Katara was 14 when she mastered waterbending in a few months, learned bloodbending without being taught, and defeated one of the most powerful firebenders alive
I fully believe the fandom should separate Annie from the warriors. She didn’t really care about/relate to any of them or felt she belonged, she never even fell for the Marleyan propaganda. It speaks volumes how much more comfortable & expressive she always has been around EMA.
I know that some people dislike the S2 scene where Eren promises to wrap Mikasa's scarf around her as many times as she wants, and it seems that they dislike it because they view it as a romantic scene, and thus, it feels forced to them.
I have never viewed it as romantic.
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Attack on Titan treated female characters good, treated minors like minors, & said no to fan service. Isayama still the standard nearly 13 years later.
I go crazy for Armin’s baby face and soft round features and how they complement Annie’s sharper, more pronounced features. They are literally kiki and bouba
I love aruani domesticity because it’s exactly what Annie wants and deserves. Safety & comfor with someone who loves her, allowing herself to be loved without having to fight. Being able to look at this person and say this is hers. The liberation of unhidden shared feelings.
Actually the Historia/Ymir Fritz parallels are rlly powerful in showing how fascism fundamentally exploits women’s bodies, how “protecting your country” for a woman can mean a profound loss of agency
@erejgrs
Easily among the top 10 moments like, Eren looks scrumptious, Zeke is so convinced they’re on each other’s side, the music, the slow motion and silence, the eye close-ups. I can’tttt
I still can’t get over how deep her titan voice sounds. This is like the only time she vocalizes in titan form outside of sheer desperation and it’s so nice to hear
1. Annie’s titan is a direct manifestation of her abuse. There’s a disembodiment inherent in her titan form that none of the others experience. She loses her physical and mental sense of self when she turns. It’s such a unique exploration of the mind/body connection.
3a. Bringing a “female” into the realm of the titans, where sex is not procreative but superficial, yet “male” is the standard, highlights sex distinction as a tool of oppression. It calls back as far as founder Ymir, whose own exploitation was sex-based.
@gukkieglitter
I think that you are talking about them , Since I seriously don't see the point in Armin and Annie, they literally have almost no interactions and they don't know each other deeply at all apart from the only gesture they made were the talks to a glass lol
6. Annie’s arc culminates in a reclamation of her titan power after years of running and hiding from it. Rather than using it to slaughter, she uses it to help stop the rumbling and save the person she loves. Accepting Armin’s love finally helps her to accept herself.
2. Her size and strength as a titan are protective but also exhausting. This dichotomy directly parallels Annie’s relationship with her father, who is simultaneously her motivation to survive and her primary abuser. She relies on and runs from her power in the same sense.
The way there are ppl who think she was ooc for this is crazy when her entire arc is literally about wanting love and her toughness was a necessity for survival. Let her be vulnerable
Why are we praising animators and writers for the bare minimum of not making her boobs jiggle when she has no support or coverage. Say what you want but they are still painfully moving around in that skimpy dress.
3. The female titan is the only one whose body is specifically sexed that way. Even in a body separate from her own, Annie carries the weight of otherness. She was even experimented on in ways the other warriors weren’t, presumably forced to eat titan flesh.
3b. Annie’s titan is the only one whose appearance is so distinctly like her own. The titan signifies & manifests the emotions she represses. The other shifters’ inhuman features allow them to view their titans as parts of themselves, while the ft seems almost its own entity.
All she wanted was to be loved by her father, and she was already cornered by the time he apologized for his abuse. He turned her into a human weapon. He made her pick up the pieces in order to get back where she started. And she just wanted to be loved.
People are mad at this frame because she looks ugly but SHE’S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PRETTY HERE!! She’s supposed to be gross looking and covered in sweat and emotionally exhausted. And I love seeing her express that.
Reminder also that Leonhart’s apology was incredibly manipulative in itself. 11 years of subjecting Annie to physical abuse & emotional neglect, and he left her to believe he was the only person who would ever care about her unconditionally.
Ugly ass depraved men can still be considered good characters but powerful, nuanced women become worthless and empty characters the moment they care about someone