never change. never stop

'Abyssinia Henry'- Season 3 episode 24. Original Air Date- March 18, 1975 Written by Everett Greenbaum, Jim Fritzell Directed by Larry Gelbart

'…𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚒𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛.'

'I did something-- I directed ['Abyssinia, Henry'], as it turned out it was my turn in the box. And I did the one sort of directorial touch I’ve ever done in my life that that no one ever notices…and…but it was just kind of a pleasure for me to do. When– whenever Henry was seen in his office, there was always the skeleton behind him as though it foretold what might happen to the character.' -- Larry Gelbart (Full interview here.)

Happy 51st birthday to one of the best episodes of American television of all time.

(a few days late, but just forget that part)

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And Michaela literally has No Boys Allowed stamped across her forehead. They're Lesbians.

I promise you, if they gave me any inclination that they liked men then I'd support it but they're not.

To state the obvious: Mikasa was able to break from her previous glowing conception of Eren and think for herself, gaining a more complete picture of Eren as a person. If she was the shallow character people claim her to be, Mikasa would not have opposed the Yeagarists - she would've fallen in line, becoming an unthinking supporter of their fascist, genocidal reign. Instead, Mikasa killed Eren, not allowing her love to keep her bound, ending the titan curse.

Which is a stark contrast to Louise and Floch. They fell for the facade Eren presented them, unquestioning. Eren didn't give a shit about the "Eldian Empire." He used the Yeagarists for his own aim - an unoccupied outside world - ambivalent to their deaths. Eren preyed on their fear of annihilation, allowed their terror to fester and blossom into dehumanization, ultra-nationalism, and imperialist aims, all for him to use them as a tool to start the Rumbling, so he could "see that sight." Louise and Floch idolized Eren, whipped up into a fervor, unconscious to his true goal.

Eren himself recognized the humanity of the people living beyond the walls. He grew to understand differing perspectives, notably Reiner's. He cried to Ramzi, apologizing for what he knew he would do. Yet, he still did it. Empty without the "freedom" he sought, the look in Armin's eyes, an internal freedom he mistook as an external goal. Telling himself and others he was doing it for Eldia (despite trampling Eldians outside the walls), for his friends (despite not knowing if they'd live), anything to distract himself from his own selfish desire.

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