Been trying to make sense of this series for a while now, lol. It has my brain doing backflips trying to figure things out.
First of all, if you're not a manga reader, you shouldn't read this as this contains manga spoilers. You have been warned! Second, Listen to some SNK OST'S while you read this
4.) Erin is the Product of His Father's Experiments
5.) Government Conspiracy
6.) The Basement
And one more thing. Erin X Mikasa!
First of all, if you're not a manga reader, you shouldn't read this as this contains manga spoilers. You have been warned! Second, Listen to some SNK OST'S while you read this
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2.) Factions and their goals
3.) The Walls: What is their purpose?
1.) Origin of Titans
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What's been clear for a while now, is that titans are man-made, and they were created for the sole purpose of killing humans. From the start, they were a weapon. Created by someone who wanted to rule the world, or wanted revenge, or they were just a d*ck; who knows what their reason was. But I think the creators believed intelligence was a bane to mankind, why their was so much war and destruction. Which is why the Titans all seem like they're mentally handicapped. Their minds are focused on nothing except eating humans. So, the titans are all humans being caged inside the Titans body, unable to escape and near incapable of thinking straight.
However, we have seen some events of Titans trying to communicate. If you haven't read the special, "Isle's Notebook." A Titan is shown bowing in respect to a character named "Isle." However, the Titan believed Isle to be Ymir. Ymir, the Titan shifter who can read a language unknown to Reiner, another shifter. The reason she can read it is probably because she's much older than he is and lived in Titan territory for an extended period.
Anyway, the point is that some normal titans are capable of thought beyond eating humans. After the Titan realized Isle wasn't Ymir, it ate her. Before that though, it was clawing at its eyes and groaning quite a lot, as if it were going through a huge internal struggle. That's why Ymir told Historia that Titans "Weren't so bad" after you get used to them. You just have to adjust to their mindset, like Ymir was able to do.
Another event, one just about everyone knows, is Connie's mother saying, "Welcome back" to Connie. It was obviously his mother based on Reiner's reaction. I mean, why would he want the secret of titans getting out?
However, we have seen some events of Titans trying to communicate. If you haven't read the special, "Isle's Notebook." A Titan is shown bowing in respect to a character named "Isle." However, the Titan believed Isle to be Ymir. Ymir, the Titan shifter who can read a language unknown to Reiner, another shifter. The reason she can read it is probably because she's much older than he is and lived in Titan territory for an extended period.
Anyway, the point is that some normal titans are capable of thought beyond eating humans. After the Titan realized Isle wasn't Ymir, it ate her. Before that though, it was clawing at its eyes and groaning quite a lot, as if it were going through a huge internal struggle. That's why Ymir told Historia that Titans "Weren't so bad" after you get used to them. You just have to adjust to their mindset, like Ymir was able to do.
Another event, one just about everyone knows, is Connie's mother saying, "Welcome back" to Connie. It was obviously his mother based on Reiner's reaction. I mean, why would he want the secret of titans getting out?
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2.) Factions and their goals
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I believe the SNK universe is composed of three factions, or groups.
1.) Regular humans. The normal, everyday people you see, spanning from the villagers to soldiers and such.
2.) Hometown. The place of the Titan shifters. Annie, Bertholdt, and Reiner.
3.) The Ape Titan. I'm not explicitly saying he is the leader, or the main antagonist, because it's still to early to tell. Why? Him taking the 3D Maneuver Gear implies that he'll be returning somewhere to study it. Means there's more like him
So what exactly are the goals of each group? The goal of humans is survival, living free of the Titans. The goal of hometown is similar to the humans, except they want a society of people with the Titan shifting ability. They don't consider themselves as part of the human race, which is why they're so easygoing about sending children to exterminate them. The Ape Titan's group, wants world domination. However, the members of the Hometown are his prime opposition.
1.) Regular humans. The normal, everyday people you see, spanning from the villagers to soldiers and such.
2.) Hometown. The place of the Titan shifters. Annie, Bertholdt, and Reiner.
3.) The Ape Titan. I'm not explicitly saying he is the leader, or the main antagonist, because it's still to early to tell. Why? Him taking the 3D Maneuver Gear implies that he'll be returning somewhere to study it. Means there's more like him
So what exactly are the goals of each group? The goal of humans is survival, living free of the Titans. The goal of hometown is similar to the humans, except they want a society of people with the Titan shifting ability. They don't consider themselves as part of the human race, which is why they're so easygoing about sending children to exterminate them. The Ape Titan's group, wants world domination. However, the members of the Hometown are his prime opposition.
3.) The Walls: What is their purpose?
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The next thing to consider is what the walls were made for. They were created by colossal titan shifters, but what for? Of course it served the purpose of protecting humanity for an extended period, but why? I believe it was to keep the humans alive for the purpose of eventually turning them into a titan army by the Ape Titans faction.
Of course, the hometown would be worried by this if they found out, so they sent some Shifters on a mission to destroy the human race. It's no coincidence that Reiner says that it's no longer necessary to eliminate all the humans. The reason for that is the "coordinate" or what I speculate to be the name of the Titan controlling ability. Having that ability would give hometown the same advantage as the Ape Titan has. Another reason why Reiner was so worried about Erin discovering he himself had that power. Erin is a huge threat to hometown now.
You see, the walls were there to keep the humans in a cage. They're resources waiting to be farmed. The Ape Titan can scale the walls easily, so they were never a problem to begin with for the likes of him. However, he and his group most likely needed time to develop the titan creating power.
Of course, the hometown would be worried by this if they found out, so they sent some Shifters on a mission to destroy the human race. It's no coincidence that Reiner says that it's no longer necessary to eliminate all the humans. The reason for that is the "coordinate" or what I speculate to be the name of the Titan controlling ability. Having that ability would give hometown the same advantage as the Ape Titan has. Another reason why Reiner was so worried about Erin discovering he himself had that power. Erin is a huge threat to hometown now.
You see, the walls were there to keep the humans in a cage. They're resources waiting to be farmed. The Ape Titan can scale the walls easily, so they were never a problem to begin with for the likes of him. However, he and his group most likely needed time to develop the titan creating power.
4.) Erin is the Product of His Father's Experiments
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I believe that at one point, the normal humans were delving into Titan transformations. Grisha, Erin's father, was the Ace behind this, he was the one who discovered (Or re-discovered) it. He was most likely working with other scientists, some of which were spies from hometown. Let's face it, it would be really easy for Titan shifter to blend in and steal information.
I believe this version was the version was given to Reiner, Annie, and Berthold. This was a more potent titan transforming serum. Grisha doesn't seem like a bad guy to me. I think he backed out after he knew what the hometown was planning. Aka, destroying the human race to eliminate their potential threat.
Something I recently touched on was the coordinate ability. I believe their's more to it than just controlling Titans. People with it can have premonitions of future events, and they can manipulate small aspects of nature surrounding them. Such as Erin's "Firebending" from the latest chapter. Lol
What's Grisha up to now? I think he died on a suicide mission he put himself on. He probably felt like the deaths of all those humans within Wall Maria, including his wife, were on his shoulders. So he attempted an attack, knowing he would most likely die. I'm basing this off of his emotional state when he injected Erin. He entrusted all his work to his son, gave him the ability to learn it through coordinate premonitions, then left because he felt like he didn't deserve to live anymore.
I believe this version was the version was given to Reiner, Annie, and Berthold. This was a more potent titan transforming serum. Grisha doesn't seem like a bad guy to me. I think he backed out after he knew what the hometown was planning. Aka, destroying the human race to eliminate their potential threat.
Something I recently touched on was the coordinate ability. I believe their's more to it than just controlling Titans. People with it can have premonitions of future events, and they can manipulate small aspects of nature surrounding them. Such as Erin's "Firebending" from the latest chapter. Lol
What's Grisha up to now? I think he died on a suicide mission he put himself on. He probably felt like the deaths of all those humans within Wall Maria, including his wife, were on his shoulders. So he attempted an attack, knowing he would most likely die. I'm basing this off of his emotional state when he injected Erin. He entrusted all his work to his son, gave him the ability to learn it through coordinate premonitions, then left because he felt like he didn't deserve to live anymore.
5.) Government Conspiracy
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This one will be a short, simple one. There has to be a reason why the government doesn't allow books on the outside world to be read, and that's revolution. They don't want people standing up for themselves and fighting, because they know something. That something is the war between the Ape Titan and Hometown. The Ape Titan's faction promised the higher ups that they would not be harmed if they kept the humans ignorant to their plans. Makes things much easier when the cattle can't think for itself, right?
6.) The Basement
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The contents of Grisha's experiments. What could be in there? In their lies the secret behind the Ape Titans faction, history on humanity before the fall, etc. Grisha's life led up to finding the weak point in Titans. Aka, transforming them back into humans. The "Plague" Grisha solo'd before the story took place was a test of turning human into Titans. To put it simply, Erin will gain the ability to transform Titans back to the way they were.
And one more thing. Erin X Mikasa!
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