Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27938131-20170808181809/@comment-4929778-20170809205250

The tybur family has memories that probably stretch back hundreds of years so of course they'd know that if you have a strong desire or idea and you're a Titan shifter who passes their powers onto a blood relative they'd inherit it. And the founding Titan is the root of all Titan shifters so every time it makes a decision the other shifters likely can feel it. They most likely kept it secret either as part of their advantage or some other reason. I think it's like if zeke were to tell Marley he had royal blood they'd likely take his Titan or force him to have children to inherit his powers.

I do agree that the warriors are the main characters and a lot of people are made they weren't at the beginning but the whole point of the story was that a boy wanted to go beyond the walls and see reality. And when he learns his closest friends were responsible for killing his mother he hates them and think they are irrendeemable. However from their perspective we learn things are just as bad in their home and there's a ton of foils ie Zeke is Levi/Erwin; Pieck is Hange; RBA are Reiner Bertolt and Annie etc. so they aren't so different and you feel sympathy for them even if they pretty much killed 500,000 people and crushed an enemy nation when they didn't even hit puberty.

With Karina I think hating her is the whole point. She's so brainwashed so much she wants to be an honorary, to the point where she had to offer up her son as a warrior and show absolutely no remorse that in a few years he's going to be killed by his little cousin. Her brainwashing Reiner is no different than grisha brainwashing Zeke or Eren even if the latter wanted to do so even if his father said yes.

Maybe Braun was an Easter egg from his assistants the same way the book historia read was since it gives us a hint that the serum like that is still being mass produced outside the wall.

And the warriors are the main characters of the arc and it's answering unanswered questions. I do wonder if they'll show how bertolt took down the wall in trost or if it'll take up the rest of the volume up until them leaving.