bertholdt? bertholdt.

Eren:

Back cover art from volume 26+27

Eren:

me, knowing full-well that i join servers only to mute it immediately after and never talk in it bc it makes me anxious: 

“Seriously Armin every time you speak you’re advocating diplomacy and non-violence peace talks. That’s so Bertoldt…”

Armin: saved Eren and Mikasa from being hugged by a canon ball after Eren’s first transformation in the battle of Trost

Also Armin: desperately tried to persuade Annie to enter the tunnel

Also Armin, in Shiganshina: tried to negociate with Bertoldt

“…Armin why are you still visiting Annie? That’s so Bertoldt!”

Armin and Annie: spent 3 years together as Trainees

“Annie, you’re actually a kind person, aren’t you?”

“You look like a wimp, but you’ve got guts.”

“Bertoldt’s memories are clearly affecting you!”

Armin: “I actually don’t remember much about him.”

“Ackermans are all slaves to their instincts!”

Levi: awakened Ackerpowers before meeting Isabel, Farlan and Erwin, and was pretty much loyal to no one but himself for a long ass time

Kenny: awakened Ackerpowers before meeting Uri, and was pretty much loyal to no one but himself for a long ass time

Kenny’s grandpa: Ackermans were one of the only two clans to stand up to the First King’s ideology instead of money-grubbing it

“Ever since I was a child, I hated you Mikasa!”

“That’s why I used to be jealous, thinking why can’t I be strong like Mikasa and [Levi]. But maybe there’s a reason why we’re all different. They’re for times like these, right?”

“You only cling to me because you tricked yourself into believing I was your liege/host!”

As if Mikasa wouldn’t behave any (or very) different if she wasn’t an Ackerman.

As if it were abnormal for a little girl who lost her family twice and yet found courage and a place to belong next to this eccentric little boy to grow to care for and attached to him. 

As if she would give up and stop fighting if she were an ordinary girl.