Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20200708115559/@comment-30069705-20200722184127

Attackcjc wrote: Eradicate Us wrote: This was a great chapter overall. I look forward to seeing the next one, as well as what all transpires from this point forward in general.

Also, I didn't used to think much about this, since I've been more about hyping up the general idea of Armin vs Eren with Armin being Eren's light foil and rival and the one who will stop and save Eren, but what if it's actually Historia who will end up playing this role instead?

That would be a cool plot twist, and one that could more than make up for her lack of involvement in crucial action for quite some time, even if I do also still want to see Armin have a major role in regards to Eren and just the ending of the war in general.

Moreover, I still want for this pregnancy to be fake (or at least end very soon even if it is real, since it probably is) so she can get back into crucial action soon, even if there's probably not much room or time left for her to be so effective at this point anyways.

She will probably have to become a titan soon even if it can't be from Zeke. Speaking of Zeke, I still hope for Eren's change of heart and for Zeke to officially be his one dark foil and rival by the time Eren and Zeke fight each other. Pretty sure your theory may turn out accurate in some way. Especially that bit about Zeke at the end.

Yeah. I'd love that.

What also gives me hope for Zeke being Eren's dark foil and rival is what we saw with Shikishima in the live action. He was stronger, smarter, tougher, and darker than Eren. There's also that last cutscene in Season 2 of the anime with Eren looking off with a pretty intense look in the distance where Zeke was. Finally, there's the opening cutscene of the Attack On Titan 2 Final Battle video game which shows Eren and Zeke in their titan forms about to duke it out with each other.

I'm sure Eren would need help vs Zeke, and perhaps Historia could help a lot with that after she helps vs Eren who she herself would probably need help against.

Moreover, I still have hope that either Eren's intentions are better than we currently see, or he's brainwashed and in for a change of heart, or some combination of both.

But I'm not satisfied with Zeke being the final villain either, since I'm convinced Tom Xaver brainwashed him, but instead want him to get his final change of heart that sees him become more like a hero for the true final battle, just like Shikishima in the live action again. I want him to become Eren's single biggest help in the real final battle, and the one Eren gets very close to before the end of the story (the one Eren can't sacrifice, but has to anyways).