Board Thread:Theories/@comment-27683524-20160127003803/@comment-32318573-20171116014445

Eradicate Us wrote: Animechic420 wrote: You people are really asking for too many characters to be gay. Why?

I guess they just find it interesting to explore. I'm kind of like this to an extent too, but mainly for crack shipping purposes rather than for actual serious ships.

Just my personal input on some characters and ships:

Marco was supposed confirmed gay by Hajime Isayama's Twitter Post. The thing is, I don't know if that was actually the real Isayama himself, as he's japanese, and I would expect him to primarily talk in japanese. Plus, Isayama is a known troll at times. So Marco being said to be gay there could be taken with a grain of salt in that case. That being said, I could see Marco being gay, especially since he didn’t seem to have any especially close bonds with any females, and if he were truly gay, it would most likely be for Jean, as those 2 had a great relationship all-around. But even if Marco was still alive, I don't think the ship would have actually happened. I think they would have just been very good friends. Plus Jean is confirmed straight for Mikasa and also Historia to a slightly lesser extent, though I don’t expect any of those to happen either. That being said, Jean and Marco is still an interesting crack ship that I don’t mind.

Armin is already confirmed straight for Historia, but I don’t see that ship happening. That being said, I can still see why some people ship Eren and Armin, especially since I also ship it myself, even if it is mainly a crack ship. They've had a strong bond since childhood, and Jean even once made that comment about how it was kind of creepy how he would always hang around Eren. I don’t see this ship actually happening though, especially since the 2 will dispute with each other soon.

Levi was never actually confirmed straight or gay. Even so, people still like the ship between Levi and Eren and also Levi and Erwin. I think Levi just really looked up to Erwin, and that Eren was also more like a student or son to Levi. I’m not really opposed to Levi and Erwin, and I still like the ship between Eren and Levi, but again, it's just another crack ship of mine, and I don’t think either ship would have ever actually happened.

Eren has already been said by the author himself to not even have room or time for romance, and he definitely wasn’t trolling about that, so by default, we have to go with that until further notice. If he were to ever like anyone though, something tells me it would be a female instead of a male, since this is a shounen, and shounens usually have their male protagonist end up with a female, but I don’t necessarily think it would be Mikasa, especially since the author himself even already confirmed he sees her more like a mother, and that he will also move away from her eventually, which was also serious in nature and not trolling.

Everyone knows Ymir was gay for Historia, and everyone thinks Historia felt the same way about Ymir. I could see that scenario turning out to be true, and I know Historia cared a lot about Ymir, but I think Historia saw Ymir in a light more similar to how she saw her big half sister Frieda Reiss, aka as another big sister figure and best friend. Plus, to be fair, everyone else rejected Historia in childhood, which was still weighing heavily on Historia’s heart at the time, and Ymir really was the only true friend Historia had at the time that made her feel wanted even for who she really was, and it didn’t have to be strictly her. It could have been anyone. And after they were separated, she had the chance to open up to others, and now, everyone else is also making her feel wanted even for who she really is. With that, even if Ymir would have survived, I don’t think they would have made the endgame ship anyways, but Ymir would have definitely still been very important to Historia, and I can see why it's a popular ship, even if I personally don't care for it.

Reiner and Bertolt had a strong bond due to being essentially like partners in crime, and I like the ship between them, but I don’t think it would have actually happened even if Bertolt survived. Reiner was confirmed at least part straight for Historia, and Bertolt was confirmed straight for Annie, but again, I don’t see any of those happening either.

I could be wrong on some of this, but this is just my thoughts for the time being.

I like everything you wrote here. It's a shame others fail to understand that about anime/manga. Pairing characters is fine, but shipping is where the people take it too far. I hate it when fans bitch about how their ships not sailing. There's a solution for that: Stop shipping prematurely. Problem solved.