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[donkeytejas]

It's been a while, hasn't it?

Hello, all.

I've been busy as of late. Did you notice?

But I'm back, and here's the deal: I forget about this. A lot. And unless I'm reminded in a timely fashion, there's no way I'll get around to it. It's summer, so I can't say I'm really busy, but I've got things to do, and this is rarely on my mind.

That said, I'm glad there are more of you! I hope you enjoy. And yes, I'm about to start reading in a few minutes.

[donkeytejas]

ok words are starting to fail me now (because it's late and I get dumb when it's late) but I am going to try to chug through as much as I can to finish this chapter. Once my posts become "look there is a thing" I will stop. But until then, there will be words (though they may not make much sense and I may cringe at them in the morning when I am coherent)

[donkeytejas]

Hey, all! It's a little late, but, well, I promised to do this every Friday. So, until I go to sleep, I'll be doing some analysis. Yay!

Maybe we'll get through ch 001 today!  Yeah, I probably won't finish. But I'm an optimist, so let's try!

[donkeytejas]

Haha. "Finish ch 001," she says. 

This took a lot out of me, but I know it was only a few posts for today (several screencaps, though). I'll try to make up for this next week. I had a lot of stuff going on, this week. Maybe next week will be better.

[donkeytejas]

So, just fyi. I will (usually) only be analyzing the shingekis on fridays. This Friday, I plan to finish chapter one (finally) and then move on to chapter 2. That's the plan. If you don't want to see my analysis stuff, btw, just block the tag "analysis on titan."

[donkeytejas]

Commander Handsome spotted pfft

[donkeytejas]

I'd just like to point out that titans CAN cross bodies of water, as evidenced by this. Granted, this is some sort of ancient drawing that's supposed to detail the events that led to humans hiding behind the walls. You can see the people running from the Titans, who are advancing East (there's no compass, so I'm only using directions loosely, here; they may not be accurate), towards the last few strongholds on the Western lands. These castles are about to fall. That's why people left. That's why people took SHIPS to ferry across some body of water (the scale obviously isn't accurate, here, as there's no water within sight of the walls). This could be a river, but from the way this is drawn, the body of water seems to be extremely large in size. To me, that indicates that it's either a sea or an ocean.

Also notice that there are no Titans on any part of the Eastern land (that we can see). If there WERE no Titans on the Wall-side of the water, then they had to get there after 100 years or so. Which means that TITANS CAN CROSS LARGE BODIES OF WATER. I don't know about you, but for me, that's an absolutely terrifying idea.

No matter where you run, no matter where you hide, the Titans can and will find you. There is literally no escape. (Which, to me, leads to the conclusion that, since you can't escape, you have to make a stand and fight back)

Anyway, enough about this. Off to the actual story, now.

[donkeytejas]

"Ch. 001: To You in 2000 Years"

Huh. The significance of this title eludes me, as of now. Is this suggesting that the narrator (if there will indeed be a specific narrator) lives in our universe, and that this was occurring in the past, two thousand years ago?

Or is this some sort of foreshadowing? Will this title be significant later on in the plot? Will the protagonists perhaps find something, from two thousand years before?

Then again, there's always the option that it might be completely irrelevant. It's certainly an interesting title--one that catches your attention. And that's important, for manga. Still, I'd like to think there's some reasoning behind this title.

Regardless of the reason, it's obvious that time is important in the snk universe. Whether it's 2000 years or 100 years, time is significant. The passage of time plays a role in the perception of the snk universe. Before they hid behind their walls, the people feared Titans (you see pictures of them firing useless canons at Titans all the time). After 100 years behind the walls, they're secure, they can forget what they don't see. Time heals all wounds, right? Except it doesn't. Because the Titans are still out there. Waiting, perhaps. Hungry, maybe. There are mysteries about Titans that the people don't know. And the passage of time has erased knowledge of what they once had--they've never seen an ocean, never seen anything beyond their walls.

But, as we'll see, reality has a way of reminding us(oftentimes in a brutally and painful manner) that you can't ignore it. Even time can't erase what IS.