Question Those Teeth! Those Ears!

[Hectorpops]

Can anyone explain why Erens Titan form has 2 rows of teeth?
And what about those elf ears? I think maybe it must have to do with being a shifter not from the "Homeland". All the homeland titans have no skin.......

 

[MajiinX]

Great question, it actually falls inline with my theory that there are different tiers of titans that serve different purposes.

It seems like titans were genetically designed weapons of war and each type of titan fills and serves a different role. I like to put them into 3 categories.

Drone/Grunt Titans: The have the appearance of a normal human being just very large although some are abnormally deformed. They are the mindless titans that make up the bulk of the army, pretty much programmed to do one thing, kill. They are able to follow directives when ordered by a "coordinate" as shown by Eren and Big Foot

Agent/Warrior Titans: They have no skin, are lean and muscular and range from 14m-60m. They are shifters who's roles range from infiltration, information gathering or breaching enemy defense. Their titan forms have special offensive and defensive abilities which can be used to fight other titans or breach walls, avoid capture etc.., they are also able to shift in and out of form easier then other titans in order to escape when needed (which could be why they have no skin)

Leader/Commander: Titans that look more like monsters with a feral looking appearance, sharp teeth, elf like ears, possibly fur? Most likely strongest of all titans as Eren despite his inexperience seemed much stronger then Annie (Annie was only able to fight Eren due to superior fighting skill and speed) and overpowered and nearly killed Reiner Able to issue commands to drone titans and possibly intimidate warrior titans into doing their bidding.

 

[Core D. Roy]

Great question, it actually falls inline with my theory that there are different tiers of titans that serve different purposes.

It seems like titans were genetically designed weapons of war and each type of titan fills and serves a different role. I like to put them into 3 categories.

Drone/Grunt Titans: The have the appearance of a normal human being just very large although some are abnormally deformed. They are the mindless titans that make up the bulk of the army, pretty much programmed to do one thing, kill. They are able to follow directives when ordered by a "coordinate" as shown by Eren and Big Foot

Agent/Warrior Titans: They have no skin, are lean and muscular and range from 14m-60m. They are shifters who's roles range from infiltration, information gathering or breaching enemy defense. Their titan forms have special offensive and defensive abilities which can be used to fight other titans or breach walls, avoid capture etc.., they are also able to shift in and out of form easier then other titans in order to escape when needed (which could be why they have no skin)

Leader/Commander: Titans that look more like monsters with a feral looking appearance, sharp teeth, elf like ears, possibly fur? Most likely strongest of all titans as Eren despite his inexperience seemed much stronger then Annie (Annie was only able to fight Eren due to superior fighting skill and speed) and overpowered and nearly killed Reiner Able to issue commands to drone titans and possibly intimidate warrior titans into doing their bidding.

This implies (and I agree) that Ymir has the capacity to use the 'coordinate' ability, since she seems to be not only the most similar to Eren's titan, but shares simian traits with the Ape titan. ARGH I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YMIR

 

[MajiinX]

This implies (and I agree) that Ymir has the capacity to use the 'coordinate' ability, since she seems to be not only the most similar to Eren's titan, but shares simian traits with the Ape titan. ARGH I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YMIR

Plus that one Titan in that side story who mistook that soldier for Ymir bowed and called her "YMIR-SAMA" which gives further cause to my theory. I also believe the strength of a persons will affects the power IE: Ymir is kind of just a go with the flow person, the Ape Titan didn't seem to have a very strong personality which is why that one titan ignored his command yet Eren wanted the smiling titan dead and armored titan stopped with every ounce of his being which could be why is probably why the titans followed his command absolutely.

 

[Demonspeed]

But you are implying Eren and Ymir are the strongest titans. Which isn't really true since Eren's titan hasn't shown special abilities so far. If his power is to command titans, it makes him less special than Ymir who has her super speed and she isn't one of the strongest titans, because her only advantage is speed. She could beat Reiner and Bert but it won't be easy, they have their chances too. Eren hasn't shown that he could use his coordinate power in Titan mode. He beat Annie and Reiner thanks to his rage and his martial skills.

If those grunts Titans can only kill, it means they can't do anything else, order them is kinda useless unless you want to destroy something then. You can say they only understand simple things but remember some of these titans can talk, maybe they can all do this. Wouldn't it mean that the Titan-shifters are inferior since they can't talk?

 

[MajiinX]

But you are implying Eren and Ymir are the strongest titans. Which isn't really true since Eren's titan hasn't shown special abilities so far. If his power is to command titans, it makes him less special than Ymir who has her super speed and she isn't one of the strongest titans, because her only advantage is speed. She could beat Reiner and Bert but it won't be easy, they have their chances too. Eren hasn't shown that he could use his coordinate power in Titan mode. He beat Annie and Reiner thanks to his rage and his martial skills.

If those grunts Titans can only kill, it means they can't do anything else, order them is kinda useless unless you want to destroy something then. You can say they only understand simple things but remember some of these titans can talk, maybe they can all do this. Wouldn't it mean that the Titan-shifters are inferior since they can't talk?

Well I'm not implying Ymir is among the strongest, her size is a huge detriment although she has been able to dispatch titans many times larger then her, I ment simply that the class itself is the strongest, we still don't know much about Ymir there may be reason she is small, perhaps a prototype or just a defect of the "commander titan".

And I personally believe in titan form Eren has shown the coordinate ability in titan form. Titans haven't shown to be overly aggressive to shifters (IE: Annie attacking the legion the titans seemed to almost ignore her) yet the titans ignored humans and went right for Eren who was rampaging and pretty much like "come at me". Also titans usually aren't vocal but when Eren screamed at that one titan it screamed back at him. Also when Erens titan form was being eaten the shifters all agreed they should save him, I believe its because they sensed something and I also don't think its a coincidence they thought he was the coordinate or that he could lead them to it.

As for the grunt/drone titans I think they can probably do more then kill/eat but I believe they need directives to do so which is what I think deviate titans are, I think they have at some point received a directive from a coordinate and ignore everything else to accomplish that objective.

 

[Core D. Roy]

And I personally believe in titan form Eren has shown the coordinate ability in titan form. Titans haven't shown to be overly aggressive to shifters (IE: Annie attacking the legion the titans seemed to almost ignore her) yet the titans ignored humans and went right for Eren who was rampaging and pretty much like "come at me". Also titans usually aren't vocal but when Eren screamed at that one titan it screamed back at him. Also when Erens titan form was being eaten the shifters all agreed they should save him, I believe its because they sensed something and I also don't think its a coincidence they thought he was the coordinate or that he could lead them to it.

Seriously, there was so much subtext in those first few shifts with Eren that really... coordinate ... well with what we've just learned. That shouting that first titan did back at Eren, the will of the commander subverting the will of the commanded, even if the commander is drawing a big bullseye on his own face, etc. This is a great mystery so far