#werwolfs

and it looks like the werewolf has mikasa trapped in the barn but upon closer inspection she actually has him forced back in the corner. shes got a gun loaded with god knows what. she turns it on jean when they come in and tells the two of them to get down on their knees. this is her brother and she has this under control god dammit. big infodump plot reveal segment of the episode. grisha has been a werewolf his whole life its a genetic thing its gone down in the family for generations but it doesnt turn into full transformations until the yeagers are like. of a certain age. of whatever age eren is. tail end of puberty. grisha became a doctor but he also studied a lot of the same stuff jean does because he didnt want to live alone in the dang backwoods as a monster he wanted to make a cure. the closest he ever came was a serum to keep himself under control. word got out over time i guess from his relatives and the wolf that killed mikasas family was a dude who came into town looking for the cure. it takes a couple weeks to work and they couldnt keep him in the barn, he broke out. eren was just a kid but it was a full moon or something and he couldnt sleep and he heard all the commotion and while his dad was going to get silver bullets and stuff eren just chased the wolf into town. he got there in time to yell at it and try to fight and tell it to leave mikasa alone but. he saved her life. it could smell the wolf on him and just didnt try to kill them even tho he was little. he was a shield for mikasa and it just left the two of them alone. so the yeagers adopted mikasa because it was their-fault-by-association that she ever needed to be adopted in the first place. and mikasa grew up as a rly adept hunter and fighter and werewolf-expert and whatever else she needed to be to keep the town safe from all the other wolves who ever came looking for a cure. but more importantly, to keep her brother under control for the weeks between his first transformation and the cure taking effect. this is shown via flashback or something she doesnt just stand there and lecture it all to jean and marco. it took the yeagers a few nights to realize what was happening ok and maybe he killed a couple goats but he'll be fine any day now and he wont kill any people except maybe we'll kill you two if you plan on telling anyone in town about this. eren got out a couple times because mikasa was reluctant to pull a gun on him at first but shes serious about it now hes not gettin out. probably jean and marco arent gettin out either because mikasa is dead serious about them taking this secret to the grave. jeans like... come on youre putting all these people in danger not letting them know there are real deadly werewolves in town all the time you cant do that they have to know.... marcos not worried about himself being shot but hes so worried about jean he tries to get him to be quiet but jean is really serious about this. mikasa is just glaring at them down the barrel. it looks like shes really about to do something and marco is ready to jump at her if he has to but all the time theyve been arguing eren has gotten up out of the corner and he looms up over mikasa all suddenly. jeanmarco take a step back and get ready to just run because it looks like shit is about to get real but. eren puts a paw on the gun. he kinda nuzzles mikasas hair and pushes the gun down and woah wow hey what a perfect time for that serum to kick in full swing. shes totally silent but obviously relieved. she puts the gun down. eren hulks over to jean and marco and kinda looks them each pointedly in the eye and sits down. mikasas like. see. it works. hes fine now. we didnt need you two we have this under control so now get the hell out of town before anyone wakes up and sees you leaving.

things have changed but jean is still really against doing this it goes against all the integrity he has. he takes his job so seriously. these people are in danger and this isnt ok. marco plays negotiator. obviously grisha hasnt been a problem for years and eren wont be a problem now and they only ever had problems keeping the other werewolves contained before they had mikasa but. since its the other wolves jean is really worried about. they all talk it out and jean and marco end up staying for an extra two days and living with the yeager family and planting wolfsbane and marking sigils all around the barn they were keeping eren in. only carla and mikasa can open the door after that. jean wants to wolfproof the whole town but then eren and grisha wouldve just had to move somewhere else anyway.