I keep seeing posts questioning why people are calling Eren and Mikasa snakes, why they’re accusing them of betrayal, so I want to just outline some key factors here that could hopefully answer for all those not understanding why people are upset. Disclaimer: I’m just trying to get a point across, not bash on characters.
- When Erwin Smith asked them to offer up their hearts, Eren and Mikasa performed the salute – they explicitly told Erwin and the rest of the Scouting Legion that they were ready to fight for humanity with this gesture.
- Joining the Survey Corps was entirely optional and it was made painfully clear that people would die. They could back out if they wanted.
- Erwin entrusted his complete loyalty and faith to his new soldiers. He never lied to them about their probable fate, he never tried to trick them into becoming human sacrifices.
- Even when the rest of the world was ready to put him down, Erwin stepped in and defended Eren Jaeger, ultimately saving him from death and granting humanity their deadliest weapon at the time; a titan shifter. Erwin could have very well ended his career and any trust humanity could have in the Survey Corps right then and there if things with Eren didn’t work out.
- Most of the carefully devised plans that have led the characters to where they are now, right from day one, were Erwin’s.
- Of course all characters contributed throughout the story and it wasn’t just Erwin alone who was carrying everybody, but he was the commander responsible for leading them all and not once did he falter. Responsible for dealing with social affairs, making sure they had the support they needed and their enemies within the walls would cause them no problems.
- Erwin’s intelligence and overall importance has been expressed by other characters more than once.
- When the time came where Erwin really was on his deathbed (chapter 84), everything Erwin has ever done for the Survey Corps, everything Erwin has ever done for Mikasa and Eren, seemed to be completely wiped from their minds.
- Distraught over a friend and wanting to save them is one thing, but Eren and Mikasa weren’t shown even considering the commander’s survival. All they wanted was their friend back.
- They (seemingly) legitimately believed that Armin was what could save humanity. A kid over an experienced veteran commander – quite a childish way of looking at the whole thing.
- Both of them physically resisted their superior officer, Levi. Eren made an attempt to take the serum from Levi, while Mikasa drew her sword to his neck after pinning him down. He was holding the very delicate serum that, had he not cared more about keeping safe than retaliating, could have definitely broken and doomed both Armin and Erwin and very well their whole plan.
- Not once did either Mikasa or Eren stop to consider that they’d be damning Armin by turning him into a titan.
- After Levi chose to let Erwin be at rest and Armin was given the serum, both kids (all kids) abandoned the veterans to watch Armin eat Bert. Not one even spared their dying commander a glance. On his deathbed, the only people by his side, the last of his loyal followers, were Hanji, Levi and Flocke.
This is why Mikasa and Eren are probably the most hated characters right now. This is why people are calling them childish, selfish snakes. They betrayed the salute, betrayed their commander, betrayed humanity, and betrayed their friend.
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