AAAHHHH FINALLY GOT TO UNBOX THESE BABS TODAY!! (I’ve had Levi over a year but refused to take him out until Erwin could join him :3;;;)
they are gorgeous!! sorry these crappy phone photos don’t quite do justice, i’ll have to take better ones in good light later!
also, if anybody wants any specific detail pics or anything, let me know!
wtf is this guys name because so far I’ve seen
- erwin
- erwen
- irwin
- irwen
- ivan
- irvan
like seriously whats his name
His name is Commander Handsome/waggles fingers excitedly
*ahem*
Commander Erwin Smith (エルヴィン・スミス団長 Eruvin Sumisu Danchō) [x]
The name “Erwin” is German, with a couple famous examples being Erwin “Desert Fox” Rommel [x] and Erwin Schrödinger [x]. Knowing Isayama’s penchant for history and historical references (“Mikasa” is a famous Japanese WWII era battleship), it’s likely he was named after Rommel – who, despite being a high-ranking Nazi, was both a)rebellious enough against Hitler that he refused to execute any Jews and actually was forced by Hitler to commit suicide and b)was the son of a Professor EEEYYYY ROMMEL/SMITH PARALLELS YEAAH.
Back on point, In German, “w” is pronounced like “v”. This pronunciation for Erwin’s name is backed up by both:
A) the Japanese spelling of his name: エルヴィン – E-ru-vi-n
Now, Japanese technically doesn’t have a “vee” sound in their language, but the ヴィ symbols are the closest they have AND is the same ヴ as in リヴァイ/Rivai/Levi. ヴィ = “vee”, ヴァイ = “vai”. [x]B) Google translate. If you type in “Erwin”, set the language to German, and press the little speaker button [here’s a link to make it less complicated sorry ;;], it says something kinda like “ehr-VEEN”.
So there’s that! I’m sure there are native German speakers out there who could probably explain it better than I ever could and a hell of a lot more accurately because I don’t actually speak German myself BUT HEY YES this is what I know so I’m just offering up my input.Erwin = Ehrveen. Ish. I think.
/over-excited name-nerd awaaaaaaayyyyyy
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