Something I noticed while watching the first 9 episodes of Season 4 is that Gabi is almost the exact opposite of Falco and is basically a parallel to Eren. Before you bash me, let me elaborate
For my first point, Falco is the voice of reason and more "thinking-driven" compared to Gabi, whereas she rushes into action and is more emotionally driven in the sense that she acts based on her feelings and doesn't think twice before acting. As I am saying this, Falco could actually be a parallel to Armin because he too was not very physically strong but he was smart and thought more than he fought. Both Eren and Armin, and Gabi and Falco are the opposites of each other.
For my second point, Eren was 12 when he witnessed titans invade his home and watch his village and loved ones get crushed. A literal parallel to Gabi where she witnessed titans invade her home as well, destroying it all and watching her loved ones die at a young age too. With that said, both her and Eren's first response was to get revenge, to kill them all (for Eren it was titans, for Gabi it was the "demons of Paradis Island").
They are two characters that can both be described as determined, angry, stubborn, headstrong, etc. In a sense, the way Eren saw titans and wanted to kill them all is the same way Gabi saw "bad Eldians" and wanted them all to die as well. If Marley was the victim and Paradis the villain in this situation, Gabi would've probably turned out to be exactly like Eren, save for the titan powers. She would've also grown up even more with the mindset that the bad Eldians should die and she would not stop until she achieves her goal, like Eren did.
And in the same way that Armin could never catch up with Eren, Falco can never catch up with Gabi. The only reason why we don't really see this though is because they were still 12 (?) when the war ended and they grew up further in a more peaceful environment restoring Marley/Paradis with Levi and such. If the war continued into their late teens/early twenties, Gabi and Falco would've probably ended up exactly like Eren and Armin. The one who destroys themself trying to end the war and the other who is left behind.
Eren and Gabi are actually so incredibly similar that it's insane. Gabi as a character is basically Isayama showing us Eren through a different lens, in different circumstances, in a different time period. A parallel of what Eren could've been if he wasn't born unlucky
Gabi haters(Sasha super fans) are the worst mfs in the fandom and second to eren stans , cause who remembered back in 2020 and early 2021 when Sasha stans would leave hate and send death threats even go as far as to send rape threats to minors cosplaying as Gabi ?
even down to her voice actors got hate and for what? sure sasha is a great character but she has the worst stans and the worst fandom EVER oh and there's more of this hoe the comments of that post as I'm writing this .....istg
I have no problem saying Lindsay Seidel is a awful voice actress for having knowingly voiced Gabi Braun. Doesn't matter who else she plays she will forever be the "brat who killed Sasha", and that is not a voice I want to hear in any other anime. Gabi is poison. And so is she. I don't give a damn if it's just a job in her head. I don't care if she takes pride in it, it is a god awful performance by somebody who was too eager for a starring role. You don't get brownie points for attaching your name to Assassin's Bullet. Nor does anybody else who voiced Garbage Braun, including Ayane Sakura. I cannot and will not respect their decision to voice Gabi. And I have no problem telling them exactly what I think of their "contribution" to Attack on Titan, a show they helped kill. I would love to know what other fans have said to them for their decision to put a voice to Gabi.
Fans forget this is not Gabi's story. And if you think she's a valuable character, I don't know what the hell you think you're watching.
In summation, Lindsay Seidel is a terrible VA. And that's just the truncated version of what I really want to say of her performance.
Does anyone ever realized how much Gabi and Sasha looks alike, because I had read somewhere that Sasha's family could have other family members but they moved because y'know, so it makes me wonder.... or it could just how the characters are drawn.
At the starting of season 1 when Reiner spoke about his Paradis memories Gabi was so smart to ask him if those people were actually demons or not. Considering this little girl was brainwashed by Marley,she did a lot by this question.
And then we have the Eren-Tybur attack scene xD İmagine being 12 and going through this. Top of it she lost Udo and Sophia </3 As a result this kid legit had PTSD, after something like this she'll surely think that Paradis folks are evil.
However I'm very heartbroken over Sasha's death too </3 And I feel like if Sasha lived,she'd be a great big sis for Gabi.
Thank you for your ask <33 You can always slide in,but I strongly feel like, a big majority of Gabi haters never thought about her character even for a second. They are hating just to hate :p And she's such a reasonable character.