In “Night of the End”, she actually apologized to Jean for believing what she’d been taught and asked for his help. As her worldview crumbled slowly all around her, she started to recognize that what she had always known might not have been the truth. She was so obnoxious for so long, and it was difficult to remember that she’s a brainwashed child when she was so easy to hate. Reiner has been wandering around guilt-stricken basically asking for punishment. Jean got to vent some of his rage over the death of his friend. Jean beating him felt like vindication, but it also felt like healing. Jean even seemed willing to move past the tragedy, and then Reiner tried to apologize. The truth of his death is finally out in the open. Now, something may happen later, or it simply may be a case of it’s been literal years and everyone has moved on. I know she’s loyal to the people she served with, but it’s my understanding that they are probably dead now.Īlso, there was not enough of the 104th dealing with Annie, given when they last saw her. I have no idea where Pieck stands on anything and I find myself very curious. But I wish there had been still more interactions between the different factions. There was a lot of criticism about how last week left a lot out, and I feel that “Night of the End” did a great job in putting it all back in. I’ll tell you, I was mostly pleased with how this episode turned out. And considering his closeness with Pieck, who is also less gung-ho about Marley than might be believed, it’s possible he was trying to see how committed the others are to the plan. After all, Magath never seemed so fully pro-Marley in the past. However, I have seen some theorizing that Magath’s behavior was less his actual opinion and more purposely prodding the Scouts to test the alliance. But I bet the others would very much like to know the truth about their origins. It probably wouldn’t make any difference to Magath, who seems unwilling to see Marley as anything but a victim even among its own imperialism. This was a moment where I really wished that everyone else knew the truth that we learned from Ymir. That’s why he only thinks of them as an enemy – because he’s never seen them as anything else. He’s only been around others from Marley. They know that they are all simply people they are no less devils than any of their own people back in Marley. Reiner and the others have spent considerable time among the people of Paradis. It was also Magath’s repeated use of the term “devils”. Please tell me how Marley is any different? Yes, Eldia used Titans to reign with terror. Reiner, Annie, Falco, and Gabi all sat there silent and chastened while Magath drank wine and blamed these children for something that happened ages before they were born. I think what had me most frustrated during “Night of the End” was Magath’s attitude. They will feel justified with any action they take against them. Then Eren goes ahead and enacts everyone’s worst fears, and now every country on the planet will “know” that what they thought about Paradis – and Eldians – was true. Suspecting an attack but having no idea when it would come, everyone’s fears of the island increased, while the island itself sat there unaware. If they hadn’t had their memories erased, this outcome might have never happened in the first place.īut with the island being off on its own, the rest of the world’s paranoia ran rampant. If the First King Behind the Wall hadn’t erased everyone’s memories, they might have been able to spend decades preparing for this eventuality. The shadows of the dead Scouts behind them was a powerful moment.īut Jean has a point that if they stop Eren, the rest of the world will still come after them. This is the problem with Paradis having been so isolated. Eren is defending his people from genocide but he’s doing it by also committing genocide, which is wrong. There are no easy answers in a situation like this. I appreciated the conversation Hange, Jean, and Mikasa had when Hange approached them to explain her plan. It’s just not possible with what we know. Something I’ve learned about Attack on Titan is that there is unlikely to be a happy ending. The tension was palpable through my TV screen. Everyone was confronted with the lives lost in their wake, and Jean finally learned the truth of Marco’s death. It was almost like Festivus with the airing of grievances. You know an episode is going to be a banger when there’s no OP. “Night of the End” is a surprisingly wholesome(ish) episode where everyone sits around a fire and eats stew. However, “Night of the End” sort of makes up for what “Pride” lacked. As they all had been pretty violently opposed to each other relatively recently, having no explanation for what happened to convince them to work together seemed fairly rushed. Last week’s episode featured most of our remaining characters teaming up to stop Eren.
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