The Lasting Impact of Theo Magath (Attack on Titan)
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"There's no doubt that Eldians are spawn of the devil. And there's no doubt that we are devils ourselves"
-Theo Magath
Finally people recognise how complex magath actually is . From his introduction until his final moment thank you . What an incredible analysis
To be honest, he was surprisingly one of my favourite characters. I'd never thought I would enjoy him as much as I did. Especially his last moments, ugh, it was so great
Like Keith Shadis, Magath has decided to not be a bystander any longer.
It’s the way Isayama is able to introduce a character this late in his story and be able to astonish us through actions and words spoken by thy character. It’s insane really !
Magath’s death hit me like a truck. I was surprised at how much I had grown to like him despite his flaws and role in the story, and I wasn’t even aware of smaller details like using an Eldian’s name. How fitting it was that both sides military commanders would go out to serve a greater purpose. Great video as usual, keep up the good work
Thanks!
I was shocked with how effectively Isayama introduced such rich and layered characters so deep into the AOT story. And how naturally they fit into the overall themes of the story.
“No matter who you are, You do not truly know what kind of a man you've become...One realizes one's true nature at the moment of death" - Itachi to Kisame
One of the best new characters introduced post-timeskip, people who wrote him off or ignored him are doing the story and themselves a disservice.
Bro how lucky are we all to be alive to experience Attack On Titan?!
We all are, and some fail to see it. Beautiful
Honestly nearly every character in AOT serves a purpose and Magath is definitely no different from that and his character arc is a personal favourite of mine (along with Shadis who I do think you should do a video on sometime because his view on seeing himself as a bystander in his own life is very similar to how I see my life right now)
Hange felt it was just an excuse.
@@attchi50 what
@@attchi50 she felt like that because he straight up quit as commander of the survey corps and she is right that he did but the reason he did for me was a justifiable reason as he left the corps in the hands of the best person possible to lead it that of course being Erwin Smith and he did that because he didn’t see himself as a special one but in the end he proved to himself, Magath and the AOT community at large that he was not a bystander in his final moments but a hero helping everyone on that boat that are going to try and defeat Eren by being a stepping stone for a future that hopefully won’t be Eren destroying the world
@@toshinronin What.
If you check his Twitch streams, a Shadis video was a donation goal that was reached.
AJ you amaze with your ability to understand characters on such a supreme level. I truly believe no one touches your scripts on character analysis. Thank you for sharing and for another phenomenal look into characters I love from series I love.
Appreciate that my friend, thank you!
No one really talks about Magath but I'm glad you did. He's an amazing minor character with a very important role.
magath's subtle characterization made me really like him in s4p1, and his death was one of the best executed in the series
Theo's turn around at the end really took me for a really good surprise. I'm really proud to see he had it in him to realize the world was much more complex than he had thought in his entire half century life. That was really nice to see, and really uplifting, that he truly did believe in his causes, even though the actions he took were completely unjustifiable, and extremely heinous, he wasn't evil by any extent. His final actions really make me look back with new thought to his life and actions, that he was doing what he thought was right, and proving that with his final actions.
Not forgiven, but he did something right before his time was done.
It's rare to see a character this flawed and honest. He's a genuinely bad person, but that doesn't mean he didn't do good. And like you say, his lasting impact was good.
Here's a small detail. When Magath reunites with Gabi in Paradis, he hugs her right before he scolds her for her recklessness.
He quite literally mentions and shows this in the video. What were you watching?
Magath is honestly one of my favorite new characters when he was introduced in Season 4. He was mainly following orders to command and train Eldian soldiers to fight for Marley's wars and very nationalistic. However, he still had a heart for the soldiers and cadets he trained, seeing them as family in a sense despite being taught from a very young age to hate all Eldians. He knew that titans were becoming less of a threat due to advancing technology and by working for such a time to realize Eldians are just like any other race in the world, there are both bad and good people among them that somehow just have the ability to transform into beings of mass destruction under the right conditions. He committed many horrible actions but only did so because he thought it was the right thing to do, but realistically hated having to commit them and makes up for those actions by sacrificing his and Shadis life to help out Armin's group to stop the Rumbling. Ultimately redeeming himself for his sins.
The last legacy of the scouts other than Levi and Hange for the old generation.
Every life matters. Every death really is such a shame. Attack on Titan makes this so apparent with how it treats its characters and their demises. Even if there is a character that you start out hating and expect to say "Finally!" if/when they die, by the time they do eventually die, it's not so black and white. (Not saying that Magath is a character I wanted to see die; this was just my train of thought as other characters came to mind whose lives also served a lot of purpose in a short span of time.)
This makes me think of Kenny. He was first shown as a bad person but once you see his backstory you don’t necessarily like him, but you feel for him and feel some emotion for his death
Great Video on a suprisingly interesting character!
video been up 1 minute its 14 mins long how do you know its great? xD
@@brandonhickman3477 Ive followed him long enough to know tbh, have never been disappointed yet, and after almost finishing the video I just confirmed what I wrote to myself ^^
Definitely an A-tier character.
Shadis: "Theo Magath was the coolest guy!"
It’s even more beautiful seeing how his character revolves almost entirely around the kids, he has no selfish goals, he only wanted the kids to be happy
Another character talked in your streams often, I miss the AoT Mondays discussions post episodes. Great video AJ as expected :]
Btw, loved the first/last name detail!! 👍
Thanks Pedro!
Another great character analysis. Amazing work. Thank you for putting it into words and saying it out loud. Should we wait for a Reiner's character analysis?
Thank you, glad you enjoyed. And just to keep expectations leveled, you shouldn’t expect any videos from me that I haven’t confirmed I’m making - I have no plans for a Reiner video.
Following Magath and Shadis' sacrifice, I seriously wanted to see them go get drinks.
Can't wait for the Shadis one.
theos death always makes me cry
Probably the most accurate description of a vet soldier. Dude knew how gray morality was
Love the videos as always. Keep up the hard work
I always loved this guy I think he was one of the perfect ways to show that marlaiens had humanity as well and weren't just some fucked up Hitler race of super sadists
His kindness towards the warrior candidates (despite his heinous acts which he was commanded to do and didn't let his conscious butt in) really showed me a man who cared and always did who just ended up following others too strongly, not thinking enough for himself and, it's so beautiful to see him, one of the people with the most blood on his hands, finally admit to not only others but Himself that what he's doing is wrong and wanting to what he can to make the world a better place for those he cares for and for generations of people down the line, both marlaien and eldian and anyone else really and to make sure they know what happened so that they'll never repeat the same mistakes he did
many thanks for making...
Theo Magath and Shadis went out like a MEN.
Another great video! Keep up the fantastic job!
Thanks!
I like how he can both be harsh and caring to the Eldians.
Glad he redeemed himself.
AJ never misses.
Amazing video like always.
Also, eye-water get me every time. ;-;
Great video and analysis.
nice analysis dude
He's one of the best minor characters, FMAB wishes it had this sort of writing.
I'm glad it didn't
@@r.k845 And I'm glad my taste isn't as bad as yours
@@bobbyzamora6389 No I'm glad I can actually see bad writing when it happens.
True, FMAB just isn't quite as brilliant.
@@bobbyzamora6389you clown
I stopped in my tracks for a good ten seconds as soon as I heard Home, Sweet Home from FFV... This song was already nostalgic for some reason the first time I heard it on the PS1 so just imagine how hard it hit now... The version with vocals is even more beautiful.
i hear that ffxiv music. i hope you're having fun with it! great video essay :)
Thanks!
You know I'm kinda surprised that commander Shadis didn't see any of the people off before sacrificing himself I mean he just appeared after they all left wonder why
Hiatus is done. We can smile again.
When you think of the image of the warriors we have known him to train only gabi will have a long life that she can live out. In current anime standing
Great use of music in the vid.
Magath reminds me of commander erwin
"Home, Sweet Home" from *Final Fantasy V* is a good fit for this video and the topic. 😶🌫
This is the second video I found on TH-cam about Attack on Titan that contradicted my personal beliefs. And while I like Magath that he acknowledged that Marley has become the very thing it hated and also cared about the lives of those under his command without prejudice, what I do not like about him is that he is not even trying to rebel by do not believe in the government's propagandas, let alone try to go against it in secret with legal loopholes. He has so many chances to do that but never did. And then, the attack on Liberio happened, which ultimately led to the Rumbling in the end. He and the rest of Marley cannot blame anyone but themselves because they supported and possibly, voted, for the genocide against all Eldians on Paradis in the first place. And this is what I wanted to truly talk about. It's about how much corrupted, flawed, broken and rotten the Marleyan society is. The same can also be applied about the Eldian society on Paradis as well. But I will focused on the Marleyan society for the moment. As you can see, we see the Marleyan civilians have been brainwashed into supporting the policies of aggressive expansion against other nations, mistreating the Eldians and blaming them for what their ancestors did, conscripting non-Marleyans into Marley military without their consents, promoting collective punishment and extreme form of corporal punishment and keep demanding for the genocide against the Eldians on Paradis despite the obvious fact that they didn't do anything to them or anyone. And all of these happened because the Marleyan civilians themselves supported this when the government asked them to. So the question is this: Can such a society be reformed? While the future generations can be taught to not repeat the same mistakes, can they do really better? What if they failed to do so? Why don't just destroy everything, the entire society included, and rebuild everything from the ground up? The reason why I believed and wanted the Marleyan society to be destroyed is because from my view as a believer of the Chinese philosophy known as Legalism and Islamic theology known as Ash'ari, the Marleyan society is beyond repair and it will be for the best to just destroy everything and start over. And this is one of the reasons why I supported the Rumbling, the Marleyan society is beyond repair and it is for the best to just destroy it and restart anew. This is what Magath did not think about like at all. The possibility of failure to reform the societies for the betterment of the next generations.
In case you do not know what Legalism is, it is the Chinese philosophy that stated that all humans are inherently evil and selfish. As for the Islamic theology known as Ash'ari, it is the theology that stated that all decisions made by humans are created by God. However, humans also possessed free wills as well. And that is why all humans have "acquired" responsibilities for their own actions even if those decisions are created by God. Yes, it has been stated throughout history that mistake is one of humanity's greatest teachers along with pain and suffering despite how much we hated the last two. However, it is undeniable that we humans often made mistakes because of our own decisions, which usually came from our own free wills to judge things and make decisions on our own, hench the reasons why we humans have to "acquire" responsibilities of decisions we made. God simply "approved" of them with hope that we will see the errors in our own ways some ways somehow if the decisions we humans made were wrong.
And no, I am not a Muslim. I'm just someone who believed in Legalism and Ash'ari.
I’m only portraying the theme of the story and character. If this contradicts with your beliefs then AoT contradicts with your beliefs. Which is natural given the sensitive topics it covers of course.
@@Aleczandxr I guess you could say that. And I'm also only pointing out the possibilities of the societies in Attack on Titan to be in the states of beyond repair and having them destroyed and rebuild them from ground up is the better solutions once it has been proven that reforming them for the better are not possible.
Okie dokie, whatever you say. I'm just clarifying.
@@lerneanlion thats really not what the video is about man, he is just pointing the depth of a character and you want do discuss the morality of the history
Would love a video about keith
Well you got your wish
@@easschung9442 yeah.
Thanks to @alecxander
no one can take ERWINS place
If you are watching better call saul now I'd love to see some videos. Your breaking bad vids were good. If you're not watching it is amazing show
Dude literally just check the channel, come on th-cam.com/video/gWWcHUzvxeg/w-d-xo.html
He has at least one. Check out his channel.
Best to check the channel for stuff like this, in a lot of cases I’ve already made a video about the topic:
th-cam.com/video/gWWcHUzvxeg/w-d-xo.html
When are going to make another Neon genesis evagolion video
Never, sorry. Copyright issues.
@@Aleczandxr What happened?
Every time I make an Eva video, it gets taken down and I have to fight to get it back up. It isn’t worth the hassle so I’m not doing any more.
AOT would solve so many problems in our world ..
dude ... idk
You don’t know what?
hi
I can debate you on how his character development is a flawed. Cause he would’ve never changed if eren died by gabi’s shot
Mm.
5 views 12 likes damn
oh boy if the CCP saw this lol
lmaooo what do you mean
I really hate magath, to me he just seemed as a man who even at the end kept lying to himself that his actions were forced on him, and that he is sorry for not resisting it.
yet, that's not true. I keep getting the feeling from the show that he really was just part of the cycle, but in the unfocused season 4 it seems that even the story forgot what started the plot 9 years ago.
after 100 years of not touching paradise island, marley decided to attack so they could have the founding titan as a weapon in their wars.
that was the reason 4 warriors were send, and magath was one of the people present in that decision.
but when confronted with blame, he said that it was the eldians' original sin 2000 years ago that started this cycle.
but it's a lie, because he knows that for 100 of years no titan threatened marley, and this conflict did not start due to any threat or revenge but due to marley wanting a new weapon.
a decision not made by an accident or due to unaviodable circumstances or even revenge. yet not he nor the show confronts him for being a part of that decision.
And I know that is probably not what the writer meant in his character. but I cannot stand this pathetic character being supposedly redeemed, without anything in the show confronting him for being a willing and unprovoked participent in the new cycle of humanty's demise.
1 view, 4 likes. hmmmm....
Not gonna lie, turned off my brain everytime I saw this guy and just thought 'background character'
That's pretty stupid.
@@justmyopinion79 Yessir
He had a bunch of lines how did you even do that? What?!
@@co7769 Yeah, it was pretty annoying to wait for someone else to talk
Honestly man, I'm a bit sick of all these season 4 praise videos across TH-cam. The entire season was full of such utter crap writing and nobody has the balls to point it out because only major fans have stuck with the series therefore any criticism would receive a tonne of backlash for the coming years.
Oh I can tell given how upset you’ve been in comments LOL
No one’s forcing you to watch, my friend! This is all in good fun and spirit, no need to click on these, I promise I don’t mind :)
Pretending that other people don’t like season 4 because you don’t like it doesn’t make any since. It’s a fantastic story, and this just happens to be one of, if not the, greatest section
@@syntheticreality549 agreed s4 is actually the best of AoT imo but some people can't accept opinions other than their own
@@brandonhickman3477 agreed, like the idea that because you don’t like it, you think everyone else is lying about liking it? Maybe we’re just all in awe of how this story started like the walking dead and ended like the matrix.
LMAO
Let me correct this videos title, what it should've said is "The non lasting impact of a character that died for nothing and was not remembered in the least". It's actually amazing how this channel continues to portray AoT as some genius masterpiece of storytelling when it's clearly not even close.
Ahh yes here comes the troll, why are you even here then?
Amen, as AJ would say.
Cry me a river I’m sorry this video breached your echo chamber of “AOT bad”
As a noted TH-camr once said, Amen to that brother
A-to-the-men my good dude