Kenny and Levi’s relationship couldn’t have been only negative or even neutral. There’s a reason Levi pitied Kenny when he found him half-dead (ironically, Levi finds him leaning half-head against a tree the same way Kenny found him half-dead against a wall), and there’s a reason for their interaction while they fought in Stohess district.
(the anime doesn’t include the majority of it by the way)
Kenny influenced Levi’s worldview a lot, and of course taught him everything he knows. and calls Levi his “pride and joy” earnestly before he kills Dino Reeves:
there’s a lot of resemblance in their sense of humor (from sarcasm to toilet humor for some reason) and Levi’s rude/blunt style of talking.
the most we do know specifically is that Kenny “took care of him”. also, of course Kenny saved Levi’s life when he was only four… despite having argued with Kuchel to get an abortion while she was pregnant; he thought that no child should be born to suffer in their world.
it would’ve been so easy for Kenny to put him out of his misery at the time. But Kenny cared—he cared—more about what his sister would’ve wanted, and took care of Levi for at least 6 years if he was 10 when Kenny left.
But at the end, Kenny didn’t take care of Levi for his sister’s sake. He did leave because thought he was strong enough to survive on his own, but he also wasn’t “man enough” to be a dad for him. the fact that he wanted to, and to not be simply a teacher or a friend (or his uncle for that matter), says a lot about Kenny’s feelings towards him.
As cold, dismissive, and even violent Kenny likely was towards Levi, the value he places in using his strength to help others, his empathy, and his righteousness must’ve come from somewhere more than his mother in his first 4 years of life.
Maybe it’s from watching Kenny using violence for the exact opposite reasons, and Levi hated it. But, if there’s any way Kenny of all people showed love or care it’d be by beating the ever living shit out of the guy who told Levi he’d make him be like his mother and feeding him to the pigs. For example.
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I was rewatching attack on Titan and got to season 3, episode 69 I think (the one where we learn the story of Kenny Ackerman).
Despite me loving that episode I never noticed that Levi spent his entire life wondering if Kenny was his father. When he finds Kenny on the verge of death, he asks what's important to the mission first and then asks the big question about the possible fatherhood.
When Kenny answers that he is Kuchel's brother you can see Levi gets even more mad when he finally says "that day, why did you leave me?". Because he expected a deadbeat dad, but it must hurt to learn your uncle didn't care for you at all.
But what hurts me way more is that Kenny says "I couldn't be someone's dad" and proceeds to slam the titan serum on Levi's chest, giving it to him...the serum Kenny spent years looking after, that he considered to be his life's dream. The serum he was gripping even on his death, he gave it to Levi.
My interpretation is that Kenny, in some deep part of him, cared for Levi but never wanted to be a part of his life (for many many reasons). In the end, Kenny giving him the serum and finally answering Levi's life long question seemed to be almost like a "it's the least I could do for you"
Now, this could be me reading too much into it, but the way I see is that Kenny was always a family man (in his twisted way, of course).
1. He became this notorious murderer because of the persecution of his family and underground life, there is a deep connection between his killcounts and Ackerman persecution.
2. There was no hesitation when he made an agreement with Uri because it freed the Ackerman's from said persecution.
2. As soon as he learned the Ackerman's would be somewhat free he went to visit his sister (who was already dead unfortunately) most likely to tell her the news.
3. He mourned Kuchel on his emotionally stunted way, but you could see it was mourning. The slow drop to the floor, the hat in front of the eyes. That was a mourning brother right there.
3. He feed and taught Levi. He could have left him to die, but maybe in respect for Kuchel he decided to give the boy a chance at survival. And when he noticed Levi could survive on his own, he left. He is a murderer, seeing death is normal for him, he must have seen so many children die of starvation before, he could just leave Levi there to die but he didn't
Now attention: I am not romanticizing Kenny's actions. He is a murderer, he did neglect and abandon Levi, he tried to kill Levi during S3. He is in no way a good person, but I can see the complexity and nuances of his life and behavior.
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Rewatching aot and dude
Just thinking about the potential of if Marco DID survive
He's genuinely smart as shit after what he figured out what Reiner and Bertholdt were talking about on the roof.
Imagine a team up of him, armin and erwin. THE POTENTIAL BRUH
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thinking about how Zeke and Pieck really left Bertholdt behind to die, and Reiner probably freaked out when he found out and might have fought Zeke so they could go back for him like he did for Annie, only to lose again
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i saw someone on a tiktok repost say that they saw this drawing of mine on tumblr but i couldnt find it for the life of me so im also posting it myself >:(
on another note i rlly wanna make more aot fanart cus that show has had such a grip on me for years and one levi with scoliosis fanart just wont cut it
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Need more content of Armin getting comforted after his SA. I feel like its a part of his trauma that is so easily glossed over, but he experienced that. He had an old man groping at him and telling him he'd start to enjoy it and he couldn't do ANYTHING, that's going to effect him? He was only 15 man :(
I need more content of Jean, or Eren, or Mikasa, or SOMEONE (probs Jean tho cuz he was there and would know) making sure that he is okay
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I just love how the first episode of AOT season 3 started 😭
Levi putting all the kids to clean, Eren bickering with Jean, Armin being a mama bear over Mikasa 'cause she was off chopping wood instead of healing, Eren adding that he noticed her doing push ups this morning too (👀), Jean being jealous and calling Eren a nag and a spy... IT'S SO CHAOTIC 🤣
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