It seems to me that people will only see what they want to see.
They will do this so strongly, they will even forgo rationality and obscure the material that is in front of them until it fits into their narrow view.
I feel sad for people who are unable to enjoy the material as it is, and instead melt it into something grotesque. It spoils the enjoyment. But not just for themselves, as these people are rarely silent in their opinions. They seek out to destroy it for others.
This moment between Mikasa and Eren was beautiful beyond words, and deeply poignant.
With nothing left to fight with, Mikasa used the last thing she had available to her - her feelings - to bolster Eren one last time. She reached out in their final moment to dust him off, to tell him that no, he isn’t useless or worthless. That, even if he was unable to protect others, he always protected her. He saved her life. It may just be one life amongst many, but her gratitude to him is insurmountable. She reminded him that in the face of it all, he has been her everything.
It wasn’t selfish. It wasn’t a last minute, desperate bid to declare her feelings before they died. It wasn’t as romantic as that. To me it spoke many levels of sadness, that seeing him break apart like that before her eyes, prompted her to speak up. She only did it to give him strength, or I feel she would forever hold her feelings in her heart. Mikasa is not one to do things lightly. She learned her lesson about letting her feelings dictate the moment in Season 1.
Yet here, she knew they would help. Maybe not to get them out of an impossible situation, but to save Eren from dying in a state of unimaginable grief. To give him a moment of respite, from a life of almost complete tragedy.
She showed him her vulnerable side in revealing as much as she did. And I think that was completely selfless of her, in fact. Her purpose for doing it was to simply thank him - like no one else has - for the things he has done, the sacrifices made, for simply existing.
If she had not the courage to expose her feelings that way, they both would have died there; Eren caught in a moment of powerful self-loathing, and her, helpless and only able to watch. Not a pleasant way to go.
As someone who is fairly neutral on Mikasa, even I was able to appreciate the power of that scene, the raw emotion, the importance.
Some people do just want to watch the world burn. Let them. They’ll eventually burn out themselves. The rest of us can go on seeing the beauty in what is around us, because time is short and precious and I for one, would rather live with a glass half-full.
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