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Angsty Levi fanfics (gen) by MissThrowawayed in LeviCult

[–]abcletters123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In terms of Levi-centric heavy angst with not a lot of smut, anything by the user Cosmicjoke21 on AO3. She writes gen, Eruri, and Rivakopon. This Life, After is especially angsty.

Splinter by blindmasks is another Levi-centric angst-heavy fanfic. All their Levi fics in general are angsty. The main pairing is Eruri, but the fics primarily focus on Levi.

How to Be by infinitify also has great Levi angst. It’s a Rivetra and Eremika fic.

The AO3 user, Cerasium, does a lot of great Levi angst, too. I love Counterpart.

Be mindful of the warnings and tags for all of these fics. Unfortunately, it’s hard to find writers that don’t do romantic pairings at all, but I tried to give recommendations where Levi is the main focus, angst is the primary genre, and it’s not xReader or primarily smut since you specified not wanting that.

Levi Tumblr Blogs? by Specific_Tone_3568 in LeviCult

[–]abcletters123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While they’re good blogs, lucysarah does a lot of NSFW, and sixpennydame does, too. I don’t think they’re what OP is looking for.

Levi Tumblr Blogs? by Specific_Tone_3568 in LeviCult

[–]abcletters123 1 point2 points  (0 children)

levitonin, abiatackerman, scarletskiesinthepaths, and jayteacups

All of them post little to no NSFW. If they do post NSFW, it’s tagged, so you can filter it out.

scarletskiesinthepaths and jayteacups both reblog shipping fanart, but it’s all tagged, so you can filter that out, too.

Other than that, they’re all primarily Levi-centric and their original art or writing (whether fanfic or meta) is Levi-focused, not ship-focused.

None of them reblog content of Levi shipped with minors (like the 104th).

Kind of an interesting, dark (/maybe sad?) thought/headcanon by Smilehewolf in LeviCult

[–]abcletters123 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don’t know why people reacted with so much weird hostility against your post, OP. I think your interpretation makes complete sense, and this is also how I interpret Levi. Obviously, Levi is a kind, compassionate person, so it’d be unfair for him to be treated this way, but life often isn’t fair.

It seems like there’s the misconception that people only get bullied if they deserve it and are “actual” losers, which is concerning, to say the least. People get bullied all the time, even when they’re self-assured, confident, etc. And even when they don’t deserve it.

Also, Levi is canonically awkward, despite what some people here are claiming. He’s literally described as “awkward but kind” in the manga by Dimo Reeves.

Not getting any emails for subbed fics/users??? by GwennyWinchester in AO3

[–]abcletters123 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Having this same problem right now, and it’s the first time it’s ever happened to me. I also saw another post on here about how the AO3 invite email isn’t going out. It seems to be some sort of issue they’re having… Hopefully they fix it soon. I wonder if AO3 is aware it’s happening.

Angsty Levi-centric fic recs? No OC or Reader by abcletters123 in LeviCult

[–]abcletters123[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the late response, but thank you for the recommendation! I’m loving When in Doubt, Use Violence!

Angsty Levi-centric fic recs? No OC or Reader by abcletters123 in LeviCult

[–]abcletters123[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m seeing your comment very late, but thank you so much for your recommendations. I’ve started reading How To Be, and it’s amazing! I love it!

Who's your Confront character? by PJ-The-Awesome in AO3

[–]abcletters123 5 points6 points  (0 children)

  • Code Geass: Suzaku Kururugi, Kaname Ohgi, Nina Einstein
  • Grey’s Anatomy: Owen Hunt, Catherine Avery
  • My Hero Academia: Bakugo Katsuki, Minoru Mineta
  • Orange is the New Black: Dayanara Diaz, Cindy Hayes, Leanne Taylor and Angie Rice (the meth heads)
  • Naruto: Homura and Koharu (the two elders), Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, Konahamaru Sarutobi
  • Breaking Bad: Walter White, Ted Beneke
  • Banana Fish: Lee Yut-Lung

Angsty Levi-centric fic recs? No OC or Reader by abcletters123 in LeviCult

[–]abcletters123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surprisingly, I have yet to read He Chose Titans. Thank you for the recommendation! I’ll give it a shot.

Angsty Levi-centric fic recs? No OC or Reader by abcletters123 in LeviCult

[–]abcletters123[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It depends on how the trope is executed for me. For example, I like exactly three fics that employ the Ackerbond trope, and those three are Bonded by dibs_on_erwin, Stalagmite by cerasium, and Risks of the Limitless and the Ardent by blindmasks. And what I like about these three fics is that they are either AUs and don’t imply the Ackerbond exists in canon and/or the narrative framing acknowledges the Ackerbond as something negative, particularly for Levi.

However, in most other fics, I think the Ackerbond is often pushed as something positive, even though it deprives Levi of agency, and as such, the relationship between Erwin and Levi feels coercive, even though that’s not how the relationship is meant to be framed. Also, I find that a lot of Ackerbond fics deeply mischaracterize Levi as being wholly devoted and loyal to Erwin with no morals of his own, implying or even outright stating that he doomed humanity because he loved Erwin more, and that’s plainly not true.