Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20180608184740/@comment-1327106-20180622175844

Helel ben Shahaar wrote:

Literally, any character could've died in her place. Frankly, I think that Gabi shooting Levi (even if non-lethaly) would've made a much greater point. Shoot him in the spine, take away his legs and cripple the Paradisians to horrifying extent. Would've still carried same - if not greater - weight, and it would still keep Gabi in the boundaries of likeable characters.

This way, Isayama ruined at least 3 characters beyond repair: Gabi and Eren (by making them into murderers), and Sasha (by removing her from the picture forever).

I would have loved to see Gabi shoot Levi. A crippled Levi who could no longer fight when he's a character defined by his amazing combat abilities would be an interesting change in direction and would have had more impact on the story than killing Sasha, who wasn't important to the plot at all.

But I don't think Gabi is irredeemable. I've started to like her more in recent chapters, and especially in chapter 105, even though that's the same chapter she kills Sasha. Gabi makes it very clear she is doing this to protect the people she cares about, and because she wants a better life for all the Eldians in Marley. (That's exactly why I tried so hard...I wanted to prove to the world...that Eldians were good.) Sasha just happens to be on the other side of the war and Gabi doesn't know her side of the story.

The only reason Gabi killing Sasha is "bad" is because we happen to know Sasha. But she's on Paradis now, so we know that Gabi, like Reiner, Bert, and Annie before her, will come to learn that the people of Paradis aren't as evil as believed. She'll regret killing Sasha at that point and likely team up with everyone, especially since Zeke's already in their court and she respects him.