Erwin or Armin

Mar 11, 2023 2:05 PM

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Person215 said:
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I'm a long-time AOT fan and an Armin fan. But I still don't understand why Levi chose to save Armin. while you vote, can someone explain to me why Levi saved Armin?

iirc Erwin wanted him to save Armin, Erwin really recognized Armin’s potential and ability, and he’s grown so much. I know lots of people think it was a bad choice, but it would have been weird writing-wise for Armin to die there AND Erwin become a titan shifter IMO

Mar 11, 2023 2:10 PM

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DabGod said:

Person215 said:
[AOT Season 3 spoilers!!!]

I'm a long-time AOT fan and an Armin fan. But I still don't understand why Levi chose to save Armin. while you vote, can someone explain to me why Levi saved Armin?

iirc Erwin wanted him to save Armin, Erwin really recognized Armin’s potential and ability, and he’s grown so much. I know lots of people think it was a bad choice, but it would have been weird writing-wise for Armin to die there AND Erwin become a titan shifter IMO

You remember correctly. But dang, though I love Armin now, back then I couldn't agree to their decision either. However one has got to admit that twist did wonders for Armin's development.

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Mar 11, 2023 2:51 PM

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After armins speech in the beginning in the new special … I have to go with armin. They’re both goats though.

Mar 11, 2023 2:54 PM

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Person215 said:
[AOT Season 3 spoilers!!!]

I'm a long-time AOT fan and an Armin fan. But I still don't understand why Levi chose to save Armin. while you vote, can someone explain to me why Levi saved Armin?

(Tho I hate this series still....)
If I would been Levi, i would definitely save Erwin instead of Armin even he ordered me to save him......

Mar 11, 2023 3:01 PM

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Armin for sure but that's probably me being biased.

Mar 11, 2023 3:08 PM

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Unpopular opinion, but Armin. I don't have a problem with Erwin and he do appears and looks like a leader, but what he did?
Lot of people still shitting on Armin saying he is useless compared to Erwin, meanwhile he was the one who suggested that the female titan is probably among them and most likely Annie. He had a feeling about who might be the colossal and armored titan. He knew, that Reiner was in the walls, etc... But what Erwin did apart from motivating his soldiers? No hate towards him at all, but without Armin, they would be nowhere.

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Mar 11, 2023 4:00 PM

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dont know dont like them both so some other charachter

Mar 11, 2023 4:31 PM

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Person215 said:
[AOT Season 3 spoilers!!!]

I'm a long-time AOT fan and an Armin fan. But I still don't understand why Levi chose to save Armin. while you vote, can someone explain to me why Levi saved Armin?

Well while erwins main goal was to know the reason behind the titans and wall. In his final moments with Levi he gave it all up to win the battle for humanity. He was already carrying the burden of his comrades death who died to achieve his dreams and he was yet going to sacrifice even more of his shoulders. While he was not able to see his dream he died relieving the burden of his comrades death. To bring him back into the hell would be extremely selfish of levi. Thats why he chose armin.

Mar 11, 2023 4:54 PM

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Here's the thing: It's completely pointless to compare the two because we're talking about two people with a 20+ year age gap. I'm sure 15 year old Erwin was smart but he needed years of wisdom, experience, and training to become the Erwin we know and respect.

In terms of Levi's thought process, people forget this very major detail of Levi's personality, which is this: he views his comrades as actual people, not the means to an end, or pawns. He saw that Erwin was dangerously obsessed with the basement, and it was more about absolving himself of childhood guilt than it was about humanity. It was destroying his humanity, and Levi is all about NOT losing your humanity.
Erwin was unraveling emotionally, towards the end. The guilt that he had shoved aside for years was finally surfacing. He even said that at certain points, death would've been easier. Now, imagine an already guilt-ridden, possibly suicidal man waking up to discover that HE survived that suicide charge, but his soldiers didn't. That would've destroyed him even more, I think.
So, in summation, Erwin was, above anything else, a human being, and humans have mental and emotional limits, and I think he had reached his.

Mar 11, 2023 5:27 PM

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Person215 said:
[AOT Season 3 spoilers!!!]

I'm a long-time AOT fan and an Armin fan. But I still don't understand why Levi chose to save Armin. while you vote, can someone explain to me why Levi saved Armin?

well I think levi kinda gave into the pressure made by Eren and Mikasa maybe because if levi saved Erwin instead of Armin he would have to deal with Eren (even though 1 on 1 levi would win without a doubt) and at that time he had a major role on fighting other titans, discovering new stuff about them and Eren was literally labed as "the saviour of humanity" so I think that's why. another reason imo is that Erwin was already ready to die and maybe a bit tired of endlessly fighting without any major w but I don't know if that would make any sense at all because since the beginning Erwin never gave up on anything so I'm not sure if that's something that he would actually do.

Mar 11, 2023 5:52 PM

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Erwin’s speech before he rushed the Beast Titan was one of the top five moments of the show therefore I choose him.

Mar 11, 2023 6:04 PM

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Person215 said:
[AOT Season 3 spoilers!!!]

I'm a long-time AOT fan and an Armin fan. But I still don't understand why Levi chose to save Armin. while you vote, can someone explain to me why Levi saved Armin?

armin is better written as a character but Erwin is one of my fav anime character.

Mar 11, 2023 8:31 PM

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Erwin's dream is to reach Eren's house (unravel the mystery), while Armin's dream is even further, to reach the beach. And Eren's dream is beyond the horizon (the other side of the sea).

if you have to choose a better future for everyone, Armin is the better choice. The dilemma is because Erwin is Levi's best friend and he has gone through a lot only to die one step behind his goals.

Mar 11, 2023 9:27 PM

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writing wise armin definitely but erwin was the right choice, I think levi did get emotional there he shouldve saved erwin regardless of what erwin wanted because levi wanted erwin to rest but i dont think his duty was over yet.

Mar 11, 2023 10:06 PM

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I like more Erwin 😔

Mar 12, 2023 1:00 AM

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Armin. Because Armin was far better than Erwin in battle strategies. He proved his worth several time, like killing the colossal titan with the help of eren, revealing the female Titan's identity, revealing Reiner's location in wall,etc.

As Kenny once said, 'Everyone had to be drunk on something to keep pushing forward.' In Erwin's case this was his dream to prove his father's theory true. When he would have proved his father's theory, he would have lost his drive. We saw this in S3 when he started to lose his ability to think under pressure. On the other hand Armin's dream was to explore the world. This made him very calculative and he acted formidably under pressure. And considering the current anime scenario we can see how effective he has been.

Therefore, Armin was a far better choice than Erwin.

Mar 12, 2023 1:02 AM

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Person215 said:
[AOT Season 3 spoilers!!!]

I'm a long-time AOT fan and an Armin fan. But I still don't understand why Levi chose to save Armin. while you vote, can someone explain to me why Levi saved Armin?

Armin. Because Armin was far better than Erwin in battle strategies. He proved his worth several time, like killing the colossal titan with the help of eren, revealing the female Titan's identity, revealing Reiner's location in wall,etc.

As Kenny once said, 'Everyone had to be drunk on something to keep pushing forward.' In Erwin's case this was his dream to prove his father's theory true. When he would have proved his father's theory, he would have lost his drive. We saw this in S3 when he started to lose his ability to think under pressure. On the other hand Armin's dream was to explore the world. This made him very calculative and he acted formidably under pressure. And considering the current anime scenario we can see how effective he has been.

Therefore, Armin was a far better choice than Erwin.

Mar 12, 2023 8:40 AM

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Erwin not only deserved to rest but also how fucked up would it be if Erwin was the lone survivor after leading his men to slaughter. He wouldn’t want that and he didn’t want that. He saw armins potential and had faith the kid could fill his shoes and breath new life into the fight.

Mar 12, 2023 8:41 AM

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erwin
nothing else to say

Mar 12, 2023 11:32 AM

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Erwin of course, I never liked armin, always hated his cowardly personality, he’s like a blonde usopp.

Erwin had a goal and went at it like a dog on a bone, meanwhile armin keeps asking 1000 questions no one (hyperbole) cares about.

Pass on armin, give me Erwin any day.

Mar 12, 2023 12:22 PM

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I hate Armin with a passion.

Mar 12, 2023 12:57 PM

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Skaldi2 said:
A charismatic leader who people can look to and can motivate anyone over their fear is infinitely more valuable than armin. Armin did come up with theories which were valuable but without a leader what's the point? Even though Armin did nothing in season 4 that was the writers fault.

Armin did things in season 4, he just didn't use the colossal titan.

Mar 13, 2023 2:03 AM

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Armin 100% if Erwin was saved then he probably would have caused more chaos with the titan abilities than Armin did

Mar 13, 2023 4:32 AM

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Armin was the correct choice.
No hate to the goat Erwin tho but most people just undervalue Armin's role in the story a lot.

Mar 13, 2023 9:25 PM

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Old me would have said Armin because I was just rooting for the Eren,Mikasa,Armin trio. But I have realised that it would have been more beneficial to Scouts to save Erwin. Although I am sure Erwin would have helped about a lot of things it also would have made many things off balance. For starters Mikasa and Eren would definitely have not acted the way they did, possibly feeling hatred towards Levi and rest of the Scouts, which changes the course of the story by a lot. I just wish Erwin died of a heroic death rather than die as a result of self sacrifice or not being the chosen one.

Mar 17, 2023 7:36 PM

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Erwin is my fav aot character by far whereas armin is like 6th for me,but still i think armin shouldve have been brought back cuz they gave erwin such a nice sendoff.

Mar 19, 2023 10:19 AM

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I seperate this question into 2 parts.

Logically, the best decision for them would be Erwin, he would have stepped up with actual opinions and thoughts regardin the situation after S3.

But from the story's direction i absolutely think it is the right choice to save Armin. thst was not a logical, but an emotional choice from the cast, which was relatable.
But the most important thing is that Season 4 heavily implies (through Armin and Hange and Eren) that Erwin WOULD HAVE BEEN the better choice for them. I adore when charachters make overall not the best decisions, because of their emotions, but not insanely dumb ones either. This also hypes up if Armin could surpass him by the end of the series, after a faltering 4 years.

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