He calls the people cattle because that's what they practically are for the Titans, everyone has gone complacent and sure that the wall stands firm or they try their best to be ignorant of the problem. The survey corps in the first season are looked at as failures for trying to leave the "safety" of the walls, which Eren fully supports. Hannes is a member of another military branch and he's shown being drunk in the first episode. Sure youre supposed to feel some sort of way that he undermines his "privilege" but there's a dark underlying truth to it that your whole "Im not going to watch if the beginning isn't good" you're missing a whole lot of context especially when the plot include some aspects of time travel. The dark truth is that wall maria was always going to fall, there is a massive war against them, they are a race despised by the world and that the Titans are just disobedient eldians who are transformed and dropped by the marleyeans
I honestly can't understand the idea of "if it's not good by the first episode" because stories can have a lackluster start and become amazing after a while. It feels really superficial and closed minded to new things. Your whole argument is nitpicking at Eren at his early stages while not understanding Eren as a whole. It's revealed that it was Eren who actually sent the Titan to eat his mother to start the whole thing, it puts every single thing under a whole other lenses
Did you not pay attention to the legs of Eren's mom? She explained that she couldn't move her legs and when the Titan carries her she's seen thrashing around. She lied to Eren to protect him from wasting precious time saving her
Your recommendation that Mikasa should have not had more backstory is laughable knowing that her background ties to the story that she's an Ackerman and of asian bloodline. The reason she was hunted was because of her Asian descent, the kidnapers even mention during the scene. Ackerman's are servants to the royal family who have heightened abilities and her Asian heritage is brought up near the end of the story, in which you refuse to look into. Attack on Titan is incredibly connected and requires to be looked at in depth to fully understand
The terrifying truth is that Eren set the past in motion for the future, he manipulates his father and seemingly orchestrates everything, he sets out the Titan, who was his father's first wife to kill his mother to save berthold from being eaten when he kicked down the wall. Eren is a force of nature who keeps moving forward no matter what, Levi even mentions it when Eren is chained in court, no matter how much he's tied down he'll always break free. Eren's yearning for freedom is insatiable and is only let down by the harsh truth that beyond the walls and see lies enemies, the whole world
Interesting lens into one of the greatest stories ever told. I am a sucker for analyzing attack on titan, especially Eren Yeager as a character, but in my humble opinion, it needs to be done in context of who he is as a whole, not just a slice of his personality. You talked about his obvious duality - heroic in his actions, while maintaining a malevolent and dangerous world view and if we should root for him or not. You should and shouldn't. You are supposed to understand his struggle, while being annoyed by his angsty teenager views. Always in opposition, headstrong, angry... All these characteristics are essential for Eren to become the monster he becomes in the end. Eren is the embodiment of saing "The end justifies the means" and it shows.
Eren doesn't embody the ends justify the means at all. Because Simon is completely right; Eren wanted to kill those men, and them being kidnappers was his excuse. Eren represents "The ends EXCUSE the means", which is a far, far more terrifying prospect, and is why his actions by the end of the series are so monstrous.
I find it odd you associate discrimination with neurodivergence. On AoT itself, it's nice to see someone pick up on Eren's incongruousness so quickly. I won't say it's beneficial for the story, but the contradictions you mention are absolutely intentional from the author. I don't think you were supposed to pick up on it so fast. I think that the viewer is supposed to gradually realize how dangerous Eren is. At first, his heroic actions make most viewers support him wholeheartedly, only later realizing that it would have been better if he'd died that day.
Bro, first AOT episode is one of the best greatest first episode of TV history. If you cannot see that, something is wrong that you aren't getting. My bet is you are a liberal ( right wing to the center), and that sounds wrong at first, but I bet I'm right. Sorry for the wording. The comparison between AOT and Gurren Lagan is pretty superficial at best. Both shows are pointing to completely different things. AOT is trying to convey that existance is "miserable" and a constant struggle and Eren is experiencing something raw and formless. G.R. IS TOTALLY THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM. Trying to rationalizing that is your first mistake. That's why he is so opposed to his mom's view point. Also is supossed to be stupid. It's a kid with raw feelings. The scouts arc is completed with Hange's final desicion in season 4. Without that, you are not seeing the complete pic at all. You essentially are cherry picking things to make your argument. Eren arc is a tragic one and Armin is the one of his FINAL contrasts. Also CAUSAL DETERMINISM is of the most structural importance in AOT's narrative, because of freedom of course, where essentially the main thesis of Isayama is that freedom doesn't exist, which sucks for Eren and human nature. Reminds a lot of Frank Herbert's Dune.
Honestly, im glad you have this perspective of Eren. It makes the delivery of the end much much more impactful
I haven't rewatched the series, but it's definitely good to see that Eren's actual personality was fully intended from the beginning.
He calls the people cattle because that's what they practically are for the Titans, everyone has gone complacent and sure that the wall stands firm or they try their best to be ignorant of the problem. The survey corps in the first season are looked at as failures for trying to leave the "safety" of the walls, which Eren fully supports. Hannes is a member of another military branch and he's shown being drunk in the first episode. Sure youre supposed to feel some sort of way that he undermines his "privilege" but there's a dark underlying truth to it that your whole "Im not going to watch if the beginning isn't good" you're missing a whole lot of context especially when the plot include some aspects of time travel. The dark truth is that wall maria was always going to fall, there is a massive war against them, they are a race despised by the world and that the Titans are just disobedient eldians who are transformed and dropped by the marleyeans
I honestly can't understand the idea of "if it's not good by the first episode" because stories can have a lackluster start and become amazing after a while. It feels really superficial and closed minded to new things. Your whole argument is nitpicking at Eren at his early stages while not understanding Eren as a whole. It's revealed that it was Eren who actually sent the Titan to eat his mother to start the whole thing, it puts every single thing under a whole other lenses
Did you not pay attention to the legs of Eren's mom? She explained that she couldn't move her legs and when the Titan carries her she's seen thrashing around. She lied to Eren to protect him from wasting precious time saving her
Your recommendation that Mikasa should have not had more backstory is laughable knowing that her background ties to the story that she's an Ackerman and of asian bloodline. The reason she was hunted was because of her Asian descent, the kidnapers even mention during the scene. Ackerman's are servants to the royal family who have heightened abilities and her Asian heritage is brought up near the end of the story, in which you refuse to look into. Attack on Titan is incredibly connected and requires to be looked at in depth to fully understand
The terrifying truth is that Eren set the past in motion for the future, he manipulates his father and seemingly orchestrates everything, he sets out the Titan, who was his father's first wife to kill his mother to save berthold from being eaten when he kicked down the wall. Eren is a force of nature who keeps moving forward no matter what, Levi even mentions it when Eren is chained in court, no matter how much he's tied down he'll always break free. Eren's yearning for freedom is insatiable and is only let down by the harsh truth that beyond the walls and see lies enemies, the whole world
Interesting lens into one of the greatest stories ever told. I am a sucker for analyzing attack on titan, especially Eren Yeager as a character, but in my humble opinion, it needs to be done in context of who he is as a whole, not just a slice of his personality. You talked about his obvious duality - heroic in his actions, while maintaining a malevolent and dangerous world view and if we should root for him or not. You should and shouldn't. You are supposed to understand his struggle, while being annoyed by his angsty teenager views. Always in opposition, headstrong, angry... All these characteristics are essential for Eren to become the monster he becomes in the end. Eren is the embodiment of saing "The end justifies the means" and it shows.
Eren doesn't embody the ends justify the means at all.
Because Simon is completely right; Eren wanted to kill those men, and them being kidnappers was his excuse.
Eren represents "The ends EXCUSE the means", which is a far, far more terrifying prospect, and is why his actions by the end of the series are so monstrous.
I believe the production value in your video is quite high, well done
I find it odd you associate discrimination with neurodivergence.
On AoT itself, it's nice to see someone pick up on Eren's incongruousness so quickly. I won't say it's beneficial for the story, but the contradictions you mention are absolutely intentional from the author.
I don't think you were supposed to pick up on it so fast. I think that the viewer is supposed to gradually realize how dangerous Eren is. At first, his heroic actions make most viewers support him wholeheartedly, only later realizing that it would have been better if he'd died that day.
Bro, first AOT episode is one of the best greatest first episode of TV history. If you cannot see that, something is wrong that you aren't getting. My bet is you are a liberal ( right wing to the center), and that sounds wrong at first, but I bet I'm right. Sorry for the wording. The comparison between AOT and Gurren Lagan is pretty superficial at best. Both shows are pointing to completely different things. AOT is trying to convey that existance is "miserable" and a constant struggle and Eren is experiencing something raw and formless. G.R. IS TOTALLY THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SPECTRUM. Trying to rationalizing that is your first mistake. That's why he is so opposed to his mom's view point. Also is supossed to be stupid. It's a kid with raw feelings. The scouts arc is completed with Hange's final desicion in season 4. Without that, you are not seeing the complete pic at all. You essentially are cherry picking things to make your argument. Eren arc is a tragic one and Armin is the one of his FINAL contrasts. Also CAUSAL DETERMINISM is of the most structural importance in AOT's narrative, because of freedom of course, where essentially the main thesis of Isayama is that freedom doesn't exist, which sucks for Eren and human nature. Reminds a lot of Frank Herbert's Dune.
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