Board Thread:Manga/@comment-5774380-20160408232143/@comment-24407809-20160409021258

Tausendberg wrote: Also, kudos to Erwin, in the last page his horse loses a leg and he appears to take a rock to the stomach. If he's not dead instantly, he's almost certainly mortally wounded.


 * Puts on nerd glasses* Uh, not only did Erwin's horse lose a leg, it also got hit in the head. And the rock went straight through its head and went straight through Erwin's stomach..... So cool ... @_@

Tausendberg wrote: I've said it before but I think Erwin was too hard on himself, he felt guilty for having a dream of finding out the truth about the world but when victory was at stake, he proved that he was willing and able to give up that dream and give up his life for victory.

Actually, I think what he felt guilty about was intentionally misleading them into giving their lives for a cause he didn't actually believe in. He even said in a previous chapter that he had deceived all of them. He certainly can't be faulted for having a dream, but he can be faulted for leading others into dangerous situations for such selfish reasons (his motives become even more questionable when you remember instances where he intentionally sacrificed the lives of other soldiers, such as in the Female Titan arc, when it was revealed he had intentionally allowed the Female Titan to slaughter Corps soldiers so that he could capture her).