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□ Name: Ciara
□ Age: 21
□ Contact: splitpsychosis @ AIM or PM tactitan @ Dreamwidth
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□ Name: Armin Arlert
□ Journal: tactitan
□ Series: Attack on Titan
□ Canon point: Chapter 53
□ History: [Here] & [Here]
□ Personality:
“You’re weak as hell, but you’ve definitely got guts.”
A simple sentence couldn’t speak greater volumes when it comes to Armin Arlert – a slender, sweet looking teenaged boy whose seemingly innocent face frequently expresses unbridled terror and worry. While he may let his emotions show through without a second thought and physically isn’t the strongest, there is no doubt in anyone’s mind for those who know Armin that he is anything but a coward. Quick witted and outspoken about his beliefs, not once has Armin let anyone tell him his dreams are foolish or discourage him about his goal – to obtain freedom and journey on beyond the walls that protect the last remaining population of humanity from an incredibly powerful outside threat – Titans.
This is the reality of the world Armin found himself born into, a world where humanity is on the brink of extinction and the only thing between the quite literal giants who make a meal of humans and the humans themselves are colossal walls that reach skyward. Any mention of the world before Titans didn’t exist and any talk of lands outside the walls are deemed heretical. Books pertaining to the history of humanity before the walls existed or even nature itself such as the ocean, deserts, and the artic are forbidden. It was these forbidden books and very tales that Armin grew up on, his parents feeding his curious mind with grand fancies and facts about the world beyond. When they died from journeying outside of the walls, orphaning Armin at a very young age, it was Armin’s grandfather who continued to encourage his curiosity, sharing with him forbidden books he’d kept hidden away.
Like any child who learns something fascinating they talk about it – something that was, in essence, heresy. Armin found himself bullied, beaten by those older than him who called him a heretic for speaking of his dream of going outside the walls, for his excited babbling about the ocean. Despite finding himself with scraped knees and black eyes, fists didn’t stop him from believing in his dream. Just because other children were frightened of his talk of the outside world, of getting in trouble and in essence, being afraid of what they didn’t understand rather than being intrigued by it didn’t mean Armin would keep quiet. It was because what he was saying was right that they were afraid, that he was smart and could read where so many his age and caste could not. A simple village boy shouldn’t be speaking of such things. No one should be speaking of such things.
For all the individuals who didn’t want to listen, who shied away from Armin’s talk of life outside the walls, there was one individual who listened with ears and eyes open wide. Eren Jaeger – Armin’s best friend in the entire world – came to share his dream of someday venturing outside the walls with him and the two made a promise to one another to see the ocean together. When the wall that protected their town was breeched and Titans began to devour everyone inside, including Eren’s mother, this dream took on a more serious undertone. Eren vowed to kill every last Titan and Armin could only agree to follow him. Living as refugees in the next city over, Armin along with Eren and his adoptive sister Mikasa, Armin’s other best friend, the three children suffered. As refugees they were looked down upon as a burden, unwanted and filthy. The three became the only family one another had after Armin’s grandfather was killed in a failed attempt to take back the fallen town that had been attacked by Titans. It had been a ploy by the government to lessen the burden and food shortages by sacrificing lives, and while it did make the food shortage slightly better, the fact still remained that people had been sent to their deaths. After this event all there is left for Armin to do is follow Eren into the army, along with Mikasa. They would become soldiers and join the scouting corps, entering training at the tender age of twelve.
A soldier’s life isn’t an easy one. It was survival of the fittest and Armin was anything but fit. He fell behind his peers in physical training, yet still managed to pass and meet the rigorous demands that were expected of him. However, while he lagged behind others physically, he outshone everyone intellectually. His scores were continuously high and no one could deny that Armin was, without a doubt, quick witted and intelligent. For the first time too, over the three years he spent in training he made friends other than Mikasa and Eren. For the first time, people would listen to what he had to say instead of beating him up for it.
Although quiet in nature he is in no way antisocial and he isn’t shy to speak up when he feels it’s necessary to. He asks leading commanding officers and strategists to listen to his ideas to retake Trost using Eren’s titan power, he gives an awe inspiring speech, standing before a slew of armed soldiers with blades drawn and canons pointed at him, Mikasa and Eren in a desperate attempt to save their lives and in the heat of the moment of battle, listens to his intuition and comes up with a brilliant plan to retake the supply warehouse overrun with Titans so his comrades and other soldiers can refuel their gas tanks for their 3D Manoeuver gear. If there’s one thing those in the 104th trainee squad can agree on it’s that Armin’s opinion when it comes to tactics or a plan in general should be respected. If anyone knows what they’re talking about, it’s him.
Despite this, it takes Armin quite a while to respect himself and be confident in his intelligence. While everyone around him is strong and capable of staying alive his whole life Armin has found himself time and time again saved by Mikasa and Eren whether it be from bullies or being eaten alive by Titans. He hates above all else to be seen as a burden, someone that others have to baby and take care of, lest he wind up dead. He doesn’t want to hold others back and wants to be seen as just as important as everyone else, even if his physical abilities aren’t up to par. It’s only after Eren and Mikasa quite literally stake their lives on his ability to talk his way out of trouble that he realizes it was his own warped misconception of self that lead him to believe he was useless in comparison to them – neither of his friends ever saw him that way. It’s after this and other successful attempts of his plans being implemented that Armin’s self-confidence begins to grow and with it, so does his ability to effectively plan and analyse situations in the heat of the moment.
Armin is no coward. Despite the amount of tears he sheds and the very obvious fear he feels, he still wills himself into battle. His and Eren’s dream is worth fighting for – humanity is worth fighting for. Once asked if he would die if he was told to, he replies that he wouldn’t want to die, but if it were necessary, if it would be a sacrifice that would need to be made, he would do so. While he may be driven by his dreams, Armin’s grasp on the reality of the situations around him are always at the forefront of his mind. When he, Jean and Reiner end up stuck outside the walls with only one horse between them and Armin with a head wound (and probably a concussion) while the other two are debating who should be left behind he offers without hesitation, so long as they pass along vital information he’s deduced to the commander. Brave as it is, Armin does let his self-defeatist and self-sacrificing nature become troublesome when he loses his footing and doubts himself. When Mikasa runs out of fuel for her 3D Manoeuver gear in the heat of battle after they both think Eren is dead, Armin without a second to spare gives her the remainder of his, simply asking her that she leave him with a broken blade so he can kill himself instead of being eaten by Titans. She refuses to leave him behind and with Connie the three of them make it to the Titan infested warehouse. In that moment Armin had seen himself as useless compared to Mikasa, the best soldier amongst all of them, but the reality of the situation is that if he had been left to die, he wouldn’t have been able to come up with the plan to retake the warehouse and in turn, save countless lives of other trainees. He may not be worth much in brawn but in brains he’s a heavyweight champion.
He’s an incredibly loyal individual, more so to Eren and Mikasa than anyone else. They’re his best friends in the whole entire world, the two individuals who always look out for him and are always fighting by his side. They inspire him and fuel his desire to make them proud and help them fulfil their shared dream. He would die for them in a heartbeat if needed, if it meant that they could go on living. He would, quite literally, do anything for them. He also does his best to believe in the good in people, this most notably showing through with regards to Annie. It doesn’t take long for Armin to deduce that she’s the female Titan who attacked them during their expedition outside the walls, but it takes him a month to act on his assumptions due to the desperate belief he has that his intuition is, for once, wrong. Even after she’s admitted it he still tries to desperately talk to her, alongside Eren, trying to process just why someone they trained with and fought alongside with would betray them and humanity.
While many individuals live in a world that only consists in black or white, Armin finds himself seeing that the world possesses a grey area. Not everyone is just bad or good – there are reasons for everything and many things are never clear at first glance. What is perhaps important about Armin is that he’s unafraid to ask questions or question the motivations of people in his life. After all, the moment an individual stops asking questions and stops asking why, they lose their freedom and in turn, what makes them essentially human.
At the end of the day, Armin is a young soldier fighting for his fundamental right as a human being – his freedom – and that of everyone else. He’s smart, quick witted and driven, emotional and above all else, a survivor. Whatever the challenge, whatever the task at hand, he’ll do his best to overcome it and live, despite the odds that usually work against him. He’ll loyally stand by his friends and in turn, die by their side if that’s what’s required of him.
□ Age: 15
□ Gender: Male/Male
□ Appearance:
[Here] [Here]
Armin stands 5'4" high and has golden blond hair cut into a pageboy style. His eyes are blue and he has a button nose. He's thin but fit and is usually dressed in his military uniform which consists of a brown jacket that cuts off at the ribs, sporting two breast pockets and the symbol of the division he belongs to (Scouting Legion - which is a pair of stylized wings one blue the other white), a white dress shirt, white pants, dark brown over the knee boots and a series of dark brown leather straps that make up the harness he wears for his 3DMG. He also wears a dark green hooded caplet with the same insignia on the back. When not wearing his uniform Armin is dressed in simple civilian clothes that consist of plain pants, a white blouse and usually a vest of some sort. From the canon point he's being taken from however, he'll be arriving in a long skirt and plain blouse and a wig due to unfortunate circumstances.
□ Abilities/Powers:
Armin is, at least physically, a normal human teenage boy. There isn’t anything remarkable about him in that aspect – in fact he’s called weak on various occasions. Even so, while he may not be the most physically adept, he’s still skilled enough to use 3D Manoeuver gear and graduated as a soldier amongst the rest of his comrades. What is notable about him is his mind, which is sharp and always calculating, thinking, and theorizing. He’s on his way to becoming a master of strategy and uses his intuition to his advantage. That said, there’s nothing out of the ordinary here for Armin that a human teen boy would be in possession of.
□ Personal Items:
1) His military uniform.
2) His caplet.
3) His 3DMGear (Although it would be unusable.)
4) His grandfather's book about the outside world, which is basically a natural history/encyclopedia.
5) His grandfather's hat.
6) His set of civilian clothes.
I wish I could say he has more stuff than this but he honestly doesn't. Sad, poor, military life.
□ First Person Sample: [Here]
□ Third Person Sample: [Here]
If you would rather I write Ariel specific samples I'd be more than happy to! Hopefully these samples will be good enough.
□ Name: Ciara
□ Age: 21
□ Contact: splitpsychosis @ AIM or PM tactitan @ Dreamwidth
→ IC
□ Name: Armin Arlert
□ Journal: tactitan
□ Series: Attack on Titan
□ Canon point: Chapter 53
□ History: [Here] & [Here]
□ Personality:
“You’re weak as hell, but you’ve definitely got guts.”
A simple sentence couldn’t speak greater volumes when it comes to Armin Arlert – a slender, sweet looking teenaged boy whose seemingly innocent face frequently expresses unbridled terror and worry. While he may let his emotions show through without a second thought and physically isn’t the strongest, there is no doubt in anyone’s mind for those who know Armin that he is anything but a coward. Quick witted and outspoken about his beliefs, not once has Armin let anyone tell him his dreams are foolish or discourage him about his goal – to obtain freedom and journey on beyond the walls that protect the last remaining population of humanity from an incredibly powerful outside threat – Titans.
This is the reality of the world Armin found himself born into, a world where humanity is on the brink of extinction and the only thing between the quite literal giants who make a meal of humans and the humans themselves are colossal walls that reach skyward. Any mention of the world before Titans didn’t exist and any talk of lands outside the walls are deemed heretical. Books pertaining to the history of humanity before the walls existed or even nature itself such as the ocean, deserts, and the artic are forbidden. It was these forbidden books and very tales that Armin grew up on, his parents feeding his curious mind with grand fancies and facts about the world beyond. When they died from journeying outside of the walls, orphaning Armin at a very young age, it was Armin’s grandfather who continued to encourage his curiosity, sharing with him forbidden books he’d kept hidden away.
Like any child who learns something fascinating they talk about it – something that was, in essence, heresy. Armin found himself bullied, beaten by those older than him who called him a heretic for speaking of his dream of going outside the walls, for his excited babbling about the ocean. Despite finding himself with scraped knees and black eyes, fists didn’t stop him from believing in his dream. Just because other children were frightened of his talk of the outside world, of getting in trouble and in essence, being afraid of what they didn’t understand rather than being intrigued by it didn’t mean Armin would keep quiet. It was because what he was saying was right that they were afraid, that he was smart and could read where so many his age and caste could not. A simple village boy shouldn’t be speaking of such things. No one should be speaking of such things.
For all the individuals who didn’t want to listen, who shied away from Armin’s talk of life outside the walls, there was one individual who listened with ears and eyes open wide. Eren Jaeger – Armin’s best friend in the entire world – came to share his dream of someday venturing outside the walls with him and the two made a promise to one another to see the ocean together. When the wall that protected their town was breeched and Titans began to devour everyone inside, including Eren’s mother, this dream took on a more serious undertone. Eren vowed to kill every last Titan and Armin could only agree to follow him. Living as refugees in the next city over, Armin along with Eren and his adoptive sister Mikasa, Armin’s other best friend, the three children suffered. As refugees they were looked down upon as a burden, unwanted and filthy. The three became the only family one another had after Armin’s grandfather was killed in a failed attempt to take back the fallen town that had been attacked by Titans. It had been a ploy by the government to lessen the burden and food shortages by sacrificing lives, and while it did make the food shortage slightly better, the fact still remained that people had been sent to their deaths. After this event all there is left for Armin to do is follow Eren into the army, along with Mikasa. They would become soldiers and join the scouting corps, entering training at the tender age of twelve.
A soldier’s life isn’t an easy one. It was survival of the fittest and Armin was anything but fit. He fell behind his peers in physical training, yet still managed to pass and meet the rigorous demands that were expected of him. However, while he lagged behind others physically, he outshone everyone intellectually. His scores were continuously high and no one could deny that Armin was, without a doubt, quick witted and intelligent. For the first time too, over the three years he spent in training he made friends other than Mikasa and Eren. For the first time, people would listen to what he had to say instead of beating him up for it.
Although quiet in nature he is in no way antisocial and he isn’t shy to speak up when he feels it’s necessary to. He asks leading commanding officers and strategists to listen to his ideas to retake Trost using Eren’s titan power, he gives an awe inspiring speech, standing before a slew of armed soldiers with blades drawn and canons pointed at him, Mikasa and Eren in a desperate attempt to save their lives and in the heat of the moment of battle, listens to his intuition and comes up with a brilliant plan to retake the supply warehouse overrun with Titans so his comrades and other soldiers can refuel their gas tanks for their 3D Manoeuver gear. If there’s one thing those in the 104th trainee squad can agree on it’s that Armin’s opinion when it comes to tactics or a plan in general should be respected. If anyone knows what they’re talking about, it’s him.
Despite this, it takes Armin quite a while to respect himself and be confident in his intelligence. While everyone around him is strong and capable of staying alive his whole life Armin has found himself time and time again saved by Mikasa and Eren whether it be from bullies or being eaten alive by Titans. He hates above all else to be seen as a burden, someone that others have to baby and take care of, lest he wind up dead. He doesn’t want to hold others back and wants to be seen as just as important as everyone else, even if his physical abilities aren’t up to par. It’s only after Eren and Mikasa quite literally stake their lives on his ability to talk his way out of trouble that he realizes it was his own warped misconception of self that lead him to believe he was useless in comparison to them – neither of his friends ever saw him that way. It’s after this and other successful attempts of his plans being implemented that Armin’s self-confidence begins to grow and with it, so does his ability to effectively plan and analyse situations in the heat of the moment.
Armin is no coward. Despite the amount of tears he sheds and the very obvious fear he feels, he still wills himself into battle. His and Eren’s dream is worth fighting for – humanity is worth fighting for. Once asked if he would die if he was told to, he replies that he wouldn’t want to die, but if it were necessary, if it would be a sacrifice that would need to be made, he would do so. While he may be driven by his dreams, Armin’s grasp on the reality of the situations around him are always at the forefront of his mind. When he, Jean and Reiner end up stuck outside the walls with only one horse between them and Armin with a head wound (and probably a concussion) while the other two are debating who should be left behind he offers without hesitation, so long as they pass along vital information he’s deduced to the commander. Brave as it is, Armin does let his self-defeatist and self-sacrificing nature become troublesome when he loses his footing and doubts himself. When Mikasa runs out of fuel for her 3D Manoeuver gear in the heat of battle after they both think Eren is dead, Armin without a second to spare gives her the remainder of his, simply asking her that she leave him with a broken blade so he can kill himself instead of being eaten by Titans. She refuses to leave him behind and with Connie the three of them make it to the Titan infested warehouse. In that moment Armin had seen himself as useless compared to Mikasa, the best soldier amongst all of them, but the reality of the situation is that if he had been left to die, he wouldn’t have been able to come up with the plan to retake the warehouse and in turn, save countless lives of other trainees. He may not be worth much in brawn but in brains he’s a heavyweight champion.
He’s an incredibly loyal individual, more so to Eren and Mikasa than anyone else. They’re his best friends in the whole entire world, the two individuals who always look out for him and are always fighting by his side. They inspire him and fuel his desire to make them proud and help them fulfil their shared dream. He would die for them in a heartbeat if needed, if it meant that they could go on living. He would, quite literally, do anything for them. He also does his best to believe in the good in people, this most notably showing through with regards to Annie. It doesn’t take long for Armin to deduce that she’s the female Titan who attacked them during their expedition outside the walls, but it takes him a month to act on his assumptions due to the desperate belief he has that his intuition is, for once, wrong. Even after she’s admitted it he still tries to desperately talk to her, alongside Eren, trying to process just why someone they trained with and fought alongside with would betray them and humanity.
While many individuals live in a world that only consists in black or white, Armin finds himself seeing that the world possesses a grey area. Not everyone is just bad or good – there are reasons for everything and many things are never clear at first glance. What is perhaps important about Armin is that he’s unafraid to ask questions or question the motivations of people in his life. After all, the moment an individual stops asking questions and stops asking why, they lose their freedom and in turn, what makes them essentially human.
At the end of the day, Armin is a young soldier fighting for his fundamental right as a human being – his freedom – and that of everyone else. He’s smart, quick witted and driven, emotional and above all else, a survivor. Whatever the challenge, whatever the task at hand, he’ll do his best to overcome it and live, despite the odds that usually work against him. He’ll loyally stand by his friends and in turn, die by their side if that’s what’s required of him.
□ Age: 15
□ Gender: Male/Male
□ Appearance:
[Here] [Here]
Armin stands 5'4" high and has golden blond hair cut into a pageboy style. His eyes are blue and he has a button nose. He's thin but fit and is usually dressed in his military uniform which consists of a brown jacket that cuts off at the ribs, sporting two breast pockets and the symbol of the division he belongs to (Scouting Legion - which is a pair of stylized wings one blue the other white), a white dress shirt, white pants, dark brown over the knee boots and a series of dark brown leather straps that make up the harness he wears for his 3DMG. He also wears a dark green hooded caplet with the same insignia on the back. When not wearing his uniform Armin is dressed in simple civilian clothes that consist of plain pants, a white blouse and usually a vest of some sort. From the canon point he's being taken from however, he'll be arriving in a long skirt and plain blouse and a wig due to unfortunate circumstances.
□ Abilities/Powers:
Armin is, at least physically, a normal human teenage boy. There isn’t anything remarkable about him in that aspect – in fact he’s called weak on various occasions. Even so, while he may not be the most physically adept, he’s still skilled enough to use 3D Manoeuver gear and graduated as a soldier amongst the rest of his comrades. What is notable about him is his mind, which is sharp and always calculating, thinking, and theorizing. He’s on his way to becoming a master of strategy and uses his intuition to his advantage. That said, there’s nothing out of the ordinary here for Armin that a human teen boy would be in possession of.
□ Personal Items:
1) His military uniform.
2) His caplet.
3) His 3DMGear (Although it would be unusable.)
4) His grandfather's book about the outside world, which is basically a natural history/encyclopedia.
5) His grandfather's hat.
6) His set of civilian clothes.
I wish I could say he has more stuff than this but he honestly doesn't. Sad, poor, military life.
□ First Person Sample: [Here]
□ Third Person Sample: [Here]
If you would rather I write Ariel specific samples I'd be more than happy to! Hopefully these samples will be good enough.