#everything is levihan

[this-is-krikkit]

so, @dont-f-with-moogles challenged me as such on this post and this is what i came up with:

as for the choice between those two front row cats, you might have thought Hange would be the red, aggressively affectionate one. but you'd be dead wrong.

because listen, this happens on the second Christmas day Levi spends above ground, and the first one after Hange unfortunately found out it's also his birth date (they confessed earlier today that Nanaba helped them break into Shadis' office to find Levi's record, and that is all they could dig up about him) and made, as he was afraid they would, a huge deal of it.

except he's starting to regret (yes, Levi is starting to regret something. no, he doesn't understand how it's happening either) thinking that was such a bad thing, because Hange has now spent the entire day with him (as in, took an actual break from their research and experiments), walked into town with him and took him to a tea shop that wasn't as fancy as he always feared those places would be (which probably has to do with how warmly the old lady behind the counter greeted Hange when they got in, but he's not going to pry about that.. yet) and discreetly bought and offered him the kind he liked best when they left.

and yeah, Levi's probably going to lose it when he realizes it was Hange's mission to lure him away from HQ today just so everyone could put together a surprise birthday party for him (and watch his reaction from afar instead of standing in a dark room and yelling out "SURPRISE" as Humanity's Strongest enters because, contrary to civilian belief, they are not a bunch of suicidal fools), and it will no doubt create yet another frustrating misunderstanding between them when he thinks that's all there was to Hange's behavior, but right now he doesn't know that...

no. right now, Levi's too drunk on the aftertaste of delicious tea, on confusingly comforting feelings about this day he hadn't associated with anything joyful since his mother died, and on Hange's insufferably irresistible kindness, to have noticed everyone lurking behind them

and right now, he's holding onto Hange's elbow to stop them from falling (because of course they had to walk backwards down those stairs so they could stare back at him as they excitedly ranted about who knows what and couldn't watch where they were going instead) and they're laughing off their own clumsiness and playfully mocking him like "hey, look at you on your higher step there, standing taller than me! this is so weird, i've never seen you that way before!"

and they keep yapping away, but his mind is stuck on that phrasing, and Levi gets so fucking... annoyed. annoyed at their teasing yet beautiful grin, at the deep brown of their scarf that so poorly compares to that of their eyes, at everything they've come to mean to him in the amount of time he's gotten to know them

and so, in a fit of insanity he'll blame on the magnetic pull they have on him even right now with their fogged-up askew glasses, he takes a deep breath, thinks what the hell

and goes with "well, here's another new way to look at me, shitty glasses"

and then he leans closer, and kisses them.

#levihan #levihan hc #snk #snk hc #shingeki no kyojin #attack on titan #levi ackerman #hange zoë #snk veterans #idek what this is all i know is it's Terra's fault #also it was either this tonight #or this idea getting lost in yet another wip document so #you pick. well no. i picked. ANYWAY. HAVE THIS. #mutuals #dont f with moogles #my stuff #have some levihan fluff after that trailer that was ANYTHING BUT #everything is levihan #challenge accepted #squad denial #aot

[ibettertakethisoffshelby]

[Image description: a still from Attack on Titan episode 88, when (SPOILER ALERT) Levi makes the "dedicate your heart" gesture to say goodbye to Hange. A caption reads, "In another life... I would have loved just doing laundry and taxes with you."]

#attack on titan #shingeki no kyoujin #attack on titan spoilers #aot spoilers #snk spoilers #attack on titan memes #aot memes #snk memes #levihan #levi ackerman #hange zoe #hange zoë #everything everywhere all at once #eeaao #eeaao memes #eeaao spoilers #eeaao bagelposting #hanji zoe

[fanmoose12]

Won't Hange develop like a PSTD from fire

Promote: post war levihan × this

Hange is scared of fire.

Levi knows it. Understands it. He'd too be afraid of it had he been what Hange had been through. And he tries to help them with it - in what little ways he can.

He makes sure he's always the one who lights the fireplace in their cabin. Makes food for the two of them, because Hange can oftentimes be clumsy, and he doesn't want for them to accidentally burn the skin that was already burnt so terribly. He sits Hange down every evening and rubs soothing balms onto every inch of them that has been injured.

But sometimes - way too often to Levi's liking - all this help, all his well-meant attempts are still not enough.

Sometimes, Hange screams in their sleep, tosses and turns as though they try to extinguish the non-existent fire. Sometimes they wake up, cling onto him, and whisper, "It hurts, Levi, it hurts so much," with tears streaming down their face. Sometimes they drag him out on a walk or sit down to read a book, and all of a sudden, their face pales and hands begin to tremble, and they bite their lip to keep from crying out, as unwanted memories worm their way into their recently acquired peaceful life.

Hange never talks to him about it, never explains what is it that they see in their dreams or during those short moments when they seem to lose connection to reality. When asked - by curious Gabi or clueless Falco - Hange becomes snappy, and sometimes - downright mean. They refuse to ever breach that subject, not that Levi actually urges them to do that. It certainly doesn't seem healthy, or in any way beneficial to Hange's recovery; people need to talk about that kind of stuff, they shouldn't bottle all of their emotions and turn to simple avoidance. Levi knows that.

But he can't exactly judge them fot that. It'd come as nothing short of condescending and, worst of all, hypocritical. After all, he prefers his traumas to be buried too.

But since he can't talk it out with Hange, he doesn't really know what else to do, how to help them overcome it. He's not even sure that they actually can. How can one simply forget and move on from a trauma so horrific?

But it doesn't stop Levi from trying. He asks Onyankopon about this once, but his 'time heals all wounds' isn't all that helpful. If Levi's life has taught him anything, it’s that time at best mends the wounds, but doesn't close them completely.

Something more is usually required.

He searches for it, but without much success. He goes to the library, shifts through a dozen books, but doesn't find anything more useful than Onyankopon's bit of wisdom.

So, he resolves to help however he is able to. He tries to distract Hange - with books he brings from the library and a little garden that he organised with the sole purpose of cheering them up. He holds them in his arms after they suffer through another nightmare. Tries to find some soothing words, often borrowing them from the books he read, and finds that, miraculously, they work, although not in the way that the smart people who wrote them probably intended. Hange usually scoffs at his attempts, and on the nights when he gets especially lucky - they crack a smile or even chuckle at him. He always feels a bit stupid afterwards, but Hange relaxes in his embrace, and sometimes the end definitely justify the means.

Besides, he knows that, honestly, he's not faring that much better. Maybe not in the same way, but he's just as broken as Hange is. He's not the man he was before. Most days, he can't even get out of the bed on his own, and most evenings greet him with a terrible ache in his legs that sometimes becomes too excruciating to bear.

He knows that he often gets too angry and for no good reason too. And there are days when he feels helpless, useless, nothing more than a nuisance to Hange, and he doesn't want to do a thing, just lay in bed, staring at the wall and reliving all the good times that he didn't at all appreciate before, until Hange finds him and forces him to eat and take a bath. He's no stranger to nightmares too, although where Hange's make them relive the worst moments of their life, Levi is condemned to the ones of his best. The ghosts of comrades and friends invade his dreams and make that ache inside that much acuter, that much harder to bear.

He got his happy ending, he survived, but they did not. And he knows that this guilt he will carry with him forever.

But not all of it is bad. There is not a thing Levi regrettes.

What are nightmares if you wake up in the arms of the person you love most? What are petty arguments and rare screaming matches, when a simple 'sorry' and a kiss can evaporate all anger? What is pain, if you have someone, who will soothe your wounds with gentle hands and reverent kisses? What are the terrible hardships and heartbreaks of the past, if the future appears to be brighter and more hopeful than you could ever imagine?

Why does all of it matter, if you wake up to the sight of your most favorite person in the world, if your days are filled with their laughter and their hand fits right into yours?

How you can hate a life that's already given you so much more than you deserved?

#so.... um yeah... #i decided to write this little thing because yes!! as much as i root for their happy ending #i don't really expect it to be all that happy after everything they've been through #i mean.... you can survive the trauma but unfortunately it stays with you sometimes :/ #levihan

[theysangastheyslew]

Do you think the levihan fandom will die out now that the anime is over???

Hi nonny! I don't think so. At least not wholly.

The western fandom's quieted down but the eastern fandom is still appears to be going strong! If there's one reason to join Twitter it's to follow artists that aren't anywhere else, and it's worth it to keep the love flowing.

There's been drops in activity, and I think the reason is a multi-faceted one. Yes the series ended, but for a show of SNK's caliber, that didn't used to matter. I've commented on this before–and at the risk of sounding like a boomer– I blame binge culture, and more specifically, Tiktok, for playing a big role in how quickly fandoms die.

Even 5, 6 years ago, it didn't matter if a show was over; people kept the party going. A piece of official art or a merch drop kept a fandom fed for months. Now you're lucky for the hype to last a week. FmaB ended in 2010 and it was still hopping three years later when I joined in 2013. It took another four years for it to start quieting down and hell it wouldn't surprise me if it was still going. But now there's been this shift in mentality, and attention spans are shorter and sure we all joke about it but it's a real issue and you see it happen at an accelerating rate. There's absolutely nothing wrong with your interests changing, but I see over and over (at least on the artist side) creators only making stuff for fandoms if it can be profitable to them, and the second it's not they move on to the next big thing as a way to ride the hype and beat the algorithm instead of loving the thing for what it is. And I get it, it's how many make a living so they gotta do what they gotta do. It just unfortunately perpetuates this cycle of fandoms being trends rather than communities.

I will say SNK and Levihan kinda got uniquely screwed though. Due to the last season's (understandable) release schedule and the way it was marketed a lot of people kinda unfairly tuned it out. Add on to that how Levi and Hange's scenes were handled and the fandom didn't get as big a boost as it should have.

But for me, it doesn't really matter how many people are still in the fandom. If Levihan is what I feel like drawing then that's what I'll do :3 Presonally, art is too hard and too time-consuming to spend making something I don't want to. At the end of the day, it only dies if we let it. Which would be a pity because there's still the blu-ray, Shigeki Fly, and Bad Boy to look forward to! 🥳

#le me #replies #ramblings #fandom #snk #aot #levihan #fma #attack on titan #if any of this is coherent i will be v proud of myself #one of these days sleep will return to me :') #all that to say i still see new faces popping up so despite everything lh still is bringing people in #thats the power they hold ❤️

[thequantumspace]

#THE LAST OFFICIAL MERCH IS A CRIME #levihan #hange zoe #levi ackerman #aot #shingekinokyojin #my art #my love for steampunk >>> everything else

[anflan]

going insane over levihan again

#levihan #i love hange so much i’m still so upset ab. everything

[brazilianreader]

I'd like to go back here please

#shingekinokyojin #attack on titan #levihan #levi ackerman #hange zoë #they are the best non-canon anime couple #i love them so much #i miss the way it was so much #I will never be able to forget or get over them. #thanks for everything levi and hange #now i will fill my void by reading fanfiction

[spilledsinnamontea]

Idk if I’ll ever be normal about levihan even after the manga had concluded two years ago. I mean, I would just mindlessly scroll my timeline, only to audibly groan and/or hiss in pain a few moments later—as if I was having a sudden war flashback—every time I see something that reminded me of them 🥴

Yeah... I wish I was kidding 💀

#levihan #that final arc truly broke me #I’ll never be the same #😞😞😞 #my coping mechanism is ignoring everything past the uprising arc #I’ll reread almost every arc pre time skip BUT I’M NOT SURE IF I’LL EVER BE READY TO REREAD THE ARCS POST TIMESKIP #I remember I used to avoid many levihan contents for a few months after the final chapter bcs it would make me sad 🥲 #it still makes me sad but I’m stronger now #KSKSKSKA why am I ​talking about my silly fictional ship as if they were real 💀

[heliocentricsunflower]

i like to imagine hange took a little nap next to levi after the ifkk scene

#MY truth #hange zoe #levi ackerman #levihan #levi x hanji #levi x hange #ifkk #THE IFKK SCENE MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME

[someonestolemyshoes]

Misdiagnosis

Pairing: Levi/Hange  Show: Attack on Titan Rating: Explicit Summary: 

Hange has just finished her third glass of wine when she is struck by an abrupt realisation. It hits her suddenly and without prompt, and with such startling clarity that she can’t hope to keep it to herself for longer than the single second it took for the thought to fully form.

"Of course it's not IBS."

*

Hange (finally) comes to some conclusions about her relationship with Levi.

This is a gift fic I wrote back in February for @autumndory - you can read it on AO3 here! If you’re in need of a bit if fluff, a bit of smut, and a whole lot of nonsense, please check it out :) 

#levihan #levihan fanfiction #snk #my writing #I posted this on AO3 a while back but never crossposted here! #and I feel like now is a good time given. well. everything

[this-is-krikkit]

happy very belated birthday Hange Zoë!

1) i must confess to yall that "kuso megane" always sounded like a Harry Potter spell to me

2) and then i saw this amazing art:

(source, repost authorized by op)

3) and since as always, everything is levihan to me......... i turned it into a fic

#snk #shingeki no kyojin #levihan #levi ackerman #hange zoë #snk fanfiction #levihan fanfiction #attack on titan #aot #aot fanfiction #levihan fanfic #my stuff #pretend i'm not a month late! pls and thank you! #me: gets my wips back after thinking i'd lost em forever #also me: ignores them all and writes smth completely new #WHY AM I LIKE THIS #everything is levihan #slight harry potter au vibes #but yk. fuck jkr ofc. #happy birthday hange zoë

[alphadogg777]

I’ll keep you warm, even if I’m no longer here.

Levihan cat cuddles doodle except make it angst ;-;

#levihan #levi x hange #levi and hanji #levi ackerman #hange zoe #hanji zoe #hange zöe #attack on titan #shingeki no kyojin #aot #snk #aot fanart #everything I touch turns to angst #I’m sorry #I can’t help it #I’ll draw more fluff I promise

[free-pancakes]

Hello! I hope you’re doing great. I haven’t seen you in a long time in my dash, but I remember reading your Kiss the drummer fic and later this year we got Hange’s official art as a drummer and later we had Hange playing sax haha. Hange’s a jazz/blues person is canon at this point.

omg always happy to hear when people like that fic bc it’s one of my favs 😌 jazz or BUST (if u haven’t listened to the band Snarky Puppy, check out the groundUP or Lingus albums. imagine Hange being a drummer for those tracks 🤩

actually kinda feelin the levihan m00d again, it’s been awhile! thanks for popping in!

#now if my dang schedule would let up maybe i can indulge in some levihan #longtime overdue 😭 #yo would anyone else be feelin levihan au for everything everywhere all at once?? #ask #anon #kiss the drummer

[littlelasagne]

Hello! I hope you are doing great. Do you have an approximate date for next chapter of BMO? Please please please please (trying not to sound desperate) Thank you for your hard work <3

Hi anon,

You caught me on a good day - after months of hard work and exhausting myself, I've finally been promoted at work woop woop! WOO. (More money but the stress never ends and I'm so close to burning out lol sob.)

I don't want to promise even an approximate date for the next BMO chapter, because then it's just disappointing for everyone, including myself, when I don't meet it. I know there are people waiting, so if you are, thanks for supporting. I still get the occasional comment on AO3 that brightens my day 🌻 and helps get the motivation flowing.

I'm currently writing something Levihan for Valentine's day, so please check that out when I upload it if you're interested in non-BMO levihan from me!! If you're not interested then, byeeeee 🤣

#i just need a break #from everything #writing happy gave my brain an actual holiday #and writing this new oneshot is too #levihan is my escapsim imma be honest #bmo is very taxing as theres so much to think abouy #asks

[thatsouldoesntexist]

every day i wake up and remember hanji is dead and levi and hanji never got to live in a world where they could just be happy and then i just cry

#levihan #no bc they deserved everything #god #i’m still so sad about it

[waltz-in-code]

This is kind of a SPOILER if you haven't watched steins;gate and/or aot but,

Just found a similarity btw levi/hange and okabe/kurisu and I'm going crazy.....

Hange/Kurisu and their selfless sacrifice for the good of the others and levi/okabe accepting their decision, despite the pain of losing them, because they respect and love hange and kurisu respectively so much.....

They had a shared goal together, for which they both worked together, and they couldn't let it all go to waste... it was the only way....

#levihan #attack on titan #steins;gate #just thought of this parallel and blew my mind #the only difference is that okabe then sacrifices a lot of himself and does everything he can to save kurisu eventually...beautiful