Board Thread:Manga/@comment-26056057-20160509020829/@comment-27702860-20160514182400

Tausendberg wrote:I think you got it except for I think he went rogue when he got to know the people of the world within the walls and so he decided to choose 'none of the above' and do his own thing, whatever that thing might be.

That is what I mean by "going native." And I think you might be right. Going to your next point on using teens, even a sociopath like Annie shows a few qualms and regrets, yet she "soldiers on" to use another cliche. Same with the other Shifters. The military uses teens partly because they are in their most healthy point but also because they are maleable. You do not need adult footsoldiers saying, "hey, that's stupid." There is also a natural age hierarchy. Grisha and Zeke are "older" in appearance than Bertoldt, Annie, even Ymir. But the issue is also if you want people to infiltrate a military, you have to start with the younguns. You cannot just introduce a "Hi, I'm Major Big Cock . . . no . . . I've been here all along."

Soooooo. . . back to your point, They--the Homelanders--decide that sending in adults/leaders runs the risk they will "go native." They also want to infiltrate the military, particularly the King's Guard. There is the problem that such may "turn" of course. So far--other than Grisha--none of the infiltrators that we know have "turned." They may have some regrets, but they have not betrayed Whatever their main mission is.

--J.D.