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Question: What are your pronouns?
Erwin: He/they.
Levi: None. Do not perceive me.
Erwin: Can I perceive you?
Levi: … I guess.
Erwin: [laughs] I feel so honored.
Levi: You should.
Q: How did the end of season three feel?
L: It was awful. Even as just a character thing.
E: Did you mourn me at all?
L: No. The situation sucked ass, but you weren't really dead.
E: Didn't you cry?
L: What? No I didn't.
The chat is suddenly flooded with pictures and gifs of Ackerman with tears in his eyes after Smith's death.
Q: Congratulations on the marriage!
E: Thank you!
L: That's not a question.
E: But it was a sweet sentiment.
L: … Fine. I'll allow it just this once.
Q: Was the marriage at all spurred on by the death of Erwin's character?
L: No. He proposed during the final stages of filming for season two, the break between part one and two of season three was just too short for our liking for a honeymoon, so we postponed the marriage.
E: Actually, I'll admit that the ending made me rush a little bit.
L: Why?
E: It made me think about my own mortality, and I wanted to be married to the one I love before I died.
L: You're so weird.
Q: Is Levi as much of a neat freak as Ackerman?
E: Not really. Levi's scared of bugs, though, so the house is always pretty clean.
L: I'm not scared of them, I'm disgusted. There's a difference.
E: Regardless, I'm the one who gets rid of bugs.
L: You don't "get rid" of them, you take them outside of the house so that they can re-enter within a day without any consequences.
E: My love, just because you've decided to wage a war against insects doesn't mean I'm going to join you.
Q: Is Erwin a twink or a hunk?
L: What the fuck is a twink?
E: Levi's a twinkie.
Q: How long have you had a fake arm?
E: Gosh, it's been about 20 years now hasn't it Levi?
L: I still think that was really fucking stupid of you to do.
E: It was absolutely brilliant.
L: But why get the chicken involved?
E: You wouldn't understand.
Q: Do you two have any pets?
E: Yes! We have a pomeranian.
L: He's a little bastard.
E: His name is Wren.
L: He's not allowed near small children or elderly people.
E: He has the cutest little face.
L: If he had the ability to do so he would kill millions without hesitation.
E: He's a cream Sable!
L: He's a monster.
Q: Considering your background, how did you get cast as Ackerman?
L: Nepotism.
E: Come on, it wasn't like that! I just suggested you to them.
L: Still nepotism.
Q: Hottest cast member?
L: None of them. I turn 39 this year and the oldest person besides me, Erwin, or the other actual adults within the show is 24. They're practically children.
E: Well if you ask me, it's Levi.
L: I'm pretty sure they meant besides each other.
E: I'm not changing my answer.
Q: Are you sad to be leaving the show?
E: A little bit, but I understand that it was necessary for the plot.
L: I think they just got annoyed that you kept leaving your arm everywhere.
E: I can't help that I don't have object permanence.
L: You'd lose your head if it wasn't attached to you, as proven by the arm.
Q: Favorite person to work with?
E: Dot. He's a very interesting person, and he tells great stories.
L: Mikasa.
E: I wasn't expecting that. How come?
L: She's a very polite young woman. And she gave me advice at times.
Q: It's understandable why Ackerman is so short, but why is Levi?
E: I don't think that's--
L: So I can be closer to hell. Next question.
Q: How long have you two known each other?
E: Almost 35 years, right?
L: 34 years, 10 months, 25 days. We've been dating for 14.
E: When you say it like that, I'm surprised you didn't get impatient about getting married.
L: We couldn't get married for a while. Why would I have been impatient?
E: I mean, I still waited a couple years after that just to propose.
L: You're overthinking it. I wouldn't have cared when we got married.
Q: Why is Levi so matter-of-fact about everything?
L: Because one of us has to be grounded in reality.
E: Levi's always been like that, even when we were kids.
Q: Favorite character besides your own?
E: Historia. She's come into her own now and I'm looking forward to seeing how she does as a ruler.
L: Braun. The character has a very interesting premise.
Q: Is it difficult differentiating with three Ackerman characters?
L: A little bit, but we've found a way to differentiate.
E: Levi is Ackerman, Mikasa is Lady Ackerman, and Kenny is Uncle Ackerman.
L: The kids used to sometimes try to be funny and call me Ackermanlet, but they know better now.
Q: Least favorite character?
L: Uncle Ackerman. Nothing against Kenny, he just reminds me of someone I'd rather forget.
E: Springer. His character doesn't always seem to serve a purpose.
Q: Levi, do you think Ackerman will survive to the end of the series?
L: I wouldn't be surprised if they killed him right after he fulfills his promise to Smith. If he ever fulfills it, that is.
E: You think he won't?
L: I think this show can be very cruel.
Q: Thoughts on Jeager?
L: Bitchboy.
E: Unremarkable as a protagonist. Eren himself is…
L: Not much better.
Q: Do you think you'll ever have kids?
E: Probably not. I think we're getting too close to the age where it'd be unfair for the kid, anyway.
L: No. I couldn't be a parent. Not a good one, at least.
E: Levi…
L: Let's just move on.
Q: If you were an animal, what would you be?
L: A ferret.
E: Wow, that was quick. Have you thought about this before?
L: … No.
E: I think I'd be… a lion.
L: You'd be a golden retriever and you know it.
Q: What was your favorite subject in school?
E: Chemistry. There were a lot of hands on activities, and learning about the different interactions was fun.
L: I dropped out of high school within a month.
E: Much to my mother's dismay.
L: I couldn't keep up.
E: I still brought you my homework though. What of that did you like?
L: English?
E: But I thought you hated the symbolism analysis.
L: It was a challenge. I like those, even if I get frustrated.
Q: Did the rest of the cast already know you had a prosthetic?
E: Dot knew, I think. The rest didn't until the day we filmed the last episode of season two.
L: Conny screamed when he saw you walking around without an arm.
E: Poor guy.
Q: Do you ship the characters?
E: "Ship"? Like send them through postage?
L: Why would you ship them?
E: It'd be pretty difficult to get most of them into a box.
L: You'd have to break pretty much every bone in their body for a standard box.
E: Maybe a large crate would work? Or a freighter?
L: That'd probably work.
E: But still… why do such a thing?
Q: Who gave the most memorable first impression?
E: Hange.
L: Yeah.
E: I don't think I've ever been called a slut before that.
L: Maybe we weren't trying hard enough.
Q: Go-to karaoke song?
E: I don't really do karaoke that much, I generally just pick whatever I recognize from the list.
L: We went once in 2003 for a mutual friend's 21st birthday and he got drunk, then decided that he was Céline Dion.
E: [laughs] Don't tell them about that!
L: He pretty much screamed the entirety of "My Heart will go On" before he broke down crying on the floor.
E: It was a very emotional song for me in that moment.
L: He pretty much stopped drinking after that. Was too embarrassing, I guess.
E: Cherry got the whole thing on video… it's still on a VHS tape somewhere.
Q: Did your parents say anything about your marriage?
L: No. Mine are dead, and even if they weren't I don't think we would've kept in touch for this long.
E: My mother insisted on helping us plan it, actually. [laughs]
L: His dad cried during his speech.
E: They really like Levi.
L: I'm pretty sure it's just leftover pity from when I was a kid.
E: What? No, they love you.
Q: Do you all have any traditions on set?
E: We have a few, but my favorite one is where before we start filming a season, all the cast gets together to make a video of us all singing that season's intro.
L: They always drag me into it.
E: Then once we finish filming a season, everyone whose character is still alive by the end gets together to sing the end theme. It started out as a joke, but by season two it became a bit of a tradition. We even have rehearsals for it!
L: Someday one of those kids are gonna post those videos, and I hope I'm dead by then.
E: Why? You have a nice singing voice.
L: I don't sing. It's not my style.
E: You used to sing to yourself all the time when we were kids.
L: That was different. I was… stimming? Is that what it's called?
Q: Levi is autistic?
L: I got diagnosed a couple years ago.
E: [laughs] The man at reception thought I was Levi's father.
L: I have wrinkles and I shave. What the fuck screams 'child' about me?
E: You have wrinkles? Where? Let me see!
L: Why are you so invested in me having wrinkles?
E: Because I think they'd look cute on you.
L: I'm not cute.
Q: What were you like as kids?
E: Levi was really quiet. But once angry Levi got violent. [laughs]
L: I didn't know that it wasn't okay. I wasn't living with your family yet.
E: I guess. What was I like?
L: You were a popular kid. Had five girlfriends most of the time.
E: What? When?
L: Primary school.
E: Wow… I was a player.
L: One of them started putting dirt and sand inside my bag, so I punched her in the jaw. That ended your girlfriend spree.
E: You… punched her?
L: Primary school.
Q: How long did it take for you two to get together?
L: He says they were trying for a couple years.
E: You're surprisingly oblivious Levi.
L: We just started going places more often?
E: I sang 'my heart will go on' for you!
L: That was for me?
E: Yeah.
L: You're lucky I didn't know this back then. It was awful.
E: [laughs]
L: Did you start crying afterwards because I wasn't moved or something?
E: Actually, I started crying because I was imagining our life together the entire time?
L: ...
E: And the song ended as we were taking our final breaths in hospital beds next to each other.
L: .......
E: We were holding hands.
L: What the fuck is wrong with you?
E: Your mind doesn't always work properly when you're drunk and have a crush.
L: Apparently so.
Q: Did you play Smith and Ackerman romantically?
E: Yes.
L: No.
E: You did! Ackerman spent more time watching Smith than he did killing titans.
L: Smith was the hope of mankind. Ackerman watched to protect him.
E: Then why did you have him cry?
L: ...
L: I'm done here.
Levi then proceeded to stand and walk off screen.
E: Levi! [laughs] Don't start pouting!
L: [unintelligible]
E: Come on, please? I'll do anything!
L: [unintelligible]
E: Sure you won't cry again?
Levi presumably leaves the room entirely at this point. Erwin stands up.
E: [laughs] I should probably go after Levi. Thanks for tuning in, everyone!
Livestream ends.