Board Thread:Anime/@comment-39492511-20190725075845/@comment-25933225-20190725215709

Godzillafan1978 wrote: I just watched episode 21 of Season 3 of Attack on Titan, and there was this scene where Eren, Mikasa, Armin, Hange, and Jean we're talking with Historia after she read Ymir's letter, and when she talked with them she mentioned how they go out to defend humanity inside the walls, while she just sits and stairs out the window. This made me wonder. Does Historia miss being a solider, and a member of the Scout Regeniment? Does she wish she was still fighting along side them? I mean what's stoping her? Does being queen really mean she can't fight to protect her subjects, why is that? Sadly, her being queen stops her from being free. She became someone far too important to take risks. If she had kids, that MIGHT give her some freedom as her bloodline won't disappear if something happens to her. Yes, that's objectifying her, but that's how royal members were treated if they were the only living member of their bloodline in monarchies (especially here, as her royal blood isn't important only for politic stuff, but also Titan stuff).

When she speaks with Eren, Armin and Mikasa after reading Ymir's letter, she doesn't want them to treat her like a queen but like a friend. That shows the importance of these people to her, because she wants to remain as close to them as her functions allow her to be. That means she misses being free (she doesn't necessarilly miss specifically the Scout Regiment, but she misses at least being free), and even if we didn't have a single scene with her apart from her queen role, that would just make sense: who would like to lost his/her freedom to become Queen/King (meaning nearly no free time, always potential ennemies, following strict rules), especially if he/she doesn't want power at all?