Do you think an Ackerman can bond twice? Like not have two lieges at once but letās say in Leviās case, he lost Erwin, do you think heād be able to bond with another liege? What about post-rumbling when his powers are no more, would he then just love like a regular person?
ohhhh THIS is interesting. iāve never thought about the first thing before. thereās about uhhh 0 canon information about this so iām gonna mostly spitballš¤
a background to how i think the "ackerbond" works in the first place
*disclaimer, i donāt believe the ackerbond is strictly romantic.
thinking about erwin and eren in relation to levi and mikasa.
1: whenever thereās a scene from leviās point of view - especially after erwin dies - the majority of the time thereās going to be a callback or mention of him. (i think there was a joke in the fandom where isayama has drawn the crate scene from every visual perspective imaginable lol.)
the same goes for eren in mikasaās point of view, especially when heās been put in danger.
in many respects, the opposite is true from eren/erwinās pov, but for eren especially after the rumbling begins. scenes from his point of view are nearly nonexistent, but they heavily feature mikasa.
it's also been pointed out before that in this promo image, mikasa is featured the most. i can find the link if anyone's interested.
2: mikasa is viciously protective of eren and is always looking out for his well-being in general. leviās protectiveness is much less obvious, and also, heād always follow an order from erwin even if it puts erwin himself in danger. levi's feelings about erwin primarily revolve around trust.
you donāt see levi or mikasa interacting with or depicting these behaviors towards anyone else in the series. besides erwin/eren, my very next idea of a second person to develop the āackerbondā with would be hange and armin, respectively.
so what about hange would make someone like levi want to trust them implicitly? what Thing (like Erwinās passion towards a peaceful world) do they have that would complete levi? erwin showed levi hope. someone can rb with their thoughts.
and as for mikasa, armin or mayyyyybe jean? i think that mikasa looked for true love in eren because the foundation of her character is, āthis world is cruel, but also very beautifulā. eren showed her love the day her parents died. again, someone can rb with their thoughts.
but thatās the āackerbondā develops in my mind.
again this is my opinion, but i would say no, that once an ackerman finds their special person, that kind of bond canāt be replicated with another. (tho another part of me really wants to say yes lol)
as for your second question, the āackerbondā being grouped in with their powers implies that this special and intense propensity to love is supernatural / is first a trait belonging to titans.
but love is an innately human ability.
granted, i don't believe that mikasa for instance just "likes eren so much", so i think zeke is underplaying it, but still.
i think that trait is just a part of an ackerman. IF it were the case that it was somehow supernatural (like just for example, an ackerman experiencing their liegeās pain and vice versa), then that would go away with their powers. but that doesn't appear to be the case in canon at all.
but otherwise, i think that the āackerbondā would still be there even after the war. in a nutshell levi and mikasa love hard lol
