Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20181008195355/@comment-4383890-20181020023217

Warrior655 wrote: Penguinluver1431 wrote:

Freeman1378 wrote: Penguinluver1431 wrote: Warrior655 wrote: Penguinluver1431 wrote:

Oh Tdfern14 wrote: Penguinluver1431 wrote:

Tdfern14 wrote: Penguinluver1431 wrote: Wow! For the first time in a long time, the pros of the new chapter greatly outweigh the cons. Definitely a lot to like; Eren busting out, answers about what happened in Ragako, Hitch coming back, more Armin talking to Annie, the new Eldian Empire receiving massive support from the people through Eren and best of all, NO GABI this chapter (the less of that cancerous b**** we have to deal with, the better). The cons, of course, are A) Zackley getting blown to pieces since I was really looking forward to him torturing Gabi, and B) No Falco either. Gabi I despise with great intensity, but Falco must be protected at all costs. I knew you Gabi haters were gonna be happy that she wasn't in this chapter for once. Although seriously you wanted her to be tortured by Zackley. You probably got a sick mind as him. Yes and no. I'm not one of those "scatophilia" types. I just relish the idea of Gabi suffering greatly for the evil she has inflicted, however that may be. Zackley's "art" was just one of the most obvious ways to torture her, but I'm sure there are plenty of other ways she can be physically harmed. Well I am NO scatophiliac either. However you are forgetting who the "real enemy" is here (insert Erwin Smith here) that started this whole thing. Oh don't get me wrong, I can't wait for Eren to use the rumbling to wipe Marley and all of Paradis' enemies off the face of the earth. But also don't forget there's a reason Gabi is the series' most hated character, and not just because of bad writing on Isayama's part. You guys do know that the reason why Gabi killed Sasha is due to being raised on hating people from paradise. She never even seen them up close and personnel like her cousin did until their hometown was attacked.

Gabi killing Sasha is due to her vengeful nature because people she knows are being killed left and right. That's only why Gabi went on her psychotic rampage. The reason Sasha specifically was killed as a result of said rampage was because Isayama didn't give a rats ass about her and just wanted her out of the way. Apparently he doesn't realize (or care) about how much a series can tank when you kill of a beloved character (Sasha) and replace them with a total garbage character (Gabi). I don't think that Sasha was killed because Isayama disliked her but was instead done to serve three narrative functions. First Sasha was the comic relief character and its common in Japanese/Western media to kill the most cheerful/normal/jokey character when things take a turn towards the dark to highlight that the happy days are officially dead and this death served that purpose to a tee. Secondly I think killing Sasha was a last ditch attempt by Isayama to show that the Battle Of Liberio wasn't a total curb stomp but unfortunately choosing a character who never reached their full potential felt like Isayama was pulling his punches as Liberio needed a major death to make this narrative trick work. Finally this death was executed to make us question Eren's morality by having his actions result in the death of a main character but Isayama dropped the ball on this one too by making Eren's gambit a total victory in nearly every way (the story would already be over if Zeke wasn't shady) and the moral ambiguity would have worked better if the battle was a bloodbath for both sides with numerous high profile character deaths to make us question the cost of said battle. Except Eren is NOT responsible for Sasha's death. Gabi is. She pulled the trigger, not Eren. And the SC officers blaming Eren for what Gabi did are fools.

That aside, it's never a good sign when garbage characters are suddenly thrown into the spotlight the way Isayama is doing with Gabi when she has no positive character qualities to show for it. Eren didn't kill Sasha, which is true. He was doing something for a reason that we don't know yet.

Give Gabi several more spotlight appearances, she will no doubt change and become someone more popular then you know. After all, Eren's character was probably in that same situation in earlier chapters too. Isayama had fifteen chapters to make Gabi into a good character. He royally screwed up. Bad writing aside, killing a fan favorite tends to screw up any chance of a bad character being liked. The Braus farm scene? That did nothing for me. I was literally DISGUSTED with every panel I saw of her being treated with kindness by the Braus family. DISGUSTED. Sorry, I don't know whether you actually like Gabi or just saying it from a narrative perspective, but nothing at this point will change my mind about Gabi. She rightfully earned the fandom's hate.