Board Thread:Theories/@comment-27441457-20151225042055/@comment-27702860-20160607052938

Aggression25 wrote: It's my belief that the Armored Titan's armor is made of hardened or dense bone, not as dense as probably the Female Titan's crystallization ability, but still strong enough to endure any attack directed at him. Probably true given how the hardened substance may be broken by heavy impacts or the like. I suspect that what Annie has was a sort of "last-ditch" attempt to prevent capture. Previously, she allowed her Titan body to be eaten in order to escape. No such escape seemed possible. If this was an ability she could control, she could have raised it over her "nape" to protect herself in Titan Form. Why it is limited to what it is is either intentional or an oversight by the author. Who knows?

Since diamond is viewed as the strongest substance in history, the Homelanders likely found a way to generate organic diamond as a trait for Titan Shifters.

Though you would think they should be able to come up with a better use for it. Maybe they cannot. Maybe part of the problem is it is so like real diamonds that it is so hard to control. So Armor'd Titan shifts to "Diamond Skin," he becomes Diamond, he cannot move, he falls over, The Village Children poke at him with sticks and laugh.

As I pontificated previously, we are dealing with unphysiological stories. Even a "deep freeze" is not going to preserve a human for so long. So "how" Annie is still alive assuming she is still alive is anyone's guess at this point.

It's also possible that the durability of each shifter's hardening ability is based on their experience and skill level with their Titan forms.

That's why Eren was able to do more with his hardening than Annie or Reiner.

Hmmmm. . . probably true. But--maybe I forgot it like I forgot his near decapitation at the hands of Levi--has Reiner ever "needed" to create a large mass of "Stone Stuff?" Or perhaps he cannot create strong enough "stone" armor since it actually weighs too much in Titan form?

--J.D.