Ghostmartyr:
I think I did a decent job going over my main thoughts on Armin and morality a while back:
"Armin is more conscious of morality than nearly every other character in the series.”

"Armin does have morals, he just doesn’t see them as the best tools for bettering the world."

( Spoilers for chapter 59 of SnK )

anti-masque:The message here is that no one person can be measured in straight “black or white” but rather in varying shades of the two. SnK is challenging us, and our moral/ethical expectations of both the “good” and “bad” guys. Its forcing us to stand in that grey area and its been doing so since chapter 42. If you’re bothered by that then that’s ( Read more... )

Characters not marching happily into a spiral of terrible decisions and horrific actions without a second thought to the moral consequences. Some of them are comfortable in morally grey or black areas, and some of them aren’t. Each set acts accordingly ( Read more... )

(How the hell did that subject header get edited?)

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More SnK meta. Warning: torture, blood.

Relatedly: "Let me tell you exactly why throwing around the terms 'good' and 'bad' when referring to characters in a manga like SnK is just about the most dim-witted thing you can ever do."

First of all, those of you not into Shingeki no Kyojin, I swear this will not turn into a purely SnK journal. Please bear with me while I am in the initial, grievous stages of new-fandom squee.

( The rest of you, click here. )

Oh, my god. That last ep, "The Vanquished," in particular.

( Spoilers for anime up to the ~21st episode, for manga up to chapter ~30, plus a spoiler for something around chapter ~45 )

This is absolutely outstanding meta about the character of Eren Jaeger. Very long and involved, with lots of panels as illustration. Dragoplateau's other SnK meta posts are also quite good, if shorter. I particularly liked the one about Mikasa's character arc.

I've also been reading Ghostmartyr's meta and am very impressed. Lately they've been ( Read more... )