My apologies for being on a hiatus, I am back now but I won't be spam posting
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(knowing that there is not a single facet of aot that isayama created on a whim/for no reason:)
levi’s name is really interesting. in literal terms, levi was jacob’s son that would be the founder of one of the 12 tribes of israel. and levi’s sin was violent and cruel anger (unlike jesus’ righteous anger. this is important).
levi’s name literally means ‘joined’ or ‘united’. that’s a very succinct description of his character, and (similarly succinctly) he’s also described as ‘the pumping heart of the survey corps’. not so much levi himself but the idea of humanity’s strongest soldier, captain levi who represents humanity’s resilience and fighting spirit is what holds the survey corps together in spirit (and in body a lot of the time, probably).
forget about eren for a second. in the 5 years after wall maria fell before eren appeared, how likely is it in all that abject devastation, humanity barely scraping by after willingly sending 250,000 civilians to die, with one of the only three walls destroyed that the survey corps would not have been dissolved without levi?? yes erwin’s scouting formation cut deaths down drastically but who is there fearlessly killing the most titans no matter how hopeless the situation seems and setting soap ad trends?? captain levi.
levi’s name being biblical - and blatantly, his birthday being the traditional interpretation of jesus’ birthday (even though it’s not) - definitely implies levi being something of a “savior” figure of humankind.
that’s not what he goes on to be, but in the established “beginning” of aot, before EMA, it makes sense for captain levi (not levi levi lol).
levi is idolized on the basis of “miracles” - his literally superhuman strength.
1 John 4:8 in the bible: “god is love.” what does levi sacrifice his heart, spirit, and body for if not for the love he holds of humanity, humanity’s yearning for freedom, humanity’s hopes and dreams?
levi is what joins together the hope and strength of humanity behind the walls. and that’s what he loves, and love is the reason he sacrifices.
ps, i think this parallel was intentional on isayama's part on a surface level. i dont have the education to go deeper than this lol
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Been having a tough go the last few months, but decided to rewatch AOT again after the finale aired to feel better.
Around half way through our journey, I turned to my boyfriend and said, “this is so good for my mental health.” And he gave me the most concerned look I’ve ever seen LMAO
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I actually think bertholdt hoover is super duper strong for having the weight of his father’s health on his back while also dealing with his best friend getting too lost in the role and his other best friend ignoring his existence while the both of them both depended on him to commit atrocities no one should ever bare witness to in the name of becoming warriors for their own selfish reasons when that oaf just wanted his father to be okay lol
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As someone who is emotionally attached to Eren Jaeger as a person first, and a villain second, I think there is just something so tragic beyond the level of sadness his character gives. He has been doomed by the narrative since the beginning, we all know what his end was going to be - and yet. And yet, the hope that maybe there was something over those walls that would not end up as badly as it did remained until that last frame, as forgiveness Eren would never allow himself has been bestowed to him. He will always remain as the boy who sought freedom, but in the end, never achieved it. And there is simple despair in the fact that he tried so hard to change, so hard to make it better and the uncertainty of whether that was ever enough. Eren never lies to see the day. And that, I think is both poetic and heart-crushing, because it represents the death of a dream that he desperately fought and killed for and that has disappointed him as he thinks he has disappointed everyone else.
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