Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20181206222153/@comment-4383890-20181227171751

Marco1995mega wrote: سلومي العليمي wrote: Penguinluver1431 wrote: TheMagicalWonders wrote: Penguinluver1431 wrote: The con is Nicolo. After what he did last chapter, why the sudden heel-turn? Are we supposed to believe that just a few inspiring words from the SC is enough to make him feel regret? He attacked Gabi and Falco for their role in Sasha's death, someone very close to him. I'm not buying that he suddenly feels remorse. I certainly wouldn't. I'm not convinced by the sudden change of heart that is an unfortunate trope in a lot of manga and anime. Maybe that's just you, but I'm going to believe that Nicolo feels remorse. He acted out of blind rage; it's not like he was calculating "I'm going to kill those two brats" since he heard Sasha died. Earlier in this chapter, Nicolo actually wonders "What was wrong with me, I nearly killed a kid" and then breaks down. He's trying to act responsible for his actions. I just have a hard time believing someone could change their mind in such a short time span, whether it was impulse or not. Frankly, I liked Nicolo's character a lot better before, considering Isayama has literred the Marley arc onward with anti-revenge crap. It was nice to have a character acting on basic human emotion rather than unbelievable preachiness (looking at you Mr. Blaus, I still hate you and Mikasa both lol), and I really thought Nicolo would be kind of an independent/third party between the Yeagerists' plans with trying to destroy their enemies for good and the SC which has fallen into a pointless circle of attempted peace talks. I think its quite possible for a person to change their mind in such a short time span when faced with all the logical arguments, and their brains telling them how wrong they are. Agreed. It's especially true if someone does it when on an emotional high. Plenty of, if not most, mistakes are a result of a sudden impulse due to intense emotions. After calming down, many realize the mistake they did. It's been portrayed in books, TV shows, films, and has happened a lot of times in real life. Emotional highs, I get. But flying into a murderous rage only to think, "Oh crap, what have I done?" is usually reserved for the holier-than-thou characters of Disney flicks or (shudder) Naruto's brand of irredeemable-yet-somehow-redeemed-without-merit villains. Since no one in AoT is truly innocent, vengeance should not be something the author shies away from, nor should it be something that is considered bad. I've already expressed how much I despise Mr. Braus for being (and i quote) "a weak and pathetic coward". For someone like Nicolo, however, the sudden change of heart is, again, Disney-esque kinds of cheesy (and preachy) tropes that made me shake my head.

In a way, Nicolo is like Mikasa in that sense; someone I had high hopes for but then one bad decision made me realize "Huh...guess they're not so great after all"