User blog comment:Neetaku/A (Better) Rewrite of Attack on Titan/@comment-1327106-20181010022738/@comment-24407809-20181010162055

It may seem like an abrupt death, but I think it's appropriate. Dieter's role at Liberio would be exactly the same as Lobov's down to Jean referring to him as "commander." It would be sort of a blink-and-you'll-miss-it type thing, but I think it would be a pretty appropriate end to the arc I've given him: starting the series during the 57th expedition as an insubordinate possible rookie, and ending his arc as an experienced commanding officer.

Although if I'm honest, a big part of why I put that in there is because at this point, I had caught up with the main series and I don't know where Isayama will take it from here. I don't know how much from this point forward I'd have to change to keep Dieter around, so I scrapped him. Maybe when if I do a rewrite again after the series is finished, I'll let him live (because I'm definitely keeping Dieter in the main cast in all future rewrites).