Board Thread:Theories/@comment-37224578-20181112000651

I rewatched one of Anne's flash blacks to her father and I noticed two things that, after this most recent ark, i find very unexpected. I think this was in Anne and Eren's final fight.

First, Anne and her father lived in a forested area. From what I know of Eldians living under Marlayan rule, they are confined to internment zones which are escentially industrial work zones. It was strange to see them in a peaceful natural setting. It didn't strike me as a controlled intrerment zone.

The second thing I noticed is something Annes father said to her. He said that he was the only person on her side. These are not the words of an Eldian who has drank the Marlayan coolaid. Anne's father is a free thinker at the very least, so why give his daughter to the state? If he believed the Marlayan propaganda then he wouldn't think he was the only one on her side, and if he didn't believe the Marlayan propaganda, he shouldn't be giving them his daughter.

I have thought of two possible explanations for these two anomalies.

First, what if Anne and her father live outside of the enternment zone because they are already privledged eldians even before Anne became a warrior? Anne's Father is a skilled combat trainer. What if Anne isn't the first warrior supplied by their family? One possibility stemming from this is that Anne's father gave up her older siblnig as well and her fathers emotional break down in the flash back was when he learned that his other child would have to be eatten after 13 years. Another possability is that their family maintains their martial arts skills to continually qualify as warriors, but now we are moving further away from explaining his statement about being the only one on her side.

My second explanation, and this is the cool one, is that Anne's Father may have been a splinter cell of the owl's restorationest movement. So, hear me out on this one because it is a but of a stretch.

Imagine an eldian and his wife escape an enternment zone and build a life for themselves in the woods. One day a Marlayan officer spots them sneaking into town to trade for supplies and follows them back. This officer is the owl. The owl threatens to bring them in but Anne's dad kicks the shit out of him. Unfortunately the owl has the attack titan so moot point. The owl sees a way to use them just like he saw a way to use Grisha so he tells them that if they don't want to be exposed, they will have a child, train them, and send them to become a warrior just like Zeke. He keeps these people seperate from the resterationests because they are being extorted and can't be trusted, so Zeke doesn't know to expose them. The owl disapeared when everything went down with Zeke but by then Anne's dad had already made his agreement with the state and was in too deep.

I can't say either theory is perfect, but I know that the author doesn't leave oddities like either of those mentioned in the first and second paragraph in the story without a deep reason for them. One thought I am left with is that Anne's' Dad can go toe to toe with Grisha for father of the year and if that doesn't call into question his motivations that I don't know what does. 