Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20181206222153/@comment-24407809-20190102052611

Penguinluver1431 wrote:

Mr. Blouse is in the right: forgiveness is the only way to put a hard stop to the cycle of violence the revenge leads to. The problem with that though is that forgiveness is idealistic and not realistic. Would it be nice if everyone could just hold hands, sing some campfire songs, and everything would be all hunky dory? In a perfect world maybe, but the world, as we all know, is much more complicated than that. And with Marley and the rest of the world ready to strike Paradis down, forgiveness and mercy is not something the Walldians can afford if they expect to survive. That much is true. Eren's actions have eradicated any chance of Paradis reaching a truce with any other world powers. They will no doubt have to defend themselves from invaders. I'm not talking about that, though. Self defense against hostile forces who are actively trying to destroy you isn't a bad thing I'm talking specifically about Mr. Blouse's situation, wherein he can choose to either kill a defenseless 12 year old girl, which will not bring his daughter back (and would honestly be disrespectful to Sasha's memory, considering she would have wanted to help Gabi the same way she helped Kaya), and would only lead to Gabi's family feeling the exact same kind of pain that the Blouses were feeling, and possibly lead to one of their members (probably Reiner) seeking vengeance on the Blouses.