Board Thread:Theories/@comment-26624146-20170814155115/@comment-24850639-20180807154354

I can't root for Eren X Mikasa, I just can't. It's incredibly awkward for you to put your penis in someone you saw as your sister practically your entire life.

Mikasa herself referred to him as "family" earlier in the series when Ian kinda teased her. She always wants to be by his side because ever since they were little he threw himself into situations where he needed help, but refused to admit he needed it. Her actions are generally driven by a sisterly love, not a romantic one. Does that mean it's impossible for her to develop romantic feelings? Absolutely not, but that's not a natural progression of their relationship. A natural progression of their relationship would be her realizing that she can't ALWAYS be there for him, and that at some point she has to learn to trust Eren to handle things on his own.

Eren hasn't shown even the SLIGHTEST signs of looking at Mikasa that way, in fact he spends most of their relationship being annoyed that she thinks she always needs to stick up for him. Why would Eren be in love with someone who constantly doesn't trust him to handle his shit? Who says "No Eren, I'm going with you because [insert reasons she babies him]". Again, them all of a sudden being googly-eyed for each other over this isn't a natural progression of their relationship. From Eren's side, this would be him finally telling her that she's gotta trust him. Sure, he's yelled at her plenty of times to stop treating him like a baby brother, but that's not the same as having a heart-to-heart where he explains to her that she needs to start viewing him as someone she can rely on.

Until either, or both of these moments happen, you ErenXMikasa shippers need to stop sipping the kool-aid. Let me clarify that I don't give a damn who he ends up with either way, I just want it to MAKE SENSE. The current Eren-Mikasa dynamic would have to shift rather dramatically for it to make sense for them to bump uglies. As far as Historia goes, it makes sense to me, but not simply because ErenXMikasa inherently doesn't. There are deeper story implications for the two of them getting together, the same cannot be said for ErenXMikasa.