Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20180608184740/@comment-4383890-20180702231356

Freeman1378 wrote: I think Gabi still has a lot of worth in the story as a twisted fun house mirror version of Eren as she is basically the person he was at the beginning of the story which was an overly nationalistic individual who believed they were in the right all the time and that there enemies are monsters that need to be destroyed no matter the cost and I think she will make Eren realize his extreme actions were in the wrong and he will try to change her ways to prevent her from destroying her soul further like he just did in Liberio and I totally get Gabi's personality being off putting as I felt the same way about Eren at the beginning of the series but even if Gabi isn't a perfect character I get what Isayama is trying to do and I personally appreciate it but feel that Gabi's overall standing in my character rankings will depend on what Isayama does from here. On the other side to further clarify my distaste for Tybur is the fact that the WHT was unbelievably cool in design and ability and was hyped for five straight chapters but was handed to a character that had no bearing on the plot outside of providing a protagonist with an upgrade, had 3 lines of dialogue, and then just died atleast with Gabi love or hate her she is a character with clear motivations and a defined personality whereas Tybur isn't a character but a thinly veiled plot device and I feel like characters like that shouldn't exist in any story let alone with an important piece of the narrative puzzle. I get your point about Ms. Tybur and WHT and whatnot. It does seem odd that such a supposedly important family would be killed off as quickly as they were introduced. But I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree about Gabi. I don't care what the author's intentions were; even if she's more "relevant" than Sasha was, most people clearly despise Gabi, myself included, and would not shed a tear if/when she dies. And quite frankly, I don't hate the idea of someone like Eren or Zeke just watching the world burn, both of them on their own have more interesting character development and enjoyability than all the Marley kids combined.