Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20180906211831/@comment-35822279-20180916193811

Warrior655 wrote: Hey everyone, a theory has just occurred within my mind in regards about Zeke wanting to discuss his secret plan with Eren. Sorry that this is not related with Chapter 109, but I wanted to bring it out into the open with you guys.

The theory of mine about Zeke wanting to discuss his secret plan with Eren is that there are no secret plan. Hear me out.

As I remember somewhere during the 'Battle for Shignshina', Zeke and Eren bump into one another. Eren notices that Zeke looks almost like his Father (the whole split image of both Zeke and Grisha Yeagers). I remember that Zeke said something to Eren, saying about their Father is Lying the whole time.

So the theory is, what if Zeke so-called alliance with paradise, including on restoring Eldia and freeing the Eldian people is nothing but a farce (lie). What if all this time, Zekes' plan is nothing more but on getting to Eren and convincing him that their Father is lying. Zeke may still have Daddy issues and wants to remove all traces of him by convincing Eren of that.

However, the Paradise inhabitants are nothing more but nuisances for Zeke. So he setup this so-called alliance; bringing on ideas about restoring Eldia and freeing the people in order to drive a wedge between Eren and Paradise. By driving such a wedge, Zeke could freely move in towards Eren, perhaps during a chaos on paradise and confront him about it.

What do you guys think of this theory. I have to say I really like this theory as it seems more in line with how Zeke acts Pre-Marley arc rather than him secretly being on his dad's side this entire time and it would be a positively unexpected turn from the manga which is great. I think that it also opens up potential for Zeke to develop as a character as the thing I find somewhat frustrating about Zeke up to this point is that we don't really know who he is as a person outside of brief bits as he is a character who is more like a plot device than a traditional character while I feel like if this theory is correct it would remedy a lot of my issues with Zeke as a character by finally allowing a deep dive into his psyche (the effects of Grisha's brainwashing on him, his true motivations, does he care about Eren outside of strategic value etc.) and having him drive the plot forward in a organic fashion.