Hello,I have discovered your blog last week.Your theory about Eren being controlled through the AT is fasicnating(It kept me awake for a whole night).I wanted to ask you about what Eren said to Ymir after reminding her that she has a choice "Was it you who led me all the way here".First, why would he say something like that?(I mean what is the thing that hinted that idea to him?) And Second,this is probably not "our Eren" talking,what do you think it means in that case? Thank you for the blog
That’s something I’ve been wondering myself too. The whole thing with Ymir Fritz being in the paths world for 2000 years is in my opinion more complicated than what we were led to believe.
Ymir Fritz in the paths world looks to be at the age that she was just before getting titan powers. This is interesting because when Eren was in his “dream” during the Trost arc, he was about 9-10yo, and he didn’t have any memories of the walls breaking and him being a titan. So, it could be the same with Ymir Fritz, and that in the paths words she doesn’t have any memories of her getting titan powers and what happened later on.
Another thing that should be mentioned is that she was obeying those with the power of the Founding titan for 2000 years. And since it seems that time flows much slower in the paths world, as far as we know she could have been there for millions of years. And the story made it seem as if Eren hugging her and giving her a bit of pep-talk is what made her suddenly realize that she’s not a slave. But, I’m not buying that.
Zeke said for Ymir Fritz that she has no will of her own, and that she’s just a slave who obeys orders. Her “default” behaviour in the paths world is to build and heal titans. And that behaviour continues until a Founder gives her another order.
That is similar to how mindless titans operate. Their “default” behaviour is to eat humans, and that changes only when a Founder gives them another order.
To me, it looks like Ymir Fritz wasn’t really conscious in the paths world, and couldn’t control her action, just like how humans who are turned into the mindless titans can’t really control their actions.
And if we take a look at what Eren said to her after hugging her:
“You don’t need to serve anyone. You can be the one to choose.” and “You get to decide. You choose.” This was said to her by someone with the Founder’s power.
So instead of looking at this as a pep-talk, what if we look at this as an “order” that Ymir obeyed from the Founder. It would mean she was stuck in the paths world as sort of a “mindless human” for 2000 years, just building titans and obeying orders, waiting for someone to give her an order to chose her own actions.
As for the “Was it you who led me here?” question…I’m under the impression that it could be a foreshadowing that their meeting was planned out to happen way back into the past.
The AT has the ability to see the future, but not only that, it can also influence the past, as we’ve seen a few chapters ago when future Eren was talking to Grisha before his fight with Frieda. Or if we look at that scene from Grisha’s point of view, future Eren was influencing present time.
With such power, it’s possible to pull the strings so that hundreds or thousands of years into the future, a certain event will end up happening. And things that are happening now, may have been orchestrated by someone/something 2000 years ago.
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