Board Thread:Manga/@comment-5774380-20160808233126/@comment-5774380-20160812201940

AhmedHadi1 wrote: Grisha only attacked the Reiss Family after the Walls got breached, he saw it they're the ones responsible for this mess for not eradicating the Titans despite having the power to do so and for generations, at that. They were even praying in that chapel after the chaos instead of having Frieda do something with the Coordinate. Eren blames his father for taking it from them and thinks they would've done something had he not intervented but in fact Frieda was a newbie and she wouldn't have done jack to the Titans either. But it wouldn't have taken her that much time Eren's taking to figure how to use it, I'll give her that. The area of the Walls is twice the size of Germany, so in order for Grisha to go from Shinganshina to Mitras and back to Wall Rose all in the same day I think he should have been already on his way since that morning. I think he got the news of the destruction of Shiganshina once he was already in the capital or close, and that's why we saw him so discomposed when he attacked the family. In other words, I think he planned to attacked them either way, but the news of the fall of Wall Maria fueled his rage, and maybe that's what prompted him to massacre the whole family when probably he originally just planned to steal the Coordinate.

It's true that Annie also went from Stohess to the Titan Forest in a very short time, but it's likely that she made the trip or part of it using her Titan form, which is fast and durable; while Grisha's doesn't seem to have those advantages.