u/TarekBoy44

It's been made pretty clear that the titans working the way they do, the 13 year curse and only the royal family being the only ones capable of using the Founder's ability are all arbitrary limitations unconsciously set up by Ymir herself. This begs the question: What kind of power would a rational, mature and well-adjusted individual wield if they came in contact with the Hallucigenia?

It seems to me that you basically become a biological god with the Hallu power. You become immortal, with a healing factor, and even if you do die, you just incarnate in an alternate dimension where you could build yourself a new body. Most Importantly though, you're capable of creating and controlling a seemingly infinite amount of biological material, shaping it to your will with no limit to its structure or appearance. You're also able to completely control the body and mind of any of your descendants, even being able to grant them superhuman abilities similar to yours.

Man, imagine if a genuinely good and smart person got their hands on this power. I'm of the belief that absolute power corrupts absolutely and that no one person is capable of wielding so much power; but still, just imagine all the good that could be done with it if the holder of the titan power wasn't a traumatized 9 year old that didn't let themselves die and become a mindless slave just 13 years after getting that power.

I think it's pretty clear Wayne has plans for the PC that we probably wouldn't agree with if he came out with them outright, and is just manipulating the PC by trying to make it seem like they're alone and he's the only one who's actually on their side; but what exactly is his plan?

Is it just him possessing the PC on his own terms without being trapped by the Scarlets' and Sybils' spell? Is it some sort of sacrifice that'll result in his freedom? Or is he just plain using us to find all the seals which would somehow lead to them breaking thus freeing him?

When people discuss the chapter 3 decision, the focus is mostly on whether Tabitha and the PC owe Charlie anything or the potential repercussions of leaving him to keep haunting the town hall, but the one thing that makes this decision clear cut for me is Charlie himself.

The poor guy lead a horrible life, with most of the misfortune he faced being well beyond his control, and when he finally thinks he's at the end of the tunnel, he's about to rescue the whole town from Enoch's curse, redeem his family name and be with the love of his life, he gets stabbed in the back and beaten to death, buried in an unmarked grave where no one will know or remember him.

Charlie may be a prisoner of his own anger and regret, being able to move on from our world on his own if he really wanted, but I cannot fault him for that, he endured so much agony and was left with nothing but his own fury and need for retribution. The way he talks about his own haunting makes it sound so painful, like he has no choice but to linger around his own remains waiting for decades and decades for some form of justice to come so he may at least rest.

With all that said, there's no timeline where I leave Charlie to suffer any longer than he already has, the poor guy deserves a break, and if my PC or Tabitha have to pay decades of their lives for him to finally be at peace? Then so be it(this is also why booksmart is the best trait, along with all the other amazing perks it provides).

One part of Eren's character I see seldom discussed is his surprising emotional intelligence. People are always talking about his monstrous tendencies and how he remained a tantruming child at his core until the end, but few people talk about how he actually grew and matured despite it meaning little in the end.

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Hobo Eren, his talk with Reiner before Willy's declaration specifically is such an interesting outlier compared to all the scenes we get from him later; he's so calm, measured and understanding. He picks up on Falco's crush almost instantly, he treats Reiner with such a strange level of respect and understanding that(to me at least) reads as completely genuine; he just feels completely different to how he acts later in the series.

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It's agreed upon that the most true to himself Eren has been is in his paths conversation with Armin, and while I agree, I do think the fact that he was already through with starting the rumbling and affected by the founding powers heavily colored his disposition; but I think the way Eren acted with Reiner is also a peek at the ideal he could've become. Eren truly understood that the war he was waging was cruel and pointless, he knew that most of the people he was about to kill did not deserve it, he understood all that, and he was able to show compassion to his enemy because of that understanding, it just happened to be that his desire for his ideal world and to protect his friends took precedent over the wisdom and empathy that he gained.

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I don't agree with the interpretation that what Eren did was right or noble in any way, and he himself said that he's a run of the mill idiot which is why things turned out as they did, but I really do think he grew to become a more thoughtful, empathetic person through the series, even if those qualities took a backseat to his own selfish and warped desires. These contradictions and missed potential are what really makes Eren so compelling for me.