Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-39665740-20190605213457

I´m not entirely convinced that the ¨Female¨ Titan is exclusively female. Consider: if all of the nine titan´s powers are inheritable by ANY of the Subjects of Ymir, what happens if a human male (as a pure titan, of course) eats, and subsequently inherits, the power of the ¨Female¨ Titan. Does the Titan body of this human male still manifest as female? It seems to me that each inheritor´s Titan body is, at least vaguely, reminiscent of their human form; especially the Female Titan, who looks remarkably like Annie (even down to the blonde hair and the roman nose). In fact, the only reason the ¨Female¨ Titan is even called ¨female¨ is because we´ve never seen it possessed by anyone other than Annie Leonhart. It is described as a well-rounded, general purpose Titan, ideal for field and special operations; thus ¨commando¨ would be a more apt description than ¨female¨. Perhaps it´s possible that this Titan may only be inherited by women, remaining dormant in a male host. Or maybe it does, in fact, take female form regardless of the inheritor´s sex; which is a little awkward, to be sure, but not out of the realm of possibility. That being said, i´m still dubious as to it´s inate nature. In addition to all that, the Female Titan varies very little, fundamentally, from the Attack Titan; appart from its hardening ability and physical asthetics, the two seem almost identical. Indeed, considering Eren later aquires hardening via some sort of mysterious serum, it´s possible (even likely) that inate hardening is exclusive to the Armored and War Hammer Titans; the rest aquiring the skill from third-party sources, making the Female and Attack Titans all the more similar. It seems to me that each of the nine Titans were supposed to have specific and exclusive traits and abilities which varied greatly from one Titan to the next. However, when you actually evaluate their differences, there are a few that lack any particular uniqueness or delineating characteristics.

The Beast, Cart, Jaw, Colossus, Armored, and War Hammer Titans are all clearly unique in their forms and abilites, despite any overlapping traits between them. While the Founding Titan is more or less unique in its abilities (with some overlap of its control ability in the Beast and Female Titans), its physique is extremely similar to that of the Attack and Female Titans (although not concurrently), taking many physical traits of its host, and having taken both male and female forms at one time or another. In fact, due to the Attack and Founding Titan being merged within Eren Yaeger, it's now impossible to untagle the two, essentialy making them one, and the same.

My focus kind of got away from me, but my questions are basically: why are the Founding, Attack, and Female Titans so similar; am i missing some important, unique or defining traits? What is the true nature of the "Female" Titan; is it exclusively female? What talents or abilities does the Attack Titan have that the others don't have or exceed? 