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our characters sharing a lucid dream

   An open plain, trees scattered across the grasslands and, at a great distance, what looked to be vast, never-ending water. It was a sight they had never seen but had read about in books, something so calm and serene even the typically enthusiastic and eager Hanji had to stop for a moment to stare in awe. It felt like a world without titans, a world where everyone lived, a world that was open and free for them to roam. And with their friends nearby- Mike and Levi, Erwin and Moblit, and all those that they thought should be dead and gone, Hanji felt at peace.

   But none of it was real. They could feel it, deep down, and after turning around to the group behind them, watching their friends slowly fade and dissipate into air, a sense of doom setting into them with the creases and frown on their face, the weight of reality settling in once more. None of this was real. Their life was still forefit.

   It took a moment for them to notice, but they were not the only one left. While everyone else was gone, stolen from Hanji by the weight of reality and the falsehood of the dream, Erwin still remained. Erwin, of all people. For a moment they wanted to laugh, but when the gravity of this fabricated situation took over, curiosity took precedence.

   ”E-Erwin? Is that you?" they asked, not exactly positive as to why they were asking this figment of their imagination, especially when their own voice was simultaneously in and out of their head and the weight of this false world’s gravity seemed to press them down into the dirt. "I’m being stupid. This is all just a dream. It couldn’t really be you." With hopelessness and despair setting in, comparing this fake world to the one they truly lived in, Hanji sunk to the ground with a deep sigh, feeling as though they could sink through the dirt.

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“This is embarrasing," he whispered low enough to drown in with the noise of a faint tune in the background. It was nighttime, probably more around time for the sun to start rising. Nothing lit the room more than the dim light of a few candles that had been trying to flare all night. It had to have been hours of just the two of them, finally alone and finally at ease. It was okay to not be so stressed for just this moment.

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Erwin’s arm circled around Levi’s frame perched atop the armrest and he patted at the man’s thigh that was farthest away. The small man was obviously worked up and the blond had his work cut out for him. With a huff, Erwin lowered his eyes and held up the palm of his free hand in submission, “So, are you and I going to be her only friends, then? We’ll be dropping her off and if whoever’s there gives us a bad impression, we drive her back home before they even exchange greetings.”

"I was thinking eight thirty," he finishes, looking up to the upset Levi.

Hnnn. His partner's hand along his thigh along with his tone of submission does somewhat calm the pissy man. A pensive, rolling sound pours from his throat. "Hnnnnn." Though his features are still sharp, some of the bitterness has begun to fade.

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[ spoopy-levi ; rivaille-heichou ; officialcaptainlevi ; levente-captain-levi ; mankindsstrongest — are all wonderful with very kind muns! ]

2. What drew you to RPing this character?

I was actually driving home from class and I had a joking sort of side-thought about it. I might have seen a post by malakari-el talking about how there weren’t any Squad Mike RPers except for Mike and Nanaba, and how that kind of made it hard for her to find people to RP convincingly with (seeing as how people would interact most with those in their own squad), and if I didn’t imagine that happening, that definitely planted the seed in the first place. 

It was, after…I don’t know—a day or so that I was in the shower and the idea came back to me. I tend to have cool ideas while driving but when I get home I forget them, so this time, being at home, I was able to immediately lol my way to victory. 

Gelgar absolutely started as kind of a joke. spookyannaisms and I had spoken at length about Squad Mike on Skype (especially Gelgar and Nanaba’s relationship), so I had something of a feel for Gelgar’s character already, but I really wanted an RP blog that was low-pressure to be awesome. I’m not a shy person by nature but it can be pretty intimidating to RP on this site with all the fancy text things people do, and the icons, and so on. ;) 

But then I got attached for real and now I’m in too deep.

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8. What’s a similarly you have with your character?

I had to think really hard about this because I don’t think anyone would have said I reminded them of Gelgar. Like…not ever. In a million years. (I might have slicked my hair back to take a picture of me staring at a bottle of rum but that was a joke and not me actually feeling a connection to Gelgar as a character.) 

The only thing I could really guess at is Gelgar’s sense of humor. It’s not entirely like mine, but what is similar to me is how he uses it to cover up things he’s actually thinking or feeling sometimes—and it’s really hard to tell when he’s doing it versus when he isn’t, because he acts that way all the time. (Like me, too, now that I think about it, I do sort of feel that despite this, if Gelgar feels threatened/attacked/overly hurt by something someone says/does, he will lash out and will not even bother trying to make a joke of it. It’s mostly little things he’ll shrug off.)

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53. What’s a trope or plot you’ll never get sick of roleplaying?

I feel like such a piece of trash saying this, but possibly hurt/comfort stuff? In the past I’ve done RPs that have gotten 250,000 words long between me and one partner via email; I think all of those RPs were a combination of some hurt/comfort elements, angst, romance, friendship, humor, and so on.

But the reality is, just like with my fanfiction, I adore writing relationships. All kinds of relationships. 

And I guess in general it takes a lot for me to genuinely dislike a thread I’m working on, so idk, the fiftieth h/c thread I do could still feel kind of fresh and new to me so long as old material isn’t being recycled, so long as the characters involved, even if they are the same, are themselves fluid enough that it doesn’t read like a repeat of what I’ve already written.

Clap your hands if any of that made sense. (My back is killing me.)

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59. What/Who is a character you think you would like to roleplay? What’s currently stopping you from roleplaying them?

You know, nothing stops me from RPing who I want, honestly. I have five RP blogs on Tumblr and I like all of the characters. I think there are factors that stop me from RPing some of them more often, though. For example, I don’t pick up Hange very much because I just don’t feel very confident in writing her in general anymore—even for fanfiction. Plus I don’t identify very strongly with Hange compared to how I identify with other characters.