#yeagerists

[bliegmeister]

The funniest thing about the Jaegerists, imo, is that Eren isn't even really one of them. He thinks they're extreme and angry.

If even Eren Jaeger thinks you need to calm down, then maybe you should self reflect a little.

[emils-doodles]

Totally normal Wine, trust.

[eldianhope]

Please give me a three page essay on why exactly you love Floch so i can understand you. Because i think he’d a little cringe and little more than a useful idiot to Eren, but still, i love seeing different views of characters :0

I'd love to

I’ll try to not make this about Isayama’s intentions when it comes to the creation of Floch’s character, because he’s explained why Floch exists and why he was "needed" in the story, which I generally agree with, but it isn’t the reason I like him

What Floch experienced in Shiganshina was extremely traumatic, especially because it left him as the sole survivor. This happened to him as a teenager with very limited prior experience, because he joined the survey corps later than our main group. He didn’t have a support network after this, he didn’t have a group of friends like the rest did, because everyone had died.

He was the one trying to "save the devil", crawling through the dirt with a grown man strapped to his body after coming to senses surrounded by the corpses of his comrades. He did not fall into a deep depression, he did not give up, he did not decide that indeed nothing mattered in the end. Floch did the opposite and pushed himself to the other end of the spectrum by taking full control, accountability and by being extremely proactive and forceful. He just reached out and took the meaning he needed to survive and move on, he looked at the world and decided that this is what needs to be done, and simply did it. He doesn’t back down, he’s honest and straightforward to a fault.

After his experience it would make sense to want to move away from the threat, but Floch instead started to move towards it by making it his personal mission to find the right devil to restore Eldia. This is extremely brave, even if you disagree with the sentiment.

The world is unsafe, because it is full of enemies and Floch wants to move towards the threat to annihilate it entirely. He wants to destroy everything before it can destroy him/his nation/his people/whatever he sees as an extension of himself. He is the founder and organiser of the yeagerists, he recruited them, he orchestrated an assassination, the spiking of the wine and caused a coup d’etat. He built the entire infrastructure beneath Eren’s rumbling, stayed absolutely loyal and secretive the whole time and always gave it his all. Again, you can disagree with his foundational ideas, but the way in which he almost single-handedly managed to orchestrate all of this, without having access to a trusted team of military and political veterans, unlike every opposing group, is absolutely insane. His resolve is unyielding, he does not stop, no matter what. He gets shot by FaZe Gabi after facing several Titanshifters and an Ackermann and then manages to follow them while almost bleeding out in ice cold water, just for one final, desperate attempt to do what he believes must be done to achieve safety for him and his people. He accepts that he’ll die and his last words are not „help me“ (like Bertholdt's, sorry) but he’s asking the people who just killed him and who are trying to prevent their own safety (in Floch’s eyes) to please not stop their devil, their only hope, because if they do, everyone on their island will be killed.

And in the end, he was right. You can say it was better like this, you’re free to think he was wrong for putting his own people over everyone else, but his conviction, bravery and ability to grow from trauma instead of breaking from it are so impressive to me, and all of this while basically being on his own.

[irdicai]

When I was young and first learned about Neo-Nazis, I always thought, "No way people actually support shits they did." And then after watching AOT and the birth of "Yeagerists," really opened my eyes. They do really think genocide can be justified.

[siabby]

Happy late birthday to the man, the myth, the legend. OG fine shyte, the yummyest of frat boys. Eren fuckin Yeager!!!

forever 19

happy birthday bae mwahhhh

(why am I actually tearing up rn😭)

[eldianfreedom]

Mikasa Did Not Free Ymir

For my first proper post I will talk about what made me angry the most in this terrible ending. And it's how apperantly the power of love freed Ymir. Good lord...

Mikasa did not free Ymir. Eren did. In the Paths. In one of the most emotional scenes that I've ever seen in my life. This scene made me cry and to see it basically just thrown in the trash for the sake of a ship that never even made sense in the first place genuinely hurts my soul.

So let's talk about it. Eren broke the chains of Paths with the power of sheer will and ran towards Ymir. He hugged her and told her that she has a choice. He let her choose whether she wants to lend him her power. He gave a choice to this little girl who has been kept as a slave her whole life. This is the moment that we finally get to see her eyes. And she's crying. This is the exact moment that she's freed.

And it makes perfect sense. This is not what the ending wants you to believe though. The ending ruined not only this moment but also Ymir as a character. Tell me why Isayama is all of a sudden trying to make me believe that Ymir has actually been in love with King Fritz this whole time? This child who has been continuously raped and abused her whole life by that same man. You might scream "BUT STOCKHOLM SYNDROME!" Stockholm syndrome would imply that the king has treated her nicely sometimes. So the victim has some hope to cling on to. None of that is shown. Not shown, not mentioned. "Well maybe it happened off screen." If it's not in the text, it didn't happen and I don't care for it. I'm not here to make up headcanons, especially not for a child being abused by some old powerhungry man.

And what is all this for? Well obviously for Mikasa to get some last second importance to the story. Because contrary to what her glazers would want you to believe, you could easily remove her from the story and not much would change.

What Isayama tried here is to make Mikasa the parallel to Ymir and Eren parallel to king Fritz. Which is just dumb as hell. The only parallel you could draw for her is almost being kidnapped and sold into slavery as a child. And you might bring up the headache thing which he tried to explain as Ymir trying to contact her. This is an asspull. We know why she got headaches. She got them everytime she thought she will lose someone she loves.

Just a few examples:

Eren's mom dying

Eren getting kidnapped

She does say she hit her head, but just with her saying "this again" it's clear that's not what she's talking about.

Armin being burnt to a crisp

So no, her headaches were never Ymir trying to get in her head. It was a trauma response of watching her parents die right in front of her eyes and getting kidnapped. She is not a parallel to Ymir. You know who is though? Historia. I want to get into how Historia, Ymir, freckled Ymir and Eren are all connected in a separate post so I will keep it brief in this. You could not miss it if you tried. Tried to be like the girl in her book, who is supposed to be Ymir. Ymir was the first titan shifter and had her power transfered down through cannibalism. The same fate they wanted to force upon Historia. And she quite literally IS Ymir's descendant. This is only a few examples. Not only is it in the text but it's also sprinkled through imagery. Like I said, I want to get deeper into this in another post.

So no, Mikasa was not originally gonna be Ymir's parallel. And oh boy, Eren absolutely wasn't supposed to be Fritz's. Eren who's whole thing is freedom is somehow a parallel to a man who is an abuser and slave owner. Yeah okay. Are you trying to imply that Eren was abusive to Mikasa? How? Is it because he headbutted her once? Is it because he might have been a bit harsh in his language towards her sometimes? I could get into the ways Mikasa is abusive to Eren but you're not ready for that conversation. You might say "uuuh, well Eren commited a mass scale genocide duhh.", Eren didn't do it because he's a powerhungry psycho. He did it to protect his home.

No, Eren is not the king's parallel. You know who is though? ZEKE! Zeke was the one ordering Ymir around in the Paths. EREN was the one who gave her a CHOICE. ZEKE is the one who wanted to have Historia, who is the actual parallel to Ymir, inherit his beast titan and birth as many children as possible in her 13 years. Zeke is out here straight up LOOKING like Fritz.

Isayama really be playing in my face with this shit. Even he doesn't know how to explain Mikasa's power of love freeing Ymir and hits us with this gem.

"Only Ymir knows that one..." Absolute cinema. People actually read this and said ah yes, this is peak writing.

In conclusion, one of my favorite scenes in this show was ruined for the sake of fan service. Thank you Isayama.

[soldier-of-death]

I always felt that when Erwin died, he was split in two.

his quick thinking, genius plans and sense of justice lived on in Armin

his practice of letting others die for a selfish cause, his "patriotism" and eloquent speaking were passed onto Floch

they both continued to lead their groups how they thought Erwin would. and I feel like people who stand with the yeagerists or the alliance both have good points when they argue about who is Erwin's successor.

[spookyevilgay]

Darius Zackly (this counts as a late birthday post, right?) and Floch Forster from my latest AOT reel. Zackly is an intriguing character, but also someone I would be terrified of, if he was a real person…

1. Darius Zackly

2. Floch Forster

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💬 1  🔁 0  ❤️ 7 · Working on these reels is so fun and really helps me during a creative block 😄 Pause or take a screenshot to see which Aot