A noteworthy thing about her headache is it always comes with a sound effect “ズキ”.
In addition to the scenes above, there are also a few occasions when the sound appears, despite no headache:
When her childhood memories surfaced after she saved the little girl
When she witnessed the Female Titan eating Eren
Seems like her headache always happens when she is in fear of a losing a family…? The only exception is when her childhood memories are triggered by that little girl…?
Hi Anon! I’d be careful when it comes to shipping in the SnK world actually. Without mentioning the discourse and ship wars in the fandom (I’m pretty sure I’m exposing myself by answering you actually), Sensei showed that killing a lot of his characters was totally his thing, which makes it hard to hope for canon romance.
Anyway, I always rooted for Springles but if you’re caught up with SnK, well, you know it’s not happening.
Ymir/Historia always was a pairing I considered to be more or less canon even though Ymir is already dead and Historia has been put in rather… complicated situation with the latest chapter. Even though they will never end up together in the flesh, I tend to think that their feelings for each other are real.
I know there are other popular pairings like Reiner/Bertholdt,Armin/Annie,
Levi/Erwin
but first of all Bert and Erwin are dead so :// and, while I don’t mind these pairings, I kind of doubt that Sensei will ever truly give any of these dynamics a romantic subtone.
My appreciation of Levi/Erwin legally forces me to look at the Zevi pairing critically (especially since I don’t trust Zeke at all) and I’m not sure I will ever want to swim in these waters tbh. Zeke/Yelena is interesting (to me) though, especially from her (almost fanatical?) point of view.
More seriously, Ymir/Historia aside, I think the only pairing that has a slight chance of ever being addressed in canon is obviously EreMika, not that I have high hopes for both of them to survive the ending or that Sensei will give the fans what they want in the first place.
To delve a little more into the subject of Eremika though, first of all I stare deeply at anyone who would read my answer and consider that I should be tried for supporting “incest”.
Let’s get real, folks:
they aren’t blood related, period. So you may or not like the pairing, that’s your right and I don’t mind either way, but using fallacious arguments never makes any point and that’s just sad (Mikasa, play ‘Vogel im Kafig’).
Otherwise, the reason that I think Eremika might eventually get its shot at being given canon romantic subtones is that we’re already halfway there, because Mikasa’s feelings aren’t really a secret to anybody, except to Eren himself.
There again, some fans might be tempted to quote Mikasa blushing and saying that “Eren is just like family”, but you don’t try and kiss your family when you think you’re about to die (ch50), just saying. xD
So it’s not really a question of whether he might even reciprocate her feelings or not when he hardly realizes what everyone else has known for ages.
I know that some fans who don’t like Eremika tend to vouch that Eren is not interested in her in that way, but personally and considering the narrative so far I think it’s way too soon to tell. His reaction to her words in ch50 was clearly not dismissal, on the contrary for me, which is why I think that aging them both can only be a good thing if we’re ever going to address the subject.
Look at the Marley arc, okay Sensei did say that Eren was under the influence of other people’s memories when he caught on Falco’s crush about Gabi, but the same influence could help him realize about Mikasa’s own feelings for him for all we know. That or she’s bound to try and tell him again anyway.
That was from the characters’ point of view. Narratively speaking now, I also think that Eremika makes a lot of sense for different reasons that @aspoonofsugar already explained in this very well-written post!
TL;DR while Ymir and Historia will sadly never come to be together I personally consider them canon, but otherwise the pairing most likely to get canon should be Eremika in my opinion.
Things between Casca and Guts really took a huge step forward after Guts left her and everyone else behind for a while to follow his own goal, which coincidentally led to a series of unfortunate events for their band of mercenaries. And it’s after Casca confronted him on the subject that they ended up realizing their mutual feelings.
I mean, do you see the little parallel there with what Eren’s latest shenanigans? So maybe Isayama-sensei is targeting a similar approach, which is to say that as long as Mikasa doesn’t really confront Eren about leaving everyone and her behind, he can’t possibly address her feelings for him again.
Anyway, the difference between Guts and Eren is that Guts (also being 19 at the time) was
never
dense about love, he just didn’t think Casca could love him back until that moment where they let it all out.
It’s just to share the idea. It may not happen like that, heck it may even not happen at all, but I felt like mentioning it just in case! Enjoy Anon!
am i the only one who doesn’t trust Kiyomi’s happiness about Mikasa, like, she’s the head of the Azumabito clan, why would she want Mikasa, the heir to the shogun bloodline, back???? especially after the whole speech about the iceburst stone resources.
i trust her as much as i trust Zeke’s claim that he sold his parents to make sure Grisha’s plan to restore Eldia would work, which is to say not at all????
Hi Anon! Yeah, he certainly is and that’s why I do not trust him at all, like Yelena.
Funnily enough that’s where Sensei might get me, because I so am never trusting Zeke that Sensei could eventually make a good guy out of him and I would refuse to believe it till the series ends. It’s just that I can’t forget this tho’…
so no way do I believe his claim that he sold his parents out to eventually make Grisha’s plan work.
Otherwise I just don’t know what to make of Eren at the moment. Is he buying anything coming from his brother, is he following a plan of his own because the alternatives offered by Zeke’s side or Kiyomi do not provide what he wants for the people he wants to protect? I don’t know, he’s a tough cookie to see through.
Thanks for passing by Anon, glad to know I’m not alone in this! 🙂
Hey Anon! And nah, no way! I think Historia’s husband or whatever is that dude from the cliffhanger.
I mean, reading the typeset version, Eren was against Historia being forced to recreate the system that the Reiss family had put in place before Grisha killed them all in the first place. That’s why he left and followed a plan of his own because Kiyomi’s and Zeke’s ideas put Historia in a bad position.
So if he was against it, why would he make a child with her? So n o p e, Historia’s pregnancy isn’t related to Eren.
Listen Anon, I know it was a long time ago, but Eren and Historia once had a deep talk…
…and I think Eren understands where Historia is coming from. That’s why, since she already has to be the Queen despite not wanting to initially, he doesn’t want her to be burdened with more.
That’s also why he didn’t mention the use of the royal bloodline to the progenitor titan after he finally accessed his father’s memories and why he was against her being used by Kiyomi and Zeke in the newest chapter.
In general what Eren seeks for him and for the others is freedom. I think that explains enough why he’s mad about Historia being forced into the current circumstancesn even if it was also her choice
eventually. So no, Eren is not Historia’s baby’s daddy (besides I think Mikasa would have taken it rather badly if that were the case, considering past examples).
I hope it answers your question, have a nice day Anon!
Mikasa is defined early on by what is probably her most iconic quote:
This line doesn’t simply describe how Mikasa sees the world, but tells us something about Mikasa herself because she too, like the world, embodies this duality.
it’s the only memory he gets from that dream, maybe it’s a sign that
eremika is really going to be plot relevant. Why would he remember
Mikasa in particular (and not Armin for example), assuming these
memories were really about him and Mikasa? I’m so sorry if this doesn’t
make a lot of sense, I love your snk posts so I wanted your opinion.
Have a great weekend!
Hello anon! I am happy you enjoy my posts! And don’t worry, your ask
makes sense, but since my answer is gonna be pretty long I’ll break it
into two parts:
1) Firstly I will address the scene you mentioned and some theories about it.
2) Then I will talk a little bit of Eremika.
1) I agree with you that this scene
and this scene
are
both linked to a common plot point which has to do with some
worldbuilding elements like the paths among Eldians, the origin of the
Founding Titan, the Attack Titan and the truth about Ymir. Until these details remain
unknown it is difficult to come up with a perfect explanation for these
panels.
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It may have been instinctive on Mikasa’s part to protect Eren but what’s interesting is that it took only an instant for her to back down. She and Armin have an entire conversation with just their eyes. She remembers, he understands, she looks sad, perhaps even ashamed. In the panels that follow, Mikasa and Armin are not hovering over Eren. They are leaving him alone.
I would guess that Mikasa and Armin have gotten close these last several months. They’ve probably discussed this exact scenario. Maybe they tried to work out their anger and hurt before they arrived in Marley. Obviously, it’s still simmering.
I can’t imagine any scenario that would end with a permanent separation. He might be an idiot, but he’s their idiot. I don’t see that changing. They are disappointed, angry and hurt but still care very much. They know, too, that unless the curse of Ymir ends, Eren has only a short time left to live. That probably factors in.
As far as blame for Sasha’s death, I don’t think so. Jean is speaking emotionally and reacting with understandable anger, but I think once cooler heads prevail that will fade. Eren is likely facing desertion and insubordination, murder won’t be added to that list.
Reasoning only on this scan, Mikasa and Eren are both reactioning in front of Sasha’s death in a reversed way (compared to their known roles): Mikasa shouts, expressing her feelings in such a violent way (as Eren has always done), while Eren remains cold and almost insensitive (as Mikasa has always done). In any case, Sasha’s death was a tragedy for me and I hope Isayama won’t kill too many corps before the end.
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