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Eren Yeager Faked His Death to Build a New Future?? Attack on Humans?

Eren Yeager Faked His Death to Build a New Future?? Attack on Humans?

By CorzatiPublished about a year ago 3 min read

Let's go ahead and look into this insane theory that could completely upend everything we have thought that we know about Attack on Titan: What if Eren Yeager-the face of conflict since day one-had faked his own death? And not because he wanted to avoid some terrible destiny, but in reality, he wanted to open up a whole new future for himself-and maybe the entire world?

I can read your minds: "Eren would never do that!" But hear me out. The whole story of Attack on Titan has been a rollercoaster of betrayal, war, and cycles of violence. Eren's whole life has been wrapped up in being either the hero or the villain. He's been cornered into making decisions that no human on earth should ever have to make. What if, for just one moment, he decided to take matters into his own hands by faking his own death?

Take its figure for example,-Eren has always been the one who has to walk the harshest way. He went from wanting to see what was on the other side of those walls to being the leader of that fight elsewhere. He has been at the mercy of the world's history and used by more powerful forces that sought to make him a weapon. As the series nears its conclusion, it becomes evident that Eren has wrestled with a sense of purpose and that he is trapped in his cycle of violence.

But what if that wasn't the end of the story? What if Eren were to use his death as smoke and a chance to exit from the role everyone felt he was playing? Suppose, instead of succumbing to his fate as the last great bad guy or hero, Eren chose flight, rebuilding not only his life but the world around him.

I know it sounds wild, but hear me out. Eren is smart, and we have also been able to witness his capability of thinking his way out of a situation on his feet-even his ability to lie to the people closest to him. What if this death was some tactical move? A way for him, once and for all, to stop being burdened by constant stress from this unyielding fight for dominance-contrary to creating peace by using destruction, removing oneself from the equation?

What would the world be after Eren's presumed death? Those who would remain, his friends and foes alike, would even include survivors of his cataclysmic acts; all these would have to pick up the pieces. They would have to find a way to regroup without their central point around which they have all been orbiting. This may be the perfect time for growth-a chance for humanity to forge its future, free from the complexity of Eren's actions.

But the rub is this: Could they move on, even? Maybe, just maybe, in the end, after all the blood spilled by Eren, there's peace in the world once more. But they could never be free of the endless nightmare of war, from the haunting suggestion that right behind the curtains, just hidden behind the pale complexion, comes another to grab power back, from humanity's own DNA.

And what about Eren himself? If he actually faked his death, what would he do now? Would he be leading a peaceful life, out of the reach of fighting and killing, or hiding, waiting in the shadows for that right moment to emerge and set things right?

Now, in this new future, imagine Eren did not come back as the antagonist; instead, he found a way to be over his past for real. Neither the hero nor the villain-just a man who took matters into his hands and had declared it was time to cast their legacy of war and devastation aside.

In a way, Eren's death-if it were to be faked-could be his last and ultimate act of defiance. He is again forsaking the idea of the world's salvation or annihilation coming by the hands of just one person-for example, himself. But he has proved to all that real change, which is possible with a sense of individual responsibility, is the only way progress can move along-not by doing everything themselves.

The real attack on humanity is not about more bloodshed; it's an uprising against the chains that have kept us shackled to the past.

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