Piece I made for Beyond your Binary: A Trans Anime zine [which you can download for free here]
with titan regeneration, at what point is the shifter no longer the person they once were?
have eren's cheeks been ripped of their flesh and regrown so many times that they have never once been held by his mother?
has reiner cut his palms so many times that the skin on them has never touched bertholdt?
do porco's hands remember being held by his late brother?
is armin even the boy he was before shiganshina?
but it isn't all bad. the regeneration heals more than just physical wounds
annie has only ever been held by her father in a comforting way, since she's no longer the little girl he pushed too hard
zeke, at the time of his death, had never been violated by marley. his hands were not the ones forced to activate the rumbling.
muscle goals
testing the waters with this one so I don’t have every character… (I’m the AOT Twitter bitch ♥️)
a sun god
ao3 is crazy because you'll read the most gut-wrenching 200k word slowburn that leaves you sobbing into your sweater at four in the morning and the author will be applejacksmonstercock
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Aot Analysis
It all began with Ymir. Her and her entire village was enslaved and their tongues sliced off. Her 'deification' caused by an accusation, as the entire village relied on her kindness to bear their punishment. And like some mere doe, the archers chased her in a forest. She then met a prehistoric creature that would give her titan powers.
It was a chance, the audience would say. She could finally escape that oppressive empire. But poor girl developed some kind of stockholm syndrome. Ymir was a simple girl with simple desires and yearnings. All she wanted was love, and she liked the idea of loving someone. Unable to explain that to the audience with her sliced tongue; she did with her scream in her titan form, with her fist that killed opposing empires. All of which was for the king, but doing it for the empire was her job.
Historia's father tells her the tale of Ymir Fritz (where she was referred to as Krista) Her father encourages her to be like Krista, depicted as a kind girl and as told in the tale that she made a deal with the devil to gain freedom. Her father used this not to encourage her pursuit of freedom but rather for her to want the founding titan power as he wanted to live a long life; those who possess titan powers get to only live for 13 years after obtaining it. Her father wanted to keep their title of being the royal family possessing the founding titan power.
(different from ymir fritz)
Ymir was once just a nameless child beggar in the streets of Marley. She was taken by a cult, and they claimed that she had royal blood—a descendant of their all powerful 'goddess', Ymir Fritz and named her after her. She was worshipped by a group of people. As an oblivious child, she assumed that people worshipped her for her own self, but it was only her 'royal blood' which she does not truly have.
technically both ymir and historia were nicknamed from ymir fritz' names, Ymir and Krista
Similar to Historia and Ymir Fritz, Ymir thought of fate as a concept; everything that happens has a cause and effect—that if she chooses to carry this great burden, she would save her people and that would be her great fate. Instead, her and including her people all got sent to paradise, where they got injected by titan fluids and transformed into mindless titans.
Ymir Fritz thought the king would love her, but even after all she did for the empire and positioning as his mistress, he didn't.
Historia chose to position as the queen of the walls, but it was to help people, not what she desired.
Ymir positioned as a royal blooded, to find out that it was all a lie—she was still a nobody, and such a thing like fate is fake.
In the eyes of citizens, those who held great authority were viewed as having many privileges; it wasn't really the case for these women, they were all forced to carry a job that masqueraded their dreams.
As the military police planned the assassination of Historia, Ymir stepped in and offered Historia freedom. Ymir represented a chance for freedom for Historia, the same way the prehistoric creature was a chance for freedom for Ymir Fritz. Although she didn't exactly refuse and Ymir eventually chose to leave Historia, she didn't accept it right away. The same way Ymir Fritz didn't take her chance for freedom in her life, and it led for her soul in the afterlife to be eternally enslaved by the holders of the founding titan. Eventually, Historia took the position of being the queen of the walls, she even bore a child even though she was a lesbian baddie.
Both Ymir Fritz and Historia were left unhappy with their past decisions.
first kiss
watched the last attack last night
needless to say i hate attack on titan.
i was trying not to cry all through work today
That man was TIDEEEEEEEEE! Very much DAMN I CANT EVEN DIE BECAUSE YALL ALWAYS NEED SOMETHING!
It’s “Missing My Depressed Pathetic Blond Bastard Wednesday” y’all!!!