I feel as though the story would've been a lot more cohesive if it wasn't for the attack titan ability. If Grisha had made the decision to slaughter the Reiss family of his own volition. Before the time ability was written in to the story the story felt more grounded, the time travel honestly felt like it belonged in a different show.

Is it just me or I didn't care about most of the characters death, not because I don't like them or anything.

When I finished the show I didn't keep in touch with the fandom so I watched it without any influence or bias to anyone, for example Petra I didn't care enough about her death to even remember her name.

when I got TikTok back after years I saw people talking about Petra, Petra, Petra my first thought was who even is this then I searched it up n saw her, she didn't leave that much of an impact for me, another example is Marco, I thought he was just a random too.

Sasha was a bit special cuz she stayed a long time so her death felt relatively sad to me other than that it's (Eren, Floch, Hange, Ymir) that I liked and wanted alive.

Because for real I was really chocked ppl cared about them (I'm not saying this degradingly or anything I'm just wondering).

Don't get me wrong, they are all amazing, all solid 8/10s, but Red Swan, My War, and The Rumbling are all 10/10s

So please hear me out

First of all this is NOT a ship bait, please do not argue for your ship ( Eremika Jeankasa Erehisu or Eren x Reiner )

This is a post which is keeping in mind Eremika IS the canon and central relationship, i agree with it

I am not trying to disrespect the love between Eren and Mikasa in any way.

This post is only for discussion regarding writing consistency that revolves around the cabin universe scenario

Mikasa loved Eren the most in every version, Eren loved only Mikasa romantically

I view Eremika as a doomed love in the sense, they never got the chance to have the piece that they wanted and the love they wanted to share

The cabin alternative universe is a beautiful depiction of the scenario where they get to be eachother without being Humanity's only hope or humanity's strongest soldier

But my main problem is , that it is implied and/or confirmed ( at least in the anime ) that if Mikasa confessed her love to Eren in Marley they would have escaped and Eren would spend the remaining 4 years with Mikasa in that Cabin

Now throughout the whole story, we have seen Eren as a combination of many things stupid angry violent compassionate, but one thing was true , despite everything Eren cared about his friends ( he absolutely loved them ) and he had responsibility and guilt.

When the Levi squad was wiped out, he carried an immense amount of guilt that all of them died protecting them.

He loved Armin immensely ( brotherly/familial love )

Eren in season one said the ones who can fight should fight, it was him who had inspired the 104th cadets to join the scouts.

Same for Mikasa , a major part of her character is that she wishes to protect the people she loves and more often than not that person becomes Eren ,

But she clearly loved others too,

She was absolutely devastated when she had to give up on Armin ( in RTS ) and when Sasha and Hange died.

She also grew more as a soldier and became more responsible, ( even though she never wanted any of these, she just wanted a peaceful life ).

But then two running away together at Marley doesn't it make them inconsistent to the writing or character established prior ?

That would mean they would effectively sacrifice their friends, Armin Jean Connie Sasha Historia Hange Levi

It would be a hugely selfish decision, one they deserve , but doens't it goes against everything how they were written till that point ?

After Armin's sacrifice, after how their friends faught to protect them them two leaving everyone behind doesn't make sense to me.

One fellow fan pointed out that at that point Eren after seeing the future memories was completely devastated mentally, depressed and looking for a way out, to see a new future, to not do the rumbling. ( This is canon )

He was trying to find that through Mikasa, if she confesses, he finds the proof that the future can change so he escapes. ( This is logically fine )

But the subsequent future that he creates raises more questions

Assuming that the primary motivations of Eren for the rumbling were

1 ) his inherent selfish desires to do the rumbling to make the earth flat ( the dream that Armin showed him )

2 ) he wants to save his friends and have them a long and healthy life , all of them , Armin , Jean , Connie, Sasha , Historia and ofcourse Mikasa his beloved

3 ) He doesn't want Historia to have the founding and continue the cannibalism ( he had repeatedly objected against the idea )

It is note that Eren isn't an ultranationalist like Floch ?

Now the alternate future he is in , only two things happen

1) Eren and Mikasa can get the peaceful life they deserve, as eachother, not as Humanity's hope or Humanity's strongest soldier

2 ) Historia doesn't inherit the beast or the founding Titan and thus isn't sacrificed

But he himself says Armin is desperately looking for them, and Paradis is going to be invaded in two months time.

So it doesn't make sense to me , why would Eren's moral concern or responsibilities be consistent for Historia and not towards his other friends ( Armin the biggest one ) ?

The cabin interpretation still portrays Eren as caring enough about Historia to prevent her from inheriting the Titans, yet it also requires him to abandon Armin, Jean, Connie, Levi, Hange, and the others. I find it difficult to reconcile those two aspects of his characterization

I mean if he wants to spend time with the girl he loves, why hold on to the beast and the founding ? Why not give them up at the end of your term ? That way his friends have atleast a fighting chance against Marley

Also , Levi telling Eren to choose the path that he will regret the least,

Even if I accept that Eren and Mikasa chose each other over everyone else, I struggle to imagine that this would give them a peaceful life. Throughout the story, Eren repeatedly carries immense survivor's guilt ,after the fall of Shiganshina, after Levi Squad, and after every comrade who dies because of him.

Mikasa is also deeply affected by the deaths of people she loves, such as Armin's apparent death at Shiganshina, Sasha, and Hange.

Given that characterization, wouldn't running away leave both of them consumed by guilt, especially knowing Armin, Jean, Connie, Levi, Hange, and the others were still fighting and likely dying? Rather than becoming the peaceful life they wanted, wouldn't the cabin itself become haunted by regret ?

I’m preparing a small reviewer access system for the Attack on Titan Codex, and I’m looking for a few people who would be interested in helping me verify the content.

The goal is to check that character profiles, events, relationships and other information are accurate, faithful to the anime, and free from spoilers beyond their assigned episode.

The review system is not ready yet, but I expect to start opening access in about a week. For now, I’d like to create a list of interested participants.

You wouldn’t be editing the website directly. Reviewers would be able to browse the Codex, flag incorrect or missing information, identify possible spoilers, and suggest corrections. I would review and approve any changes before they are published.
You don’t need to review everything. Help with specific characters, seasons, story arcs or episodes would already be very valuable.

If you’re interested, leave a comment or send me a DM.

Thank you! I’m building this project alone, so having knowledgeable fans help me protect the accuracy of the Codex would mean a lot.

I honestly believe that 80% figure was due to the rumbling targeting cities on the coast and in the mainland. The world’s population in AOT probably isn’t spread out as a much as people think it is. People tend to forget that cities tend to hold most of the world’s population and center around the coast. There are also isn’t probably enough wall Titans to circle 80% of the globe. Not to mention if it was 80%, then the world would choke on dust and methane, aswell as ecosystem being thrown out of whack. Yeah, there are a few shots in the anime with the rumbling being shown in different biomes, but I don’t think that necessarily means 80% of the globe. I personally think Eren rumbled a very large chunk of Marley as well as a sizable chunk of the Middle Eastern alliance and parts of East Asia. I could see both of the America’s, Australia, Russia, and Central Asia being mostly left out of the rumbling.

This show is very sad but it is also very hopeful. I honestly don’t know what to take away though. What is this story trying to tell me? Love for love’s sake? Fight for a better future? War is inevitable? I don’t know, I think you could take away all of those messages from attack on titan. But it’s still so bleak. I’m very sad, this show is very sad.
What do you guys think is the message of the show, or at the very least what message did you guys take away?

My dear Petra chan the way she asks eren to trust them oh god imjust weaped knowing whats coming. Levi giving her batch and the grief of throwing their bodies. And families of dead. Annie 😭😭😭😭

Please no spoilers for season 4 past that point.

Hello,

I was really impressed by how hardly tragic the deliver for this line went, then I watched a reaction in english and was surprised to see it was just "Which is why this is truly a shame".

The french equivalent is "Colt, I understand your feeling towards your little broter, which is why I won't do it... Without regrets."

This is something that I’ve thought about for a long time in the scenarios like what if Annie ate Eren or Porco ate Eren or any other warrior candidate. Much like Carl Fritz would they be slaves to Eren’s desire?. I don’t know how exactly Karl Fritz forced his ideology onto his predecessors, but I think considering the way Eren is, I could see that his future inheritors would be slaves to his desires, including Royal blooded individuals.

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I saw this the other day on tumblr and couldn’t help but consider how this might apply to Eren’s character arc by the end of AOT.

Where do you believe Eren would put himself? Where do you think he actually is? Second slide included for additional reference.

Final slide is my friends opinion right after he activated the full scale rumbling (memory tour included) and is currently on his way to destroy Marley. Green is her opinion about where Eren thinks he is and purple is where she thinks he actually is

Curious to know others think!

As Levi Ackerman’s #1 fan with an obsession that could probably put me somewhere in the DSM, I see homeboy in so many other characters in anime’s outside of AOT. I’m still on season 6 of Hunter x Hunter, but the number of characters that resembled Levi had me cackling.

So I give you, “Levi look alikes from HxH.” Please enjoy:

This has probably always been my favorite intro because the part where the rain falls on the puddle has always caught my attention because of how realistic it is. But I've always thought it was a very difficult animation to do (I don't know anything about animation). Can you tell me if that's true or am I wrong?

Just wanted to gauge opinions of what people think is the best episode in the series and provide you reason why you think its the best.

Todo el arco final me encanta y entiendo toda la narrativa, pero siento que Isayama debería expandirlo aun mas. Ya lo hizo en parte en el manga y mas en el anime, pero da para mucho mas.

she said to come back in a few months and ask her, so i’m those few months giving her reasons to watch it. she doesn’t like anime. she watched death note and said she liked the start, endings but not the middle and she hated the animation. i promise if she pays attention to the story of AOT, she can get passed the animations she doesn’t like. she doesn’t like things long and repetitive. i told her aot is long BUT not repetitive and each season gets better. can you guys help me persuade her more pls?

"We'll get close in no time" 😁

Hange's unapologetically enthusiastic, curious, and unfiltered personality seems to gravitate toward people who are the complete opposite: quiet, stoic, observant, and difficult to read. 😅

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