User blog comment:Eden Ushinatta/The duality in Attack on Titan aka how the series will end/@comment-44328804-20200604234734

I did enjoy your theory and I did like how you cited things the way you did, but not only was some of your ideas leaping (even with the citations you used) but your theory turned out to be what you called mine: Headcannon.

1) That "miracle" you described with Mikasa. It seems based on the possibility that Eren meant what he said, and he only realizes in the end that he loved her, hence why he wouldn't want to fight her. Thing is, we know that he lied about it, and Mikasa has said she doesn't want to fight him.  So you saying Eren "destroyed his humanity" by saying that to her is stretching it, and there is still no proof that the "slave bond" is fake. Isayama only differentiated between bloodlines and nature, and it seems to be in Mikasa's nature to protect Eren, such as when she slammed Armin down unconsciosuly in chp 112.  Eren clearly still cares about Mikasa, as shown in chp 121 with the way he's watching his past self wrap the scarf around her.  I'm really sorry to say, but the miracle you described sounds like something Eremika shippers would talk about.

2) The series Isayama referenced when teasing the ending vaguely is a series that is black-and-white unlike AOT, but like this series, it blurs the lines between good and evil. That series had a protagonist who was guilty of something bad, and an antagonist who was a serial killer but his innocence was destroyed. What Isayama could've been getting at was that the protagonist of the story (Eren) could've just seem like he was evil, yet he was fighting for something good, and then we have the other side (Marley) who seems like they were fighting for good but they actually weren't.  Isayama may had been alluding to the ending being good, but it can't be achieved by doing things "right", and that's been a confirmed theme, just look at the volume tease at the end of chp 106.  He may had been hinting that Eren will achieve a good ending even if his methods weren't "good".

3) "Time travel" is still pretty debatable here as it is in Game of Thrones.  Look into it, "greensighting" is not the same thing as time traveling.  But in this case, there is no proof that Eren actually controls what Grisha sees.  Plus, chp 121 left lingering questions such as "Why did Grisha give Eren his powers?" or "What exactly did Grisha want stopped?", neither of which was answered definively yet. You tried to answer this, but its an answer with no proof yet.  Besides, you think Eren can control the past like this and not change things where his life was turned upside down? Instead he will send memories based on him failing only for that to repeat in the loop you described? That's fleeting if you ask me.

4) When we first started talking, you originally said Eren doing what you described here was stupid, as it wouldn't lead to collective peace. I agreed with that, but then you changed your mind and now you're saying its "for the better of the story". But your original stance was right. If Eren goes through with this, like you described, peace won't be achieved. Even if Gabi is more trustworthy cuz she is so similar to Eren, wouldn't that mean she is likely to finish what he started also? But either way, it leaves open the possibility of there being another devil like Eren in the future, and therefore the war cycle will continue.

5) On top of what I said in #4, you're contradicted yourself in how you made an ending with peace, yet racism still exists.  That is the most contradictory thing ever. The whole war cycle was based on racism, so if that still exists, how can there be peace? Most importantly, you ignored a very big detail: Isayama revealed the final panel, of an individual (most likely Eren) holding a baby and telling it "YOU ARE FREE".  That can't happen the way you described it. Even with Armin narrating the story and falsely telling it as Eren killing the colossal titans yet he was "the devil" doesn't help things, nevermind how he will "save humanity" like Eren said he would.

But I did enjoy reading it, so much I didn't mind the length. In fact, you inspired me to write my own, which I think I'll get to after the next chp releases officiially.