Some thoughts I had listening to your discussion regarding the Connie’s mom part:
- about Anna’s thoughts on the rooftop conversation, “what if there was a possibility to save, say Levi instead of Connie’s mom” : well they kinda did have that conversation, when Jean’s brings up saving Pixis. So based on the whole interaction, my take is that Mikasa is just shocked at the idea of sacrificing a child, Jean is just thinking strategically , and Armin is both shocked at the idea AND thinking of the strategic value of Falco. And then Armin only use the strategic part in his argument in favor of Faco; I think it works with Jean, who thinks with his mind, but not with Connie, who thinks with his heart, or not thinking at all at this moment, which lead me to
- about Connie contradicting himself when he says to Armin ‘if you thought about it for one second, you’d know she’d hate it”: I think he was speaking to himself as well, maybe even more so than to Armin.
- about Armin’s “what would Erwin do” moment: my take is the conclusion he draws is not “actions speak louder than words” but: 1. making a huge gamble. 2. being ready to give up his life if his gamble doesn’t pay off: “those who can’t give up everything can’t achieve anything”.
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2023-01-30 12:05:29 +0000 UTC
Interesting, I didn't think of it like that. My take is, Mikasa is so cold towards Louise, not because Louise admires her but because of wHY Louise admires her, and the "message" Louise got from Mikasa saving her back in the day. Because that message was "you have to become powerful if you want to crush your enemy". And now, as Mikasa is horrified by what Eren is doing, Louise basically says to her " I am a full on board Jaegerist because of you", Mikasa can't bear the thought that that's what she inspired in Louise. Also, I think she takes the scarf back because Louise doesn't get what it represents: for Louise, it's a symbol of Eren saving Mikasa through violence, but what it really is for Mikasa is a symbol of Eren saving her through kindness, by getting her warm, giving her a new home and showing her that there is still beauty in this cruel world.
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2023-01-30 11:15:47 +0000 UTC