Sasha Braus

Sasha Braus (サシャ・ブラウス, Sasha Burausu), also known as Sasha Blouse, is a supporting character in the manga and anime Attack on Titan.
==Canon==
==Fandom==
===Popularity and Reactions===
Sasha is a popular character among Attack on Titan fans. She is loved for her antics as comedic relief, her titan-slaying abilities with and without specialized gear, and her warm friendships with her comrades. She was voted fourth in the official First Character Popularity Poll (September 2014),Attack on Titan Wiki. First Character Popularity Poll. (Accessed Feb 2021.) tied with Kenny Ackerman for twenty-first in the Second Character Popularity Poll (May 2015),Loveridge, Lynzee. "Levi, Erwin, Eren Top Attack on Titan Popularity Poll. Anime News Network, 7 April 2015." and tied with Moblit Berner for sixteenth in the Third Character Popularity Poll (January 2018).Sherman, Jennifer. "Erwin Tops 3rd Attack on Titan Character Popularity Poll". Anime News Network, 9 Dec 2017.
Sasha's death fostered fans' hatred for her killer, Gabi Braun. Isayama originally intended for the character to die much earlier in the story, but was influenced by his editor to defer her death, perhaps out of consideration for Sasha's popularity among readers.
===Common Tropes===
* Potato girl
* Hungry girl
* Food stealer
* Huntress
* Star-crossed lovers with Niccolo.
===Shipping===
In a sample of Attack on Titan fan fiction published to FanFiction.Net (FFN) starting 13 October 2013, accessed 7 June 2017, Sasha was most often listed in the pairing filters with Jean Kirstein (39%); followed by Connie Springer (24%); Mikasa Ackerman (22%); Armin Arlert (5%); Levi (3%); Keith Shadis (2%); and Eren Jaeger, Annie Leonhart, Ymir, Erwin Smith, Nanaba, and Reiner Braun (each around 1%).phantomstatistician. Sasha's FanFiction Shipping Chart 2013-Present, posted to Tumblr on 7 Jun 2017.
====Notable Pairings====
* Connie/Sasha (Springles) - FanFiction.Net | Archive Of Our Own
* Jean/Sasha
* Levi/Sasha - FanFiction.Net| Archive Of Our Own
*Nicolo/Sasha - FanFiction.Net | Archive Of Our Own | VK.com
*Mikasa/Sasha
*Armin/Sasha
*Eren/Sasha
==Example Fan Works==
===Fan Fiction===
* Smooth, Suave, and Debonair by der kapitan
Connie's not the smoothest guy around, especially in the romance department, but he's got some impressive moves. — Connie/Sasha
* Fall but rise up again by dorina16able
Sasha tends to Jean after he got injured and he does the same for her after the Battle of Shiganshina. Fears and strengths come to surface when you look after a broken soldier and they try to convince each other that they may be allowed to fall, but they won't let each other give up.
* Reject Me Properly by Crimson Knights
"If you are going to reject me, do it properly! Make me stop having feelings for you. If you can, make me hate you so my heart will stop beating for you!" - A LeviXSasha one-shot
* Believe in Me by Miqila
The war is over and Nikolo has to leave from Paradis, but he makes a promise to Sasha that he'll return one day to tell her something. However, things don't always go as planned and no one hears from Nikolo in a long, long time. Will Sasha's faith in him waver or will she wait for him like she has promised?
* кrasivaya by Chica Plutonio
He's not quite sure when he fell in love with her, he only knows that by the time he saw her and a word from his own tongue came to him, he was already past the point of no return. Krasivaya. [NikoloxSasha]
* The open fields she wished for by Lioheij (Cillo89)
Sasha had to go with everyone else to Marley, on the mission that would change the face of the world. Before that, she parted with the man she wanted to be happy with.
===Fan Art===
*Nicolo and Sasha by violetleegee
*(Lately) Kiss Day by Klexr
*Day 10: Sticky by connie__springer_
==Archives and Communities==
*DeviantArt: Sasha-Braus-Lovers
*VK: Sasha Blouse/Braus
*FanFiction.Net (FFN): Attack on Titan stories and crossovers featuring Sasha B.
*Archive Of Our Own (AO3): Sasha Blouse works
*Twitter: hourly sasha
*Reddit: r/potatogirl
==Resources==
*Know Your Meme: Potato Girl
==References==
Category:Attack on Titan Characters
Category:Characters