Board Thread:Manga/@comment-30069705-20161208085432/@comment-30069705-20161214065818

Fire Eater wrote: Eradicate Us wrote: Aggression25 wrote:

Eradicate Us wrote: Yes. But not everyone has titan shifter powers or the death curses that come with them. And it doesn't hurt to have some hope while also being prepared for the worst. Yes, thank you for believing. No problem, I guess.

Something else I feel is worth pointing out is that back in Chapter 83, Zeke said that someday, he will save Eren. That could be some kind of foreshadowing. Maybe there will turn out to be a way for the curse to be broken for good if the shifters just lose their powers altogether, and that might even save the current shifters from that fate. I'm betting it has something to do with the Coordinate. The warriors' mission is to retrieve the Coordinate and end this cursed history afterall.

Maybe Ymir Fritz could have ended the curse by getting rid of the titan shifter powers all along while she was still alive with her powers, but she just chose to keep them around even if it meant not stopping the curse and even if it meant they would continue for many years to come, because she didn't want to let go for whatever reason.

Of course, Isayama has a heart of stone, so I know better than to expect much. Maybe the curse will stop as the titan shifter powers will no longer be able to reach any more would be holders because the "paths" will be cut off, but the current holders will still be stuck with them and die later anyways. Who knows what Zeke means by that. Seems a little late to make that offer when you've murdered hundreds of your half brother's innocent comrades.

We don't know for now anyways. Also, Zeke (much like all the other Eldian warriors of Marley) is brainwashed by the Marleyans, or he's being forced to do things like this either way. Eren may even understand this and want to give him the benefit of the doubt. At least from my experience, in a number of franchises I've followed, some bad guys can become major helps later on, such as Gaara from Naruto, Vegeta from Dragon Ball, Shadow from Sonic, etc. Perhaps something similar will happen with Zeke (along with the other warriors) as well, and Eren may be instrumental in making that happen when he finds new compassion.