This is an ekphrasis poem in which I was inspired by Rachael Allen's 4chan poems--particularly, "Animu&Mango /a/" in which Allen narrates the pictures posted on the 4chan website from the anime LoveHina!
I am in no way up to date on the Manga. The l...
For this poem, I wanted to experiment with a "Reverse Damsels in Distress" theme since traditional narratives tend to follow a "locked in a high-tower passively waiting to be rescued damsel-in-distress" theme. However, there are emerging narratives that disrupt this form (exp. Tangled, Frozen, Yona of the Dawn). So, in going along with this 'Princess as savior/heroine theme' I decided to follow Isayama's narrative of Historia Reiss as a descendant of the royal bloodline not as someone in need of being rescued but rather as the rescuer. Firstly in rescuing Eren from certain death:
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And then in saving all of humanity:
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/s/-Sexy Beautiful Women
You are the most beautiful, glowing sun goddess.
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She has long golden hair and blue eyes. She's the smallest girl in our group. Armin called her "cute". She saved Sasha, Jean, and Armin who all thought she was a Goddess. Reiner wanted to marry her. Reiner, are you delusional? I told her that the next time I saw him I'd kill him. "You want to?" she asked, "I have to!" I replied. Because I am NOT prepared to sacrifice Historia.
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