Prior to this scene I never had strong feelings about Reiner or Bertholdt. They were just kinda there as background-characters and part of the crew. Although Eren did kinda have a fun bromance with Reiner at times.
Was that what they were going for though? Or were we supposed to be heartbroken that 2 fan-favourites were bad guys?
I kinda prefer the former for the rewatch-value.
>Was that what they were going for though?
Yes, so you never suspect them, making this reveal even more shocking.
Reiner was cool and had a pretty significant role as the 'big bro' of the group, the anime did him dirty by making it so obvious he's the Armor Titan
Bert was kinda always in the background and I'd argue that was the point, this quiet tower of a man being in contrast to the most iconic titan
Neat
>shocking
what was shocking was how absoloutly garbage the reveal was
It was completely unexpected and treated almost casually, it was completely unsettling in universe.
how was it unsettling in universe when they (armin, erwin, etc.) basically already knew they were the primary suspects before they revealed it themselves?
They didn't know they were specifically the titans, did they? I thought they just knew that they were in cahoots with the enemy.
filtered
Try not watching the anime
faggot
Love that scene
This here. My favorite scene of the manga precisely because of it. I miss things like these in the story.
being a contrarian is not cool user
Found the polfags who started the series at le rumble
>dude i'm the armored titan, he's the collossal, we decided to tell you now in front of everyone for no fucking reason and expected you to side with us no questions asked
Bert was really endearing in the chibi and school spinoffs
Dishonest simplification
Bert belongs in the garbage bin, together with stupid rotting potato whore.
more like
>im starting to like you guys so fuck it we're stronger than all of you and we're gonna bruteforce our mission and get the fuck out of here
this thread can't die yet it hasn't felt the full force of the hate and contempt this scene deserves
I think the idea was that the reveal was so nonchalant that you were supposed to be taken aback just as much as the rest of the squad was. Eren and you, the reader, both felt the pain of betrayal and the feeling of righteous anger that followed.
At least, that's my interpretation.
still not a reason why they would fucking do it
Well I don't know man, DM Isayama on Twitter or something and ask
Why?
you're retarded
Did they want to fuck?
Because Reiner is mentally ill for fuck's sake
inb4 le shitty writing
Manga did the reveal better since it’s completely in the background.
>noo not the nazi bogeyman not muh heckin eldiarinos
Genocide is the right answer
Thanks to the bad manga art Bertholdt was pretty much a literal who that people barely remembered because he was almost a background character until the reveal.