Board Thread:Theories/@comment-34172004-20190508085746/@comment-45387321-20200523205852

I don't even believe that such a thing as "Ackerbond" exists. Here's a part of Isayama's interview from 4 years ago: ''– Regarding Mikasa and Levi’s Ackerman family mystery, we’re also receiving more clarity! Can we say that Mikasa, Levi, Kenny are all part of the same Ackerman bloodline?'' Isayama: They are all part of the same Ackerman bloodline. However, their reasons for protecting their respective counterparts don’t have anything to do with the bloodline itself - it’s just their nature (laughs). Within the story, Mikasa and Levi almost have the guardian/knight-like roles, right? That’s because they encountered the existence of a “boss”-like individual (T/N: Isayama interestingly uses the exact katakana “ボス” - “boss” here), and the desire to work for that person is very in line with their personalities.

Not to mention that the story and Eren's explanations are full of holes. Mikasa has headaches because her true self resists her urge to help Eren? Bullshit. We've seen Mikasa suffer from headaches before, where the incident that caused them was unrelated to Eren. The Ackermans might have been designed to protect the Founder, but as pointed out by Isayama himself, the bloodline has nothing to do with the main Ackermans protecting the people they protect. Not to mention, that the Ackermans are immune to the powers of the Founder. If they were designed to protect the King, well, the experiment failed badly, since they rebelled against him. This means that any sort of slave theory in a metaphysical sense is wrong. If anything, Mikasa is the only one free to fight Eren, without being hindered by the Founder's powers.

As for the supposed "imprinting" method of the awakening of the Ackermans, that's also laughable. Levi's closest person and his "boss" was Erwin, yet he activated his powers way before meeting him. Kenny activated his powers way before meeting Uri. Mikasa also cares a lot about Armin as well and she would go very far to protect him. Not like Eren, obviously, but that's because she loves Eren more than Armin.

I don't doubt that Eren's words hold some truth. For example, the bit about how they are human-sized titan or their fighting skills coming from the paths seem pretty solid. The rest are bs. And so was his declaration of hate towards Mikasa. All of his claims were specifically made to target her and her insecurities. They don't have universal application, so they are not credible.