Board Thread:Theories/@comment-26624146-20170608143408/@comment-32409015-20170630185858

RandomDudeDude wrote: And clearly, Reiner does not think that Paradis Eldians are Devils, if you read chapter 94. He looks so done and far conflicted. Sure, Annie is remorseful as well, but she still had no problem into killing people in many creative ways. Concerning what Reiner thinks about the Paradise Eldians,  the reality is more complex than what you said, (And I read chapter 94):

When he was 10 years old (In chapter 94), he seems to me that he thought that Paradis Island Eldians were devils because he said to  Betholdt: "If I deal punishment to the Paradise island demons who are terrorizing the world, I'll be saving the Eldians race... And the whole world." I mean: Why would Reiner lie to Bertholdt? After all, Bertholdt was his main friend and his confident. Thus Reiner was brainwashed and  thaught that Paradise Island  were devils. Later on Paradise Island (In chapter 42)  it seems to me that he changed a bit his mind and he was a bit conflicted, because on one hand he said to Eren after revealing himself: "I don't know what's right or what's wrong anymore" but on the other hand, he was very comptentuous, because he said: "I've spent 3 years of my life living here, surrounded by fools, that's what I said a stupid thing like that."Also in chapter 77, he said to Annie : "Have you started to feel compassion for this evil race?". So in Paradise island he believed less that  Paradise Eldians were devils, yet Reiner remained very loyal to Marley. To finish in chapter 94, it seems to me that adullt Reiner he had some regrets about what he did on Paradise Island, because he said partly the truth to his family about the Eldians of Paradise Island.

Concerning Annie, she didn't killed "people" in the forest. She killed soldiers who tried to kill her first or tried to disable her Titan first. I mean: Annie Leonhardt has the right to defend her own life. However, it is true that she was quite brutal. Also, sure Reiner was sometimes conflicted on Paradise island, but he still had no problem into distroying the gates of Wall Maria and Wall Rose and indirectly killing 250000 civilians.