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How is Friendship and Humanity Presented in Attack On Titan
A key element of Attack on Titan is the unwavering humanity of the main cast and how their friendships develop and change them as people. Unfortunately, this is often overlooked in favour of discussing the darker side of the show. Armin mentions taking time to enjoy the "little things", and this is what in my opinion makes the show so enjoyable. The characters of the show constantly display small and large acts of empathy which connect them together. Through these relationships, the series shows how compassion and understanding are what allows humanity to prevail over violence.
People who refuse to accept that Mikasa was able to rebuild her life 10 years after Eren's death (knowing she wasn't even 20 when he died)... You scare me. It's completely logical and normal that she would find someone to build a life with. And it makes sense that it would be Jean. The drawing matches Jean. And besides, with Jean's dream seen earlier in the show with the girl who looked like Mikasa, it makes sense. It was like foreshadowing. And it's better that Mikasa is with someone who went through everything with her and understands everything, rather than with a stranger who will never understand everything she's been through, or even understand that he isn't the love of Mikasa's life. Jean can perfectly understand and accept that Mikasa loves him sincerely without being his great love. You can lose the love of your life and rebuild your love life afterward, without it tarnishing your former love. People who think otherwise are scary.
im an eremika girlie as much as any of you but damn every time i see anything about mikasa post rumbling it's like. "don't even SUGGEST she got married w jean/other" or "she's LOYAL to eren and would NEVER betray his memory!" yes! okay! i got it! canonically, she DOESN'T move on! you can chill?!! sorry for wanting a favourite character to be HAPPY 😭 can a girl not heal from her wounds and deep scars and find meaningful relationships after her first and ONLY (somewhat disastrous and all consuming) love is gone? c'mon bro i just think the idolization of her as some pure and unchanging eternal virgin saint who is forbidden from even looking at anybody but eren a...little bizarre
+ a couple of other ways jean kirstein is much smarter than you think.
i havent written a meta in years so if this makes no sense i just :^), but i havent spoken about jean so long i truly just wanted to ramble
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Why Jean Kirstein is the best character in SnK: An essay w/ references/RECEIPTS
(This essay spans from the beginning of the story up to the current chapter 117 of the manga. Also, almost 90% of the quotes I use here are from the manga; not the anime)
Jean was introduced as a selfish snob, who was born into luxury and raised with class. His plan was to join the military police and live in the safety of the interior, far away from any titans or danger. And from the very beginning, Jean was—and has remained—an honest person. Keep that in mind.
During the 104th scouts training, which is also where Jean and Eren first met, Eren says he plans to wipe every single Titan off the face of the planet, & Jean just laughs. Eren says he must be the guy who plans to live a laid back life in the military police. In the anime, Jean’s reply is “I’m no liar. I’m a straight-talker, unlike someone who pretends to have balls of steel, even when he’s about to piss himself.” Similar to the manga version, where he says “I’m nothing, if not honest.” [vol. 4 ch. 15] And he is true to this statement.
Jean’s mentality towards joining the military police does not change until the battle in Trost district, where he encounters titans for the first time. The main characters, Eren, Mikasa, and Armin, (I’ll be referring to that trio as EMA throughout this essay) have already been exposed to the horrors of the titans. EMA have already been traumatized because they were kids when they first saw the titans face to face. However Jean is a teenager and also fresh out of the academy. He barely knows how to use his EDM gear and now he is expected to face those monsters, not run, because that’s what he trained for.
When the rest of his squad is trying to think of what to do, Jean says “it was a boring life. But I guess if it’s gonna end like this, I might as well say let’s do it everyone! Come on! Up on your feet!” [vol. 2 ch. 7] & he actually was the first one to have a positive attitude when everyone else was preparing for death. That was the first moment where I really enjoyed his personality. Thats pure courage and strength in itself right there. Continuing on the positive-Jean train, when Mikasa is the first to run off to face the titans, Jean yells to the rest of the people who didn’t step forward “were we taught to let one of our own fight alone? All of you really will make cowards of yourselves” and runs after her, followed by the rest of the brave 104th cadets (the Jeanmika/Jeankasa ship is SAILING)
As the battle continues, he watches his comrades get killed in front of him, but instead of running, he LEADS everyone to safety. He assumes the role of leader ON HIS OWN, maybe before he even realized it. I want to note this first pivotal point in his thought process. He uses his other comrades sacrifices to lead the others to safety. To put it into other words, he sees his classmates getting eaten all around him but he doesn’t break down or run away to save himself. Instead, he quickly analyzes the scene unfolding in front of him and orders everyone to charge for HQ while the titans are occupied (eating his comrades) [vol. 2 ch. 8]. Granted, once they make it to safety, he later feels the guilt, saying “how many died on my signal?” You can see it on his face that this decision weighed heavily on his conscience.
After finally breaking down and losing his cool, he realizes that this was real life. His dreams of living in peace were crushed at the sight of reality finally setting in. He wanted a long life and a family but now it all seemed over with. His perspectives had changed, and when he almost lost all hope, it was Marco that brought him back. His friendship with Marco is probably the first—and probably the biggest—factor in his character change.
Marco tells Jean that he thinks he would make a better leader than himself because Jean isn’t a strong person so he can relate to weak peoples feelings. He knows what’s going on around him at all times, knows exactly what needs to be done [vol. 4 ch. 18]. At first Jean is offended at this, but when he is watching the bodies of his comrades burn, he then accepts that Marco was right. If Jean had never become a soldier, he would never have had to worry about people dying, it never would have crossed his mind.
Mentally-strong characters like EMA have it natural to want to fight and be brave. But what I respect about Jean is his honesty to say he is scared. He doesn’t want to die. He doesn’t want to face titans. However, even though he doesn’t want to die and he’s afraid, he knows what must be done. There are people who are ignorant of the terrors of the titans, just like he used to be. But he knows now that it’s reality. After Erwin’s speech, Jean has a moment to choose to either leave or stay, and if he had chosen to leave, he would’ve “hated himself more than he already did”. And so he chose to join the survey corps so that he could fight for those weaker people. I respect that he isn’t hotheaded like Eren, saying he wants to kill every last titan out of revenge. But he wants to protect people, the defenseless people who have the safe life he used to dream about. He knows trauma now, and instead of let it tear him down and run for the hills, he chose to use that fear to protect people. SELFLESSSSSSS KINGGGGGGG.
The next pivotal point in his character development was when he joined Squad Levi. Being faced with titans and killing them was one thing. But in the Retaking of Shinganshina arc (aka season 2 of the anime), they were now fighting humans. Jean is almost shot and killed by an enemy MP, but Armin saves him by killing her, which ended up scarring Armin for a good while [vol. 14 ch. 58]. Realizing that he freaked out and panicked, Jean promises to never let that happen again and apologizes to Levi for letting him down by almost becoming a casualty, but he also apologizes to Armin (I also ship Jearmin like HELLA)
After this, Jean has multiple leadership moments where he saves and protects others. When they’re pursuing the female titan, he backs up Armin and Reiner and tells them to stay focused and to keep a distance [vol. 6 ch. 23]. When Sasha shoots an arrow that got too close to Mikasa, he scolds her for almost shooting her (this was more so because of his undying crush on Mikasa but I still wanted to throw that scene in considering the anime bastards took it out and it was beautiful) [vol. 13 Ch. 54]. He’s also covered for his teammates a numerous amount of times and has never panicked in a crisis because he keeps a level head during times of trouble.
He is an excellent leader and it’s even proven after the time skip, when he becomes commanding officer of his own team!!! [vol. 26 ch. 105] (OUR FRIENDS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE ALSO OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS) He tells them to keep civilian casualties to a minimum as their primary focuses are the Marleyan government and Eren, not the civilians. Jean also doesn’t let personal feelings get in the way of carrying out a mission. So when the squad was about to kill Pieck, after firing off a thunder spear and it backfiring, he ordered his team to fall back because it wasn’t worth their deaths if it wasn’t part of the mission at hand [vol. 26 ch. 104]. (He also proved this when, even though he’s stated countless times how much he hates Eren, he still protects him in battle because he knows Eren is an important figure to saving humanity). The last piece of evidence of this fact is after Gabi and Falco stow away on the airship, and Gabi shoots Sasha dead, the crew asks Jean if they should throw the kids out of the plane, to which he just replies “is throwing some kids out of an airship really going to stop all of this bloodshed?” This part really hurt me, not only because of Sasha’s death, but because even though Jean was in pain after witnessing one of his best friends die right in front of him, he didn’t lash out. He couldn’t. His composure and facial expressions gave off that he was angry and distraught, but he didn’t let that get the best of him. Killing those kids wouldn’t have brought her back and it’s that maturity to not avenge the murderer of his friend that hurt. Again, KEEPS A LEVEL HEAD IN TIMES OF TROUBLE. [vol. 26 ch. 105] (I would post screen caps of the emotional facial expressions from that chapter but there are just too many, so read it for yourself to feel the pain. Instead, here’s this cute picture of my favorite AOT trio).
Jean has also noted his care and affection for his friends before. Shortly before the attack on Marley, the team is having a discussion on who should inherit Eren’s attack Titan, and Jean is super quick to shoot down Mikasa’s offer because he cares about her. & instead suggests himself as a candidate. However, Eren rejects it, along with Sasha and Connie’s proposals, stating he doesn’t want to give it to any of them because they are all important to him and he wants them to live long lives (…..okay this note is mainly about Eren’s sweet and soft heart more so than it is about Jean, I just wanted to throw it in because I don’t think Eren is the heartless, emotionless bastard that he makes himself out to be after the time skip) [vol. 27 ch. 108] But in all seriousness, Jean’s heart does show when he is talking to Mikasa and Connie after Eren‘s suspicious & traitorous actions. Because of how much Eren and Jean didn’t like each other, you’d think Jean would get angry that Eren cursed out Mikasa, aka his dream guuuuurl. But instead he disagrees with Connie on his loyalty and says “I don’t think he’d do something like that without any reason. Somehow, aren’t his real intentions somewhere in there?” [vol. 29 ch. 116] Remember, Jean is an honest person—almost to a fault—so you know he really believes that and isn’t just trying to cheer up Mikasa. Aw we love a loyal sister *cue applause*
Anyways, I could go on for days fawning over this man, but I’m sure you’re all as exhausted from reading this as I am from writing it. SO. In conclusion, Jean Kirstein was a snotty ass bitch in the beginning because he had no reason to believe his perfect life would ever change, until it did. And instead of go on to live a selfish lifestyle, he chose to protect people and lead them because he didn’t want anyone else to go through what he and his friends did, and he did not want to let anyone down who believed in him, thanks to Marco for opening his eyes first. He isn’t arrogant, he doesn’t think he is a god. He accepts his mediocrity & doesn’t try to get on a higher level than anyone else. He’s fucked up before, has made many, many mistakes, and he lives by his choices and decisions even if they come back to haunt him. He is just an average human being, there is nothing special about him. But he is honest and he is caring. He may be a hardheaded, stubborn individual, but he will go to the ends of the earth to protect his comrades and the people he loves.
P.S (This essay also doubles up as an argument explaining why Jean deserves to become the next commander of the survey corps, after Hanji. I believe wholeheartedly that he will lead the survey corps as passionately as Erwin did 💔)
P.P.S (It’s also no surprise that the creator of the Shingeki no Kyojin series, Hajime Isayama, has admitted before that his favorite character is Jean. HE’S THE MANGAKA FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, so I trust his opinion, too. Hehee)
Eren was already free. He always had that spark of internal freedom.
though... people smothered it, turned it into a bonzai tree by not letting him learn to do thing on his own. Eren was smart as all hell. but not in the book-ish type of way. in the on the spot strategic way. a 9 year old stabbing one dude in the neck is scary because of the violence, but the real thing you should look at is him then backing out of the room, using his environment to confuse the enemy and then tying a knife onto a broom handle. thats not just running on anger and recklessness, thats smart as hell instinctual strategizing. its beautiful. its completely looked over in favor of him stabbing the guy repeatedly and what he says. i think its incredibly beautiful. that mind... he's smart as hell. But because of his over-reliance on Armin, that brain didn't get to shine. it got to stagnate. And... a part of me can't help but wonder if Eren would have been better at protecting himself and picking his fights if Mikasa hadn't been constantly overprotecting him.
they both stole growth from him. stole his potential. stunted him. but worse, their over reliance on him also stunted them. Armin relied on Eren for Eren's drive to take action and his bravery, and physical prowess, instead of mastering himself. Armin is already brave as hell and plenty capable of taking action when pressured to. but he outsourced those parts of himself to Eren instead of relying on himself. instead of growing. Mikasa wanted to be protected deep down. so she sought that protection from the last source she had for protection: Eren. and she sought that protection by protecting Eren. but Eren can be dense at times so of course he didn't realize thats whats up. Mikasa controlled Eren, overprotected him and took over tasks for him in a way that was upsetting for him, because she was terrified of loosing him, so she did everything in an attempt to keep him around. she force him to rely on her. she needed someone who would protect her. hilariously Armin didn't do a very good job at that. its Jean who said Eren saying something to hurt Mikasa wasn't okay. sure Armin swung his fist, but maybe he should have instead focused that energy on Mikasa. instead he let himself be jebaited by Eren into getting into a physical altercation. Armin, you were a distortion of yourself at that moment. because Eren wasn't on your side in that moment, you tried to be both yourself and Eren, and you failed miserably at both. because you never trained those parts of yourself that you admired in Eren, even though they existed in you all along. that is your failure. that is the reason i feel so dissapointed in you lately.. i saw your potential but you were never willing to reach it, because you didn't think you needed too. Jean being protective of Mikasa when Armin and Eren wasn't protecting Mikasa, presumably because they figured Mikasa didn't need protecting, while being honest about it, telling painful truths that needed to be said. yeah thats why i approve of Jean as a partner for Mikasa. Mikasa would never admit she is desperate for someone to protect her, to prioritise her, to actually care for her instead of her caring for everyone else, but her actions are a reflection of what she craves the most. the classic quote 'look at you comforting others with words you wish to hear' applies to actions too.
Jean did that. He protected her, several times. Called out times when Mikasa let Eren hurt her, telling her that shit wasn't okay. He unfucked her speech in Trost. He cares for her. He appriciates her long hair, which Mikasa, btw, she grows her hair out whenever theres peace to do so, she only ever cut her hair because Eren said so as it would be dangerous (for fucks sake, someone show the girl how to cut her hair in a braid instead, why are we going straight to cutting it off. *beats Eren on head with newspaper* i love you but god fucking damnit Eren.), which is indiciative of Mikasa prefering having long hair. Mikasa clearly longs for a domestic family life, indicated by the cabin ending, its something quiet and peaceful. Jean would give that to her in a heartbeat, hell, its the exact same thing he wants. He'd pamper Mikasa. he's make her feel appriciated and seen. he'd listen to her, hell he already listens to her when she for example tells her to shut up. (gets all flustered too.) He's envious of Eren getting picked up and carried away, he's clearly not intimidated by her strength either. and yet people reduce his interest in her to 'long pretty black hair', completely missing the details of his crush on Mikasa. (bonus point, Jean likes drawing, he likes art. an artistic soul would 100% get the whole 'world is cruel but beautiful' worldview and maybe even able to expand upon it.)
this fandom exhausts me. no... this WORLD exhausts me. because noone gives a fuck about actually understanding stuff anymore. noone cares for exploration, noone cares about. people in this fandom will yap about Mikasa's character development, and then have zero clue who the fuck Mikasa actually is.
something to note: i stand by my assesment that Mikasa abused Eren. overprotection is abuse. i won't downplay it for you just to make you comfortable. having experienced that kind of abuse myself i know how overlooked and invisible it is and therefor someone has to shout up about it, and apparently that someone is me today. that doesn't mean Mikasa wasn't a victim of other things aswell. hell Mikasa being a victim of loosing people, and all that is the very thing that leads to her abusing Eren. She does it because she's terrified of loosing him. which is, at its core, the main motivator for most abuse if you actually think about it. abuse is attempting to control something so you don't loose that something.
There's this part in "Forget Her" by Jeff Buckley that goes: "Tell yourself over and over, you won't ever need her again. But don't fool yourself. She was heartache from the moment that you met her. Oh, my heart is frozen still as I try to find the will to forget her somehow. She's out there somewhere now" and if that is NOT jeankasa i don't know what else is.
"Everybody Here Wants You" by jeff buckley feels very jeankasa to me
you either see the vision or you don't and that's okay
THREAD about Jean showing empathy
My twt TL was filled with Jean discourse yesterday so I decided to write a thread to honor him because I love him.
First in his OVA we see how he takes care of his sick mom. This is from the time we've only known Jean as a the selfish spoiled boy. Plus, we noticed his goodness comes from her mom, she's always been supportive of him.
In Trost he leads the scouts and shows concerns for the safety of his comrades at all times.

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everyone i can't ignore it anymore...
I DEEPLY miss As Time Goes By by carriedreamer...
it's my roman empire. it lives in my head rent free. This fanfic consumes me and devours my thoughts till there's nothing left but that fanfic...
I miss the X team shenanigans and I miss the norms, I just, I sometimes can't go on with my day unless I read few chapters of it
It's like grieving my dead husband who died in war 😔
I’m either onto something or on something 🤗
party 4 u and Jack wolfe are exactly the same thing. no explanation needed.
I know you know who I am
EXACTLY.
i think i might have discovered the single greatest Boomer Jojo of the rowdyruff fancast...
I PRESENT TO YOU *drum rolls*
JACK WOLFE AS BOOMER JOJO
i mean..
look me in the eye and tell me that I'm wrong, which I'm not.
that's a boomer jojo if i ever saw one.

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every song is a jason todd & Dick grayson song if you think about it long enough
if i had a nickel each time an ambiguously blonde character was probably named "Grant" I'd have two nickels. Which isn't much, but it's weird it happened twice.