Board Thread:Manga/@comment-26495049-20161201065442/@comment-26495049-20161202040054

That's a pretty good theory you have there, I never thought of Grisha and Kruger sacrificing themselves to escape the law. It's the same idea of "my time is limited anyway so I might as well give someone else my powers and hope they can do better than I did".

However, with this theory you'll also need to explain a few things.

First, Kruger. Ok let's say Kruger's cover was somehow blown. Hard to imagine since he destroyed their ship and likely killed all the witnesses(i.e. no one to report back), but I'll give you that. Then why  didn't   Kruger infiltrate the walls himself? He is by far more knowledgeable about the true nature of the world and skilled in titan shifting than Grisha is. Certainly a much better candidate for the job.

Second, during the attack on the Reiss family, we don't know yet how Rod escaped, since Grisha could have easily caught up to him in his titan form. The only other scenario is if Grisha assumed that he managed to kill all members of the Reiss family, in which case he has no need to fear persecution.

Third, even if Grisha found out that Rod escaped, it wouldn't make sense to pass the Coordinate to his own son, since Rod, with his royal authority, would have easily found out who his son was. Grisha was a prominent doctor after all, and most residents in Shiganshina knew his family. So his actions still don't add up.