Aot Theory - Tumblr Posts
Another sad AOT post (WARNING: It's kind of long because of the pictures :)). I saw a bunch of TikToks and Tumblr posts about random sad AOT facts and then I thought about some of the ones I saw a little more, and I realised something so damn ironic and sad.
Majority of the main characters who died never achieved their goal or desires, regardless of how trivial it was:
Eren never achieved freedom for himself and was rather a slave to it. He also never got to live his life in peace with Mikasa and Armin like he wanted
Sasha never got to see her people take back their island from the titans (and those who hated Eldians) and farm for more cattle like she wanted. Even after Paradis became "independent" and the titans disappeared, she had to fight in the Survey Corps until she died
Hange never got to see a flying titan and never got to properly ride on the Cart Titan's back
Erwin never got to the basement and never found out the secret of the titans
Petra never got to marry Levi (regardless of who you ship with Petra or Levi in AOT, it is canon that she liked him)
Bertholdt never confessed his feelings to Annie and never got to date her like he wanted
Ymir never got to marry Historia
Hannes never got to avenge Eren's mother, Carla, because he was eaten by the same titan who ate her
Kenny Ackerman never obtained the power of the Founding Titan like he wanted and never got to see the world the way Uri did
Keith Shadis never got to become a hero or "someone special." As the watchers, we can think of him as a hero who sacrificed himself to help humanity, but in the show itself, no one will remember his name because they didn't even know he was on the boat and they didn't know he helped them before they left the port.
Zeke never got to experience life after he finally felt that he wanted to live again. He had a very late realisation of this, but it still counts. After Armin reminded him in the Paths about why we as humans continue to live, he decided that he wanted to live again after reminiscing about his time with Mr Ksaver. Levi killed him before he could
Compared to all the characters who lived and either achieved their goal or never really had goals in the first place, it just makes me so sad thinking about the irony of it all. All those who died, morally grey or not, never got to achieve their dreams because of their circumstances and the cruel world they were born into. Isayama when I catch you
AOT THEORY 139
AOT THEORY/RANT ‼️ DO NOT READ IF YOU’RE NOT A MANGA READER // 138 SPOILERS
ok so im like 90% sure that Eren has been going through a time loop and that dream or alternative reality or whatever with Mikasa was just one of the many or multiple times he’s lived that reality. When he closed his eyes and Mikasa said “see you later Eren” he then wakes up under the tree bc the time loop isn’t allowing him to live that peaceful reality and he also sends those memories of that alternative reality to the Eren of the past.
So in other words he MUST go through with the rumbling in order for the time loop to stop. When he asked Mikasa what he meant to her and she said “family” , that was his sign that the time loop was broken and the only way to move forward was to continue with the rumbling. Had she answered any different and they would’ve lived in the cottage with him dying and waking up under the tree once again.
In the right panel along with the top left, we see Mikasa with the shortest her hair has been, which is why when Eren wakes up he questions her hair length.
I think 139 will be Eren finally admitting everything to us (the readers) on how he’s lived through the time loop many many times, trying to find a different loop hole with each and every time it ending up with him waking up under the tree. Thus meaning the ONLY way to break the time loop has always been to continue with the rumbling aka the only way to move forward.
To add to this, Kruger himself says “save Mikasa, Armin, and everyone else” never does he mention saving Eren. Eren can’t be selfish because every time he is, the time loop just starts over again. So by continuing with the rumbling Eren enters a timeline that’s never occurred meaning it’s a new beginning BUT he has to die in the end in order for the time loop to stop.
Ymir will most likely revert all the eldians into humans and remove their ability to become titans thus making them “normal’ beings with the world starting anew, absolutely FREE.
Historia’s child will be the first Eldian to be born “free” of the curse, war, bloodshed, etc. Maybe Eren is her baby daddy (honestly I dont care bc im not a shipper for either EH or EM or anyone for that fact) but ive been thinking that Historia’s going to be dead from childbirth or something (this is just a random long shot btw) and that MAYBE it’s Mikasa holding the baby in the final panel saying “you are free” which is bittersweet because it’s all Eren’s ever wanted but will never get to experience. I'm only saying it could possibly be Mikasa because of her short hair.
And so the whole point of AOT has always been TO BREAK THE TIME LOOP.
I know a lot of people fear of the last chapter ending with him waking up but 138 is that. It’s showing us that he’s been waking up under that tree for who knows how long but we’re now watching for the first time is the time loop being broken.
Now like I said I’m not even 100% confident and im sure there’s even better theories than this with better explanations but idk man the time loop is definitely the most plausible theory I think especially if there’s only one chapter left.
Also something that stuck out to me that doesn’t really add to this rant but more of the time loop is when Zeke says ...
“I guess I wouldn’t mind being born once again after all.”
when I read 137 that was the line that had me ?????? and I felt like no one was talking about it 😭 (on twitter at least). idk if this means he really will be reborn as historia’s baby or??? hopefully yams ties this in 139.
Who knows maybe Eren’s body is in Paradis and he really will let everyone die, and it'll ultimately be him holding that baby in the end. or isayama can do a complete mind fuck to us and have it be grisha holding a baby Eren and restart the time loop. IDK IDK IDK but im literally this meme
I feel like I could add more to this to make my theory stronger but I legit just needed to rant and get this out my system bc I felt myself going crazy. ANON OR MESSAGE ME ur thoughts and theories, I need someone to discuss all of this with.
Ooo yay. Finally more Ackerman lore talk! I’ve mentioned before, but I continually wonder about their origins and have some theories- so I LOVE when its mentioned in any capacity. It’s one of my favorite things to discuss. Here are my quick, initial thoughts! Not proofread because I’m at work & want to get this out lol.
These panels are exciting, since we have seen plenty of theories that whoever triggers the “awakening” in an Ackerman bonds them, making them a prisoner of sorts to their mind/DNA. This disproves that, which I’m so happy about, as it finally rids us of the idea that the 2 we have of act out of some sort of slave-like devotion to another (Mikasa to Eren, Levi to his promise to Erwin). They do so on their own will. Awakened (seemingly) by another yes, but acting on their own.
I always disliked the idea that the three Ackermans we’ve seen that we know are “awakened” all acted mainly out of some form of devotion to another. This group of people are blessed (?) with heightened abilities and honed skills which they are the sole controller of. They are acting on their own free will. Mikasa protects Eren because she cares. Levi hunts down the Beast Titan because he wants to finish what he set out to do (and rightfully hates Zeke).
I hope going forward with what’s left, we stop seeing Levi and Mikasa as semi-shallow characters acting on instinct and instead as independent characters doing what they see as just. I’m sure they both have a million feelings to process right now.
Wish this was a bit more flushed out and organized, but you get the gist! Gimme all the Ackerman talk.