Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20180208183201/@comment-6904925-20180209172730

Titan7291$ wrote:

Dingman wrote:

Fire Eater wrote: Didn't need Willy's tricks for Eren to behave so stupidly as he did. I thought the guy was supposed to be the hero, right? Just get Armin in there to lay waste to Marley's mechanized forces and the Beast Titan, then get out of there.

Eren was not stupid, he's just fighting a war. He knew that he was stepping in to Willy's story. He also knew that he could do nothing to undo Willy's story. Everyone already believed that Eldians are awful and that Paradis was an enemy. So he took matters in to his own hands to win the war, when the battle was lost. He decided that this was the moment to claim the War Hammer Titan and to bring the other Shifters in to an open confrontation.

Eren is playing for keeps, his race's survival. This plan has Armin written all over it. It's clear from the dialogue between Floch and Jean that Eren was the signal. He would either decide that peace was possible and do nothing, or that war was inevitable and use the element of surprise to set their enemy off balance. When he realized that he could do nothing against Willy's plan, that war was inevitable...so the only thing left to do is understand the final player (or eat him).

He knew the War Hammer Titan was present and that it was the most unknown element in this whole situation. By taking the other elements (Armored, Beast, Jaw and Cart) out of play temporarily, he turned an unknown in to a known. Oh, and he grouped everyone up for Armin to nuke in his transformation.

I really want Annie to go turncoat, tho I am really worried that the plan here is for Eren/Armin to eat all the titans and reassemble their powers in to a single host.

I think we see Colossal and Female in the 103.

Exactly. This conflict would’ve happened anyway, whether or not eren did what he did. Civilians would’ve been killed regardless.

So true, Eren is just being realistic, he's not portraying himself as a hero, he's ready to face the consequences for his actions. And the whole world has declared war on his home, and whether or not Willy's speech about the past was real or not, it wouldn't have stopped the war. Eren had to take the first move this time.