However, everybody, please feel free to join in on the discussion if you watch the show!
Thanks! Oh boy, since you're only on Episode 8, you have SO much to catch up on! Things get SO good!mrkalbi wrote:I totally agree with you! I don't get the hype about Mikasa I honestly hate her character it's like the writers were like ok we're not really gonna give her a personality but we'll make her awesome because she's a supporting character and we need one of those characters that are hardened and cold and bad ass. I'm personally a fan of Sasha, but I'm only on episode 8 so it might change. Glad to know I'm not the only who isn't swooning over Mikasa, I'm so sick and tired of the silent but strong female stereotype that is so reoccurring in anime.Chiyou wrote:I am soooo sorry for quoting you to talk about AoT on the MP forum, but the PMs on GG have been poopy-faces lately and none of my messages have been going through. They've just been sitting in my outbox.foxoxoxo wrote:I'm crying at how she's butchering the series ugh she's such a poser it kills me inside, I really hold SnK really near my heart, as cheesy as it sounds but idk I really relate to the characters in certain ways but ugh seriously why does she try so hard to be that "hottie that likes anime, can do makeup, and knows /geeky/ stuff"
Ugh!
I hate that of all of the people in AoT, Michelle chooses to admire Mikasa. Sure, she's a genius-level MMG user and given time, I'm sure her skills be on par with Levi's (his attack on the female Titan was amaze-balls...), but I honestly don't like her very much. I actually like Sasha, or Petra, or Hanji better. I think Mikasa is selfish. All she cares to protect is Eren. I mean, in a time when humankind is close to extinction, where everyone is trying to work together to minimize the threats of the Titans and where each sortie beyond the walls ends in thousands of lives lost, all she cares about is the survival of ONE person? Really? I understand that Eren is the only family she has left, but she needs to see the big picture of the situation and not just make it all about Eren. IMO, she's just a lovesick Mary Sue with a pair of really sharp swords...huh, I guess that's why Michelle likes her!
I like Armin better because he is wise, has a strategic mind, and he is GROWING. He has character development. I can potentially see him taking the place of either Commander Elwin or Pixis as he ages. He has a lot of potential that have yet to be revealed.
Anyway, just my two cents on AoT...@foxoxoxo, please PM me if you want to talk more...I hope it's not just my account with the retarded PMing....
I wouldn't say that I *hate* her character, but I don't find her interesting. Maybe there's something in store for her storyline that will make her interesting, but for now, I find her completely static. I don't like that she doesn't have a "bigger" goal beyond Eren. She makes Eren her life and that impedes her judgment when she's fighting (you'll know what I mean later in the series). It leaves her short sighted, so even though she's a "natural" at using the MMG, her potential is stifled because she is so blinded by her attraction to (?) overprotection of (?) obsession with (?) Eren. I'm not even sure what she feels about him, but it's pretty clear that he is her entire world right now, and that just doesn't sit well with me.
I don't mind the "silent but strong" female stereotype, if done properly. I mean, Lisbeth Salander from The Millennium Trilogy is, like, my fictional role model, haha. I don't know if you've seen Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, but I really like the relationship between Hawkeye and Mustang. They don't have a lot (if any) moments of PDA in the anime, but it's really obvious that they love each other. They are in the military (like Eren and Mikasa) and they know that there are things at stake and more important urgent issues to fight for than just the two of them. They know that there are sacrifices and difficult decisions that need to be made and they are both ready to sacrifice their personal happiness for the greater good of the world. They know that in order to better the world that they live in, there may be circumstances and situations where they would need to risk their lives. They have made peace with the possibility that they may have to live without each other if one of them dies in their fight for the greater good. They would grieve, mourn, and then move on.
In Mikasa's case though, she's pretty much like, "I don't give a fuck if this mission fails as long as Eren is safe." And it just bothers me because she is such a SKILLED MMG user that I'm like, "OMG, you can really be putting your skills to better use in the fight against the Titans if you weren't worried about Eren all the damn time." I don't believe Mikasa to be capable, at this point, of continuing to live if Eren dies because he's basically her whole purpose of living. Reminds me of Bella Swan in New Moon when Edward left her. Blasphemy to compare AoT with Twilight, I know, but at this point in the anime, yeah...Mikasa is basically Bella Swan with a pair of really sharp swords.
To be fair though, Mikasa is probably just like 14/15 years old so she still has some emotional development to go through.
I don't know, I guess I am just SOOOO over love stories where the couple only cares for their own personal happiness over the well being of the rest of the world.
@mrkalbi, to avoid spoilers, don't read my response to @foxoxoxo below!
Hey, thanks! Sorry my PMs didn't go through! Boooo....foxoxoxo wrote:hey hey! Love what you put down on Mikasa! Personally I love Mikasa, but she is most definitely selfish and not willing to think of others where she puts Eren before herself and anyone, no matter the situation, I feel as though Mikasa loves Eren to the extent of she's willing to risk herself for him because she saved him and she sees him as her saving grace, it's cute to an extent but unbelievably unhealthy. Where as Levi (a hes my loveeeee haha) puts everyone before himself and is willing to risk his body just to save someone, like his ankle breaking when fighting the female Titan like a badass because he saw how much Mikasa wanted him back and how dumb she was to almost get killed by her, and like him giving the other Soldier, Petra's emblem and say it was their friends' emblem just to comfort them after seeing Petra's body used as bait to distract the Titans after them
Omg I love Sasha and Hanji (she's my princess and I'm cosplaying her for AX next year! Lol), Sasha is such a badass and fierce, she's clearly adept to making quick desicions and strong as hell even though she can be an oddball, and Hanji is an absolute genius~ and huge risk taker just for the sake of helping humanity
Ahh. I love everyone in the series hehe have you been reading the manga?
I don't have anything against people who like Mikasa, but she's just not where I'd like her to be right now and unlike Armin, I'm not seeing any character development, but I'm keeping my hopes up.
OMG, Levi...so fucking badass! His look also cracks me up for some reason...I think it's her hair with the center part...reminds me of a bowl cut, so juxtapose that with his personality, and I'm just like, "Yeah, I can't...you're too awesome." lol.
It took THREE people to do what Levi did to the female Titan! I'm so sad about what happened to his team! My husband and I both let out a collective "Ohhhhhhhh" when they got attacked. I was really starting to like Petra....And when they returned to the walls and they showed the families of his team and then Petra's dad went to talk to Levi, I'm just like Don't even remind me of how they tossed Petra's corpse off of the wagon... T_T
Then I'm reminded that, shit, everything that went down with the female Titan happened IN ONE AFTERNOON. Like, OMGWTFBBQ.
Sasha and Hanji look very similar to me so I often get the two of them confused. Hanji is HILARIOUS. I felt so bad for her when Sawney and Bean were killed. She was so devastated! I like the both of them because they are both really quirky, lol.
I'm looking forward to seeing more back story of Elwin and Levi. I feel like they have a very interesting relationship. I also like Pixis because he's such an eccentric old geezer! Haha.
No, I haven't read the manga. I'm more of an anime watcher than a manga reader. I also don't want any spoilers, haha. Is the anime faithful to the manga?