Board Thread:Theories/@comment-32448995-20170701142908/@comment-1327106-20170701154304

I think Reiner's eyes have been opened. I don't think the Eldians in the internment cames are brainwashed so much as ignorant. They don't know what the Wallians are like, so they're very easy to demonize. If someone tells them "Hey, those people over there are devils who cast us off and we should go steal something from them for the greater good" and they have nothing to tell them that statement is incorrect, then it's not surprising that Reiner would go and do that.

We know he's a person with good intentions. He does this because he wants to be a hero.

But because he's a person with good intentions, he also realizes that the Wallians aren't devils while he's there. Still, the mission came first. (And I'm curious when Isayama will cover why the mission continued even though both Reiner and Bertholdt clearly understood that the Wallians have done nothing wrong.  Was it Zeke bullying them into it, or did they feel it was still necessary?)

I hope Reiner manages to have a conversation with his friends from the 104th again, that isn't in the middle of a battle. It would be some cartharsis for all of them.