#snb thoughts

B’cos I love the small details.

1. Charioce’s wearing a ghutra (also keffiyeh) that’s usually worn wrapping it on the head in different ways, to protect that part of the body from the cold and the sun. In desert environments it can also be useful to protect the mouth and eyes from the blizzard and sand, or he’s just wearing an Omani turban. 

Maybe it’s obvious, but that makes more sense when we realize that royal capital of Anatae has become a semi-desert region after Bahamut’s attack in Genesis events, and not only that, but the name of this kingdom has an incredible resemblance to ‘Anata (”palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate in the central West Bank, located four kilometers northeast of Jerusalem’s Old City.”). Also, the slums of the demons are pretty similar to Petra dwellings in Jordan:  

[In addition (b/cos is important mention it but it’s just an extra note), liberal minds consider keffiyeh as a symbol of the Palestinian struggle, the struggle for the liberation of Palestine and the resistance in Gaza.] However, Charioce uses the keffiyeh as a garment... or maybe not... who knows?

2. Charioce haircut and his resemblances with Roman emperors haircuts. Yes, maybe It’s just me but his haircut has a practical reason like many roman emperors had it.

The care of hair of the men of Rome was not only for aesthetic reasons (the appreciation and care of the body inherited by the Hellenic culture); these excesses of personal and collective hygiene that the Romans had was for a military motive, a clearly political purpose. Previously the use of a man’s long hair meant the great deeds that they had done in battle, but with the Roman territorial expansion these customs had to change.

With the advancement of military medicine b/cos the dissection of bodies wasn’t restricted by religious belief, the consecutive bathing to remove dirt and avoid infections, anoint creams,oils and fragrances, shave the beard and hairs of the legs, having short hair to prevent nits and lice plagues and many more health practices served so that the soldiers were healthy, strong and much more vigorous for the war campaigns. These practices designed by the need to maintain a competent army were extended to all citizens. Of course, Charioce as king and warlord (leader of the army) was not exempt from these practices; in fact, the style of the short haircuts was varying according to the influence of Caesar and his haircut.

[The ceaser was the one who popularized the styles of haircut and male fashion in general.] 

So, this is the possibly reason of why no more fluffy Charioce u.u (although Caeser Hadrian popularized the long beard again, who also had a lover with the same hair of fluffy Chris).

The difference between a king who lives at the expense of others (the gods) and a king who commands armies and prints a hegemony of power against others (demons and gods) is fully visible.

People keep insisting that Charioce was a badly written character, I can accept that the development of Charioce in the anime was not what I expected, but I appreciate what they left behind, without a doubt a main character who could explore the dark places that many writers do not want play for fear of offending a weak audience. 

Final takeaway ~ SNB:VS

This series was too unbalanced. The suffering was so great for some characters and comparatively minimal for others. It felt as though Jeanne and Azazel’s character arcs were swept in to provide some drama and then brushed aside. 

In my opinion, Jeanne, Azazel, and El/Mugaro had some of the most beautiful and emotionally powerful scenes in the series. But, in the end, it felt that all was for nought. Or even worse, it was all for Charioce and Nina to dance together.  This might not have been the intention of the writers, but the narrative structure indicated that it was.

It seems pure Titans get some of their features from the Eldian that originate them. For instance, Connie’s mother was bedridden so her Titan was not able to move from that bed. Historia’s father gigantism was more likely to have been caused as a result of not having the correct amount of serum in his body; he only sipped a little of it. For the person that could have originated the Crawling Titan in chapter 90, I can only think of an extremely weak person, almost in a catatonic state so it would have been nonsensical to have originated from Marley.

That’s one of the reasons why I can only think of Erwin as the one that would fit its shoes; as to why I can think of a couple of possible explanations.

A disappointed soldier whose efforts were not rewarded, Flocke. he does consider Erwin as the only devil capable of saving humanity from despair.

Even if a minute amount of serum had remained in the syringe, he could have used it on Erwin when they were not watching. As for why he was moving from the sea towards the Walls, I could see the intervention of Pieck or Zeke.

Zeke could have potentially seen a way to negotiate with Levi on the next confrontation, now we know he was not aware it could take so many years before his return to Paradise, thanks to that war they have to help with.

I think that a sleeping state it’s a condition for Zeke to dominate Titans, even transforming them, hence those Eldians in the Zeppelin look like they’re drugged.

Someone had a video, sorry can’t remember the username,(youtube) where they theorized that those in the Ragaku village may have already had some of the serum that was administered by Grisha, when the famous plague happened. Since Zeke is Royal he had the power to trigger the change, let’s not forget he share the similar genetic material than Grisha

-After recent chapters of the manga I had more crazy ideas, perhaps but honestly they could potentially become partially true.

I think that the 145th King not only erased the memories of those who move to Paradis but also created fake memories for the ones that stayed in Marley, making them believed that he lost to Marley( with the agreed solution between Tyber’s family). This means that even though Titan shifters can see memories of the previous Eldians who inherited the power, the one that held the power would have been affected as well by that event; in this respect, I think that Royal descendants can see the truth but since the first power force them to DO NOTHING they must obey the mandate the King imposed.

Another idea is that Eldians don’t require the serum to transform to Pure Titans.

The shout from the one possessing the coordinate can do this; Why I think that?, if you think about it for the King to command those thousands of  Colossal Titans it would be impractical and time consuming to have to administer his serum to all of them. I think they represent him doing that in some panel(shouting).

A royal Titan shifter could probably do it to some extent, this is why I think Zeke could command those people in the Ragako village.

All Eldians are not like the rest of humans, they’d probably be stronger, more resistant to illnesses, etc.

Some would have specialized abilities whether intellectual. sensorial, etc; that’s why we have some characters who display traits we would not have as humans; 

Mike ultra sense of smell, strength that comes second to Levi, who we know is not a normal being. When you think about every other character who does not conform has something different about them when compared to people depicted in Marley. 

Let’s go back to the trio, Armin’s intellectual capabilities and I believed he had some ability to reach Eren’s psyche and being able to control him to some extent. I think he could reach other’s, even Titans, unless there was an incorrect pacing in the anime series. Watch the part where he’s telling the guys about Annie and it seems the Titans have stopped attacking and they’re listening to him murmuring those words to confuse Reiner/Berthold.

Eren as a child when he rescued Mikasa was proof of this as well. I kind of thought that he had a power before acquiring the Attack Titan from Grisha, but he was only being an Eldian and as such he’s different to Marleyans.

Nina: What happened?

Azazel : * looking straight at Nina eyes* I have feelings for you.

Nina : * turning red and excited * Oh… Azazel…I…

Azazel: *catching Nina cheeks with both hands * I think you are annoying.

I'm trying to guess the ending but I can't think of anything that is possible, logical and satisfying:

• Charito manages to kill Bahamut, stay alive (saved by Nina and co. prolly) and magically talk it out with Jeanne and Azazel AND LUCIFER AND GABBY AND THE REST OF THE DEMONS AND GODS (well 2/3 of the world's population are his enemies), everyone peacefully forgives and forgets like VS never happened, demons and gods are now good citizens of Anatae - The city of a thousand plan- oops I went too far. He then lives happily ever after with Nina. Kaisar's wish is granted may he rest in peace.

• Charito manages to kill Bahamut, stay alive, defeat Jeanne and Azazel and their army of magical beings, Lucifer is just a weak NEET after all lol Chariyo can kick that beautiful ass easily (note the sarcasm). He then returns to reign the world, demons are still slave, god worshipping is still forbidden, because how can he possibly let humans be overpowered by them again after all the hard work right? Oh and Charlottes lives happily ever after with Nina.

• Charito manages to kill Bahamut, stay alive, but defeated by Jeanne and Azazel. Nina begs them to spare his life. They magically agree and forget VS happened. Nina magically manages to convince Chariyo to stop the abuse and let demons and gods rule over just like before. The balance of the world is restored. Chario and Nina live happily ever after.

• Charitos kills Bahamut and dies, Jeanne and Azazel can't take revenge, nobody gets a happy ending, demons and gods return to rule the land. The balance is restored. Charia is forever remembered as a hero by the humans who supported him.

• Char fails to kill Bahamut and dies. Favaro takes over and somehow manages to seal Bahamut again with the help of demons and gods. History is repeated but this time with a tiny chance of saving Amira maybe? (just my hope). VS is now an overly extended version of Genesis's last episode.

• Chariyooo kills Bahamut and stays alive, but then he is defeated by Jeanne and Azazel, Nina begs them to spare his life but they don't listen and finish him off with a super cool combo attack. Everybody agrees Chario deserves it. Demons and gods return to rule the land. Balance is restored. (i like this one but the writers love Charius so i don't think this is possible)

I think these people have much free time, I mean, when you have things to do or see, bashing some fans and fictional characters are the last things what a normal person wanna do. Definitibly, hate and bash a group of fans (predominant or not) is stupid and very useless. People like that just obtain contempt in return. They don’t solve anything, just a waste of time and energy, but well, let them do what they want. 

Or, maybe, they are just trolls (non the bests by what I see)

In other hand, you continue loving and supporting the characters you want (in this case, our sweet cupcake Charioce ❤️).  Just look at this precious man 👀 

👉👌 #hedeservesbetter #butwedonotdeservehim #preciousdorkdictator