Board Thread:Manga/@comment-31940900-20160807023851

I've all but accepted that Bertl's going to die. Though it pains me to say it, no talking Titan is going to save my boy. If my prediction turns out to be false, then I'm taking this down. If not, then I'll keep it up. But for now, an ode to my absolute favorite character in the series.

When I first began to read AoT, I could really find a character to relate to. All the interesting characters came and went in the blink of an eye. Pixis was cool, but only seldomly made regular Appearences. Then, I was introduced to the man behind the Colossal Titan. Bertholdt Hoover.

Before the reveal, I didn't really pay much attention. Ya he was alright, but his character took on whole new depths with his and Reiner's betrayal of the corps.

Simply put, I was hyped to see where this would go.

Though many fans think he's the spawn of Satan, he's not like most manga antagonists. He's not a DIO, not a Father, and not a Frieza, characters who are evil for the sake of being evil. He does evil things for reasons unknown to us as an audience, and it's clearly tearring him down mentally.

And before you start commenting on this, I want you to know why I adore this character and constantly jump on the band wagon to defend him. I'm not a confident person... Like, at all. I have a stutter, I'm pretty socially inept, and I quite frankly hate myself. I've even tried to kill myself on multiple occasions. I indentify a lot with Bertholdt, and find his character to be very inspiring. That some as weak as me could be so powerful, so loyal to his friends, it gave me hope I could live on. 