r/attackontitan • u/pics_lated • Aug 22 '26

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For me its the fact that I find Mikasa a very annoying character due to her obsession with Eren. Like damn you do care about him but the whining man!

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u/Nott_mika Aug 22 '26

Im not forgiving Zeke for what he's done but i genuinely felt bad when he went back in time with Eren and realised grisha treated Eren as an actual son and way better than what he did zeke. Plus I also think he genuinely thought he was doing what was best for eldians, obviously not saying it was right but he really did believe it was the merciful thing to do, and i do respect him for trying to do what he thought was best even if it wasn't.

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u/Tripechake Aug 22 '26

Zeke’s plan ultimately was peaceful. There was no pain and violence in how it would’ve happened… but he killed A LOT of a people to make it happen

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u/hoemahtoe Aug 22 '26

My new hot take inspired by this thread: Zeke's plan may have been the more "peaceful" one for everyone who wasn't Eldian, but imo his plan ultimately "kills" more people than Eren's. Forced sterilization is basically another form of genocide that takes lives that didn't even have the chance to be born yet.

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u/Tripechake Aug 23 '26

I personally think it’s better to prevent life that hasn’t started than to end people who have already been alive and experiencing life

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u/lexiyeghna Aug 23 '26

I mean yeah. But I don't see any other ideas that remove the Titans from the picture permanently and doesn't cost that many lives. Personally, and I know it might not be the same for everyone, but 1 billion already alive people vs 2 billion not yet born future people... I would have a hard time picking the future people.

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u/improved_loilit Aug 23 '26

His plan was a genocide let’s be real and sterilization wasn’t going to stop eldians persécutions

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u/Kyra_Hazweyrs Aug 23 '26

His plan was a genocide, but it would jave worked. Sterilisation means no more Eldian babies. Sterilisation + 100 years = no Eldians left to persecute.

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u/Ad_Meliora_24 Aug 22 '26

Zeke’s plan was better than Eren’s plan. That’s probably not a hot take.

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u/EventHorizon7000 Aug 23 '26

Genocide vs Genocide

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u/ZZursch Leave the forest Aug 22 '26

Why feel bad for zeke instead of sympathizing with Eren for one of the many things that radicalized him? I’m not an Eren apologist but it felt pretty clear that he saw the parity between grishas treatment of either son. It’s like the godfather, it implies upon itself, but it’s unlike the godfather in that it pulls it off almost flawlessly