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Weiss being a little bit done with the Ever After for an episode straight
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All I want... is to be close to him. Thatâs all.
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I just found out Cardi B introduced mĂ„neskin at the amas fake-eating spaghetti and meatballs while being serenated with stereotipical folk music??? And literally nobody is talking about it??? Like if theyâd dared introduce bts or any other foreign artist in such a racist way people would have RIOTED (aside from the obvious difference in fandom size)
I just,,, is them being white enough for us to collectively ignore how blatantly derogatory that s*ht was?
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New Illustration of Todoroki for the cover of Jump GIGA.
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O^O But I like you
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I am so very sick and tired of the toxicity thatâs been poisoning the snk fandom as of the last couple years. I gave myself time to digest the ending and my feelings on it, before embarking in a journey to debunk many misconceptions and critiques Iâve seen floating in the fandom.
By the way, by no means I think this ending is perfect. I think this is textbook execution by Isayama to tie together every loose end left behind in an orderly manner, and I think that it was a bit rushed and oversimplified. I wouldâve wanted more of Eren and Arminâs conversation, more of the squad realizing what his true goal had been, and some narrative choices I donât 100% agree with. But still, what I saw in other fansâ critiques post 139 frankly appalled me, so I feel the need to make this. Also, this obviously are my own interpretations, I am not Isayama himself lol
âEw, so Eren did pull a Lelouch after allâ
No, Eren did not pull a Lelouch. While his action and the final result may seem similar, I find very different nuances between the two. Lelouch wanted for the whole world to be united in fighting against him, and thus he made himself the worldâs greatest enemy. His will to turn himself into a monster was selfless. Eren didnât give a damn about the world, he had no noble intentions whatsoever. He said it in chapter 122, his goal was to protect Paradis and, more specifically, his closest friends. He turned himself into a monster, killed 80% of human population, and endangered the lives of those very friends he wanted to protect, so that by stopping him, those friends could be safe. Eren had no intentions to break out of the cycle of hatred or unite the world against himself, he just wanted to give his friends a chance to survive, and that is not selfless, itâs selfish. Erenâs goal was incredibly selfish, and biased, and driven by his feelings instead of rationality. Nothing like Lelouch!
Now this, this I myself am not the greatest fan of. I feel like it makes that great scene in chapter 122 loose a bit of its strength, Ymir obeying the king for 2000 years just because she loved him. Honestly, I always thought there was a bit of Stockholm Syndrome going on, but I didnât think it would be the only reason. However, like it or not, itâs undeniable that it makes perfect sense in the narrative that aot has always strived to tell. Love has been a theme strongly woven in the story, and it also draws a great parallel between Karl Fritz/Ymir and Eren/Mikasa. Ymir was a slave to her love for King Fritz, just like Mikasa was a slave to her love for Eren, in that she struggled to accept reality until the very end despite the atrocities that Eren committed. Ymir stayed bound by her love for King Fritz, until she saw Mikasa break from her own poisoned love, aknwoledge it, and kill Eren despite of it, or maybe because of it. Only Ymir knows that one, heh. But the point is, Mikasa showed Ymir that she could break free of a toxic love, she was that someone that Ymir had been waiting for to finally free her of her burden.
âWhat? But that makes no sense!â
Now, on my first read, I simply thought that Eren had ordered Dina to avoid eating Berthold, and that he had made her walk down that road unaware that his mother was trapped (because we know that the Attack Titanâs future memories arenât infallible, there are still gaps), killing her indirectly. Iâve since then read some theories stating that Eren willingly killed his own mum in orther to give kid himself a reason to feel enough hatred to kickstart the whole story. Honestly, I like this version maybe more! But let me explain to you why this is not a plothole, like many people think. In this same chapter, we have Eren explaining how the Founderâs power works in synergy with the Attackâs: âThereâs no past or future, they all exist at onceâ. This means that time travel in aot doesnât work in a manner where Eren extracts himself from time and space, and from a separate realm he operates on the past. The way I understood it, the mechanics works kind of like Tokyo Revengersâ time travel. MInd you, I only watched episode one, so my understanding might be jackshit.
Spoilers for Tokyo Revengersâ episode one. In the show, the main character loses consciousness and finds himself reliving his past. He interacts with someone in this ânewâ past, and when he wakes up again in the present, past events had been over-written by the changes he made. I think this is how aot timetravel works, with the exception that, since past and future (and present, of course) all happen at once, side by side, there is no old past to be rewritten, neither a future to return to, and present Eren wouldnât be aware of the changes that his future self would make. It creates sort of a time paradox, yes, in the sense that thereâs a loop where present Erenâs mom has been eaten because future Eren, in the future, operated on the past by causing past Erenâs mom to be eaten, but all these Erens are one and the same, as all timelines exist at once.
âBoo-hoo they ruined Erenâs character, heâs such a wimp!â
I have to confess (isnât this appalling, that this is a thing that I have to confess, what the actual fuck), I am an Eren stan. I absolutely do not consider myself a Jaegerist, I think Erenâs option was better than Zekeâs, yes, but it was morally wrong and awful and he absolutely was not only in the wrong, but also if he wasnât dead Iâd want him to be punished for his crimes. I didnât particularly enjoy him pre-timeskip, and I started to like him because I found his evolution fascinating. I wanted to understand his motives, what was going on in his head, he was a puzzle that I wanted to solve. Maybe because Iâm a psychologist, who knows. Anyways, if youâre an Eren stan only because he acted like a chad and now you cry his character was ruined, Iâm sorry to say, you never understood him. Eren was not a god, he was not a strategist playing 5d chess with perfect rationality, Eren was the same he has always been. He was a young man spun along by his passions. Eren feels things with burning intensity, he lets himself be driven by his emotions. He almost flattened the world because he was disappointed that he and his friends werenât the only human beings inhabiting it, for fuckâs sake, heâs always been irrational, selfish, and immature. Of course he doesnât wanna die, of course he wantâs to live with all of them. You really expected a 15 year old hot-headed brat to become Thanos after he suddenly found out he killed his own mum and all his dreams had been crushed? Of course he felt conflicted, of course he suffered, of course he wanted to live, âbecause he was born in this worldâ. Honestly, when I read his meltdown, I felt relieved that his character hadnât been turned on its head, it was heartbreaking to see that he really was the same brat heâd always been, that heâd tried to steel himself to do horrible shit for his friendsâ sake and that he felt bad about it! It made me appreciate his character a lot more, I felt nostalgic towards the times when I was irritated by his screaming and pouting. Suffice to say, this is also my answer to all those people that believe his internal monologue to convince himself the Rumbling was what he really wanted were bullshit since he âpulled a Lelouchâ. How can it be bullshit? Maybe he planned to be stopped, but he also said that he thought he wouldâve still done it if they hadnât. He also said that killing a majority of the population was something that he wanted to do, not a byproduct of the alliance not stopping him early enough, because with the worldâs militaries in shambles Paradis wouldâve had time to prepare accordingly. Anyways, of course he needed to convince himself to do this awful thing even if he knew he wasnât gonna succeed completely, can you imagine how horrible it would be to know your only chance is to kill thousands?
I also maybe think it was because of the spine centipede thingy? When Eren says âI donât know why I did it, I wanted to, I had toâ, he gets this faraway look on his face and we get a zoom in on one of his eyes, which is drawn very interestingly and kinda looks like the Reissâ eyes when they were bound by the War Renounce Pact? So maybe it was also the centipedeâs drive to survive and multiplicate that forced Eren to do the Rumbling so that its life wouldnât be endangered. I donât know how much I like this, I feel like it takes some agency away from Eren and also makes it feel like heâs not as responsible for the genocide he committed that we initially though, which mhhh maybe not, letâs have him take full responsibility for this. As I said, Iâm not defending Isayama blindly, I do have some issues myself with what went down.
âWhat the fuck, did he say thank you for the genocide?â
Guys câmon, this is like,, reading comprehension. Yes, it was poorly worded and a bit rushed, but by now you should have full context to make an educated guess on the fact that no, he didnât thank him for committing a genocide what the fuck you guys. Armin started bringing up the idea that maybe they should have Eren eaten because he was doing morally questionable things ever since the Marley Arc, which for manga readers was like what, 2018? Isayama has been showing for three years how not okay Armin was with Erenâs actions, how could it make sense for him to thank him for a genocide? You see some poorly worded stuff, and your first instinct is to ignore eleven yearsâ worth of consistent characterization to jump to the worst interpretation possible? Letâs go over this sentences and reconstruct what they mean.
âEren, thank you. You became a mass murdere for our sake. I wonât let this error go to wasteâ. Armin recognizes that Eren had no other choice, but does not condone it. He clearly calls it an error, which feels like an euphemism but for all we know the japanese original term used couldâve been harsher. Point is, he clearly states he think what Eren did was wrong. But he recognizes that Erenâs awful doing opened up a path for Paradis to break out of the cycle of hatred. Not a certainty, but an opportunity. He thanks Eren for giving them this chance, and promises not to waste it, even if it was born out of an atrocity. He thanks Eren for sacrificing himself for their sake, even if he doesnât agree with the fruit of his labor, so to speak. Heâs thanking Eren for the opportunity that his actions gave them, not for the actions themselves! Where the hell do you read âthank you for the genocideâ guys, sheesh. Iâm mad at yâall.
âHow could Eren send MIkasa memories if sheâs an Ackerman and an Asian, and their memories canât be manipulated by the Founder? I call plothole!â
Now, here weâre going into speculation territory, so youâve been warned. I donât think that that information they gave us was true, about Ackermans being immune to memory manipulation. We know at least that the clan is in some way subject to the Founderâs power, or Mikasa and Levi wouldnât have been called in the Paths by Eren multiple times. Stories never being entirely true or false, or relativity, better said, has been a strong theme in the story, we know this by Marleyâs and Eldiaâs different accounts of history compared to the actual Ymir backstory we got. So whoâs to say that the belief that Ackermans arenât manipulable is the truth? Maybe theyâre just hard to control, not impossible. We know that by the Founderâs ability Eren experienced past and future happening simultaneously, so he couldâve very well been trying to send those memories into Mikasaâs head ever since the beginning of the story, only just succeeding in chapter 138. It would at least explain Ackermanâs headaches as Eren trying to manipulate their memories and failing. Of course, weâd need Levi side of thing to know for certain, as he had headaches too and we werenât shown in the chapter if Eren spoke to him in paths like he did with the rest of the squad. We know he didnât talk to Pieck, but he even went and spoke to Annie who he basically hadnât seen since Stohess, so I hope he spoke to Levi too. Who knows, maybe he even spoke with Hanji, but she died before she could remember. I wish we were shown that, honestly, Iâm sad that it was skipped, especially after Levi said in an earlier chapter that âthere was so much he wanted to tell Erenâ. Fingers crossed for the anime to expand on it.
âSo Historiaâs pregnancy was uselessâ
What? No, it wasnât useless! Eren told her to get pregnant to save her life, so that she wouldnât be turned into the Beast Titan. If she became the Beast Titan, then Eren wouldâve had to enact the plan with her instead of Zeke, and yeah, Ymir brought the power of the titans with her, so theoretically Titan Shifter Historia wouldâve had her time limit removed, but we saw that the only way for the Alliance to stop the Rumbling was killing Zeke, so Historia wouldâve had to die. Useless to say, when Eren talked to her about his plan, she was very vocally against it, so I donât think she wouldâve helped Eren with his plan. It was Zeke or nothing, and the only way for Zeke to keep his titan was for Historia to be unable to be turned, hence the pregnancy. Did yâall read the same thing I read? Anyways, she couldâve definitely been handled better, but she wasnât necessary to the plot anymore, and her being removed from it in such a way was sad, yes, but it made sense.
âThey massacred Reiner!â
Yeah, canât really say anything about this. I definitely understand the sentiment behind this scene, which I appreciate. Itâs to show that thanks to his Titan being removed and the times of peace approaching, Reiner was finally able to shed the weight he bore on his shoulders and âregressâ to his more carefree persona he had when he thought he was a soldier, instead of a warrior. I am very happy for him, and I think itâs a nice conclusion to his arc, that heâs finally happy, but it couldâve been portrayed in a less comic relief-y way. It just sledgehammers all his characterization. Feels surreal that we saw him attempt suicide a couple month ago in the anime and now heâs sniffing Historiaâs handwriting.
Guys, this absolutely sends me. There are people who unironically believe Eren actually reincarnated in a bird? Guys. It makes no sense, it violates every rule that Isayama established for his universeâs power system. How could he even reincarnate in a bird? Guys, câmon, this is symbolical! Birds have been heavily used in aot to portray freedom, and this is a nice, poetic, symbolic way to show that Eren who lived his whole life chasing freedom and never actually got it, is finally free, like a bird, now that heâs dead. Itâs also a pretty explicit nod to Odin, I think. Aot is heavily inspired by Norse Mithology, and I think there were some pretty clear parallels between Eren and Odin/Loki in the later arcs of the story. Eren has been shown to âcommunicateâ through birds like with Falco in chapter 81, or with Armin in chapter 131. Emphasis on âcommunicateâ because again, this is symbolic, I donât think he actually spoke through the birds, he simply talked to them via paths, but birds are associated with Erenâs character (see also the wings of freedom, yâknow?) and the shots were framed so to give the impression that he was talking through the birds, but he wasnât. Symbolism. Anyway, I really think they were supposed to be a nod to Odinâs crows.
Aaaaand that should be it! Even though I most definitely forgot some other criticism on the chapter, itâs crazy the amount of negativity floating around. Hope I didnât bore you!
#attack on titan#aot#shingeki no kyojin#snk#snk manga#aot manga#aot spoilers#chapter 139#aot ending#eren jaeger#mikasa ackerman#armin arlert#aot 139
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âTo build a homeâ by the cinematic orchestra is the perfect song to describe Eren and Mikasaâs dynamic through Erenâs eyes in chapters 138 and 139 (especially the au/dream they shared) and I really wish I didnât realize this by randomly clicking on a slowed + reverb version of the song I got recommended on youtube, because Iâm crying my eyes out 20 minutes before a lecture
#attack on titan#shingeki no kyojin#aot#snk#snk manga#snk 138 spoilers#snk 139 spoilers#aot 139#aot 138#eremika#eren jaeger#mikasa ackerman
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good morning lgbtq+ community we are WINNING todayÂ
(not the announcement pic bc I made this meme almost a week ago)
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Trauma but make it HD
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chapter one (2009) / chapter 138 (2021)
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Chrome really be out there using bleach and fake blood like the true SenGen child he is, huh
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2.12Â // 4.08
âYouâre still as useless as youâve ever been! Nothingâs changed!â
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I am really REALLY bothered by jobless reincarnation. I love the plot, the animation is amazing, the whole anime at times gives such a sense of wholesomeness and child-like wonder thatâs so very endearing. But the objectification of its characters is so on the nose.
I donât mind nudity and explicit mentions of sex, thatâs something live action medias are filled with, and demanding anime not to broach the topic is a double standard. Iâm slightly uncomfortable with Rudyâs behaviour towards women, but I also realize that itâs part of his character as he was in his previous life, and expecting those thoughts to vanish the moment he is reborn is not only unrealistic, but it could also be a nice development for his character to grow out of his perversed urges. Iâm also okay with Paul and the maidâs behaviour in regards to him cheating on his wife with her, which is sleazy, but it also makes them real people. Real people f*ck up, and make horrible decisions, and itâs refreshing to see.
What I DONâT like, is how Paulâs behaviour seems to be glorified, like cheating on your wife with everything that breathes is supposed to be something to brag about. Like when he was young and he âaccidentally took the maidâs virginityâ. No, he f*cking raped her, say it like it is. And donât you dare give me a wholesome scene between Rudy and his father two minutes afterwards, like Iâm supposed to forget that he raped a girl.
What I DONâT like is how this show builds its sexual humor around how âfun it is to ignore consentâ. Like Rudy stealing womenâs panties, looking up their skirts, staring at their breasts. Like the prince groping Roxy and telling her âitâs not a no if you donât say itâ. What the actual hell.
I want a named male character that doesnât objectify women and doesnât think with his dick. At first, when I saw Roxy touching herself as she listened to Rudyâs parents having sex, and later on, when I saw the maid knowingly trying to make Paul cheat on his wife just to get some, I thought to myself how nice it was to finally see female characters not being depicted as pure, flawless and prudes. But then I started to see how blatantly glorified the male charactersâ objectification of women was, and asked myself: are those scenes there to depict real people and break stereotypes, or is Roxy masturbating just âcause the author thought it would be something hot for his readers to jerk it to?
I really enjoy some parts of jobless reincarnation, and it saddens me that I have to either drop it, or endure how uncomfortable it makes me feel if I want to see where the story goes. Why, Japan?
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