linkspooky:Eren Jaeger’s Final Words So there are many people unimpressed with the final state
linkspooky:Eren Jaeger’s Final Words So there are many people unimpressed with the final statement given by Eren’s character, either finding it inconsistent with the build up to this point, or too ambiguous a motivation for trampling all over the world. I’m not really here to talk about the quality of the story, whether it was good or bad, because I don’t really care. However, I think it’s fascinating what the text is trying to say about Eren’s character and his motivation. This is why, “I don’t know, shrug” is both an answer and not an answer to why Eren did what he did in the end. For making my point in this analysis, I’ll be talking about Eren’s character from Marley on showing both the Eren that appeared before Reiner, the one that talked to Zeke, and finally the one Armin saw are all the same person. Keep reading This is a very incredible essay on Eren’s character that I would love to agree on, but the narrative in 139 doesnt not allow me to do that, because nobody calls Eren on that childish nature. He dies as a martyr with his best friend thanking him for the same reason you explain he didn’t do it for, there is no ambiguity here. Neither Mikasa nor Armin points out how he is shifting the blame for his actions with his many excuses which rather play as a form to not make Eren look like the absolute monster he became. In the end, his “plan” is an absolute success, Paradis is safe for decades to come as a totalitarian cesspool, his friends are the big heroes, and the rest of the world somehow continues as normal, even though they should be in absolute chaos because the mass genocide of 4/5 of the world population is something so trivial, that is not worth paying attention to…ughHeck is even implied Eren is rewarded with being reborn as a bird, the constant symbol of freedom in the series. Where is presented the childish boy shifting blames here? People are right, this authorial intent, the boy that killed billons, is resting peacefully under a tree overlooking his hometown while watching over the girl he impose another traumatic experience because he was her “beloved”. You cannot go more on the nose with this, Eren is presented as a victim that deserves pity, not the character study you did here, regardless of how insightful it is. I just wish this manga was as thoughtful as many meta-writers write it to be, but it’s not and it’s sad it never reached that potential. Good text though. -- source link