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The Liars

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new stuff is coming, i just need some time to catch up first

she hates his missing shame and missing propriety, while at the same time she foregoes social cues and does not care about propriety, except for when she is not in immediate danger, i.e. in contact with her higher ups.

maomao cannot be open about her feelings unless pushed towards a breaking point. meanwhile lakan easily voices what he feels and wants, much to the dismay of others. maomao would rather do anything than cause trouble for other people, not considering herself someone worth being cared about.

lakan is also open about his care and affection for her, which she detests. partially for sure because early on she feared he would take her away from Luomon, but as we know it's also because she is envious of him. I introduce another factor. shame. she is ashamed of what she needs and how little she can give back to the people who care about her. so this grown man who hovers over his own daughter is an embarassment, another clutz to make herself even more of a stinker to be around. it does not help that he is considered an actual nuisance people should stay away from - constantly signaling to maomao that if she shows these traits, and potentially an allegiance to this man - she too will be ostracized. which leads me to my final point.

maomao's incredibly low self-worth. sure, Lakans "instinct" to sniff out the truth, good people and good subordinates can be a la-clan "quirk" that can't be explained by logic, but to me it is also his trust in his own abilities. he may hate himself, but he sees behavior, judges it, and believes that his judgement is sound. in tactical situations he is correct more often than not, while his inability to think about how another person might judge a situation leads to him being a lost cause in social situations. maomao on the other hand wants solid proof so that she will not be wrong. she wants certainty, to save her own head, other peoples heads, and to reassure herself that she knows the rational truth. uncertainty is something she detests early on and still does not love later on, though she has come to know that she can handle difficult situations, even if theres not a 100% guarantee that things will go well. if things go south, she will have back-up-plans to make sure she is prepared (and! people to lean on). her avoidance becomes action, and maomao is happier for it.

growing up with a father like hers and then training in the warriors unit was a very harsh experience. annie is seen as an emotionless woman and yet she is the warrior that cries the most out of everyone.

she cried when they took eren from her, realising that she killed a big amount of people for nothing and that she couldn’t go back to her father because the mission wasn’t done yet.

annie is a very strong and independent woman and crying isn’t seen as a weakness in her eyes. annie cries, annie gets frustrated, annie gets mad.

also in this scene she feels SO upset that not only she is crying, but the titan itself. i think it reflects well enough how deep her pain is.

she cries when she gets defeated and realises that she needs to crystallise herself to survive: she doesn’t know if her comrades will save her or when she’ll have the occasion to get out safely. she thought she could finally go home and see her father, but her only wish (and reason to keep living) now looks so far.

They look like parents who have no great expectations of their son and would prolly be like: you don't have to become the world ambassador or anything great, you're good as you are. Maybe you can just work at a library or a tools workshop or something -

And

Do they know this four limbed thing plays 5D mind chess and blows up the port at Liberio

Do they know what this thing does. Huh?