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the ending I wanted for reiner was realizing he had the right to judge eren for what he's doing, that eren was not the same as him since he chose genocide on his own accord as a free adult. I wanted this to be tied to the revelation that eren puppeteered events throughout the-
-story, namely controlling dina to kill carla. therefore realizing eren was the devil & while reiner himself was deeply flawed & selfish, still a human boy who was warped from a young age. I wanted him to kill eren & or end the titan curse. and I wanted him to not receive any-
-glory for it. showing he'd grown from the kid who only did things to receive recognition & an award. this time doing the right thing for its own sake & not for personal benefit. I wanted him to either die being helos, and only be remembered as a mythical figure who slayed the-
-the devil of all earth. or live & reject the glory & the identity as the man who stopped the rumbling. which is in deep deep contrast as to what we got with armin, by the way. which makes this all the more absurd
this is what I hoped for reiner & yet he was reduced to-
this is what I hoped for reiner & yet he was reduced to-
-praising eren for his grisly deeds & had his depression magically cured by the titan curse ending & was insulted by his final words being a 2013 era joke
I'm so sorry reiner braun, I love you & you deserved so much better
I'm so sorry reiner braun, I love you & you deserved so much better
I know I've been hating on reiner in 139 a lot & that's because I'm hurt because I love him so much & that's not the character I fell in love with
