AOT JEAN X MIKASA ARGUMENT DISCOURSE
NOT A JEAN X MIKASA POST!! BIAS TOWARDS EREMIKA
Okay since im seeing a lot of discourse on Jean x Mikasa I'd thought to put my thoughts about it and try to reason out all the arguments. I think everyone dislikes it for the wrong reasons–which end up throwing away the actual reason.
1. "Mikasa is still in love with Eren therefore she couldn't love anyone else." This argument is somewhat true with her still having Eren in her heart but this dumbs her feelings for Eren and Jean down to Eren only. Though she won't fully move on from Eren (like anyone else) she could and best to assume would eventually move on romantically–though i personally don't like the fact it happened with Jean. I hate when this argument is used as it just further pushes Mikasa into a male centered character and ignores her development as a whole.
2. "Jean is not a good husband and Mikasa doomed herself" I've only seen a few say this but holy stretch 😭. Yes from the dream he had we see him drink alcohol & Mikasas upper face drawn with black lines only showing her lips. Of course this is up to interpretation so take my argument against this as the same but just because he's seen drinking doesn't mean he's bad. Again remember this is only a dream and not reality. The dream he had doesn't actually reflect the relationship and child they have at the end. I think Mikasas face being shown like this puts more emphasis on Jean (since yk its his dream) and not actually adds onto what he would be as a husband.
Theres ofc more but I personally wanted to reply to these two. This is no hate to the actual shippers – I do believe Jean x Mikasa just wouldn't work (im aware they're canon) the way everyone thinks it would. Im more bias since my favorite ship is Eremika. I do hate how ship discourse just dumbs down Mikasas character to Eren. I love them both and her dynamic with Eren is soooo much more than people play it out to be. 😓
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