Board Thread:Theories/@comment-27441457-20151225042055/@comment-27702860-20160601034844

Now, we do know from the story of The Priest under Questioning Ordinary and Extraordinary by Hanje that The Powers That Be actively restricted the development of technology from better guns to flight.

How do we know that happens to the Homeland? Granted, the fact the Homeland does not straffe Wall Maria with F-14s and the like rather suggests that they either lack the resources which includes numbers or there is also an active restriction.

We also do not know "what" the Homeland is. The best we have is considering the land where B and R are when Ymir comes by to eat their friend as a part of it. If that is the case than the Homelanders have to contend with Titans. Why are they not controlled? "Because they do not have the Coordinate!" you type madly into your keyboard. Fine. But Zeke controls them. Mayhaps he can only control the ones he creates?

Other than that, we can consider Annie's home a part of Homeland. That and the B & R scene suggests a rural and farming-type community.

--J.D.

P.S. Now that I think about it, perhaps the issue is that the First King/Powers That Be decided only one Shifter--Him with the Coordinate--could exist within the walls against the Titans "someone" created for "whatever reason"--war and conquest, "It's against Nature, Master," or a more efficient front seven.

This meant other shifters were exiled. Cannot have more than one in the walls. Hard to control. Problem, of course, is the exiled shifters do not have the ability to control the Titans. Imagine having someone within the walls who has the Coordinate and is not El Supremo! Perhaps that is why the Homelanders hate those in the walls. They are left out to fend against Titans without the benefit of decent WiFi and beer.