#i’d love abed if he wasn’t such an insult to the people he’s representing

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gonna need someone to explain how community ever got popular. what do you mean you watched a 34 year old man refer to himself as the 18 year old’s father figure and then kiss her within that same year and convince yourself that’s a good pair within a good show.

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SnK Chapter 111 Poll Results

RATE THE CHAPTER 1,677 Responses

While still a highly rated chapter, satisfaction was down slightly over last month (4.33 for 111; 4.49 for 110). Many people expressed surprise that Isayama was able to pull off such an emotional chapter despite the predictable setup. Now that the Braus dinner has reached its conclusion, most are eager to get back to the main cast.

I loved the mood whiplash Isayama was doing. A happy moment already ruined by a tragic one that escalated higher. The main course was supposed to be delicious, but everything the Blouses and the SC tasted was treason and deception. Pure evil.

Glad to see further development for the characters of Falco & Gabi as well as the beginnings of preparation for war against Marley. (Albeit very slight) Hopefully in the next chapter we will get to see what the warriors & Marley have been up to while this revolution has been happening.

Good chapter, nice way to start a volume

I get why this chapter needed to happen, but I feel there were ways to advance these plot threads without killing the momentum we had last chapter.

I'm glad the Blouses are teaching Gabi that war is bad. Now let's get back to the damn war! Also, is Historia ok?! She wasn't looking good last we saw her, and now the Yaegerists are targeting her, and I'm worried.

not enough floch and no funeral/memorial for zackly and shitmachine, disappointed :'( good chapter though

I would like to file a petition for Isayama to stop repeatedly stabbing the already open wound he caused in to my chest pls?

  WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THE CHAPTER? 1,678 Responses

With so many options it was difficult to choose but “Wine Mystery Revealed” edged out “All of the Above” with almost 20% of respondents. “Mr. Braus’ speech” and “Mikasa, savior of children” also had strong showings.

I honestly wanted to choose more than one which was Mikasa protecting Gabi, Mr Braus's speech and Gabi asking if they didn't hate her but I can't pick more because of the question type so ;-;

Favorite moment? Nicolo christening the Falbi ship. Yeah.

Mikasa saving Gabi was an incredible scene!

The way Nicolo insulted Jean to protect him was so cute, but if I were Jean I'd feel offended too lol.

Jean's new hair is awesome :D

OMG MIKASA IS PERFECT. MARRY ME!

Sasha eating pizza was sooo cute and i don't know if my heart can take it anymore because all this cuteness turns into angst because of what happened to her :(

  PAPA BRAUS, BEST DAD IN SNK, OR BEST DAD OF ALL TIME? 1,673 Responses

On a scale of 1 out of 10, Mr. Braus scores an 8.6. Although we haven’t asked you guys to rate other dads in the SnK universe, we’re confident he takes the number one spot of best father, and probably best parent as well.

Mr. Braus is the best parent in this entire universe (not that the bar was set very high, but still). I nearly cried during his speech.

Mr Braus showing this act of compassion - an act of letting go of revenge to stop the cycle of hatred and oppression is probably the most valuable experience Gabi could've learnt from (more valuable than any words spoken to her).

Step aside Eren, papa and mama Braus are the real Humanity's Last Hope! Their kindness and empathy are the only things that can stop the cycle of violence that this series is depicting on the most intimate and personal level. My appreciation for Sasha as well has grown exponentially through Nicolo, Kaya and the Braus parents.

Mr. Braus is like the only person in all that fucked up world that actually understands the root of the problem. Keeping people "into the forest" in a perpetual fight for survival between "preys and predators". I do believe that his words are everything we need to understand the moral of the story and may be hinting to what Eren and Zeke are trying to achieve (though from extremely different mindsets).

Sasha's dad's speech is so touching. Almost gave me hope that the series will end in a good way--people will find a way to deal with this unforgiving forest that is our world.

With all the allusions to World War II and the Holocaust, Mr. Braus' speech might have been the single most realistic depiction of the entire series. There are echoes of Oskar Schindler here. This is the same compassion that some Germans showed when hiding Jews in their basements, barns, etc. and saved lives. I was absolutely floored by this chapter, especially because my grandparents were Holocaust survivors themselves.

  AFTER SEEING GABI'S EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO THE BRAUS FAMILY'S GRIEF, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT HER? 1,668 Responses

Believe it or not, but compared to previous polls it seems more and more people are warming up to Gabi (or at least don’t hate her as much as they used to). 46.4% are glad she finally got some character development. Nearly 30% of the fandom are starting to like her or have always loved her. However, 17.9% of all respondents would rather not deal with Gabi at all.

Between warming up and loving her

Always loved her. Just keep loving her more and more. It was NEVER her fault.

Doesn’t put me up nor down

Feed her to titan falco

Finally some character development, but I still don't like her. She just grates on my nerves.

Gabi's scenes this chapter gives me hope for the story's message. Gabi's heartfelt question juxtaposed with Kaya's instant reversal was the most powerful scene in the recent chapters.

Great character development, but sorry she'll remain the one whom I hated.

I can't decide I just need a bit more time

I have always felt the hatred towards Gabi was unjustified so i'm glad that people are starting to like her character more

In that "Do you really not hate me?" there is everything Gabi is and represents as a character. Can't wait to see how she will further develop now.

This shows that regardless of the environment she has been raised in, Gabi is still just a confused child and a human being with feelings. I approve.

My hopes for her are very very low, but it's nice finally seeing a human and not radical, violent, aggressive reaction for once. hopefully she'll start seeing walldians as repressed ppl like the ghetto dudes

  WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE TERM  “YEAGERIST”? 1,676 Responses

The fan translation gave us “The Jaeger Faction” which over half of respondents preferred over Kodansha’s official translation of “Yeagerists.” 14% like the term, while 10% are not fans of it.

"Yeagerist" sounds like a name of some crazy group of fan girls. I prefer "Jaeger Faction" - sounds more serious.

I hope to become a member. better because it could mean both yeagers, not just eren

Could've come up with something better.  

I like the name, and hereby identify as a Yeagerist.

The abs empire

It's more respectful than "Idiots" I guess

Silly as fuck and hilarious. Jaeger Faction is superior.

I chuckled. It’s fine.

I like the term! It sounds perfect for an extremist faction!

The name doesn't matter. It just had to be called a sect, so it's fine.

  DO YOU THINK ANY OF THE SOLDIERS AWARE OF ZEKE’S AND/OR HISTORIA’S LOCATION COULD BE A “YEAGERIST?” 1,672 Responses

63% of respondents suspect that at least one of the 30+ soldiers aware of Zeke and/or Historia’s location are loyal to the Yeager brothers. 28% aren’t sure, and a small percentage are certain that these soldiers are all to be trusted.

  LET’S TALK ABOUT COMMANDER PIXIS SURRENDERING TO EREN. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DO YOU MOST AGREE WITH? 1,672 Responses

Very few of us took Pixis’ word at face value. 47.3% believe he was at least partially putting on a show. 41.6% have no idea, but trust him regardless.

I don't know how this negotiation is going to work but I'm glad someone finally has some plan which doesn't involve fighting or doing nothing. I think he's a wise man and he knows what he's doing. I'm going he's in charge now.

Pixis is smart and has a strategy that aims to save lives. Momentary surrender is a necessary step to take back control of the situation as a whole. That's called leadership.

Loved it, he’s playing chess. Sacrificing his bishop for another move

Why has Pixis become my hero these past two chapters? He is smart and brave enough to not only recognise the military's mistakes, but also humble and determined enough to take corrective steps to bring the lost sheep back into the flock for the higher, long-term good. I love how there's one adult in the room who is above petty bickering and suspicion at a critical moment like this. Pixis is an Erwin-level class act and I'm so grateful we still have a character like that in the series ;--; (RIP Erwin)

He trusts Hange enough to let her lead the secret mission of screwing the Jaegers' plans, and he will do something important in the right moment. Of course, he can't say it directly because there are still traitors that want to put bombs here and there.

Pixis has no idea what he's doing, dawg, he just wants to get vored by a pretty lady and this is harshing his buzz

HE'S A YEAGERIST...

  WHO MASTERMINDED THE SPIKED WINE PLOT? 1,657 Responses

At 71.8%, the overwhelming consensus is that Zeke masterminded the spiked wine. 9.4% gave Yelena the credit, and 8% attributed it to the Yaegerists.

Onyankopon seemed real suspicious with Nicolo this chap…

Zeke masterminded it, but he's too slippery to ever take responsibility for it. Yelena would probably go to the ends of the earth to claim it was her plan.

Both Jaegerists and Volunteers

Probably Gordon Ramsey, who's mad that his potential customer Sasha was ripped away from him.

I think it was Zeke's plan but Eren doesn't know about it, or the bomb. I think Zeke has more interests than meets the eye and will betray Eren.

  DO YOU THINK EREN IS AWARE OF THE SPIKED WINE? 1,667 Responses

With a relatively close split, nearly 40% believe that Eren isn’t aware of the spiked wine. 32% don’t want to say either way, and 27% are certain he’s in on it.

I think Eren has been shown too evil to be true, i really think that in reality he has a plan that for some reason he couldn't share with his friends, and he is trying to save as many people as possible.

EXPLAIN WHAT EREN'S UP TO ALREADY

I never trusted Zeke for one second and I’m glad ta starting to pay off. I do still believe Eren isn’t really working with Zeke as closely as Military believes.He doesn’t want any of his loved ones to turn into Titans and I’m certain the hidden spinal fluid is Zeke’s intent because I believe nothing the disciples are doing is without his knowledge.

  WHY DO YOU THINK THE WINE WAS SPIKED WITH ZEKE’S SPINAL FLUID? 1,648 Responses

58% of respondents believe that the wine is spiked as an insurance for Zeke in case Paradis turns on him. 18% believe it’s a way to hold leverage over Eren specifically, and 14% feel that the intent is to have pure titans available in case Paradis is attacked.

A way to easily get rid of pesky opposition

I’m not quite sure but none of these strike me as correct.

There are so many possibilities here: i mostly believe it’s some kind of insurance in case eren or paradis go against him, but there’s also the possibility that zeke was never actually on the eldian’s side in the first place

He will use it when he wants to eliminate Paradise if Eren refuses his true plan

Bargaining tool to gain control over everyone, like a threat/hostage

I'm hesitating between it being a conspiracy, and Zeke trying to do a coup d'état, by replacing all the higher up by people he somewhat trusts

I’m not so sure it’s just insurance... I think zeke might just be straight up planning on turning the higher ups into titans either way. I think he ultimately is not allied with Paradis and wants to be able to overthrow their military command structure at the drop of a hat.

It's Zeke's trump card and bargaining chip all rolled into one

Since they only used the wine on the military police members, it could be a protection toward Historia

I knew Zeke was going to stab them in the back, I was just wrong about how.

  WHO DO YOU THINK DRANK THE SPIKED WINE? 1,655 Responses

36.3% believe the wine was limited to high ranking MPs. 63.7% of us worry that the wine has reached beyond that narrow scope.

A FUCKTON OF PEOPLE

Anyone in the high ranks of each branch, and possibly the entire MP (since their overall living environment is much fancier than the other two branches, they probably were also served by Marleyans)

I think just the MPs, but dear god I hope Nile didn't drink it. He was the only one from his training days' friends group that made it it out of the depressive cycle of violence and managed to have a family. He deserves better. Marie deserves better.

Wouldn't be surprised if Jean starts racing for the alcohol rack again after this chapter. Everyone is mentally and emotionally exhausted already and the storm hasn't even began. Time to get some wine fellas.

PLEASE NOT HANGE AND DOUBLE PLEASE NOT FALCO

  WHAT IS YOUR THEORY REGARDING FALCO’S FUTURE? 1,654 Responses

Nearly ⅔ of all respondents think Reiner will pass on the Armored Titan to Falco. Another 11.5% think he will turn into a mindless titan, and not gain any shifter powers. The least popular choice was Porco or Pieck giving their powers to Falco. We also received quite a few write-ins:

He is going to die at the venerable age of 128 surrounded by friends and family

He will become the next Beast Titan

He won't transform at all and continue living the source of all pureness (fingers-crossed)

he will become flying titan

I love the fact that Falco in a way has already managed to fulfill his mission. He wanted to save Gabi from the horrors of becoming a Titan - and he just did that. By pushing her out of the way of the wine, he shortened his own lifespan, but managed to save her from dying a potentially early death.

He's going to have to save Gabi at least 2 or 3 more times.

It's going to be tragic and I'm very sad already!! He'll either end up as mindless titan killing people or he'll inherit Reiner's titan, meaning he'll be the one who kills him and inherit his memories. And of course his life will be shortened!! Either way I hate it!! He doesn't deserve any of that!!

SAVE BEST BOY

  WHY DID NICOLO CONFESS AT THE END? 1,664 Responses

With a fairly even 3 way split, slightly more people felt that Nicolo confessed because of his friendship with the SL. Following that at 26.6% and 26.4%, Nicolo may have confessed because he was already caught red-handed, and that Mr. Braus’ speech moved him to come clean.

!All of the above!

He knew that it was almost time for Zeke’s plan to go in full swing, so he told them after it became too late.

Honestly, for me it's a toss. He was very emotional in this entire chapter, and he let it get the better of him. Why he confessed is beyond me. Maybe it has something to do with him wanting to seek vengeance against the Yeagers and Marley for both indirectly contributing to Sasha's death?

He felt guilty because Falco is innocent and he regrets that he took the hit and had wine in his mouth as a result (but he doesn't regret attacking Gabi)

It was probably quite a big burden of knowledge to carry. I imagine it was all those things at once.

He broke down under the enormous emotional pressure, as simple as that.

He participated in serving the spiked wine, maybe willingly at first. But at some point, maybe because of his relationship with sasha, he become uncomfortable and was compelled by the volunteers to continue against his will. After his arc, he know he's going to be arrested, and just confesses to unburden himself.

He felt guilty about using the spinal fluid on Falco at all - he was trying to use a normal wine bottle

  HOW DO YOU VIEW NICOLO AND SASHA'S RELATIONSHIP? 1,666 Responses

Wow. Two thirds of the fandom believe Nicolo and Sasha were a couple. 23.3% believe it was a one-sided love affair, or as one comment put it, “Friendzone with food benefits. ”

I HOPE they were dating but the chapter made it to where there’s not really solid evidence that they were…

Nicolo loved Sasha in the conventional way. Sasha loved Nicolo the only way she could, alimentarily.

I'm a huge Springles shipper, so I'm kinda of sad about the whole thing with Nikolo, to be honest. Springles is really what helped me through a lot of dark times, so the fact that Nikolo and Sasha may have been dating really kind of hurts XD

The way Nicolo confessed his feelings toward Sasha in front of everyone especially Sasha's parents made me emotional.

I want to care about her “relationship” with Nikolo because I like the Romeo and Juliet setup but it also got zero development so.......how am I supposed to believe Nikolo was THAT upset about her when I never really saw them together in the first place?

If it turns out they really were together, I won't have a problem with it. But until Isayama confirms it in a more direct manner, I don't buy any notion of romantic relationship in Attack On Titan, especially with someone like Sasha, who seems to only be interested in food.

Sasha was a food-digger

  SOME HAVE SUGGESTED THAT ONYANKOPON IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED AND WAS PERHAPS SENDING A MESSAGE TO NICOLO. WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHOSE SIDE IS ONYANKOPON ON? 1,653 Responses

Nearly half of us are in the dark about where Onyankopon’s loyalty stands, though 31% think that his allegiance lies with his own faction of volunteers.

¡Que lástima! As much as I like him I no longer trust him because of the wine reveal. Compared to everyone else, the look on his face makes me believe he knew exactly what was going on.

Eren, Zeke, Yelena, Floch... Literally everyone is a double agent. Can't we have a single person who is not a traitor?

He's not with Marley and not with Yelena, but does this mean we can 100% trust him i'm not sure

He's in relationship with Kiyomi. Not his fault Kiyomi's hot.

Liar liar paths on fire

I don't believe that he's totally innocent, totally 100% devoted to Paradis and Eldians. But I do believe that Yelena's acting separately from him.

I think Onyankopon probably knows more than he's letting on which is disappointing because I'd like at least one fucking person to not be shady as fuck. It's overkill.

If best boi onyankopon betrays hange I’m rioting

WILD CARD BITCHES!!

  KIYOMI WAS PROMINENTLY FEATURED DURING THE WAR COUNCIL. WHAT BEST MATCHES YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT HER BEING THERE? 1,641 Responses

35.8% of responders think the military knows something is shady about Kiyomi and are trying to set her up, followed by 31.7% think the military made a mistake allowing her to hear their argument. Only 10.2% believe Kiyomi is actually being sincere about her plans and Mikasa.

Her motive is clearly not pure but I think she is (for now) on the right side. At the moment it's a game of maneuver between her, Mikasa, and Paradis.

She's aware of Zeke's spinal fluid plan, as it's extra insurance to insure her access to resources.

Paradisian incompetence continues on full display. To let an outsider in on the unfolding crisis situtation is amateur hour to say the least.

Kiyomi wants to screw everyone over for their money and resources and she's pressing the flesh aggressively

Kiyomi had something to do with Zackley's assassination...

Kiyomi is no threat to Paradis as long as their relationship benefits her and Azumabito. I can see she that if she perceives instability and civil war she will cut her losses and side with Marley / the world. Also Hizuru does not seem to condone what the Azumabito clan is doing. If the pressure is great enough from multiplicative forces, she will budge. I can also see her running back to Marley, figuratively and/or literally, and be basically disposed of as an example or due to sheer brutality. It's an archetype I feel Isayama would use - it's consistent with this arc's themes of political intrigue and moral ambiguity. Yams will definitely still make it his own in some way if this does happen though.

She's a shady Bitch and I wouldn't trust her with my car insurance let alone anything to do with this series.

WILD CARD BITCHES!!

  WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON NICOLO’S ATTACK ON GABI AND FALCO? 1,664 Responses

With ⅔ of all votes, most people could understand Nicolo’s anger, but do not condone his actions. A good chunk (28.2%) of people would have rather he’d hit Gabi with the wine bottle instead of Falco. A mere 3% want to see him swinging from a tree for what he did.

It was good but felt a bit forced. Kaya’s reaction was strange and Nicolo was genuinely unhinged. It’s alright to an extent as people tend to do absurd things in terrible situations.

Falco in his hero complex brought himself to trouble. I understand Nikolo.

Gabi is very bratty, stubborn, close minded and rude - she definitely doesn't deserve all love and protection. I was happy to see Nicolo kicking her ass.

I understood and I actually did not care if Gaby dies. I would be glad actually, It would be sad for Falco though.

I can maybe understand the bottle and punch but him treating a 12 year old like a sacrificial lamb was insanity.

It doesnt sit well with me at all tbh but i dont hate him

Nicolo comes from a place where it’s heavily socialised that Eldians are sub human. So while I disagree completely with him hurting children, I can see how he did it so easily.

Nicolo's actions were horrible, yet very human. It's clear he felt something towards Sasha, and he doesn't view Gabi or Falco as children in this scenario--he sees them as soldiers(or warriors), which is why he had no hesitation attacking a child.

  HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT MIKASA’S DISPLAY OF COMPASSION? 1,661 Responses

Nearly half of respondents were just pleased to see Mikasa get attention on anything that doesn’t involve Eren. 28% were simply just excited. A few agreed it was a good show of Mikasa having room in her heart to spare and a few wished she wouldn’t have interfered.

A great example that she cares for others and hates to see death especially from children. She does not want to let them have the same future as herself.

Loving Mikasa in this arc, it really feels like she's matured in those 4 years.

Extremely important. She's stopping Kaya from "stepping into the forest".

Honestly the most powerful scene in the chapter, along with Papa Braus putting down the knife.

I don't know how to feel. She didn't have the right.

Considering none of Sasha's friends attacked Gabi or Falco on the airship and Mikasa's always been like this I don't see what the big deal is. It could've easily be anyone else imo but I guess it's nice she's getting to do something other than wanting to get to Eren asap. I just wish she was given more to do when I still cared about her. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I never really liked Mikasa, but I adored this scene. It shows a part of her that we don't often get to see so plainly in my opinion. She prevented a very bad situation from unfurling by being a bit more merciful, even if only for Kaya's sake.

Mikasa used to be one of my favorites. Not anymore. Not after this.

it's nice i decided to not take a drink each time mikasa shows concern for someone other than eren and ppl react by saying "finally! she shows concern for someone other than eren!" i'd be a chronic alcoholic by then.

We don't all have a Mikasa to craddle us in her strong arms so i hope Gabi appreciates this eventually. She seems shook already.

  HAS THERE BEEN TOO MUCH ATTENTION ON SASHA’S DEATH? 1,657 Responses

Maybe it’s fate that this pie chart looks like a peace sign since fandom discussion on this topic is surprisingly civil. Very few people resent the attention Sasha has gotten. Only 11.9% are unhappy with it.

I appreciate how Sasha’s death this way is much more impactful than if she died how Isayama had originally planned.

I think there’s so much emphasis on Sasha’s death because 1. she made it so far with the group that they never thought they could lose her and 2. It’s peaceful enough on Paradis that they finally have time to mourn their dead (when before they had to figure out how to get back wall Maria and take out the titans).

I understand why people are frustrated that so much time has been spent on Sasha after her death, but I think there's a difference between spending time on her to mourn her death versus spending time on her death to advance the plot—revealing the wine scheme, yikes Falco+titan juice, Gabi's struggle with her indoctrination, discovering that even an integrated Marleyan like Nicolo isn't actually on Paradis's side. I think no other death in the series had as much potential to move the plot because because before now, the enemy was almost always a titan. A death at the hands of a human—moreover, a pseudo-protagonist and a child—in international warfare has a lot more to unpack in terms of what-happens-next than a death from a monstrous natural disaster.

  WILL KODANSHA EVER RELEASE A CHAPTER WITHOUT TYPOS? 1,646 Responses

We were so close to having “No but in red” end with 66.6% of the votes earlier last week! Nonetheless, we are all in agreement that Kodansha’s translations will never improve. Not even for the tankobon.

ChildEREN Of The Sun... maybe Kodansha are sending us a message

  WHAT ARE YOU MOST HOPING TO SEE NEXT CHAPTER? 1,665 Responses

With over 50% of the votes each, most of the fandom want so see the Yaegerbros reunite and catch a glimpse of the queen. In third place are the warriors (including their disguises, hopefully). Next on the list is a flashback to Eren’s time in Marley, while more Gabi and Falco ended in fifth place. Only 3 out of 10 people want to watch Monsterbowl.

Abs of anyone but Jeagers.

All of the above, and a pizza too, thanks.

What happened the to EMA conversation?

Historia's baby goes fetus deletus

Hange NOT turning into a titan.

This chapter has made me eager to see how Falco and Gabi would interact with the Warriors now that they are wiser. Also Zeke's plot has really thickened. Also, really appreciate the use of Sasha's death as more than just a GoT-esque stunt.

ANNIEEEEE

Eren and his horde. Zeke and Levi. The Warrior infiltration. Revelations on any other plots/schemes/conspiracies taking place on the island. Historia and her role in all of this. The arc is just beginning, but it's building up to something big. I can't wait for all this to finally blow up! Soon!

How widely the spiked wine was disseminated and drunk.

Floch, naked, in a stream with Eren, also naked, washing his back.

WHERE  DO YOU PRIMARILY DISCUSS THE SERIES? 1,600 Responses

Tumblr? Are you ok? We had more Facebook entries than yours.

  ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON THE CHAPTER?

Attack on Titan universe is 100% worth living in now that we know it has pizza.

Best birthday gift my dream comes true so many feels EEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKK

Best boy Jean looked so hurt when Nikolo used a racial slur against him (to save him - you could tell Nikolo didn’t want to call him that) : (

Clean af. And it didn’t  even touch the more exciting plot lines: Yeager bros, Annie, Warriors, Historia.

FALCO PLEASE BE OKAY MY BABY

Gabi's actions are revealed, Nicola's actions are revealed, Zeke's potential plans are revealed, Pixis' possible plan is revealed, the Volunteers' plans are slowly unravelling, now we just need to move onto Zeke, Eren, Levi, and Reiner.

Haven't enjoyed a chapter this much in months.

I think this is the first time in more than a year and a half that people are gonna understand what I've been saying about Gabi all along. If people don't change their opinions on her from this chapter they just have their hate blinders on.

Honestly I think it was pretty boring compared to the past like 10 chapters, but also because the bar has been set really high. I'm expecting each chapter to be amazing, when in reality, I should be looking at the overarching story. That's what's amazing.

I thought I would hate this chapter as much as the one where pregnant Historia was revealed but I hate it a little less because Gabi is getting the character arc she deserves. I'm super worried for Falco BBY tho. And Nicolo is a dick.

I thought it was really great in displaying the manga's most important message: Stopping the cycle of hatred. Mr. Braus had all the reason to direct his hatred towards Gabi, but realised the world is cruel. It's eat or be eaten, just like in the forest. Gabi was a victim of propaganda and was indoctrinated into her beliefs.

I was initially disappointed this chapter didn't stick/continue with the chaos of last chapter, but was surprised at how much I enjoyed it.

It was a great chapter! However, if it had at least one panel of Eren, it would have been even better. I cannot wait for more!

Last Christmas chapter was crazy, here's hoping the next one will be as well! As for this chapter, I enjoyed it as usual but was a little frustrated that we still didn't get more information about Historia. I mean, her last real apperance was back in July! I really hope we'll get to see her before the new year but I've got a feeling we may not. Also Annie. Please let 2019 be our lucky year, she's been gone long enough…

NicoSasha is so cute...!!! I'm glad to finally see the most anticipated scene. Mr. Braus's speech was really emotional. Never felt so much better after reading a chapter. But felt bad for Falco. He doesn't deserve this.

Not a huge fan of how melodramatic the nicolo part was (I understand why he snapped, but no mater how angry/upset he was would someone in that situation jump straight to murder? Really?) but overall I enjoyed the chapter. Now I’m just eager to see what happens when eren shows up to the zevi picnic!

oh Nic, the things you do for love. Sasha -saved- 2 people now, Kaya from the 2m titan and Nicole from the hatred the war caused. I really, really miss her

Really really emotional and fantastic chapter..... I'm sort of sad at the discourse that this has sparked in the fandom, but that's nothing new honestly. If anything, it's a sign of fantastic writing that everyone always has such strong opinions in any direction. At this point I would be concerned if a chapter DIDN'T spark such strong opinons and controversy. I am moved by the amount of human compasion showed in every single corner of every single faction, and shocked by how attached I am to every sect. I'm nervous for the future but ready to start seeing some outcomes.

The character development in this series is absolutely incredible. Its way beyond the simple gorey/edgy battle shonen reputation that it received way back from season 1. The themes, the characters, the plot, the attention to detail have evolved so much that this series truly is one of my favorites of all time. Its reached the complexity and "realness" of Monster for me. This was one of the best chapters to date, I loved it!!

Yeah, I loved Sasha but I'm salty she gets so much focus after her death considering she wasn't that important in the overall story. Meanwhile Erwin got nothing despite the fact 90% of the events of the story would have happened very differently or not at all if he hadn't been there (no Levi in the SC, Eren  shipped off to the MP, no Uprising... etc.). I get she's the catalyst to Gabi's characater development but... wait, why does Gabi gets more screen time than most MCs in this story anyway? That's how many chapters with the main focus on her? Is she a MC now? Isayama changes MCs like he changes his undies I swear.

Nicolo was tempting the Braus family with a violent solution that promised quick satisfaction, while Kaya just lost her cool long enough to go with what had been offered to her on a silver platter. However, in return, the sight of the Braus parents and Kaya's raw sadness in the aftermath of the confrontation and what he almost made Kaya do returned Nicolo back to his own senses as well. They are all such wholesome characters despite the moments of weakness.

Gabi’s character arc seems very predictable, which is not a bad thing really, but i kinda want it to be done so that the story moved on to more interesting things and characters

I want to know what the warriors are doing. No one strong enough is watching over Annie right now so Pieck, Reiner and Porko might try to get her back in the next chapter.

I would have killed for just one panel of Historia or Eren.

Isayama handled the gabi-sasha-nicolo plot line well.

More questions , less answers ... every time Isayama does his thing.

[wheredidtheyallcomefrom]

The Future of the Trainees (Part 8)

Who You Kim Sanggyun (Rank 43 -> Rank 23)

Chances – Boy, did Sanggyun rise in ranks since the 5th episode. I’m not totally sure why. Maybe people thought he performed well in ‘Replay’, maybe they empathized with him struggling with a cute concept, maybe they liked his abs, either way he got people voting for him. I’m guessing that Sanggyun is on the show to attract some attention to his group Topp Dogg and I am quite curious to know why Sanggyun was chosen to go on the show. I know Topp Dogg a lot better than Hotshot or Offroad and I consider all of the members to be quite talented and skilled so I think the reason for Sanggyun being the representative has something to do with the fact that Sanggyun is very charming. We weren’t really allowed to see much of his charming personality through the show but I’ve seen people who don’t know Topp Dogg call him very charming in the comments, which is impressive. Even though we don’t see much of his charms, we do see quite a bit of him. He was the focus of his ‘Replay’ team and now he is the focus of his ‘Who You’ team. Both of these edits interestingly enough show him struggling but succeeding in the end. And honestly, I think that’s one of the best edits you can get. It’s nice to see that the performances don’t come easy to the trainees and that they do struggle and have work hard if they want the performance to go well. And Sanggyun did succeed both of the times. I honestly liked his ‘Replay’ team better because I found the other performance a little too cute. Now I know that that’s simply a personal preference but it shows that the fight wasn’t one-sided as it seemed in the beginning. And ‘Who You’ was my rap performance this season and second favorite on the show (I still liked the ‘You Look Good’ performance from last season the best). I think that is partially due to the fact that it was a great rap composition to start with but having good rappers Sanggyun and Jinyoung and a pretty decent Euiwoong (and I’m guessing a really impressive Minho) performing it helped greatly. All in all, Sanggyun is doing pretty great on the show, he’ll make it into the Top 35, probably not make it into the Top22 but hopefully come out of the show with a bigger fanbase for Topp Dogg (if his group is ever mentioned).

Skills – I don’t know much about rap but I consider Sanggyun to be one of the best rappers of the show. It’s a shame that good rappers don’t really make it into the final group judging by last season. He’s also a good dancer. But most importantly, just like any other debuted idol on this show, he has great stage presence. You can tell when you watch the fancams that in general he’s better performer than Euiwoong and Jinyoung. When these two are not the ones rapping their stage expressions tend to slip but Sanggyun keeps his game face on at all times. These things do come with experience so it should be expected of the debuted idols.

Lee Euiwoong (Rank 17 -> Rank 25)

Chances – Mnet doesn’t want the kid in the group. I don’t know why, don’t know what vision they have but they really don’t want him. He started in the Top 11 but from the start the Yuehua trainees got some attention for their looks and then they were used to fuel Hyungseob’s story with no other member really mattering. It’s no wonder why Euiwoong keeps on falling. I honestly didn’t really understand why he was so popular before the show (even with his appearance on that other show) but just like every other trainee he’s grown on me. In particular I am super impressed that he is the leader of the Yuehua boys at only 17 being only a year older than Justin – their maknae. That’s impressive. And he seems like he’s good at it, I loved that the Yuehua trainees introduced themselves as soon as they came in and then volunteered to go first. I’m sure those decisions were mostly Euiwoong’s. And he was again the leader for the last mission. And while he was out of focus the parts we were allowed to see showed him talking his role seriously. I couldn’t imagine myself leading even kids younger than me at age 17 so huge props to him. He seems like a responsible little dude. And one that understands that having a good performance comes before him satisfying his ego. He was the weakest rapper on his team but he’s not bad at all and he could’ve attempted to fight for the center (especially because he is falling in ranks) but he didn’t. I am super impressed. The Yuehua kids are in good hands. Too bad that Justin ad]nd JungJung are probably getting eliminated while Euiwoong is making it into the Top 35. But they’ll see him soon because I don’t see him making it into the Top 22. Skills – I’m gonna say the same thing about all the Yuehua boys – with a little more training they will be great but not yet. Euiwoong is the best rapper but he has his deep-ass voice working for him and he doesn’t sound too bad overall. In fact I thought he sounded the best in the ‘Boy in Luv’ performances where his voice really stood out and he didn’t have to write his own rap. In the ‘Who You’ performance it was obvious that he is worse than Sanggyun and Jinyoung but I also think that those two are very good so being worse isn’t an insult. With a little more training I’m excited to see what will happen. As a dancer he’s pretty good, no glaring issues.

Woo Jinyoung (Rank 42 -> Rank 40)

Chances – Jinyoung’s time to shine as a center was a little sidelined by the fact that it was part of Sanggyun’s story. We still got the trainers and the other trainees gushing over his skills but the focus was definitely on Sanggyun. But Jinyoung did great in the performance and his fancam was pretty high on Naver, he’s been slowly but steadily rising in ranks. I’d say he would definitely make it into the Top 35 if his performance aired in the 6th episode and not in the 7th. But as it is I’m pretty pessimistic about his chances. It is a shame because he is one of the better rappers this season and it’s not like he didn’t get any attention from Mnet, plus he got to perform twice on Mcountdown besides the “Nayana’ stage. But nothing you can do now. I hope tha he gets to debut, especially because a group with him and Woodam in it has a chance of getting some spotlight upon debut. I personally really like HF’s last group – Dream Catcher – so I’m kind of excited for a new group from them.

Skills – The dude is obviously a good rapper and a good performer (except for his expression slipping when he’s not in the center) and his overall image as a rapper works very well. I’m not the biggest fan of his trademark ‘Woo Jinyoung is carzy’ but I can’t deny that it is a trademark and one that he can be remembered for. He’s also pretty bouncy as a dancer so no complaints there.

[beowulfs-booty-call]

If you had mentioned your position I hadn't seen it yet. And my birth cards were Chariot and Tower, ominous sounding. And you're definitely spot on with what Freya and Freyr told me, so that's interesting too. 1. When did you know you were bi? 2. What is your favorite color? 3. What do you think of kitsune? 4. What is Lux like in your RP setting, just more details. Stuck between it and another one. 5. What's your favorite planet (can include sun and moon)? 6. Kinks (boundary again)? :P

Oh! Well, position I’m a verse, though I’m more of a top. It all depends on my mood, and perhaps the person I’d be with. So, say if I was with another person who was a top, I wouldn’t mind compromising for them time to time though, we’d both have to have good understanding that as a verse, there’ll be times I myself would like to take the lead.

And, wow, ominous, yet interesting…! I know the Chariot has a lot of innate strength, though the tower has to exude some power in the sense of perhaps words or influence. All in all, it sounds the two cards are big parts in terms of behavior and relationships! How awesome!

Ah! I’m glad! I wouldn’t be able to call myself much of an oracle if I at least couldn’t scope out a part of you some way or how! 

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Hm… I’d say I realized  I was bi a little after me and my ex took a break from our relationship. Granted, I didn’t tell anyone prior, but I was vehement on the idea that I didn’t really care who I ended up, guy or girl really. In a sense, I didn’t see myself really… Having a relationship in general until my ex came along. When we took a break, I suppose it was then, I started being more open with myself on my feelings. I was always held to the idea that I could never be gay in my family, because, it was practically a death sentence. 

My father was vehemently homophobic and still is to this day, with my mother being a hypocrite in saying “love is love” but not when it came to two men or two women falling in love. It was above ignorant in my opinion. But, the term “gay” for them was being feminine. In a sense, I wasn’t to them, I walked slightly funny before because I was so worried that my parents gawked at my every move, it caused me to stumble and become nervous stricken.

I placed my hands together like the character Eriko Kirishima I always happen to reblog, mainly, because of the actions of my parents, I was always stiff. My smile was… fake, if anything, I was like a walking manikin. My ex had shifted me out of that, because she honestly got to know me better as a person, and, soon afterwards I started acknowledging myself more.

When we went on a break, I was in a terrible time of self doubt since we broke up over text. But, that’s when I had ended up having someone I never knew come to me one day, while I was walking along the way, and just stroke up a conversation with me. I believe it was around the time I was at a bookshop. His voice was tender, a little husky, and he was older, but he had this fun little quirk where he was this down to earth guy who always seemed observing to the customers. He noticed I had bought my copy of Beowulf before, and ended up talking about some other editions of the translations and such. …He also had a rocking rear end and suddenly, it came to me, mid blush as I was too busy buying books that I wouldn’t mind waking up to someone like him every day. It was… slightly freeing, being able to finally walk outside the bookshop in Manhattan, no hands held together, no stiff smiles, just a boy blushing red as he’s walking to his train. 

Later, on that train, I realized, I had feelings for guys. Maybe, even before I met my ex, it would have really explained a lot considering how close I was to people, but also why I happened to compliment people without discretion. “Hey, Coach, looking swell today, new haircut?” “Gee, Mrs. Brown, you seem to really be working the magazines today…! What’s your secret?” (Sure, the coach thing seems stereotypical, but I mean, the dude was wearing shorty-shorts and I immediately needed to get on his level.)

Personally, I feel I was always bi, if anything, just, not able to express my feelings with validation. My father called me a woman once, because I walked up to get an award for school, which, he only attended once. After that day, he and my mother never again came. I was devastated, but, I took that insult to heart, and accepted that I may not be this archetype of masculinity my father felt he should have in a son, but I was who I wanted to be. I emoted, I cried, I spoke with prose. I danced, I sang, I even cooked and painted. Heck, I even collect gemstones, sea shells, and I wear clip on earrings because I don’t have my ears pierce. It may not be what my father believes is “right” for a man, but, what’s really what makes a man? It’s much more deeper than cut abs or a deep voice, or even being “manly”. It’s about a man who can admit he was wrong, accept others and himself for who they and he is, and love those around him responsibly, as well as behave responsibly in a way that does not harm others or himself. That’s my personal idea, anyway, so, to answer you, I realized I was bi once I broke down the really ignorant walls people built around me after living a while. 

Well… And also because of someone’s butt. But who’s really worried about that? *Badum Tssss*

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My favorite color has to be a nice… earthy green. I’d say a good emerald green, but, it happens to fluctuate from green to a purple or lavender. My aesthetic happens to be centered on cooler colors, actually! It’s a great contrast to when I always wear flannel and suspenders all the time!

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Huh, you know, I always thought Kitsune were cute! Though, disregarding Naruto and stuff (I’ve seen way too many kitsune Ocs because of that) I love them as Japanese mythos themselves. I’m more geared to wolves, unfortunately, but I don’t mind that Kitsunes are actually fox/people yokai who are inherently magical. They seem so much more ephemeral and otherworldly when you think of them as enlightened beings who are immortal in that case! 

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Ah! Well, Lux is supposed to be a more… Secret, sort of District, however, I was putting more ideas into it, and I like to idealize that Lux is meant to be a place of fallen angels and others who are inevitably trapped in the world Underground. It’s mainly seen as a good place, but, “good” and “evil” are rather subjective. Therefore, you’ll have people who make Lux as it is seen by others, a place of lavish luxury filled with statues of beauty and life, though, those statues themselves could have been of demons and humans who were changed against their will by “eccentric” residents. Valkyries who are blood thirsty because they were once meant to take the souls of the dead back to Valhalla, but end up becoming corrupted slowly by the Districts and seek to fight it out eternally so as to leave by their deaths. Angels who are what we think of, white winged, humanoid, singing sweetly from above, only to eradicate one of the valkyries in front of a Visitor. And of course, the monstrous… “Scary” angels of forms we cannot fathom who control the District so to speak and eradicate any who don’t really… “add” into the District lifestyle. 

That said, Lux isn’t meant to be “too” lavish, nor is it meant to be “too” strict. Rather, it is a place that people think of as one or the other, but instead is a lot like the other Districts. For some, it’s paradise, as the angels will never harm you if you abide by the District rules, but, cannot be trusted as they aren’t Gods, and those who were Gods, may not even have any loyalty or powers to you at all. That’s how I like to classify most of the Districts, if anything, because they’re all based on the human condition and the basis that, “what you call a God, to another man, is a demon” which I sort of kept as a motto in regards to religion and mythology as a whole. People could see Kali or Parvati as a demon, while they see those like Christ or Odin as a God, and I humbly accept the different views, but that in the end, we can only classify others and ideas from what “we” think of them. We have no authority to dictate whether one faith is “worse” or “bad” than another who practices that religion, and vice versa in my mind. So, the Districts echo that!

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Oh! Favorite planet, huh? Definitely the Moon or Venus! The moon because I feel a powerful connection to it, and I always do prayers and take pictures of her when she shows up! I moon watch constantly and many people claim that’s the reason I’m always staying up, though, as a joke. In truth? I find the moon beautiful and a pleasant companion on my night ventures. I suppose I also love the ways it was represented so to speak. In Hindu mythos, Chandra is one of the nine planets, the Navgraha in Hindi. Now, Chandra was the most beautiful man in the entire cosmos, so much so, that everyone had to adore him at night when Ravi (Sun) would leave to wake up the other side of the world. With Chandra, was his wife Rohini, who was one of the most fairest women of the universe (Supposedly, after all!) and the two lived with many compliments of the earth, the Gods, and so on.

It happened, one day, Chandra became far too enamored with himself, and, he took up on himself to mock Parvati’s son, Ganesh who rode a mouse every where he went. Now, normally, you’d think a man riding a mouse was “odd”, but, lemme explain. Ganesh was Parvati’s elephant headed son, who so happened to get his head after his father attacked him in confusion. (Parvati at the time, never explained she created Ganesh from clay to Shiva, therefore, Shiva believed him to be an intruder. As his old head was destroyed by Shiva’s trident, Shiva then took the head of an elephant and gave it to his newly christened son and made him the first God to be worshipped for any service and for children and per Parvati’s wishes.)

Now, Ganesh is a lovely man of wisdom and intelligence, but he’s a very “funny” looking person, besides being chunky and lovable. Chandra made the mistake of making fun of Ganesh one day for his looks, and Ganesh, in anger, cursed Chandra so that he would lose his luster, causing the new moon phase, in which Chandra could no longer glow. Chandra, now ashamed of himself, hid away into the night, as the people of earth cowered in total darkness. Rohini begged for forgiveness in his name, and Ganesh allowed all to be forgive should Chandra choose to create cycles of himself with his light on the world to acknowledge that he is more humble of his “beauty”. Learned, and more wiser to his actions, Chandra agreed and so came forth the system of the moon phases, though he made sure also to let a certain day be in Ganesh’s honor, where he would not appear at all. Should you look at the moon on that day, you would be cursed with bad luck!

Other stories include of Diana, or Artemis and Selene, but Chandra is one of the most known stories in my family because of the lore and lesson of his tale.

Venus is because she was acknowledged as who my favorite Sailor Scout is and also who I identify with. At first, this too was also Sailor moon, adding onto my love for the moon with Lady Serenity. But, a friend pointed out that, I was a lot like both, and to her, a lot more like Venus. Since then, my respect for both really grew, along with how I myself came to see myself as Venus the Sailor Scout.

Venus wacky, loving, strategic, and yet a leader in many ways, but her heart is her also her biggest weakness besides her biggest strength, and she happens to fall in love many times but never seem to catch a break in finding someone right for her. In the manga before Sailor Moon takes place, it’s revealed she was once in love with a man named Adonis on her planet of Venus, and on earth, she was forced to kill him as he was on the path of evil. Able to predict the future, Adonis laid dying and foretold she would never find true love after him. 

Ever since that day, Venus has been trying to change that notion, though, it hasn’t happened since unfortunately. She found out later, as Minako Aino, that her lover was also Kunzite of the 4 Generals under Prince Endymion in their life before, though, they canonically don’t end up together as the present Sailors had to fight and effectively kill the brainwashed generals who worked under Queen Beryl. 

In a way, I really relate to Venus as a person and as a planet. She’s still looking for someone to love, though, she’ll never quit looking for someone, she still has her doubts of herself. She puts them away asap though for her friends and for Princess Serenity (Sailor Moon) and focuses on the key task at hand, even taking the bullet if it means saving Serenity. I’m sure everyone knows, but I’m a hopeless romantic. Things like love for who I care about, the hope for love to live on, the hope for the future of waking up to someone the next morning… Those things are important to me, and, I find that Venus really emphasizes this as a whole beyond the character herself. One can see that in Aphrodite, Lakshmi… The heart and the emotions of human beings are so strong… It’s one of the greatest mysteries of life, I’d say.

That’s why I relate to both planets so much.

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Boundaries being pushed again, huh? Well, I’m not one for not going on my word, after all.

- I suppose my kinks are guys with meat on their bones or a good body in general. Though I love all boys of any nature, if you can pick me up, you’re +200 in my book, washboard abs or not.

- I have a daddy kink, in that, I do enjoy being called daddy, but, laughably, I don't mind having one of my own as a nickname for someone. I don’t live in the DD/LG/LB lifestyle, however, I just enjoy some domination and authority in my relationships in some way in terms of the physical part of it. Of course, that said, I treat everyone equal as well, so, if I feel this person is not comfortable with the nickname, I don’t mind not saying “daddy” of course.

- Hm... I suppose I also do like the idea of wearing a choker, though, considering mine is a gemstone than say, an actual choker, that is up for debate. 

- I do like being naughty in the sense of dirty talk or being a bit rough, though, being overtly rough is a turnoff. 

- Stubble is always working for me, of course, though beards help too. I suppose hair I can also run my fingers through help as well. 

- ...A large rear regardless. 

- I have always, if not, always embraced a dude’s pecs. There’s nothing wrong with them at all. Ever. Same with a girl’s breasts. 

- SKIMPY CLOTHING LIKE HOLY COW

- Short shorts, long oversized t-shirts, the sort of clothes you have the morning after

- I would say wrestling, but in general acts of strength (I.E, lifting someone onto the bed) works in this case.

- Spooning

- Pillow talk, always

- Consent of course!