Uncut AOT 4 x 24
Added 2025-07-05 15:54:35 +0000 UTCAs usual - no confirming anything or disagreeing with my theories. We can discuss and clear anything up at the end once I've finished the show!
Sorry for the delay. Life has been hectic. Not posting on YT tonight to allow Patreon to be ahead since there's been a significant delay this week.
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Two things: - Plot-wise it was obvious Jean wouldn't side with the Jaegerists in the end, but I love that they showed that he genuinely wavered and it wasn't easy for him to come to his decision just like *that*. Jean has always just wanted an easy relaxing life, but it was his sense of duty to Marco that couldn't let him take the easy way out every time. - Parts of Erwin live on in Armin obviously, but also in Floch, even if it became twisted. Armin inherited (in addition to his own) his desire to discover the unknown, while Floch took on the willpower do anything, at any cost (i.e become the devil) to achieve what he thinks is necessary.
Justin Doan
2025-07-08 22:51:21 +0000 UTC24:06 "It's not worth sacrificing your soul to become a monster." Erwin thought about that conundrum back in season 3's second half, imagining himself on top of a pile of corpses of his comrades, his allies, his friends, all the people Erwin "sacrificed" for a greater good, just before sacrificing all the younger Scout newbies so Levi could bring down the Beast. If he had reached the basement, he thought it might have been worth it. Flock called Erwin a devil capable of defeating the enemy, the Titans, and Levi wanted Erwin to rest away from this living hell. Armin, back in season 1 before capturing the Female Titan, and thinking of Pixis and Erwin, came to the realization and said, "If there is anyone who can bring about change, it's someone capable of giving up what matters most. In particular, people who are capable of abandoning their humanity when forced to rise above monsters. Those who can't abandon anything, can't change anything." Here, Armin sacrifices himself, his very life, to spare Conny becoming a child murderer, Armin in contrast to Erwin sacrifices himself in order to save lives. It was worth it to Armin. Louise sacrifices herself without regrets to live up to her fantasy ideal of Mikasa, but ended up coming at odds with her idol. And Mikasa sacrificed her autonomy by giving her heart and life following Eren in his path and this is where it got her, all because Eren once showed her compassion and empathy in her worst moment, and saved her. And Levi had bet it all on Eren too, and this is how he ends up, without fingers and half-dead. Here in this episode, we see that Jean chooses not to kill his friend ignoring the Eldian nationalistic resentment for all the evil they themselves endured from Marley and the world. This cause is not worth it to Jean, but it is to Flock. Jean gives up for good his ambitions of a good comfortable life, because he is still haunted by the memory and sacrifice of his old friend, Marco. The bones turned ashes. And then we have what Eren is doing to save Paradis and the Eldians there. And Ymir pretty much sacrificed her very being even in the Paths "afterlife" to serve as a slave the royal bloodlines, and to create the monstrosities of King Fritz for the past 2,000 years, an eternity for her most likely, in hell pretty much. I like all the parallels of sacrifice I hadn't put side by side before.
David Caine
2025-07-07 20:35:03 +0000 UTC
