Eldian Empire, Marley, Paradis and how we came to the island. How people hate and fear us because of something our ancestors did. How Reiner and the others are "valuable assets" to Marley so they don't starve where they live.
And how the pure titans come from Marley and are Eldians who went against them.
[ Eren reads the words carefully, not sure how much to say or not say in return. ]
Yeah. They hate us because of our ancestors. The first king who brought Eldians to the island and built the walls said he wanted peace, but it's just leaving us there like livestock in a pen.
[ This isn't really new; Eren's been saying shit like this since before he was old enough to enlist. He has to stop himself from going off harder, but that's easier in text. ]
I'm surprised you asked. In case you learned something you didn't want to.
[ But Eren trusts Reiner to protect Jean from things like that. Eren himself might struggle more with it because he gets things out of order too much. He can't even tell Jean that! What a mess. ]
It's easier to understand him when you knew how he grew up though.
[ Eren's POV on this is slightly more skewed, since he already knew, but also since he killed someone before he was ten and he also wanted to be part of the Scouts since he was a little kid. It's not the same, though, and even Eren doesn't think it's okay. ]
Marley is extremely fucked up. Reiner has a hard time seeing it that way because he grew up there.
[ Eren actually still sees nothing wrong with them being soldiers at 12 but he sees it as them having more of a choice. He's...sort of right, though what was the other choice, Eren? Dying in the fields where they sent people to "work" knowing the risk, knowing they wouldn't come back, using it as an excuse to have less mouths to feed? Well, he's always been kind of hypocritical anyway. ]
I'm sure she was just as thrilled to hear it as we were.
Maybe someday Reiner will be able to see how messed up it is to coerce children into becoming weapons. It's not just that they were joining the military. They were becoming titan shifters. It's different.
[ WHOOPS time to hit send before he says too much. But his point stands. ]
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dreamsofwings) wrote2021-07-13 03:17 am
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How people hate and fear us because of something our ancestors did. How Reiner and the others are "valuable assets" to Marley so they don't starve where they live.
And how the pure titans come from Marley and are Eldians who went against them.
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Yeah. They hate us because of our ancestors. The first king who brought Eldians to the island and built the walls said he wanted peace, but it's just leaving us there like livestock in a pen.
[ This isn't really new; Eren's been saying shit like this since before he was old enough to enlist. He has to stop himself from going off harder, but that's easier in text. ]
Why did he tell you all that?
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It was my choice to listen. At least now I know our world isn't as black and white as it seemed.
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[ But Eren trusts Reiner to protect Jean from things like that. Eren himself might struggle more with it because he gets things out of order too much. He can't even tell Jean that! What a mess. ]
It's easier to understand him when you knew how he grew up though.
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Yeah. There's a lot to unpack there. The way he talks about everything like it's not fucked up. Like he's proud to have started the army at six.
Anyway, I mostly wanted to tell you to vent, I guess.
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Marley is extremely fucked up. Reiner has a hard time seeing it that way because he grew up there.
[ Eren actually still sees nothing wrong with them being soldiers at 12 but he sees it as them having more of a choice. He's...sort of right, though what was the other choice, Eren? Dying in the fields where they sent people to "work" knowing the risk, knowing they wouldn't come back, using it as an excuse to have less mouths to feed? Well, he's always been kind of hypocritical anyway. ]
Now you know, though. For better or worse.
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Yeah.
Mikasa knows, too.
I never keep secrets from her, so I shared what I found out.
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Maybe someday Reiner will be able to see how messed up it is to coerce children into becoming weapons. It's not just that they were joining the military. They were becoming titan shifters. It's different.
[ WHOOPS time to hit send before he says too much. But his point stands. ]
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I didn't start arguing with him about it, since he started acting weird, and we were in a cafe.
But hopefully he'll come to understand.
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[ He would know. ]
Good job not getting in an argument in a cafe though.
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Though, if it had been you, I might have not been so lucky.
[He mostly just says that to lighten the mood a little.]
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I wouldn't give a shit if we were in a cafe. But I don't really wanna argue with you most of the time anymore.
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But I don't really enjoy fighting or arguing with you either, if I can help it.
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