathes out heavily through his nose. “whatever...”

the room is quiet for a few minutes, until the unfamiliar sound of levi’s snoring saws through the hotel room. erwin groans, breathing raspberries between his lips and turning his swimming head to look down at his pathetic excuse of a husband. 

but he was proud of him. god, he had never been more proud of him. earlier that day, levi had presented at one of the largest technical conferences in the country. he was swarmed by men with groomed facial hair, thick rimmed glasses, and business cards with geometric sans-serif typography, their lips full of offerings of local breweries and their sweet nectars of “the world’s best ipas”. levi had wanted to decline, dug his hand deep into his denim jeans as he forced a thin smile and an apologetic dismissal. but erwin had convinced him to agree--he earned it. he deserved to kick back.

levi didn’t drink. levi was, for all intents and purposes, a lightweight.

erwin left levi with his dignity. they dismissed themselves from a group of fifteen self-proclaimed full-stack developers, erwin placing his hand on the back of levi’s neck to keep him steady after the 16oz of “disgusting bullshit” he just drank. the texas summer heat dragged his husband’s feet along brick streets until he swerved into the side of a building after a bought of uncontrollable giggling.

“let’s get fucked up.” levi looked up at erwin, his mouth covered by his hand, and erwin found the giggles quite contagious.

they emptied a bottle of wine together in their bed and breakfast, their clothes slowly peeling away between lazy kisses that smelled thick of alcohol. their legs were entangled on the small sofa, the tv droning the local news and weather before the late night talk hosts started shooting quip after quip that had levi hanging halfway off the furniture in pained amusement.

until he ended up on the floor, nearly naked, ass-up, and definitively drunk.

“get up,” erwin groans.

levi mumbles on the floor, shifting slightly as he rolls onto his side, his back slamming into the couch. “ouch.”

“com’mon.” erwin rises from his lounging position, steadying himself on the back of the seat as he wobbles slightly. he was, without a doubt, better at holding his liquor than levi, but he also had downed three times more alochol than his husband. he plants a foot on the floor next to levi’s hand, and contemplates his life, the universe, and how many steps it would take to get to the bathroom.

he makes it, somehow. his legs are present and still functional, but for the first time in decades he has the spins. he leans on the sink, clambers at the fresh glasses near the faucet and drinks three full glasses of tap water before releasing the seal into the toilet. he pisses for what feels like eternity, and he nearly pisses all over the floor when he hears levi shouting for him to “finish up already”.

erwin returns into the bedroom, wearing nothing but his underwear and socks, and takes nearly a minute to get to his knees next to levi. he pushes a firm hand into levi’s shoulder. “wake up, babe.”

“’m ‘wake.”

“sit up.”

“no.”

“honey.”

“nnnnnnno.” levi says, with the same petulance as a child.

“you have to drink some water.”

“rabies...”

“what?”

“’ve got... rabies...”

erwin bellows a laugh, causing him to wince against his headache, and he leans heavily into the couch. “no you don’t.”

“no wawa.”

erwin leans over and places his hands under levi’s armpits and drags him along the floor. levi squirms, complaining the whole time. “let’s get you to bed.” 

“erwwwiiiinnnnnnnnaahhhh.” he kicks his feet and managed to get onto his hands and knees. he faces off with erwin, glaring with half-lidded eyes and mussed up hair, before falling forward into erwin’s chest, drool dripping into the soft fluff of chest hair.

it takes a lot of finagling and a lot of mind over matter, but erwin manages to get levi sitting in his lap, legs drapped on either side of his hips. he braces on the couch, his one arm under levi’s ass, and with a tired old groan, he lifts the both of them and shuffles them over to the bed. he places levi down, but before he can leave to get some water, levi latches his limbs around erwin. “darling?”

“i fucking love you,” levi mutters into erwin’s neck. “like... i love you. do you... do you under... hm.” levi’s limbs turn into noodles, and he falls back onto the made bed.

the confession is sobering, and erwin chuckles a little as he gently pats levi’s thigh. “i love you, too.”

it takes another fifteen minutes or so for erwin to sober up enough for the room to stop spinning. he gets levi under the blankets and forces him to drink four glasses of water before letting him finally rest against his side. erwin runs gentle fingers along the plains of muscles of levi’s back, touches along his jaw, and the shell of his ear. he cards through his hair, smiles as levi buries his nose into his ribs, kicks his leg up over his waist, and completes the missing half that erwin very vaguely remembers having, but is glad he never has to feel again.