#aot episode 83

[moonspirit]

Papamin Propaganda - Armin's natural affinity for children

This is nowhere near as lucid or detailed as I wanted it to be, but I've managed to throw a few points together, so have it anyway.

There are quite a few characters in AoT who have shown remarkable compassion and empathy toward children, notably, Levi, Reiner, Jean, Hange, and so on. In this post we'll talk about Armin.

Episode 72 (S04E13) is titled "Children of the Forest" and I think it's quite self-explanatory at this point - as Sasha's father put it, the children of this ruined world have been roaming around in a forest of endless violence, unable to find a way out of it. By the end of AoT, the characters who are presently "children" (i.e, Gabi, Falco, Kaya, and so on) do end up exiting this 2000 year old forest, toward a new world of harmonious co-existence. What I love particularly about the episode titling sequence however, is that Episode 71 (S04E12) is called "Guides" - and it deals mostly with the people who will act as the literal "guides" to the "Children in the Forest". This is of course, Hange & the surviving members of the 104th, and therefore also, Armin.

(In a previous post I've talked at some length about why I consider Armin to be *THE* guide out of the forest, for not only children, but humanity as a whole; so we will not go into that here. Instead we'll stick to why Armin has a natural affinity and flair for handling children specifically.)

It's important to remember that Armin was a bullied child, one at the receiving end of a never-ending stream of insults, kicks, and violence. Despite being abandoned by his parents and eventually also losing his grandfather, Armin never lost his kindness and gentle persona. This, at an age when children are heavily influenced by their surroundings and what they witness through the behaviors of other people, *can* be a bit surprising. It is a known fact that bullies are born due to (among other things) a variety of self-esteem issues and jealousy. I would say Armin retained this softness because in spite of being orphaned, & considered the 'weakest' among the 104th, he always received love from those around him (the fact that he couldn't see this love and value placed in him is a different thing entirely), and was treated with kindness too (ah the days before Floch came along with his insults were peaceful #_#)

Moving on to the aforementioned episodes in particular: It is Sasha's father who introduces the concept of the forest, we know Hange cries "Genocide isn't right!" twice (and thereby making it clear that she is the most senior "guide" in all of the bunch), but it is Armin who is the first to put to literal action the meaning and role of being a guide that brings children out of the forest.

Between episode 71, 72, 81 (S04 P2 E06), 82 (... E07) & 83 (... E08), the events taking place are very tightly packed together. Everything from the first reveal of Eren's Jaegerist faction to the beginning of the Rumbling takes place. It is a period when the military is in shambles, Eren has pushed his friends away and become that giant bony monster, Falco's been taken hostage, Hange's hiding away taking care of Levi, and the rest of our characters are dispersed across various locations, stumped and paralyzed with fear and hesitation about what to do about the world getting trampled outside. It is a period of intense confusion, and there is no unity between anybody. The Alliance hasn't been born.

In this duration of time, we see the following:

1. Armin helping a battered and bloody Gabi get up in Niccolo's restaurant and helping her walk to the next room, away from the arguing adults.

2. Telling her in no uncertain terms that she's not going to be killed out of vengeance. It's important to note this because while Gabi's already received the kindness of other people by this point (Sasha's family), she soon comes to know that Armin is Eren's best friend, i.e the Devil's best friend, and yet, he's still kind to her.

3. He meets up with Gabi, and tells her honestly what's happened. Now this is a favorite scene of mine, but you'll notice that when Gabi falls to her knees, everyone's standing around towering over her, but in the end, Armin kneels to her level, holding her gently by the shoulders. Body language is a powerful tool to convey a person's emotions and intent; he does ask her about what she saw when the walls fell, but he still does it gently, and at her level of height where she doesn't have to crane her neck up to look at someone 'commanding' her. It's a humane action, gentle and kind, an indirect way of saying "I'm listening, you can trust me, so don't be afraid." It's also pertinent to note that of all the people around Gabi in that moment, Armin's the most approachable. Mikasa's withdrawn, in a turmoil of her own. Sasha's family is clueless. Connie kidnapped Falco, not a good image. Jean's rough, prone to losing his temper. Hange & Levi nowhere to be seen. But Armin? He was kind to her at the restaurant, and continues to be so, retaining his softness both in manner and speech, with her.

4. With Mikasa immediately after (the outburst scene), we see him say many things; that the line of command has broken down completely, that they need Gabi's trust if they have to do something by forming a team with the Cart & Jaw titans. Remember: Hange & Levi are missing, two of the closest superiors the kids know to look for guidance; and yet he alone makes the difficult decision of going after Falco. This move of his does three things: (a) It wins Gabi's trust in full, (b) Tells Gabi (and also to us as the readers) that he doesn't agree with Eren's actions, (c) Lays the very foundation for the Alliance before anybody's even told him to.

5. With Falco's scene, things are once again, self-explanatory - but I like one specific detail. We see the others trying to catch some shut-eye (Mikasa, Jean, Annie, Hitch, etc). Earlier with Mikasa, Armin had expressed his wish to just sleep for two days straight. And yet it's HIM who rides with Gabi all through the night non-stop to get Falco back, trying to catch up to Connie who's had a head-start, waaayy before them. This little detail, imo, shows his dedication and drive for what he believes in, as well as strong empathy and understanding for these hurting children, who don't know any better. (I don't know if Gabi knows he's the holder of the Collosal titan atp... I think she knows? If yes, it would show how much she already trusts him, going with him alone. Now tell me that isn't because of the compassion and empathy he's shown toward her.)

It's obvious that all of the 104th understand where children like Gabi come from - brainwashed and rabid as they are. But in choosing to show Armin as the one who takes the first step in bringing the Alliance together, through the heart and mind of a child, I find myself believing - this man's going to be a GREAT dad.

Sorry if this was all over the place xD I wanted to make it more coherent, but I don't have the energy, welp. Feel free to add your thoughts!

#armin arlert #attack on titan #meta #aot #snk #arminarlert #shingeki no kyojin #aot meta #character analysis #papamin propaganda #as for the fluffy papamin thoughts.. later

[snailwriter]

Jeanmarco fans how are we feeling getting fed after all these years 😭

Episode 83 / Episode 16

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[xx-all-purpose-nerd-xx]

“I wanted to plug my ears and hide in that room. But then…those ashy bones would never forgive me.”

No no no nooooooo!! Jean babyyyyy!!

#jean kirschstein #marco bodt #jearco #jean x marco #jeanmarco #aot latest episode #Aot episode 83

[bluesylveon2]

My favorite scenes from today’s episode

Ahhh we had Levihan and Aruani this episode!!!!!

The Annie pie moment was so hilarious 😂 I had to replay it again because me and @snudootchaikovsky were laughing so much

Of course Jean looked great this episode 😌 (minus the part where he threw up)

Also this frame with Armin and Annie together. Sheesh they look like such a power couple! 💯

#levihan #aruani #aot jean #attack on titan #attack on titan season 4 #aot season 4 pt 2 #aot episode 83 #night of the end

[levmada]

EPIUSODE 83 FREOIFJE

AHHHHH I NEEDED TO TALK ABT THIS ONE IM

it sent me into a levi induced paralysis all of today + i was avoiding social media like the plague so i needed a sec ejhrfir

HOLY SHIT. levi. levi le vi hange levi. let me just

he looks so so sad... or sorry, even, in the last one :(( i imagine he feels so guilty for not taking out zeke and getting injured in the process. UGh😭 GOD BU OKSY LOOK

whoever drew and animated the forest scene needs their dick sucked or their pussy ate fr. im simply reeling. GOD HES SO PRETTY AND I LOVE HIM AND HANGE 😭

ok enough of me being hornie. the fact levi heard them talking also means they heard them settle on the fact that it was 'their turn'. thats all im gonna say but it re-contextualizes some things for me.

tumblr doesnt like it when there are more than 10 images in a post so imma post the sweet lovely stunning screencaps i saved from hange+levi talking with magath and pieck seperately. but. i rly have no complaints at all. Hiroshi Kamiya did a fucking incredible job voice acting for levi.

idc a man like levi admitting that he cant dodge a bullet but also appealed to the 'enemy' in "this sad state" spoke volumes to me. levi hange precious and mappa fed us well

CAN I ALSO HAVE A MOMENT TO HARP ON ERWIN??? THE CRUMBS I ACTUALLY SQUEAKED IT WAS A JUMPSCARE BC I THOUGHT MAPPA WOULD JUST REUSE ASSETS FROM WIT BUT OMMGGGGG

tFUCK HE LOOKS SO GOOD!!!!!

ok actual commentary. when i read the manga for the first time and got to connie's subplot with feeding falco?? i thought isayama really retconned his character ngl - granted i never liked connie as much as everyone else😭 sorry.

then again, connie rly lost his whole entire family - but how would connie's mother have even used the jaw titan to fight back? if he was resigned to the fact that eren was destroying the world other than Eldia, i suppose it'd make sense + connie was very blinded by grief with sasha, and having to see his mother in this state for years. jean made his own mistake by joining up with a jeagerists, resigning to the fact that he couldnt fight back.

i used to think connie was immature and dumb here, but i understand his actions (especially seeing how he doesnt know falco beyond the fact that hes a marleyan + was with gabi, who killed sasha).

that image of connie smiling when he told falco to brush his mother's teeth tho?? cursed. Cursed.

armin's inferiority complex :(((( that he cant size up to erwin :(( poor baby. armin was so brave too - he was genuinely willing to sacrifice his life (and his titan) to save connie's mother so it wouldnt be falco.

tho: even tho falco being just a kid caught up in a bunch of shit has a part in it, i think armin genuinely believed he would be more useful by dying considering all the chaos. fuck

i feel rly bad for mikasa too - imagine loving this person who saved ur life and spent the vast majority of ur life growing up beside... only to hear that he hates you?? and is set on destroying the world?? and that he wanted to throw the gift u have held close to ur heart (literally) for years?? ALL IN ONE DAY?? AND UR OTHER COMRADE IS APPARENTLY JOINING UP WITH THE JAEGERISTS? AND U DONT KNOW WHERE UR LEADERS (levi and hange) ARE IN ALL THIS??

plus manga spoilers in a flashback, but i wont get into that here.

jeez😭 in other news i cant help but rly rly dislike the girl who idolized mikasa sm. i know she saved her in season 1... she rly wanted to follow in her footsteps, but there's such a thing as idolizing someone too much. it's like she was left with no other goal in life but to be mikasa - she wasnt even her own person anymore. it's tragic.

i laughed so hard when onyakopon called the jaygerists 'xenophobic shits' LMAO - even when jean held a gun to his head. and then, when JEAN STOOD UP FOR ONYAKOPON! i forgot a few things from the manga evidently - that part fucking shook me.

also: jean pushing floch out of the way of the Cart - obviously, it was all a part of the escape plan. but floch couldnt know that right after the fact - which makes how 😐😒 he was right after especially shitty. for all he knew jean sacrificed his life - fucking asshole.

this mention of marco made me scream😭ok i couldnt control myself - not even for ship reasons as much as what marco must represent to jean. i fucking love jean's character, the fact that he's grown so so much since being a hotheaded pompous asshole who wanted in with the MP... the fact that he still thinks abt marco just fucking destroys me. i love him.

i couldnt help myself. this part was so funny, but i unironically felt super sad for hitch when annie up and left to join up with the others. idk i took that personally :( im glad annie is becoming more redeemed in this part of the season though - she killed a shit ton of scouts, but just like almost everyone else in aot, her morals are so grey that i love her anyway.

the terror on reiner's face when he saw the 104th😭these people who he felt guilt abt for years and stewed in so much regret mustve been a horrible wake up call lol. but gabi and falco are there!!

when ch126 came out (the one where that panel is from) it was shit on a lot, especially on reddit but i cant remember why✋ so stupid. i love this panel - it's one of those iconic ones - and it rly represents how everyone, enemies and friends, are coming together and resolving to stop the Rumbling, as little power as they may hold.

ive hit my picture limit on this post. HOWEVER - i fucking loved this episode. the pacing was immaculate, and the intro+outro hit so hard, as always. it was a great choice to adapt both 125 and 126 in this episode.

THE TO BE CONTINUED !! i cant wait - ch127 sticks in my mind for a lot of reasons but i wont get into it for spoiler reasons. AHHH IM JUST PSYCHED!

anyway 9.5/10 (.5 for how juicy mappa made levi eeek).

#hey god its me again #aot review #aot season 4 part 2 #aot #aot season 4 #shingeki no kyojin #aot episode 83 #attack on titan #levi ackerman #kane says

[fayesrossua]

AOT EPISODE 83 (PRIDE)

🔊spoilers🔊

Okay hey guys, I need to vent for a quick second

- FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE ONYANKOPON, AND HIS DYNAMIC WITH JEAN.

- O was speaking facts — “pathetic xenophobic scoundrels” literally couldn’t have expressed floch and yeagerists better (not pro Marley 🙄I’m team hot and entertaining secondary characters)

- Hange is so sweet, I’ve missed them so much and this whole exchange between them and Levi made me so happy. Ahhh😭

- I know Reiner is balls deep into disassociating from what’s happening and that’s he’s still pretty freshly injured but he was really giving himbo energy this ep and I adore it. He looks like a lost puppy

- also also ALSO WHAT THE FUCK, I’m sooo excited to see everyone, on good terms or not come back together to achieve bigger than themselves. This is so exciting to me, i can’t wait to see the drama, the bickering, the camaraderie— give it to mee. Give me content

- seeing the characters sleep makes me want to cry

- last but not least: fuck floch

I loved this episode sm

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[alternativesleeped]

Jean was being so genuine during this weeks episode referencing Marco, but all I could think of was this.

Tom Andre’s A Slap On Titan series has rotted my brain entirely

#aot episode 83 #aot #attack on titan #jean krischtein #jean kirstein

[pr1ncessm00n]

Mikasa snatching the scarf from that dying girl:

#emis shit posts #mikasa ackerman #mikasa #attack on titan #attack on titan mikaksa #aot mikasa #snk mikasa #mikasa ackerman x reader #aot x reader #attack on titan x reader #attack on titan fanfiction #attack on titan season 4 part 2 #aot season 4 #aot memes #attack on titan memes #ememes #attack on titan episode 83

[opmedits]

Annie!??

Attack on Titan- episode 83

#attack on titan #annie leonhart #armin arlert #connie springer #gabi braun #falco grice #shingeki no kyogin #aot season 4 #aot anime #aot gifs #attack on titan episode 83

[getov]

ANNIE AND ARMIN ARE SUCH A POWER COUPLE OH MY GOD THEY LOOK SO GOOD TOGETHER IM SHITTING THROWING UP CRYING PUNCHING THE AIR RN. 😭

#attack on titan #THEY LOOK SO GOOD TOGETHER😭💓 #POWER BABIES #eren aot #aot x reader #attack on titan x you #eren imagines #eren fluff #eren jaeger imagines #captain levi #jean kirschtein imagine #mikasa ackerman #armin attack on titan #annie aot #episode 83 #‍ ..⃗. milaxis 𑁍ࠜೄ ･ﾟˊˎ

[akaaxsushi]

y’all better unfollow me rn bc i will never shut up about him

sc: gumicaps on ig

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[angelwolf745]

Attack on Titan - Levi Ackerman [Ft. Hange Zoë]

[Bonus: Levi tucking himself to bed after, Hange read him a bedtime story.]

From: Attack on Titan S4 EP83

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[poisonpeche]

The dubbed version of Episode 83 had so many more romantic implications with Levi & Hange’s delivery and I ain’t mad about it.

Wish they hadn’t changed the dialogue from “live” to “camp” though 😮‍💨

#can’t win em all #episode 83 #pride #attack on Titan #aot #hange zoë #Levi ackerman #levihan

[salvatoreren]

crying

SPOILERS FOR TODAY'S EPISODE!

BITCH I CAN'T BELIEVE WE GET THE LEVIHAN SCENE TODAY, THEY LOOK SO BEAUTIFUL, THEY I MEAN HANGE, AND BY THEY I ALSO MEAN HANGE AND LEVI, BECAUSE GODDAMN THEY DID THAT SHIRTLESS SCENE JUSTICE,

THAT PART WHERE HANGE SHEDS TEARS WHEN KILLING THEM COMRADES HAD ME SCREAMING, I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

OH AND THAT PART WHERE ARMIN FLASHES BACK TO ERWIN! LIKE NOT REALLY AN ERWIN STAN BUT THAT SHOT LOOKED GOOD, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL WTF

THAT PART WITH JEAN AND ONYANKOPON BRO- I WISHED THEY ADDED A FLASHBACK OF MARCO, AND IDK BUT YOU GUYS THAT LAKE THEY SAT BY WAS BEAUTIFUL,

CONNY BRO- MY BABY IM GONNA BE HONEST, THE SCENE MADE ME TEAR UP MORE IN THE MANGA BUT HEY I STILL LIKED IT

TBH I WAS HONESTLY SCARED TO WATCH THE EPISODE TODAY BECAUSE

based on my time drowning in toxicity but also honesty that is titanfolk chapter 126 was not a great chapter-

#attack on titan #aot #snk #shingeki no kyojin #attack on titan final season #episode 83 #armin arlert #connie springer #hange zoe #levi ackerman #erwin smith #jean kirstein #onyankopon #im being honest in the last sentence #armin's part could've been done better in the manga and anime #levihan #levihan supremacy

[shironezuninja]

We’re checking CNN at Midnight ever since the madness affected our peaceful reality.

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[zenins]

Mikasa in today's episode

#attack on titan episode 83 #snk spoilers #aot spoilers #mikasa really be lookin like dazai #i don't even watch Bungo Stray Dogs