This is what I think so far:
There are two outside entities that we just learned of. The mysterious city and the secret cult.
Within the kingdom, we have the monarchy and the church cult.
Eren's dad. He travels a lot and has a serum. Anne's dad lives in the woods and has the serum.
The church cult knew about the walls and act like they want to be forgiven from their past sins.
The new city cult, IMO, was nothing more than a side story to set up how fucked up Ymir is and why......or is it?
I was trying to avoid doing this cause I was called Essay-kun on the KAcomment section....but here goes:
Adding season one and what's been shown in season two, I can gather this much:
A long time ago City A developed a serum. This serum has the ability to turn regular humans into large, physically altered creatures called Titans. At some point in the history of this city, society agreed that being turned into a Titan would be a form of horrific punishment as you would be one for eternity.
Ymir, an orphan girl, was taken into some underground cult. They adopted her as a new leader. Some false figure with "royal blood". Eventually, guards showed up, instantly cast judgment on them and sentenced them to become Titans and roam the lands forever. You could clearly see that everyone knew this punishment as eternal damnation based on their reactions and those publicly stoning them.
But why create a false king? And what of the guards? That means that City A is actually the capital city of some royal land. They have a monarchy. A king that has gone missing. By being this false king, they claim to be something that the city views as heresy and are punished by a fate worse than death.
60 yrs later we see that Ymir is back to human form after eating another titan. More on that later.
Eren's dad is some sort of doctor or something. He travels a lot and has the serum. That means that he is from the real capital city. What he has to do with that is still a mystery but let's be clear about this. In order for his dad to be from that city, live in that new kingdom, and have the serum, he'd have to be over 100 yrs old. AKA, Eren's dad is also a Titan. That or he recently came to the Kingdom as some sort of spy, fell in love and now switched sides. However, Eren and Mikasa could also be orphans and the family was a lie to begin with.
The kingdom itself, and all its walls is the real secret. Why does everyone want to keep the secret of the walls hidden? Why do these new ppl want to destroy it? What happened to the old kingdom where saying you have the blood of the missing or dead royal family be viewed as heresy?
I think the King was or, someone from the royal family, cast off as a titan. They eventually turned back into human form and managed to gather others that turned back. They, after many many years started to create the new kingdom. Something happened, ppl were tricked and the walls were made. That means that 100 yrs ago, a group of people. including who ever they think is the royal bloodline, managed to get "volunteers" to become the wall and never speak of it again. That also means that many ppl within the city are also titans.
So, the real royal bloodline is out to destroy this false one and keep it from the ppls view. Cause of the old kingdoms ppl found out that these punished could turn back into humans, all hell would break loose. They did this by providing a false story to sheep followers and we have the soldiers. OR, the soldiers are after the kingdom that had secretly held the missing lineage of royal blood and thinks this new kingdom was hiding her the entire time.
Lastly, the locations as a whole. The old kingdom is the real kingdom. The new kingdom is in the middle of nowhere and that land is used as nothing more than an endless prison for those who where turned. This would explain why the new kingdom is in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by titans.
We also take into account the Titans. There are two types. Mindless and shifters. Mindless roam forever as that, mindless. Shifters tend to become one once they eat another shifter. Case in point, Ymir, Anne, Eren, and the other two. We see that they stay that way until they eat another shifter.
But when did shifters come about? And when did Eren eat another shifter? Why does each have a special appearance and ability yet Eren doesn't? Did scientists eventually realize the serum could be manipulated and create super soldiers? Or is it a hit and miss thing? Did Eren's dad stumble upon something, share it with Ann'es dad and....
All I know is that a good portion of the secrets lay waiting in the basement. I'm sure it's the history of the two kingdoms, where the serum came from and why things are happening. The other secret is going to be the blonde chick and her royal bloodline.
Let's not forget that the ending credits tells the story and one can decypher it to an extent. |