User blog comment:Animetrash20/Erwin Smith's death and rant./@comment-29958651-20160917120731

Erwin was a great leader. It should be said that the first real successes of the Corps were done under his commanding. His Long Scouting Formation still remains as a brilliant idea and I think it will be used again by Hanji to explore the Outside World. Erwin was the one, who was strongly respected by all branches of the Millitary.

Erwin was a very skilled commander, even though his part of the story ended. As you mentioned, he is now at better place, which he surely deserves. Or as uncle Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender) once said: ''A man deserves his rest. ''This was also the Erwin's case, who already had lost his arm and was treated like a traitor (as for the Royal Family point of view).

As for the exploring of the Outside World, there are many new challanges. The biggest one is related to the death of Erwin and his successor Hanji. The Corps are going to enter the whole new era of their existence and thanks to the informations in Grisha's basement (and thanks to the Eren's Coordinate power) they can finally explore the Outside World.

It's very sad that Erwin can't be a part of this. I think he had done his best to help the Corps to reach this big success and he will be always remembered as the best commander the Corps ever had. Now it's up to Hanji and Armin ...