I actually feel extremely bad for Reiner. I know people don't like him because of his actions, but it's all about perspective. I made a list of all the bullshit Reiner had to go through so far. 1. Born as a mixed race boy and not accepted by his Marleyan father, leaving him with his self-hating mother and Eldian family. 2. Only goal was to bring his family together again by making them "Honorary Marleyans." 3. Poor in physical fitness, combat, academics, marksmanship. Only thing he was good at was being passionate about being a "good son" and killing the walldians 4. Becomes the armored titan and now suffers from ymir's curse leaving him only 13 years to prove to be a "good son". 5. Comrade Marcel is eaten alive right in front of him by Ymir's titan. 6. Infiltrates the military and meets Eren Yeager who openly tells them about how the Colossal and Armored Titans ruined his life. Guilt probably set in by now. 7. Gets in too deep and gains an alternate "Soldier" personality which conflicts with his "Warrior" personality. 8. Loved by the majority of his squad and is considered the big brother of his peers. 9. Battle of Trost happens and ends up causing the death of a friend, Marco, who overheard their conversation revealing their secret. He then disassociates himself with this event and wonders why Marco is being eaten. 10. Indirectly caused the deaths of several soldiers by telling Annie where Eren was. 11. Unable to tell his grieving comrade, Connie why his mother was turned into a mindless titan. 12. Realizes that Ymir is the titan that ate his friend and can't do anything about it. 13. His identity is revealed and all the sudden most of his friends now want him dead or gone. 14. Guilt tripped by former good friend, Eren, who now has him and Bert on his murder list. 15. Loses possesion of Eren, meaning he lost the chance to bring home the Attack Titan and the coordinate, possibly the most powerful titan. 16. Fights against Eren and literally gets his head blown up by former comrades. 17. Rescued by Piek and escapes Paradis without his bestfriend, and without the Coordinate. 18. Now has less than 2 years left and is trying to justify in his head that what he did on Paradis was right. 19. Can now see that his cousin, Gabi is going down the same path as himself to inherit the his Armored Titan. 20. Returns home to his family, only to still be stuck in the internment camp and his father still gone. This truly makes me sad. He failed to do what he promised his mother and himself to do. The Marleyans lied to the families so they could have child soldiers who were ready to die at the chance of having their family become Honorary Marleyans. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw Reiner break down crying after everything he's been through.
