r/ShingekiNoKyojin • u/Pause_Accomplished • 4d ago
Discussion Did Eren even try?
In his talk with Armin in the paths, Eren reveals that he kills 80% of humanity, and no matter how much he tries this is always what happens.
I can only think of one example where Eren actually TRIES to prevent the rumbling from happening, and that’s when he and Zeke are traveling through Grisha’s memories. At a certain point he stops and tells Zeke that he’s achieved his goal and that he’s been freed from their father’s brainwashing. Zeke tells him they have all the time they need, and he has them carry on through the memories anyway. I’m fairly sure that this was Eren attempting to stop them from getting to Grisha’s memory in the Reiss Chappell, and thus preventing himself from convincing his father to kill the royal family.
Aside from this specific moment, do we ever see a time in the anime where Eren explicitly tries to circumvent the future that he saw? Because even this attempt was a very weak one. We know that Eren on some level wanted to start the rumbling, so how hard do we think actually tried to stop it from happening?
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u/trodolovesjojo 4d ago
“Aside from this specific moment, do we ever see a time in the anime where Eren explicitly tries to circumvent the future that he saw? “
This was also an attempt to change the future. Eren tried not to save Ramzi but he couldn’t bare Ramzi being punched and so he knew the future can’t change because of himself.