i will try and write something out soon, but i wanna make quick little notes.
pieck didn’t think eren believed her, she knew he suspected her, and she knew he caught on to her, but she acted like she had the upper hand / like he did: she agrees to the handcuff because it is obvious she knew he had suspicion, and this was a better way to keep his eyes on her and gabi, in case she shifted / didn’t care about gabi or had a trick up her sleeve. she is not dumb and she knows he is not dumb or clueless to this either.
Pieck speech. what she pieck said was true, she knew it was true, from the treatment the eldians receive to marley being a problem / the source of so many issues. yet. she didn’t believe in eren’s (which is still unknown) or zeke’s method of stopping the cycle with the ending of birth, i do think she know that eren and zeke ideals lie in different paths: going back to her being honest in her speech --- i think she found out after getting the titan power that the treatment they get will never end, her father might be treated a little better, but it is bullshit for them being seen as equals to the marleyen people ever, they will never be treated fairly ever and the only way they can be is if they fight ---- but not with zeke and his goal.
i don’t believe she is loyal to marley, she know how cruel they are, she know the bullshit that goes on, but she has people there that she does care about. she is loyal to the few people she love / care / trust like Magath, other shifters, her father. Pieck even blatantly mentions how they sent children to fight their war.
i believe pieck mom most likely died young, and pieck is all he have too. :’(
pieck only fear in dying would be to let her father down and her friends: when she was near killed with the thunder spear her only thought was “everyone, i am sorry.” she didn’t care she was dying, more she was failing the few people she trusted and loved.
finally, porco. pieck and porco have a very close relationship, it is obvious they care about one another and trust each other a lot. when pieck was walking up the stairs and they were talking about her, she waved out as if “im on your side” but she was looking at porco and telling him she trusted him and that her and gabi were cuffed, so she would not be able to fight, and she would need his protect ---- aka the “please take care of me.” line was aimed to him alone. and he knew, and took note: he also seemed nervous, worried, since last time he fought with them, he nearly died, and he could not protect her, at one point in the marley attack, he thought she had died. i think he will try and be much more careful with this battle, and hopefully keep a level head. As for pieck, she will be protecting gabi and finding falco.
i know eren said gabi don’t trust pieck, but i think she does, and she would trust her (being on reiner side as well) more than eren.
pieck stayed calm the whole time, she was animated and dramatic and her normal self, she didn’t show any fear, not even when she was pointing at eren (she doesn’t fear him, she fear what he can and will do). she was confident in her plan, and her comrades. aka, she is good under pressure and she is really trusting of those she deemed worthy of it.
