After watching the finale of Attack on Titan and crying all my tears, I don't think it's fair to hate any of the young characters... Over the years watching the anime I have seen many people taking Eren's side and hating Reiner, or loving Reiner and criticizing Armin, I myself at some point hated Gabi (I think it's easy to imagine why). With the full picture though (from the anime only, in fact I apologize if there is much that I certainly didn't understand) it is clear to me much more about all of these magnificent and complex characters.
I think that in order to "excuse" them all from their bad choices that have led to many catastrophic consequences it may be interesting to listen to the words of that old man who leads the Marleyans on the finale, it is interesting to listen in fact to how he admits that the blame for what is happening belongs only to the old people and the old generations, who have forced the young people to live in the terrible world that they themselves have built (again it was very moving to see the reaction of Reiner's mother, to see her guilt, how she admits that she only used him, that she did not love him and was not a good mother). In this aspect I think Aot is very timely and portrays the reality of our world where young people are forced to fight wars, die, face the consequences of the bad choices made by previous generations.
That is why I don't think any of us can really criticize the choices of the young characters, each of them, in their own ways, has endured a life of "brainwashing", there are those who have spent their lives being devoured by giants without knowing the meaning behind it, those who have been raised with the idea that they have to kill their own people to pay for the sins of the past... Eren on his part I think is one of the best characters ever created, whether you may like him or not, whether you may agree with his choices or not, I think it is magnificent to see the evolution of his character. Despite the fact that his actions have led to the death of many of his friends and the people of Paradis, that he says so much that he wants to protect, I really believe that from his point of view this was the only chance he had to create a better future for his comrades (let's still consider the fact that we are dealing with a young boy who, despite having seen different futures (?), still found himself with a huge weight on his shoulders, something he should not have had to face alone).
I also find it very real that on the ending it is shown how despite all the events that have happened history "repeats itself" (I looked for explanations on this and apparently with Eren's actions the power of the giants is gone, so history will not repeat itself as we saw it, but will simply repeat itself with new wars, new killings, new hatred and massacres and I also find this very real). That said, after exposing my fresh thoughts on the ending that I have been waiting for years, stubbornly not reading it in the manga because I wanted to finish the story as I started it, by seeing the anime, I can say that Isayama is a genius. He created a story that manages to be very close to reality, despite the fact that it has almost nothing real in it. He created complex and misguided characters who still manage to make you think with their choices and their mistakes.
I am sure that there will be many mistakes in my reflections and I will continue my research to better understand the parts that I am missing. It would be nice to talk to Isayama about this and have him tell all the hidden meanings in the story.
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