Armin And Eren

Armin and Eren

Armin’s a character whose development and progress tends to quietly happen in the background, especially when compared to louder, more flashy characters. His shifts and foreshadowing are more often shown with in between panels of his face, inserted amongst other things, so I feel these moments get overlooked.

With that in mind, I found the interaction between Eren and Armin in chapter 90 to be interesting.

Prior to Shiganshina, when Armin talked about the ocean with Eren, he was bubbly and enthusiastic. Armin’s a character that encapsulates the goodness and necessity of hope for something better, and it’s because of this that he ignited Eren’s desire for freedom. Eren strives for freedom so that people like Armin would be able to enjoy the freedom that is their birthright.

That said, Armin is similar to Eren in that he’s still willing to fight for that freedom. His goal isn’t freedom itself, but rather the rewards it brings. Where they differ is what they’re willing to sacrifice. Eren has his line and he’s unwilling to cross it, the realisation of which shocks Armin to the core.

Putting aside Armin’s insecurities and disbelief that anyone would want to save him at all (especially in favour of someone else), I feel like this scene is the moment where Armin realises he doesn’t really know Eren at all. The person he thought would follow the same path as him, that he intensely admired and laid down his life for, doesn’t have any of the qualities Armin believes are necessary to change their situation.

They have the ocean talk again, but I don’t think Armin’s buying it.

Eren smiles at him, but look at Armin’s expression. There’s none of the previous excitement or enthusiasm or hope the topic used to spark in him. His expression is closed off and downright cold. He doesn’t even return Eren’s smile.

There’s a close up of his eye that indicates some kind of realisation or thought. Eren says he knows freedom is beyond the walls, but while he says it he thinks of Faye, torn to pieces by dogs. Eren doesn’t believe what he’s saying. He’s telling Armin hopeful platitudes he himself doesn’t believe, and Armin knows Eren is lying to him.

Armin also knows Eren’s been keeping crucial information to himself, and it’s this suspicion as well as the break of trust in this scene that could very well be the foundation of the EMA split.

Moving to the ocean scene, Armin and Mikasa’s reactions to Eren are pretty exact, and that they’re framed close together and physically away from him is a pretty big indication that in whatever argument Eren and Armin have, Mikasa will inevitably side with Armin, something that was hinted at in chapter 101 with Mikasa arriving with the SC rather than being in Marley with Eren.

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Two. More. Episodes.

And then we out this bitch.

Dany literally begged Jon. Begged him to choose her. To choose their family. The family that they made for themselves. She gave every last inch of her vulnerability to him. To protect their future. And he sold their love for his honor. That was the moment I knew that they’d never find happiness within the walls of Winterfell. Within the kingdom of Westeros. These two people, these rulers are too good for this world. It is swallowing them alive.

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lifegreeny

6 years ago

LMAO 😂😂

guys guys guys, i have a solution!! i know how to save ‘game of thrones’!!

so suppose that everything goes to shit in episode 8x05 and 8x06 (like it will). dany burns down king’s landing, jon kills her, tryrion is executed, maybe we get cleganebowl, i don’t know. point is, everyone dies and the whole show is ruined.

then: smash cut to bran, sitting at the table in winterfell. it’s the beginning of episode 8x01. he is surrounded by everyone (dany, jon, sansa, tyrion, missandei, jorah, arya etc.). they all look horrified.

he goes: “and that’s what happens if we don’t get our shit together.” everyone is like ‘damn, we better start working together and not act completely ooc’.

so they do. they defeat the night king. they defeat cersei. jon and dany become king and queen of the seven kingdoms, sansa rules the north. missandei and grey worm sail for naath. jaime gets his shit together. bran keeps creeping out everybody at winterfell. everyone is happy.

so yes, what i’m suggesting is that game of thrones literally pulls a ‘twilight: breaking dawn - part 2’ so we’re spared all this stupid fucking nonsense

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lifegreeny

6 years ago

Taka meeting Team 7

Suigetsu: “so this was your old team?”

Sasuke: “yeah.”

Naruto: “WHAT DO YOU MEAN ‘WAS’?!”

Suigetsu points at Kakashi: “And that was your sensei?”

Sasuke: “yeah.”

Suigetsu: “what did he teach you?”

Sasuke: “chidori.”

Suigetsu: “….and what else?”

Naruto: “HE SHOWED US HOW TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND AS ONE UNIT AND TO ALWAYS RELY ON EACH OTHER AND THAT WE ARE COMRADS AND FRIENDS AND WE NEVER LET OUR COMRADES DIE!!”

Suigetsu looks at Sasuke.

Sasuke: “yeah none of that happened.”

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lifegreeny

7 years ago

YES YES YES

I was pretty much Gabe when I was his age. My mental health and self-esteem at the time was pretty low, and I constantly and angrily lashed out at my family and my friends. As Javi, I guided, listened, and never gave up on Gabe – the same way a close family friend of mine did with me. So in a way, Season 3 for me was continuing that legacy. It’s why I really like A New Frontier, despite all its shortcomings.

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