Board Thread:Manga/@comment-27321453-20190508212248/@comment-27125793-20190509015927

Thanks for clarifying. I do agree that Floch doesn't have Jean's or Hange's leadership skills, and that Yelena, while intelligent, is rather extremist. Eren, well, I'd sooner say he's overtly-proactive and neglecting protocol (which does pose a danger), rather than lacking discipline, since he's shown calm and composed almost all the time with a sense of good battlefield logic. However, I do believe his proactive approach is superior overall, in the current circumstances, to the Paradis military's (Survey Corps included) more reactionary methods. Still, I do think he knows he can't accomplish everything by himself; after all, he called for the Scouts' assistance in Liberio, and organized the Yeagerists. One aspect of his growth has always been realizing that he has a part to play in achieving a goal, and that others have theirs, especially after that dinner before the battle of Shiganshina.

A theme can also be that organizations that started out well-intentioned and progressive that made a change in society can grow complacent and stubborn when times change again, as I believe has happened to the Scouts. Hange had a flashback about Sannes, realizing that she has become somewhat like him and the government, making excuses for suppressing truly active soldiers and the spreading of valuable information. Hell, it can also be seen with Karl Fritz and his rule, ending the tyrannical and bloodthirsty Eldian empire, but the resulting government eventually ending up arrogant and unequipped to cope properly in later times. Plus, while human unity is a theme, Isayama also repeatedly has stated through several characters that humans will never stop fighting amongst themselves, and that being too optimistic and hopeful about something like that, ignoring what is realistic, can be equally dangerous as the idea of division itself. Nothing is clear, really; more than once it is mentioned that bad people with superior skill and knowledge can be more effective than good people with less resources. Erwin especially has mused about this.