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The Way We Hurt 01

Rating: 16+ (for now)

Content Notice (this chapter): self-harm, mentions of violence

Word Count: 902

My attempt at making some sort of coherent backstory for these two (which will probably be proven wrong by the second movie). Expect small chapters of cca 1000 words every day or so (got to write while the inspiration lasts).

Title taken, as has become my habit when it comes to this pairing, from lyrics for an Escape the Fate’s song; Chemical Love this time (it could be their theme song).

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I’m going to be completely honest:

I actually really liked the Attack on Titan live action movie. 

I liked the change in environment. I liked the Fallout/Bioshock vibe it gave off. I liked the angst. I liked the fact that they gave several nods to smaller parts in the manga. I liked the fact that there were things from our time mixed in. I liked that there was a lot of blood (though it turned my stomach quite a bit) and that the titans were legitimately terrifying. There was a lot I really enjoyed. 

There was a lot I didn’t like, too.

I hate Shikishima with a passion. I hate that people think he’s supposed to be Levi, though clearly in the movie he is Levi’s exact opposite. Levi’s not an ass – well, he is, but not he’s not a cruel-for-fun bastard. Levi wouldn’t leave Eren to die, walking away like “Oh well, sometimes we’re just unlucky.” He wouldn’t smile while people were being hurt. 

I hated that Mikasa was so absent, but, I don’t necessarily hate how her characters has been changed. Don’t get me wrong…Mikasa is my absolute favorite character, and she is often so grossly mischaracterized. But…this change was actually…kinda nice? Not in a “wow I hate how she is in the manga/anime” because I love that too – but seriously, hear me out.

Mikasa wasn’t kidnapped as a child by three men. She didn’t meet Eren after he brutally killed her kidnappers. No, I don’t know how they met, but from how it looked, they really did care about each other. 

Mikasa hadn’t been traumatized as a child. She was happy. She had no haunting memories of her parents’ deaths. She hadn’t become a murderer at age nine. 

BUT

During the titan attack, Mikasa was almost killed. I’m assuming Shikishima came in and killed the titan before she was completely eaten, but either way, she was saved – almost like how Eren had saved her in the series.

So, like Mikasa did with Eren, she formed a bond with her rescuer… only in this universe, the person of interest returned her feelings (though I believe his intentions are anything but pure. I truly believe that the only reason why he is treating her with affection is so she can become a hardened soldier.) She feels dependant on this person, as well as protective. She’s not necessarily being submissive – she’s relaxed. She feels safe.

Remember, she’s not the same person she used to be, and she’s not the same Mikasa from the series. Children handle traumatizing experiences differently than teenagers and adults. This is why, I think, the outcome is different. 

I don’t know…please don’t come at me with angry messages stating this and that. I’m seriously just talking about what I’ve observed. 

I DID like the fact that she was almost eaten – mostly for angst reasons. I liked that she survived and had a bad ass scar from it. I’m hoping that with the next movie we will see her regain parts of her old personality. With everything that I assumed happened to her, I’m not surprised that she’s as cold as she is now.

I hated the stupid meaningless sex scene. What the hell was the point? OKay so Lil and Fukushi were cute, but I’M MOSTLY LOOKING AT YOU, HIANA. JEEZ, PUT YOUR BOOB BACK IN YOUR SHIRT. That’s not even slut shaming – she took out her boob and basically put it in Eren’s hand and came onto him. “Will you be the father of my daughter?” NO GET OFF.

I could go on, but some of the smaller things I won’t get into. 

Anyway…that’s my review. 

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Consider the following:

Shikishima is an asshole to Eren because he only heard Mikasa’s side of the story, and Mikasa happens to be hella pissed and likely didn’t paint the nicest picture of him. Shikishima probably believes Mikasa’s story: that Eren left her to die. Of course he would be cruel to him. 

Also, when Shikishima said, “We aren’t always lucky,” when Eren was injured, he wasn’t simply disregarding his life–I think he was referencing the time that he saved Mikasa. She was lucky that Shikishima saved her before she was eaten, but not everyone is that lucky. Perhaps Shikishima saw that as deserved karma?

Of course, the watchers know Eren isn’t at fault, but Mikasa feels betrayed, and during the two years she spent with Shikishima she likely confided in him and told him about Eren, so when he finally meets him he doesn’t hold much respect for him. I think the apple scene was his way of establishing his superiority over Eren…I don’t think he was forcing Mikasa into submission at all. In that scene, I think Shikishima was flaunting his relationship with Mikasa in an attempt to make Eren jealous. And Mikasa, I feel, just felt awkward about being trapped between her current lover and previous one. She looked emotionally torn; Mikasa still cared about Eren despite feeling betrayed, but she was with Shikishima, a man who saved her and trained her. This is a super unpopular opinion, I realize, but this is my honest first impression of this love-triangle.  

I’m not saying Shikishima isn’t a creep–I think yandere!Levi is the best way to describe him lol–but his behavior toward Eren isn’t totally unfounded. Again, he only knows Mikasa’s side of the story. 

I don’t think he’s evil…yet. My opinion could drastically change by the second film, but as of right now I can’t hate him. He’s problematic, yes, but a lot of snk characters are. Characters like Annie, Bert, Reiner and Kenny are still likable despite their evil deeds and I think Shikishima falls into a similar spectrum. 

I don’t think being an insensitive jerk = evil maniac like many are implying. Honestly, I found his character refreshing. He didn’t pity the weak, he’s egotistical and doesn’t like Eren because of the rivalry between them. No one else is like this in the film, so I found it realistic that we had someone who was more cold-hearted and pretentious, but also very casual about all the drama going on. I actually liked Shikishima and I’m glad they added in someone like that. It spiced up the cast, imo.

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I still don’t know what to think about this movie. But this scene had me like DAMN Hiroki you are a great actor.

Everyone make your own opinion about Shikishima and Mikasa in the live action!

(Sorry for very low quality! Gifs made from THIS)

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The Shikishima/Mikasa scenes from the SnK special broadcast.

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Shikishima and Mikasa preparing to head out to battle, as seen in the full trailer for SnK live action movie.

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Damage Has Been Done, a ShikiMika fanfic

So, I embraced my dark side and I am going to keep shipping these two, in all of their fucked-up, unhealthy glory. This is far more movie-canon-compliant than my previous fic about them was but as I have yet to see the movie in its entirety, my interpretation of the characters is probably still off. The title comes from the lyrics of The Aftermath by Escape the Fate.

Word Count: 1370

Rating: 16+

Content Notice: sexual situations, portrayal of an unhealthy relationship

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about the apple scene

So, I watched that feature. I paid a special attention to that scene in particular. As there was very little talking, all I had to go on was the body language. And the very first impression I had of that scene was that Mikasa was purposefully flaunting her relationship with Shikishima in order to hurt Eren and Shikishima went along because it fit with his previous taunting of Eren. It’s very possible I missed a lot of context and that I’m projecting. It could be.

I wanted ShikiMika to be this mutual relationship of two badasses fighting Titans and finding a tiny amount of time and care for each other amidst all the death and suffering. Instead I seem to be getting this weird, unhealthy, obsessive, borderline co-dependent relationship between two massively messed up people.

And I’m okay with that. By now, I have completely divorced the movie from the manga in my mind. Some of the characters happen to have the same names and similar appearance as their manga counterparts but that’s it.

What I think is that Shikishima and Mikasa are together. It’s not good nor healthy for either of them but then again, it’s a cruel world. They kill Titans together, they sleep together, they hate the world and don’t give a fuck about anything, not even each other. That’s the routine.

And then the routine gets shaken up. Mikasa’s past comes knocking on the door. She resents it. Eren is a reminder of how much she has been hurt and she wants to hurt him back. He still seems to care for her so that’s the approach she takes. She doesn’t need him anymore. She doesn’t care for him anymore. Cue the scene with the apple.

Fucked up but so so intriguing. I am writing out a fic where I expand on the above scenario. It’s a much darker take than my previous SM fic but you know what? I don’t care. If this is what the movie is going to serve us, than I’ll roll with it. Once in a while, a dark ship can be fun to indulge in.

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Eren, Mikasa, and Shikishima—Apple

Eren, Mikasa, and Shikishima’s love triangle “apple scene” was broadcasted as part of new special for the Shingeki no Kyojin Live Action Film. 

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Meh, I’m not hopping on the Shikishima hate train just yet. Reminder: we share a fandom with the type of people who think Levi is abusive toward Eren in canon, so I’m sorry but I can’t take every fans word as truth. Some say he’s an asshole but with good reason, some say shikimika is a mutual relationship, some say Mikasa is “submissive”, others say Mikasa looks up to him and respects him, some say he is abusive, some say Shiki is cocky but his main goal is to assemble a strong team that could defeat the titans. Some say he’s the true villain. I can’t convoke an opinion from this contradicting information. 

I already started to ship shikimika prematurely, so I’m not going to prematurely hate on Shikishima until I get the facts straight. For now, I’m just going to ride out the wait and cease connections between rivamika and shikimika to be safe.

If shikimika is unhealthy and Shikishima is as terrible as some say, I’ll gladly call him out for being shit, but not until I have solid proof. I’m sorry but this movie is starting to give me a headache and I honestly can’t switch from liking a character to hating him within a day, especially since I haven’t seen the movie and can’t hate on scenes/characterizations I haven’t even seen for myself yet. :|

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This War Is Ours - ShikiMika fanfic

Title: This War Is Ours Fandom: Shingeki no Kyojin live action movie Pairing: Shikishima/Mikasa Rating: T Word Count: 2475 Content Notices: non-graphic descriptions of violence A/N: So, three trailers, a handful of stills and a couple of interviews is all I have to go on, yet here I am, posting a ShikiMika fanfic. Yep, I’m pretty deep. Also, I fully expect most of this to be jossed by the actual movie hence why I’m posting it today before it happens. The characterization, while based on the manga, is mostly guesswork based on what little we know about the movie and adjusted as I saw fit.

The title is from Escape the Fate’s song This War Is Ours. That song, along with the band’s The Guillotine, The Aftermath and Until We Die was on repeat the whole time I was writing this.

And I’m putting this into the RivaMika tag because we all know who Shikishima is really meant to be, never mind the plausible deniability the creators made for themselves.

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Mikasa’s first personal impression of the World’s Strongest Man was less than flattering. She was the top of her class, having worked hard to get to that position, mastering all subjects in a year when it took most trainees more than three and his almost casual dismissal of her skills (“She will do.”) rankled. Never mind that she wasn’t actually working that hard to distinguish herself but rather to have better options at finding her family. She was good at what she did (the military wouldn’t recommend her otherwise) and she would make him admit it before they were through.

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Humanity’s Strongest Soldiers

Shikishima & Mikasa from the latest Shingeki no Kyojin live action trailer

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Mizuhara Kiko (Mikasa)’s interview and character profile from Cinema Cinema Magazine!

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A bittersweet taste of a goodbye kiss…

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The Kiss

So, I saw some people trying to discredit the kiss by claiming that it was forced on Mikasa. I’m quite sensitive about things like that so I did my best to analyze the context-less half-second we got.

Frame by frame, we’ve got Shikishima with his hand on Mikasa’s nape. The head tilt on both sides. They’re leaning ever closer and Mikasa’s eyes start to close. At the moment their lips touch, she closes her eyes completely.

Now, I know that the anecdotal evidence isn’t worth much but that one time a guy tried to kiss me without my consent, my eyes got fucking wide in surprise and I pushed him away the moment he started leaning in. Actually, in every scene from various shows/movies where an unwanted kiss happened, the kissed party usually had their eyes wide open. I don’t see that happening in here. All in all, that kiss looks pretty consensual to me.

You know what that moment actually reminds me of? A goodbye kiss. Like he is going to go away - a different mission than her or something - and this is their parting. You know, I kind of like that. So until proven otherwise, I’m going to believe that Shikishima and Mikasa are in an actual relationship in the movie and this is their routine goodbye before assignments. Please, let this be true.

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SNK Live Action’s new trailer : Mikasa Ackerman and Levi Ackerman Shikishima ||  ✽

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The Shikishima/Mikasa (ShikiMika?) kiss from the new Shingeki no Kyojin live action trailer! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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