Nick Bateman by Jaylyn Todd
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Anonymous asked: do you ship reiner and bertholdt??? :3
i mean sure but i kind of see them more as brothers??? but maybe its because bertholdt has been kind of overshadowed by rayner so far or like i havnt really noticed him (i sure as hell do now tbh lmao) i think if im likely to pair rayner with anyone it would be eren?? dunnooo
Anonymous asked: What does it mean when people say "I ship it" or "I shipped it"
they support and/or encourage a romantic relationship between two (or more) peoples.
Nope, that’s not a mistranslation! But the joke is *because* Reiner is gay. That’s like, why that part is supposed to be funny. It’s also a repeat of the same joke that was made earlier in the manga.
As for confirmation of Reiner being gay, it’s only mentioned once, in chapter 38. It’s during the part in which Reiner interrupts Ymir sneaking around inside the tower at night.
REINER: ユミル… 何してんだ？ (Ymir… What are you doing?)
YMIR: 何だよレイナ―… 夜這いか？ (What are YOU doing, Reiner… Trying to sneak a grope at night?) **Note: Ymir accuses Reiner of trying to 夜這い which is a word that literally means a man trying to sneak into a woman’s room at night to have sex with her.
YMIR: 驚いたな… 女に興味があるようには見えなかったんだが… (I’m surprised… You never looked like you were the type of guy interested in women…)
REINER: ああ… お前も男に興味があるようには見えんな。 (Yeah… Well, you’re just like me, since it doesn’t look like you have any interest in men.)
YMIR: は… (Yeah…)
And also the way that Ymir smiles at Reiner when she says that last line shows that she’s agreeing with him.
I mean there’s really no other way to interpret that passage other than Reiner confirming that he’s gay, especially the way that he says お前も (“you too” or “you’re like me”) to Ymir. When saying specifically that she has no interest in the opposite sex. In the context in which it is abundantly clear to everyone in the 104th (and even confirmed on the official SnK website) that Ymir is in love with Krista. So there’s not even wriggle room to interpret this as Reiner saying that Ymir is uninterested in the opposite sex because she’s uninterested in romance period, it is clearly Reiner observing that Ymir is uninterested in the opposite sex because she is obviously in love with another woman which means that the parallel that he’s drawing to himself can only have one meaning too. Ymir is “just like” Reiner because she is attracted to someone of her own gender, and the implication there is pretty crystal clear.
I guess if you really want to do some mental gymnastics you could interpret that passage as Reiner saying something other than confirming that both he and Ymir are gay, but… Occam’s razor and all. Also that’s the only thing that makes sense for Reiner to be saying to Ymir in that context, considering that a) it’s obvious to EVERYONE that Ymir has a thing for Krista and b) Reiner is trying to extend an olive branch to her, hence him revealing that bit of personal information about himself - and Ymir smiling and relaxing when she hears it. Mission (temporarily) accomplished.
ETA: Added just because I’m tired of repeating this every time somebody asks me about this line again: For the record, “I’m not interested in the opposite sex” is also something that frequently shows up in Japanese books, comics, and film as code for a character saying that they’re gay, so there you go.
ETA again: Another ask about the Krista thing.
Anonymous asked: are you kidding!! if someone shipped me with hoechlin i'd die of happiness lol. but let's be honest here, you're pretty you can pull it off (as in: being in a ship with tyler), me? naaaaah maybe in my dreams
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Anonymous asked: sorry if this's weird but, you bleach your hair right??? how do you take care of it after bleaching since it makes it dry and stuff. cuz your hair looks super good and pretty, and i really want to go blond but i'm afraid i'll go bald lol
yeah i bleach it! i use a 30 clear peroxide, leave it on about 25mins or so. i only wash with shampoo about ever other shower to limit the oil stripping, and leave in conditioner for a long time before washing it out (take the time to like shave my legs or pretend im a waterbender or something). i never blowdry and rarely flatiron/use any heating instrument. you can also try protein treatments. But honestly when i was getting it bleached back to blonde after dying it dark colors over and over again, i had my sister’s hair guy Marco do it, and he said he was shocked that my hair was able to take so many chemical dyings and bleaching and not break or get as damaged as it would have for other people.
i think if your hair is naturally on the thinner side or if you notice that it breaks easily, bleaching might not be the best idea, but you can always ask for a consultation with hair stylists/colorists!
fanalis said: Yeah I like that him and Ymir’s sexuality isn’t made into a joke and they have a lot of meaning to the plot.
seriously. especially since in anime/manga type things, the ‘canon homosexual’ character will be overly flamboyant slapstick comedy trope with like the thick eyelashes or doing ~girly things~, or a woman-crazy pervert type who always talks about ~hating all men~. I’m glad that even tho ymir’s sexuality was pretty obvious with her and krista, it really didnt get in the way at all and she wasnt the ‘women crazy’ type that always happens, and that her and rayner were both characters central to the story and their sexuality absolutely doesn’t interfere at all with their characters or roles and THAT MAKES ME REALLY GLAD TO SEE IN A MANGA ((makes me wonder if they’ll keep it in the anime…))
Anonymous asked: you have excellent taste in men let me tell you that. pravo
more like my tastes are too high for the type of man i actually even have a chance of dating myself irl lmao but oh well pretty things are pretty things
fanalis replied to your post: i have an SnK question also spoilers for latest…
this post explains it really well papermoon2.tumblr.com/p…
COOL!!!! aaaaaaaaaaaa ;~; then i really like the way it didnt change at all his character unlike a lot of other characters who ‘fall under that catagory’ so to speak. that rlly makes me glad.
Anonymous asked: hmm the nose you said? this may sound weird but I ship you with tyler tbh lol
THE FACT THAT THERE IS NOW MORE THAN ONE PERSON SAYING THAT WORRIES ME
i have an SnK question also spoilers for latest chaps kinda??
