Starting Off At The Bottom Of The Class

Starting off at the bottom of the class

Chapter 119 is just so heartbreaking:

The Galliards are my favourite brothers: We didn't get to see much of them unfortunately but their relationship is so beautiful yet so heartbreaking.

We have no family backstory, why Porco and Marcel both wanted to become warriors even though they would have been a honorary marleyans no matter who was chosen: my guess is that Porco is the one who originally wanted to be a warrior and Marcel merely joined to protect him, Marcel wasn't interested.

We all know how Porco acts towards Reiner because he wasn't the one chosen as the Armored titan, claiming that if he was chosen instead they'd have taken the founder and Marcel wouldn't have died. Since his introduction, Porco looked for something/someone to tell him he's a good warrior which causes him to lash out on Reiner on pretty much every occasion.

in Chapter 119:

Reiner, trying to reach out to Porco so he could help him stop Eren, makes contact with him and some memories are sent. Porco finally finds what he was seeking, validation, and it was his own dead brother who gave it to him.

Porco's expression in this panel always gets me

Older siblings all want one thing in aot: Marcel wanted to protect Porco from the dangers of Paradis, Colt wanted to protect his family from being shipped to Paradis and transformed into titans and Zeke was willing to do the impossible to save Eren from being killed, he wanted his brother and himself to save Eldia together.

Colt begged Zeke not to get Falco involved into this, he didn't care about the rest, he just wanted his little brother to be safe.

Remember when Eren said to Falco that he was glad he wouldn't become a titan shifter? Because he wants him to live a long life? Yeah, I can't believe I'm saying this but Eren maybe did mean it, he made sure Falco was still alive during the slaughter in Liberio, and you can notice the look in his eyes when Colt screamed that Falco drank Zeke's spinal fluid even though he knew.

Zeke obviously was disturbed by that, he honestly and genuinely doesn't want to bring kids into this but his love for his brother is too powerful and he will do anything to make sure Eren is safe.

Porco was obviously listening to all of this, the look on his face is telling, he many times stayed silent when a relationship between brothers is mentioned.

(Aka when Falco won against Gabi in a race: Colt said that no matter what he does, Falco will never surpass Gabi, Zeke intervenes and shares the fact that no older brother would like his younger sibling to become a shifter. Pieck then asks Porco what's wrong since he's obviously disturbed and the latter does not respond).

Colt's death:

One of the most heartbreaking moments in aot imo. Colt believed that this was it, this was the last moment he'd see his brother before he becomes a titan, yet he stayed and hugged Falco knowing that the transformation will kill him because Colt will always be with him.

He wasn't mentioned by anyone but Falco after his death, sadly :(

Porco's sacrifice:

I've seen a lot of people say that Porco sacrificed himself instead of Reiner because he wanted save him, but I don't think it's the case.

As I said, Porco was looking for validation and he got it, he listened to Zeke's and Colt's conversation and Colt's words definitely hit him, especially since he just got Marcel's memories.

"I'm not dying without a fight" -> apart from being unable to heal all his wounds, Porco simply refuses to die a meaningless death, so he sacrifices himself, saving both Reiner and Falco and fulfilling Colt's wishe to save Falco.

A little brother saving a little brother.

Porco died with a smile on his face, knowing that he is the better man to the end. And he proved that saving his comrade and a kid. His character arc was over.

Still, I was a little bit upset he wasn't mentioned by anyone but Pieck and Falco in the following chapters. Obviously Falco would feel guilty, since Porco's death was the key to his survival, and Pieck during the battle with the ancient shifters.

I hated Zeke for those two deaths, I seriously did, but he ended up betrayed by his younger brother, he was once again used because of his royal blood. You can't blame him for choosing euthanasia, he lived a shitty life and the only time he was happy was when Mr. Ksaver was still alive, he thought he was doing the right thing by stopping Eldians from being born into this world since they're suffering so much. I'm glad he at least got a little bit of happiness in chapter 137.

This post made me dislike Eren even more

Yeah :(( I feel so bad for Zeke, like, the way he was crying when Eren called him "older brother"? when Reiner and Berthold told him about Eren back in Paradis, he couldn't believe that his father was still alive and had another son, and Zeke swore that he'd save his little brother. Man he just wanted to be loved

Goddammit I'm crying again

I honestly feel really bad for Zeke, like the lad was used by his parents as a way to further their agenda, they never loved him, he always felt like he wasn't good enough, he had to eat the one person who loved him like a son. And after all, his euthanasia plan might have been inhumane and awful, but between that and mass genocide idk what is worse? And sure, Eren went through a lot but he was loved and his parents genuinely showed him love, something Zeke never got.

"So bro, there's this girl-"

This hurts

People dying every chapter but I'm still not over Marcel 😭

LOOK AT MY POOR CRYING ZEKE, EVERYONE STAY AWAY FROM HIM

🤺🤺🤺🤺 BACK I SAID BACK 

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