Why is Annie so hard to forgive?
I've been thinking about this for a while, and I'm curious if anyone else feels the same.
One of the things I love about AoT is that almost every character has understandable motivations. Reiner, Bertholdt, Zeke—even Eren. They've all committed terrible acts, but after learning their stories, I found myself understanding them, even if I couldn't fully forgive them.
But Annie is different.
The strange part is that, logically, this doesn't make much sense. Reiner and Bertholdt were responsible for far more deaths than Annie. Yet I still find Annie much harder to forgive.
Is it because of how she killed people? The Female Titan arc made her violence feel incredibly brutal and almost casual—the yo-yo scene, crushing Scouts without hesitation, etc. Those moments have stayed with me far more than the destruction caused by the others.
But isn't that an emotional bias?
So that's my stupid dilemma: Do people struggle to forgive Annie because of who she is, or because of how the story portrayed her violence? Did your opinion of her change after learning her backstory?