u/butcheredhumour

I just recently finished the anime and was really hoping to get the box sets but they don't seem to have been stocked for a while nor have any signs of being restocked again. Also this might just be a UK issue. Much thanks if anyone can give any insight on this

I aint joking, these horrible excuses of humans on THAT subreddit will try to gaslight you spamming the same phrase to convince people somehow Eren is somehow “OMG WOWOWO EVIL” when he literally went insane because of what he knew he had to do to save his race which, keep in mind, any other regular citizen of Paradis would do (the Rumbling) without a second thought.

About my title, hmm let's think: an “oppressed” race that in reality receives worldwide support and has influence over the entire world, an apartheid state that excuses their violent attacks with “oh we were just looking for the Founder, the innocents are collateral, we aren't targeting THEM” whilst telling themselves the people of Paradis are “devils” that deserve to be killed, all hiding behind abuse from “thousands” of years ago.

Also one of the main reasons Marley was invading Paradis was for resources, so they are forced to create a villain (Eren) to justify invasion and then they have the audacity to be shocked when the Survey Corps invade them for a change.

To dumb it down, basically the entire world was racist and to end racism you get rid of all the racists.

Next I want to address the double standards of romanticizing characters like Reiner and then criticising anyone who even remotely likes Eren.

“Oh wow Reiner is such a silly guy.”
“He's so cute.”
“Reiner is the funniest.”

TRANSLATING: “I LOVE MY INNOCENT WAR CRIMINALS.”

Reiner (and Bertholdt) caused a massacre because of the other Titans they let in the Walls and caused a food shortage. This is the first mass slaughter we see in the show.

Oh no, but we treat Reiner like one of those out-of-touch war films where they complain about trauma from killing civilians after he breaks down in his conversation with Eren in Marley.

Yes, you can like Reiner as a character, but it's the double standard people have which pisses me off.

Another point I have is child soldiers, and before Marley fans say “oh b-but Paradis has them too,” I think 15 minimum is a PRETTY BIG difference to fucking 10 years old. AND unlike Marley, kids in Paradis aren't groomed to want to slaughter their own race. Don't forget this super messed up thing Marley likes to do, and to find glory in war.

Contrastingly, kids in Paradis actually willingly want to join the Survey Corps to help their race's survival, being told how grim it is, and this was supposedly when the evil Rod Reiss (no, I'm not arguing he is a nice guy) was in charge before the protagonists took control.

My whole point is that it's impossible to paint Paradis as a villain overall, as they are not just morally superior to Marley in every way but good.

Onto another common argument: “even if Paradis were wiped out multiple times, 2 wrongs don't make a right!!!”

Yes, I do think Eren was more than justified, however that's my opinion and not my argument, which is: Eren had no choice.

Marley purposefully provoked Eren knowing he can destroy the Earth because they needed to colonise to gain resources, not even considering a peace agreement which Paradis would have been more than accepting to under the new government.

The other reason was because everyone in the world hated Marley and they needed to distract the public with a new enemy/threat they invented by describing the worst possible scenario (the Rumbling) to their people if they don't invade, which had a 0% chance of happening anyways if Marley didn't invade.

So how are people complaining that Eren didn't just sit back and die while a racist nation invaded with the sole purpose of colonising/murdering/enslaving marched toward them?

Which leads me onto the next argument:

Why couldn't Eren use the small-scale Rumbling to destroy Paradis?

Well, Eren wasn't being naive anymore. He couldn't just spare everyone, not just because he desires revenge, but because the hatred toward Paradis was deep rooted and wouldn't be solved with the temporary solution of wiping out the Marley military.

Literally shown when ONLY 20% of the world was saved and Paradis was STILL invaded shortly after, bringing me back to my earlier point: racism cannot exist without racists.

I find the “slave to freedom” phrase annoying. Whilst I do believe he was indeed that, people use it to argue the Rumbling made him a slave when in fact if he was successful he would have been free. This is undeniable.

“Ohh but Paradis would turn on each other without a common enemy!!!”

Well, did you ask them??

Paradis was pretty damn alright before Marley turned up. Not Utopia, but a functioning society, and the threat of the Titans wasn't the cause that united them, rather the concept of exploration. So yes, Paradis would be happy without people trying to wipe them off the face of the Earth who would have thought.

Overall, this is why the Rumbling was justified, NOT GOOD but justified and the only good option. Other Rumbling alternatives would have taken time that Eren didn't have (because of Marley), and if anyone even tries to defend the euthanasia plan, I don't even gotta say why Eren shouldn't have done it.

Next point, Marley deserves to pay for their sins.

I know I made a point on how Marley used this as a pretext to wipe out Paradis, though this is VERY different as the “sins” are from current Marley, not some 2000 years ago bs.

The other nations are bystanders/direct supporters so they are equally complicit. No, this does not mean every innocent family must die. Eren literally made a point he didn't want to do that (UNLIKE MARLEY WHO CALLS EVERYONE DEVILS), but sadly he did not have the means to individually smite every evil/racist person on the planet and again was also pressured by Marley to make a big decision to roll over and die to the villains or kill everyone else in the Rumbling.

Next argument: “Eren is selfish.”

Whilst he did do the Rumbling to attain his version of freedom (which some people somehow twist him saving his race from slavery and being wiped out to fulfilling his own desires), he literally gave the Survey Corps an opportunity to stop him to unite the world against him and achieve peace that way if they didn't agree with him.

AND YES, Eren allowed himself to be killed to turn his friends into saviours, which, well... turned out awfully not too long later with Paradis getting invaded and destroyed in the future.

Which can't even be blamed on the Rumbling (which people love to do), as this wouldn't have happened if the Rumbling had completed.

Don't know where to add this in, but Marley also used Eldians as suicide Titans, showing they don't value lives outside their race, unlike Eren who holds no grudges toward any of the regular people of the outside world, only the people that attack him.

And honestly, I think the strongest version of my argument is this:

Eren wasn't morally justified because mass slaughter is good. He was strategically justified because the world had made peaceful coexistence effectively impossible and was actively preparing to destroy Paradis.

That is my argument. The Rumbling was NOT GOOD. It was horrific. But from Eren's perspective, the alternatives either wouldn't guarantee Paradis's survival or would eventually result in his race being destroyed. He wasn't simply a cartoon villain who decided to kill everyone for fun. He was someone who believed he had been left with no other option by the world that was actively trying to destroy him and his people.

I'm pretty sure I covered every anti-Eren argument I could think of. I tried to keep this mostly reason based and less opinion (defo TLTR but whatever).

It gets to a point after you see it every couple of panels. The anime also emphasised 02's and Hiro's relationship in the anime much more than it was in the manga which is much better imo, despite the massive changes overall

I want to use the weapon for a single weapon build but it keeps crashing my game 15 minutes in. I’m also not sure if its a combination of the enemy numbers iether but I doubt it. Is there any way I can prevent this or am I locked out of certain build options?

For years it has bugged me why we can’t view the dreamscapes of characters we have upgraded to 6 stars. Even though you can a corner of it, I feel like its a waste of an amazing design feature if we can only fully view it when scouting the character. Is this just me being weird?

Just got banned on whatnot for this when all I did was sign up my family to whatnot who, keep in mind, are using different devices and different cards. The only thing that is the same is the address. I know why this is implemented but whatnot needs to account for families, when that is literally the target audience for referals, before flagging an account for violations. Also, do I have any chance of a successful appeal?

I highkey have not been this annoyed over a spoiler in my life since I started this anime recently and it was one of the only animes I was actually looking forward to watching. I know this sounds dramatic but this has made me super depressed and the worst thing is that I got spoiled in the comments of a completely unrelated video. 😞😞 Gotta find a new romance I guess…

EDIT: Thanks guys I’m just going to consume a fuck ton of media and rewatch it in 10 years and see if that works. Maybe I’ll give an update in 2050 lol

Just completed the second setup mission of identifying vault contents, so I rejoined a private lobby to spawn back at arcade but the mission still says its uncompleted but its not letting me launch it at the same time, what do I do?

honestly seeing people rip boxes brings me back to when pokemon cards weren't just for value and brings me hope that the era of scalping and buying/holding boxes for the sake of a quick profit will eventually die out, thanks to everyone who posts their unboxings!