moon and milky way with armin :D?
Ah, my dear friend @mxthtea thank you so much for the ask! >w< and this time with my recent (but actually soft amor since I got into Snk) f/o, Armin Arlert! <3
Moon ~ Did your love for your F/O come all at once or in phases?
Honestly, I have always had a major soft spot for Armin ever since I first got into Snk/Aot. Precious dear was just so cute and endearing with his firm goals to reach the sea and explore the world with Eren and Mikasa. His knowledge and intelligence applied in every situation saving everyone's tails from immediate danger (even at the cost of his own fecking life during the damn Serum Bowl chapters - which was fecking hell, I thought I was going to lose him ;;;;A;;;;). And when he finally reached the SEA 😭 his endearing look in both the manga and anime,,, I sobbed, to say the least (also Mikasa looked so hecking cute in that panel/scene 🥺🤍).
Of course, at the start it was just soft internal pinning, I never declared openly that I self-shipped with Armin as I got into Snk/Aot when I was a senior in HS and was mostly interested in shipping,,,(°ヮ°) and gradually got mentally exhausted with the fandom for a while but kept up with the Manga (but honestly some areas of the fandom has just gone to hell and I despise said group of people (눈_눈)). To say the least, I was surprised by the time skip and was excited to see Armin when he appeared (I remember everyone hc him with long hair =w= and I still love that look on him <3).
Handsome as he ever was honestly 😍🥰, like I love my sunshine boi that honestly needed a fecking nap after all the shit Eren pulled at the end before speaking to him one last time,,,, and then a final time skip to him being 22 and an ambassador for peace in the world — my mans is making the changes as he should! I honestly enjoy the ending of Aot unlike most and am just happy he made it to the end (I figured because he is the narrator of the series).
So yeah, I didn't start self-shipping with Armin until recently during the Pt. 2 airing of Aot season 4. Mi amor for him definitely came in phases, I feel more comfortable self-shipping with him now than I ever have and I definitely hope to make more content with him if I can. I don't know when I will ever dive into a s/i story for Dany, but it comes, I know AruDany will be the softest content ever UwU they fecking deserve it lol 🤍
Milky way ~ What's your favorite daydream you've had of your F/O?
Ohh ;;w;; The softest daydream I have had of AruDany is sometime during the time skip between seasons 3 and 4. I love picturing a moment of peace from the mental chaos that occurs from trying to recruit allies from overseas. Maybe taking nice long walks on the beach or Armin surprising Dany with nice camping close by the fields and ocean to look at the wide expanse of the night sky away from the light pollution of the walls.
I love dubbing both AruDany as lovers of the sea and night sky. Dany has never been one to voice her desires or interests so much as Armin does, but he is a good observer and has long taken notice of how she looks up at the night sky (or sunset) with such awe and wonder as he does the sea. Heck, even when she's flying with the 3DM Gear, often tests her limits when scaling up the walls with such speed to be a good high distance that she appears graceful when free falling. Almost like she desires to touch the stars.
I don't know~ I have soft thoughts about Armin, despite the chaos and tragedy of the manga/anime. Ain't nothing wrong with imaging such happy things, I love just picturing us in a state of peace, more often not. Armin is a massive sweetheart and the most affectionate person once comfortable in it. Same with Dany <3
Still don't know officially how I want them to meet, either childhood friends or meeting during the Training Days ;w; for now have their cat selves! 🤍
Thank you so much for the asks dear! I greatly appreciate it!
