Board Thread:Theories/@comment-26472215-20160222034906/@comment-24930713-20160223004137

Nitrate55 wrote: I understand that, but if SnK is based off of our future, and titans are some kind of biological WMD, then why is it that humans within the walls are only as militarily advanced as cannons and muskets? Surely if it's in the future, they'd have better weaponry, right?

No? When Titans showed up, they devoured as many people as they could get their hands on, and destroying stuff possibly unintentionally along the way. Thus the First King created the walls and "told" people to go within them. According to, if I'm not mistaken, Armin and possibly Kenny's grandfather, people weren't allowed to bring any sort of pre-Titans material within the walls. So basically the people within the walls are only as advanced as the weaponry they knew/remembered how to make. Not to mention the central military has been keeping people back for years technology-wise to avoid some sort of rebellion and break down of society. There's also the part where the government was modifying what textbooks they did have, so people would know and learn what they wanted them to learn. Basically the government tried really hard to keep people within the walls dumb and controllable.