There are a few ways you could interpret this and I think that it’s sort of interesting so here’s my ramble thread!! https://twitter.com/catgirlkasaa/status/1380347680220573697
“If you want to save them all,”

Save them from the enemy, right? So genocide’s the answer?

It’s an answer but it’s not THE answer, and Eren thought this was how he could save them.
Perhaps if the power of the Founder and Attack titans were in the hands of someone else, or maybe if the life of the person holding the power didn’t turn out the way it was, a different answer would’ve been considered.
(I don’t agree with the rumbling, but what I’m saying is maybe if things were different, the rumbling wouldn’t have even been a choice.)
“The person who will save us is Armin”

In any situation where someone needed help, there were countless times Armin was the one who stepped in and made plans to get the ball rolling towards victory or at least some form of success.
I think here, one way you can see it is in any failing situation, Armin would be the one to save humanity.

“It’s not me or the commander”

Because Eren saw Armin’s eyes and wanted to follow him, and Erwin wanted to prove his father’s theory, I guess—
—you can sort of argue that since Eren was merely a follower and that Erwin’s time was practically up, Armin deserved to live.

(Midnight sun is a boring argument let’s move on)
“Maybe the reason I was born was so that the three of us could be racing”

Maybe it doesn’t have to be so complex. What if it can just be the three of us, together? Who cares about the enemy or outside when we have each other? We only have so much time left together
All of Attack on Titan, Armin talked about the ocean and Eren talked about outside the walls. You’d think this is all they want.

But maybe when Armin realized how bad the situation was, he sort of said, “maybe I’m here just to race with my friends” —
And it really makes you look at all he’s done and wonder why he thinks so low of himself but then also just because he’s done so much for others, it doesn’t mean that’s what he’s dreamt of. After all the shit that’s happened, maybe now he just wants to be with his friends—
—and live out the rest of their years. Maybe he was born into this world to race with them, to follow them, to be with them.
End of thread I’m half asleep
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