Erwin "danger boner" Smith

PLAYER

CONTACT: PM
ACTIVE TIMES/PACE: medium to slow depending on ~life~
BRACKETS/PROSE: will match you!
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: can handle most things in text tbh but appreciate warnings for terminal illness, eye gore or teeth removal!

OUT OF CHARACTER

BACKTAGGING: yes!
THREADHOPPING: please ask if it's a serious thread/read the room, but generally yes!
FOURTHWALLING: ok if it's IC for the character, but he probably won't believe it.
NOT INTERESTED IN: I'm sure I'll find out eventually
CONTENT WARNINGS: general AoT warnings: gore, misery, death, war, war crimes, extreme violence, cannibalism (sort of), child soldiers, fictional eugenics, government persecution, genocide/omnicide, classism, suicide and suicidal ideation. extra Erwin warnings: guilt, SO MUCH GUILT, manipulation, self depreciation but also sometimes just using people as chess pieces ~for the cause~, daddy issues parental death, depression, dissociation, social masking.

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IN CHARACTER

PHYSICAL AFFECTION: quite alright! he's a little touch starved though and probably won't think you mean it.
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: tentative yes. he's a trained soldier, built and quite strong but his biggest assets are his brains and his daring, not his fighting ability. While he is very capable at battling titans as part of his job, there's nothing really suggesting his hand to hand skills are anything above average for a soldier.
RELATIONSHIPS: tentative maybe. he can be DTF especially if it gains him some sort of advantage/favor/funding, but a deeper bond would take work and real understanding.
PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: comes off as stoic and unshakeable, is a bit of a mess on the inside ranging from being crushed with guilt and self hate for sending people to their deaths, to slightly too numb to things that cost lives. has a LOT of thoughts in his head the whole time, plans and theories constantly shifting and adapting. loves overthinking just about everything, sometimes needs reminders to remain humane.
MAGICAL INFORMATION: zilch. nothing. nada.
MEDICAL INFORMATION: tall and built, athletic, maybe a bit softer around the middle thanks to lots of desk work but you couldn't tell while he's in uniform - in good (physical) health overall. (mental health is a whole other beast... man is at the very least extremely depressed.) depending on canonpoint, he may be missing his right arm up to above the elbow.
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: will probably smile through anything and everything but may break or shut down later in private if, say, parents of his dead soldiers tear into him or otherwise blame him for playing with people's lives, talk of him as some sort of unfeeling, cruel demon etc. probably not particularly fond of ropes and chains considering he'd been imprisoned for a while and almost ended up hanging in the gallows.

SHIPPING

MOST INTERESTED IN: Levi, Miche, Nile
YES GOOD: Hange, Marie, crosscanon if the chemistry feels right!
NAH BUT IT'S FUNNY SO FUNCTIONALLY MAYBE: Zeke 💀 Willy Tybur's wife 💀 also Zachary or other officers/nobles and/or their spouses because while I'm not dying to play that out, he would since those funds aren't gonna raise themselves-
NO THANK YOU: any of the young cadets, or his direct family (Papa Smith). familial/gen CR is the default here.

AGE RESTRICTIONS: I prefer shipping with characters roughly around his age (late 20s - 30s - early 40s; Erwin is around 34-37 at time of death). depending on character maturity levels, younger characters (20s) might work too, but it's a hard no for underage/teens (unless it's an AU and he's also one of them ig). feel free to ask if unsure.
FLUFF/SMUT: good with either/both! (exception: kid/younger teen AUs default to fluff only.)
NSFW/FTB: good with either!

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

VISUAL: tall (188cm = 6'2), broad, athletic (92kg = 202lbs), tidy and proper, serious. very thick big eyebrows, large roman nose, extremely striking bright sky blue eyes, blond hair with an undercut that he parts on the side and usually slicks down to look more neat. clothes always clean, nice and in order, not a hair out of place. usually seen in uniform though will also wear suits or casual clothes when off duty.
AURAL: calm, firm, authoritative, fairly deep. excellent use of appropriate emotion for the auditorium - he will sound passionate and strong during rallying speeches, solemn and resilient during funerals, soft and protective to a partner and so on.
OLFACTORY: cedarwoord, pine, lime, eucalyptus, jasmine, amber, sandalwood, parchment, leather, ink, ocean breeze. mostly sort of earthy and masculine.
DEMEANOUR: polite, serious, stoic, mature, outwardly calm, commanding and unyielding when required, friendly when appropriate. he can be warm but outside of a few select people it's often performative in order to garner favor or good will. he's curious and a bookworm and excitable about discoveries and ~the truth~, though few people see this side of him nowadays; he's a bit awkward with people when he's being genuine (it doesn't get in the way of him charming nobles though) and has a rather morbid sense of humor.

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