Thread:Book Potato/@comment-1327106-20180117233525

Hi Book Potato!

That's a nice post you wrote, but it should be a blog, not an article. Articles are not the place to present an essay or debate. Since I see you put a lot of work into your post, I've replicated it below before deleting the article so you can repost it as a blog.

Rune



It's been confirmed that the main events of AOT take place in the year 850, but what does that really mean? The technology is far too advanced for 850 AD, so what does this number mean? This page is meant for keeping track of all evidence that could point to the time in which AOT takes place. We'll dub the time within these 850 years the "New Time" for this page. Because creativity.

It could also just be in an alternate universe, but it's fun to theorize. AOT most likely takes place on Earth, and if it's in an alternate universe from our own, try to keep your theories as clse to real-life history and lor as possible. Not all people making additions to this page are up to date on the events of the series. Additions are gladly accepted. :)

This does not only point to a single period of time. Feel free to add and submit your own theories to the page, but try to align as much evidence as possible. This is a page to write theories and try to make sense of the burning question of when, but try to stay serious. Don't make jokes and fakes that viewers and users could believe. There may not be a canonical time given to the series, but we can try to figure out what we can.

Note: Anime and manga times and references could vary, so not all of the evidence may align.

Anime Evidence and Time Estimate

 * In 805 AD, Levi would not have been considered short. The average height of a human was much shorter than now, and Levi would have been considered average or tall in height.


 * Sasha eats a potato in training, but potatoes were originally found and imported from South America, which wasn't discovered by Europe until the 17th century. Europe is most likely where the events of the series takes place, as the appearances and last names of the characters are often European, mostly German.


 * Meters are used to calculate the size of Titans, and meters weren't used until after the French Revolution in 1789.


 * There are no steamboats, trains, etc; meaning the first appearance of the Titans was before the Industrial Revolution, in around 1840.


 * The story starts with the Colossal Titan about 102 years later, so the events most likely take place between 1893 and 1942 on our calendar.

Manga Evidence and Time Estimate
Yet to be answered

Theory Killers

 * One of the men who killed Mikasa's parents explained how, "back in the day", humans had things called, "races". This kills theories of the series taking place in the past, before our current time.


 * In episode fifteen, a real-world legend was mentioned, so the events of the series might take place at least 850 years after the events of the legend, no earlier than 2350 AD.

Theory Savers?

 * When the Titans first arrived, they could have obliterated modern science and those who understood it, and/or cutting off access to resources we use to make out more advanced technology.


 * This could take place in an alternate universe very similar to the likes of our own, but with different development of technology and Titans. It could be that everything is the same except technological advancement and the Titans-same countries, races, everything-but us only being able to come up with the technology in the the series more recently (and by that I mean in the future where humans aren't considered to have races).


 * In an alternate universe, the time of the aforementioned legend in the previous section could have very well taken place after the beginning of the New Time.