#attack on titan parallels

[dystopicbrain]

[starlight-bread-blog]

[lena-thinks-too-much]

can we talk about how Tim meets himself as gun batman who's entire philosophy is that sometimes you have to take extreme measures and the only way to stop crime is to kill. And then literally a few months later Jason shows up and the red hood operates on the exact same philosophy but in a more morally ambiguous way (re: not being a facist dictator tyrant)

[brucewaynehater101]

I'm bad at math, but is Bruce theoretically 38 years old when he goes into the time stream?

Hear me out (and canon likes to fluncate their ages, so this is my best guess without trying to account for birthdays):

Bruce becomes the legal guardian of 9 year old Dick when he's 23. That's a 14 year difference.

Jason becomes Robin when Dick leaves at 18. Jason is 13. That's a five year difference.

Jason dies at 15, and Tim becomes Robin at 13. That's a two year difference.

The age difference between Tim and Bruce would thus be 21 years.

Tim becomes Red Robin to find Bruce at 17.

That means that Bruce had to be 38, right? Why was I imagining him closer to 50?

Adopting so many kids must have aged him

[shmlnbstrcnd]

Carla Jaeger - "To You, in 2000 Years: The Fall of Shiganshina, Part 1"

Eren Jaeger - "Toward the Tree on That Hill"

[jaimeshanice]

"It's like the dream I was having went on forever." | "It's gone now. What was it about? Eren, have -- Have you been crying?"

[clfixationstation]

Armin always wanted to die with Eren...

"I'll be waiting for you, in hell"

"Right. We'll be together, forever"e

[awkward-yet-kind]

Ackermans

[vampirecorleone]

"You. . . what were you to my mother?" | "Heh. You idiot. Just her brother."

[afolksongs]

[farewellstarstuff]

the parallel of Eren and Victor is easy.

but what if Levi and Ekko are parallel?

let's put aside the idea of time travel and universes, it’s understandable that in aot there’s another person who “traveled in time”

Levi sacrifices his loved ones, everything he has, his peace of mind and the quiet life that the Hange talked about when they offered, jokingly, of course, to stay together in the forest. he loses everything so that others can live, so that humanity has a chance.

Ekko leaves the reality in which he is happy, in which those who were everything to him are alive. he changes his love and peace of mind to save people. to help those who have not seen this happiness and will never see it if he does not return now.

they are both fighting for the lives of others. and both are left alone in the end. yes, there are those around who know them, to whom they are valuable to some extent. but their own happiness is lost.

Ekko did it with his own hands, Levi – in part, it was part of his duty.

[angmarwitch]

Ist das der Engel, der vom dämmernden Himmel hinunter flog? Ist das der Teufel, der aus der Felsen spalte heraus kroch?

VHAGAR + YouSeeBIGGIRL/T:T by Hiroyuki Sawano/Attack on Titan S02 OST

House of the Dragon S02E04

[yutamayo]

"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live." - Norman Cousins

[pinkmirth]

they’re such idiots . . .

[eueuphoriaz]

Ahhhhh! I have to thank @satsuki92 latest chapter of Save it for Later in AO3 for this, how Levi's words inspired that chapter.

And I recalled Hange had a similar dialogue with Annie too 🤔

Ahhh... Levihan when they are hungry, they are scary

[wolvesandfoxes25]

The beauty of forgiveness and how it tied up two storylines. Part 2.

Jeans indecisiveness and how it saved Reiner:

No matter what Hange says, Jean IS the reason why Reiner escaped. His intrusion gave Pieck and Zeke TIME to get to Reiner. His words didn't sway Hange, they even say that it wasn't Jeans fault. But if you want to be realistic about it..Jean was at fault. He bought Reiner time to be saved. ACCIDENTALLY, of course.

Part 4: Jeans hesitation

Jean could kill titans. Fine. Not until the arc comes around where they're killing MPs and Marleyan civilians, he has a REALLY hard time with it.

Even when Gabi shoots Sasha, Jean hesitates. After, when Floch asks what to do with them, he says, in tears, that throwing kids off the ship won't stop all this senseless killing.

I think this hesitation coincides really well with Reiner, who puts his hesitation into his split personality. His hesitation is as a Scout soldier. It's gone when he's a Marleyan Warrior.

Jeans hesitation was ALWAYS there, and it cost lives. To him. Which he can't stand. Which, to me, is where that self hatred stems from. He hates that he can't help but have self restraint.

"Those bones will never let me rest."

Marco was a GOOD person, who was constantly there for his friends and gave Jean confidence to be the leader he saw he could be. There aren't a lot of GOOD people in this anime, but Marco and Falco to me, are.

Part 5: Forgiving yourself & lifting up another. Name meanings..

Jean means God is Gracious.

Reiner means Warrior.

Look at how he saves Reiner, the lighting in the background. Jean is lit up, and Reiner is in the dark. It's almost like an angel saving someone from hell. The way Jeans positioning is great as well, one leg bent, reaching down and holding UP Reiner.

Yes, holding up. Keeping him from tumbling into hell. He would have been crushed by those titans, his armor would have done nothing. Another suicidal ideation because he HADN'T forgiven HIMSELF.

Jean had though. He had forgiven himself and Reiner. And that's why he could save him. When he couldn't save anyone else. And that's also what helped Reiner fight. Jean gave him a place to belong and Reiner helped Jean realize what those bones were saying to him. It's okay to hesitate, to not be fit to take human life easily. Jean was always strong without the persona, his empathy and empathetic nature for others, for REINER, made him strong.

Jean spent this entire fight concerned for Reiner. He couldn't help that. Couldn't help being worried for someone who had hurt him.

Not to mention.. these two were Isayamas favorite to write. It makes sense that their arcs ran into each other to help each other in the end.

What do you think?