Thread:Tausendberg/@comment-1037137-20160615230257/@comment-26932251-20160616032330

I mean, people could flee on top of the walls but there was no "bridge" to get people safely from Wall Maria to Wall Rose so it wouldn't have helped.

That's actually part of the story I would have liked to have seen explored more than it has been, what happened as people fled to Wall Rose and if anyone tried to stay in the other Wall Maria districts because I imagine that with a small number of people, you could maybe have a bit of comfort and space to yourself. I mean, in theory most people could have retreated to Wall Rose but there would be a few people who would stay behind in the districts and use the available land to grow crops and those could be Survey Corps outposts. But then again I guess it could be really unnerving to be that far out on your own with 100 kilometers of titan country between where you are and the next outpost...

Alright, to expand further on Reiner not attacking Shiganshina, there was a substantial difference between Shiganshina and Trost. When Shiganshina fell, titans started flooding in within seconds. From what I can see of both the manga and the anime, there was actually a bit of down time where though the gate was breached, there were no immediate titans and so it was chaotic but not as chaotic as Shiganshina. So, if there was less chaos then maybe Reiner would have been noticed turning into a titan while in Shiganshina nobody noticed him turning into a titan.

That's the best explanation I think I can give.