Board Thread:Theories/@comment-44511714-20200112082718/@comment-44511714-20200430181140

I partially agree with Razzylada (because it did not seem to me that everyone - with Annie as exception - possessed this knowledge): but yes, Armin definitely notice this before. And he used this, when Survey Corps' try to save Eren from two shifters: he made up some lie to distract Bertold from his task of keeping Eren from his rescuers.

But this does not mean that Tdfern14 is wrong. It is one thing to recognize someone’s feelings, and it’s quite another thing to get an opportunity to find out how and why they developed (this and much more).

But the fact is that Armin is only an observer to these memories alien to him: he did not experience them, but simply wached them, received new knowledge and some facts. And not only about three shifters, but also about Marley.

Bertold’s memories are just that — memories, an echo of the now deceased. They have no influence on Armin’s personality. Only on his troubled conscience (even if he is not really the guilty party here. As far as I see, Armin is inclined to load himself with someone else's fault, without even realizing it).