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Armin's parents or grandparent "joining the Warriors" would be a pretty difficult plot twist to pull off in a way that isn't contrived. I can't think of anything that happened to really suggest it as an option, while most of the big plot twists in the series have had some degree of...

Mmm to me personally, the idea of the Ackermans being essentially immune to the negative effects of Titan shifting (or at least the amnesia/lack of control) just seems a little off from a writing perspective. Isayama seems like he is generally fond of having things come at a price, and so far...

Re: Shingeki no Kyojin: Chapter 73 Spoiler Discussion I think it makes sense for this arc to focus heavily on Eren, considering that it's all about getting to the basement and finding out.. whatever his father had in there. Last arc was mostly about Historia and her family, so I won't be...

Haha, as painful as it is for me to think about, I've always figured that Armin and possibly Mikasa will survive to the end of the series, but Eren's gonna end up dead, probably by some kind of heroic sacrifice. (Please do not meet my expectations in this case, Isayama, I want my favorite to...

The character interaction and throwbacks to old chapters were a lot of fun. I liked the Shiganshina Trio interaction a lot, it showed how they've all grown. I'm very happy that Eren is more back to how he used to be now, but with added maturity. The Eren-Jean fight was great. I love their...

+1 to Eigengrau! We got the same read of the chapter. :'D I haven't enjoyed a chapter this much in a looong while. I'm stoked to find out more about Grisha, and I actually really like that it was so... almost normal? Rather than being some reveal of crazy conspiracy stuff hahaha. I also really...

Re: Shingeki no Kyojin Chapter 70 Spoiler Discussion I can't say I like the powers shortening the lifespan thing (Eren is my baby and I like to delude myself into thinking some kind of happy ending for him is possible :P), but it makes sense, unfortunately. Didn't Reiner have some line way back...

Honestly it feels stupid trying to make a list of faves for me since Eren is so far ahead of everyone else, being the only one I really pay attention to consistently, but. 1.) Eren 2.) Jean 3.) Historia 4.) Annie 5.) Connie 6.) Grisha I'm.. pretty much neutral/apathetic toward everyone...

Honestly I think she was probably always intended to be very important, I just think that Isayama handled this plot element poorly and should've done more to foreshadow the ~false king~ or whatever and Historia being royalty; it seemed to largely come out of nowhere and then suddenly take over...

Re: Shingeki no Kyojin Chapter 69 Spoiler Discussion Ah, well, I think I see what you mean now, but Eren's father dying like that doesn't mean we'll never find out what secrets he knew, considering that the basement will be reached eventually. Hopefully. I'm still confused on how soon the arc...

Re: Shingeki no Kyojin Chapter 69 Spoiler Discussion I could tl;dr about why Eren's character development in this arc was pretty good (it's one of the few things I'll defend) but I accidentally lost the brief defense of it that I wrote, and I see that someone posted something about all he's...

Re: Shingeki no Kyojin Chapter 69 Spoiler Discussion Aha. To be honest, I'm really jealous of people who overall enjoy this arc. I absolutely loved the series up until it, but I don't think writing story arcs that feature so many politics is Isayama's strong suit. I can admit that a part...

Re: Shingeki no Kyojin Chapter 69 Spoiler Discussion Ah, well, I reeeeally hesitate to call Historia a Mary Sue or anything like that at all, hah; she has a lot of flaws, I mean, look at how close she came to to going along with what her father wanted. I feel like Isayama was more intending...

Re: Shingeki no Kyojin Chapter 69 Spoiler Discussion Haha yeah, seriously. Like, he was set up to be a major player, but didn't seem to do a whole lot after his first appearance. I didn't really care about his character all that much, but it's very underwhelming that he was killed off just...

Re: Shingeki no Kyojin Chapter 69 Spoiler Discussion I actually like Levi's reaction to the punch a lot, I appreciate the downtime sort of moments and I just generally enjoy character interaction that isn't strictly related to the plot. I'm also always glad to see that Levi likes the kids. It's...