[ SECRET POST #2465 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2465 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Twin Peaks]


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03.
[Doonesbury, O Human Star]


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04.
[Two of a Kind]


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05.
[Cleopatra/Elizabeth Taylor]


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06.
[The Final Descent by Rick Yancey]


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07.
[Attack on Titan]


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08.
[Sleepy Hollow]


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09.
[Whitechapel]


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10.
[Outlast]



















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 021 secrets from Secret Submission Post #352.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

OP:

[(Anonymous)]

See! Even in the comments!

I prefer "Squad Leader" most of all, but you can imagine my consternation at seeing an E3 and O3 rank used interchangeably.

Re: OP:

[(Anonymous)]

Seriously, read the comment two above yours. That tumblr post has it down.

Re: OP:

[(Anonymous)]

I'm referring mostly to fanfiction. It's cool that there is an answer, but it's no good until the majority of the community can recognize it.

Hell, I've read fic where both terms are used.

Re: OP:

[applemagpie]

Well, as previous comments have said above, the translation of Levi's rank as 'lance corporal' is most likely a mistake. And according to official sources (unless this information changes), there are essentially only three 'commanding ranks' in the Survey Corps (Commander, Squad Leader, and Team Leader). So exactly equating the military ranks in Shingeki with American ones would be a bit of a difficult endeavor. Referring to Levi as 'captain' doesn't essentially make him an 'O3 rank'. And as far as my information goes, the rankings used in Shingeki also don't really match any Japanese military ranks.

I personally think Levi ranks as Squad Leader, but functions as a specialized one (he was the leader of the Special Operations Squad after all)- hence the title 'heichou' instead of 'buntaichou'- which then probably ranks him the same as Mike and Hanji, the conventional Squad Leaders. And since they are all second in command from Erwin, that likely makes them military officers.

That's my two cents on the topic, anyways. The information regarding a lot of the setting of Shingeki has just been so frustratingly vague