What to do with Gray

reyairia replied to your post: in other news, I don’t know if Shingeki No… I can’t hear u...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:58:21 +0200

reyairia replied to your post: in other news, I don’t know if Shingeki No…

I can’t hear u over me still being harassed by anons

it’s good to see nothing has changed on tumblr

the staff is always making really terrible updates

the martha jones tag is still flooded with hate

female characters everywhere are still considered the devil

reyaira is still being harassed by smut anons

that’s it for tonight folks, either I tear myself from this computer or I start meta-ranting...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:53:27 +0200

that’s it for tonight folks, either I tear myself from this computer or I start meta-ranting for the next three hours about a series most of you haven’t heard about

not the best way to come back in any case

(on an unrelated note GUESS WHO IS GOING TO THE DOCTOR WHO PROM AHAHAHAHA)

Anyway, thanks to everyone who wished me good luck and welcome me back, love you guys! See you on Friday!

haizakishugedick: uses 3d maneuver gear to escape from problems

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:49:55 +0200

haizakishugedick:

*uses 3d maneuver gear to escape from problems*

I’ve already gained a new follower? man I appreciate it but how the hell did you find me, I...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:48:57 +0200

I’ve already gained a new follower?
man I appreciate it but how the hell did you find me, I wasn’t active until about thirty minutes ago

this is not the moment for me to start writing meta on the three trios in snk I have exams tomorrow...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:43:35 +0200

this is not the moment for me to start writing meta on the three trios in snk

I have exams tomorrow and on Sunday I’m supposed to become a mature and responsible adult

dammit brain start thinking of formulas instead of deciphering characters’ angst-ridden souls

kyuusei replied to your post: Hi folks, did you miss me? :D Before you… I DID MISS YOU AS A...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:41:37 +0200

kyuusei replied to your post: Hi folks, did you miss me? :D Before you…

I DID MISS YOU AS A MATTER OF FACT. Good luck on the rest of your exams! We’ll still be here. :)

Oh man thank youuu I missed you too!

it’s so good to be back

it’s almost to good because I am not done yet

zoehange: i get so competitive over snk meta like if i see someone post something really smart and...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:40:02 +0200

zoehange:

i get so competitive over snk meta

like if i see someone post something really smart and well thought out i get all NO ME

and then i have to write something really smart too

it’s a vicious cycle

this is good for all of us so please continue fighting over meta it’s only more for me to drool over

zoehange: survey corps more like survey CORPSE hahaha everyone’s dead

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:39:02 +0200

zoehange:

survey corps more like survey CORPSE hahaha everyone’s dead

♔ B o n j o u r: sisterlulz: agent-lapin replied to your post: Hi folks, did you miss...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:36:08 +0200

♔ B o n j o u r: sisterlulz: agent-lapin replied to your post: Hi folks, did you miss...:

agent-lapin:

sisterlulz:

sisterlulz:

agent-lapin replied to your post: Hi folks, did you miss me? :D Before you…

GOOD LUCK WITH SVT + MATHS! +spanish but that doesnt count

THANK YOU! and good luck to you for spanish and other things? what do the L have tomorrow and friday? Best of…

wait so you mean you only have spanish and your écrits are done?

*screams into the night* LES L BORDEL DE MERDE

oh but dude, last year we have 10 times more pressure than you guys! 45 textes + bac de francais a grand coef + bac de sciences that kinda inserted itself in there for no reason (ok it was mostly the oral of french that was bothersome..)
Dont complain! You had it easy first year! NOW ITS PAYBACK

okay yes that’s true

BUT this year we have english lit + history/geo + maths + svt + physics/chemistry + PHILO OF ALL THINGS

That’s a lot of payback dude

anyway enjoy your grasse matinée tomorrow while we scientifics sweat over maths

bloodchilddarkheart replied to your post: bloodchilddarkheart replied to your post: The… I...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:33:15 +0200

bloodchilddarkheart replied to your post: bloodchilddarkheart replied to your post: The…

I WILL stop preassuring meeee (btw i’m so used to you talking to me on anon i didn’t know who you were at first because i didn’t recognize your icon, and then i got all :DDD)

I was so glad to see youuuu (though I’ve only been able to see your blog like once in the last few weeks so the change of url was also a surprise xD)

I’m only pressuring you because I know you will love and also because God do you know what it’s like to try not to talk to everyone about it when you literally want to scream “Shingeki no Kyojiiiiiiiiiiiiiin” on the rooftops of every building you encounter

anyway I’m going off in a few minutes so we’ll see each other very soon :D

Shingeki no Kyojin and the Unmasking of the Other

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:28:53 +0200

zoehange:

There’s something incredibly satisfying about an enemy you don’t have to feel bad about killing.

The titans of SnK are exactly that—emotionless, brainless, and thoroughly unambiguous. Their only goal is to devour humans, grinning maniacally all the while. They are terrifying. That’s one thing everyone agrees on, both in-universe and in the fandom. Titans are some freaky-ass shit.

So when we see Mikasa cut down a whole slew of them, there’s no feeling of discomfort or unease. Just pure, unadulterated “FUCK YEAH!”-ness. It’s not like when heroes have to fight a human army, full of random red shirts who probably weren’t all that bad and really didn’t deserve a mace to the skull. We can revel in deeds of badassery without worrying about the consequences they would have in real life. Any angst or remorse or even real emotion is removed from the scenario.

And it’s escapism! We, the audience, get to remove ourselves from the messy and complicated world of moral ambiguity and bad guys who aren’t all that bad and just enjoy the battle. It’s why zombies and orcs and mindless evil mooks are stock characters in fiction. You need to let your hero go on a rampage without bringing up pesky questions about ethics, right?

The attitude the protagonists feel towards the titans is not all that different from how real-life people react to their “enemies”. In a time of war (or threat of war), people will do anything to reduce the other side into something subhuman. To use a few U.S. examples—the treatment of Japanese-Americans during WWII, and how Muslims and Middle Eastern people are viewed today. One of the major fears of the modern era is terrorism, a crime that’s more prevalent now than it ever was before. Good horror taps into the deep, primal terror of a generation. As long as there’s a faceless Other, you don’t have to question anything. There’s Us and Them, and We are good and They are bad. End of story.

At first, that seems to make sense in the SnK world. There’s no indication that the mindless, people-eating monsters are anything besides… well, mindless, people-eating monsters. Even Eren’s transforming ability doesn’t seem to counteract this. He’s a shonen protagonist, right? Of course he’s special!

But then it’s slowly revealed that he’s not the only one. There are people who can turn into titans, or maybe titans that can turn into people, and they’re evil, but they’re out friends, and they hate humanity, but they saved my life—and suddenly, things get complicated.

Can we, the readers, really continue to view titans as nothing more than alien canon fodder? Can the characters? The difficulty of coming to terms with the fact that the faceless Other isn’t so faceless after all is shaping up to be a huge theme. We see characters struggling with disbelief, confusion, and reluctance to strike. And it’s on both sides! Reiner particularly is tormented by the fact that he actually cares for the people he’s supposed to slaughter. The protagonists and antagonists have spent years getting to know and care for each other, and it hasn’t been easy on anyone.

Perhaps more horrifying, however, is the realization that not only are the “special” titans human—but that they all might be. When Connie visits his village and finds a titan that is heavily implied to have been his mother—it’s one of the most disturbing scenes in the manga, and with good reason. What if the titans aren’t so mindless after all? Were they victims? Can they think? Are they more than unknowable monsters? The main characters may not be fully aware of the possibility, but the readers sure are.

The fact that the characters must come to terms with ambiguity and confusion where before they saw nothing but black-and-white is one of my favorite thematic elements of the manga.

I’m glad I continued my beginning search in the snk tag because I’ve already found some brilliant, brilliant meta.

I’ll fully respond to this when my exams are done but yes this is an excellent, excellent commentary.

♔ B o n j o u r: sisterlulz: agent-lapin replied to your post: Hi folks, did you miss...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:23:03 +0200

♔ B o n j o u r: sisterlulz: agent-lapin replied to your post: Hi folks, did you miss...:

sisterlulz:

agent-lapin replied to your post: Hi folks, did you miss me? :D Before you…

GOOD LUCK WITH SVT + MATHS! +spanish but that doesnt count

THANK YOU! and good luck to you for spanish and other things? what do the L have tomorrow and friday? Best of…

wait so you mean you only have spanish and your écrits are done?

*screams into the night* LES L BORDEL DE MERDE

Me literally right now

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:21:18 +0200

Oh man I can’t wait to go in the Shingeki No Kyojin tag

I’m sure the fandom is going to be amazing and smart and we’re going to talk about all the badass ladies and the meta for characters and themes and there will tons of different ships and otps it will be varied and interesting and I’ll find my own little niche to talk about the story and characters and ships I love

*searches for the snk tag*

*finds hundreds of fanart of Levi dominating the hell out of Eren*

*closes the tag*

*lies down*

bloodchilddarkheart replied to your post: The nicest thing about coming back after such a… if...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:12:25 +0200

bloodchilddarkheart replied to your post: The nicest thing about coming back after such a…

if one of the fandoms you got into while trying to prevent yourself from going mad was attack on titan I ASSURE you it has a decent tumblr following (there’s so much on my dash I actually had to blacklist it)

Good.

(also hiiii I’m so glad to see you dear)

in other news, I don’t know if Shingeki No Kyojin/Attack on Titan is very well known on...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:07:24 +0200

in other news, I don’t know if Shingeki No Kyojin/Attack on Titan is very well known on Tumblr

But if you haven’t read/watched it yet what the hell are you waiting for gogogo it has everything you will ever love

btw it seems like I’m going to be rambling quite a bit for the next few posts so if you...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:04:03 +0200

btw it seems like I’m going to be rambling quite a bit for the next few posts so if you don’t want to see my rambles tumblr savior ‘sylvs is back on tumblr’

sorry maths I never liked you anyway and I’ve been working on you for ages now and you don’t count for my future so I might as well be selfish and irresponsible because I won’t be able to accomplish anything tonigh anyway

agent-lapin replied to your post: Hi folks, did you miss me? :D Before you… GOOD LUCK WITH...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:01:55 +0200

agent-lapin replied to your post: Hi folks, did you miss me? :D Before you…

GOOD LUCK WITH SVT + MATHS! +spanish but that doesnt count

THANK YOU! and good luck to you for spanish and other things? what do the L have tomorrow and friday? Best of luck always for your own bac dear WE CAN DO THIS WE WON’T DIE

also help I’ve got maths tomorrow and instead of going off tumblr I’m glued to the...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:58:11 +0200

also help I’ve got maths tomorrow and instead of going off tumblr I’m glued to the screen thinking ‘no don’t get me off so soon it’s been too long I’ve missed this and everyone’

The nicest thing about coming back after such a long time (apart from the lovely icons of the people...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:56:21 +0200

The nicest thing about coming back after such a long time (apart from the lovely icons of the people I follow) is to see my tracked tags all full to the brim.

It’s like an early Christmas present where I’ll be able to rush down the stream of new posts instead of waiting 156757866 years for them to update.

*strokes screen and whispers* soon my babies, soon.

rankansen replied to your post: Hi folks, did you miss me? :D Before you… Sisterlulz is...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:51:07 +0200

rankansen replied to your post: Hi folks, did you miss me? :D Before you…

Sisterlulz is pseudo-back! YEAH!

Thank you for waiting, sweetie! Glad to see you on my dash!

doomelemental replied to your post: Hi folks, did you miss me? :D Before you…

WHOA! O_O HELL YEAH WE MISSED YOU! Welcome back! And good luck with the rest of your exams! ;) (aw man, it’s been 5 months already? sheeeeesh…)

Haha, I was thinking the same, it went back so slowly/quickly at the same time? Glad to see you, dear! And I’ll do my best not to die at these last exams ahdhsdkckdf

annakie replied to your post: Hi folks, did you miss me? :D Before you…

I MISSED YOU! Welcome back(ish!) :)

Missed you too! Hope the Martha tag wasn’t too filled with crap during the time I was gone ;)