tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post8152601198652508191..comments2024-03-24T00:16:17.304-07:00Comments on Storming the Ivory Tower: The World is a Cruel Place: Theme in Attack on TitanSam Keeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00863236889998956170noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-65689043809873853482014-01-03T01:46:31.528-08:002014-01-03T01:46:31.528-08:00"O, it is excellent to have a giants strength..."O, it is excellent to have a giants strength, but it is hellasweet to use it like a giant" - William Shakespeare more or less.TPmanWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08415910295872695542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-10063015447134787872013-10-29T08:22:38.373-07:002013-10-29T08:22:38.373-07:00"Attack on Titan" made a lot more sense ..."Attack on Titan" made a lot more sense to me once a friend of mine pointed out that it's fascist. Everything in the show's plot, universe, and theme run on a simple logic: only through maximum aggression and violence can we attain our goals, or even survive, or ever be free. The characters live in a universe divided between predators and livestock.<br /><br />This is why Eren speaks his most utterly absurd line in the final episode: "I'm free." Not because he can see and accept responsibility. That might be Existentialist. No, he's free now because he has gone completely axe-crazy and berserk. His "freedom" is the freedom to rampage through the world killing everything in his path.<br /><br />That's the freedom of a Titan.Eli Senneshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270702305052599002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-64518514229455672912013-10-03T06:44:43.375-07:002013-10-03T06:44:43.375-07:00I took the series in a completely different direct...I took the series in a completely different direction.<br /><br />Rather than the threat of a controlling State, I saw it as a much more direct critique of the State's ability to adapt to an external, cold, heartless threat. The Titans work fantastically as an allegory for terrorists of every stripe. They strike suddenly, violently, without warning, and their reasons are unfathomable for those within the "protection" of the State.<br />By the same token, the reveal of Titans within the walls strengthens this argument, especially with the uptick in the last few years of Westerners converting to these extremist mindsets and actively attacking their former allies (see the bomber's wife from the UK for the most recent example).<br />The walls could be viewed as a symbol of the military, since thanks to the History Channel most Westerners can still picture the firing lines (re: cannons lining the walls) of massed fire that muskets required, a "wall" of flame and death that would protect the citizen from external threat.<br />....<br />I think you just inspired my own blog post. I'll end this here. Cheers, thanks for the inspiration!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01890770192295891113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-85832034717813939282013-10-02T23:28:07.798-07:002013-10-02T23:28:07.798-07:00Oh also the picture of Eren's response is miss...Oh also the picture of Eren's response is missing for me. Anyway thanks for writing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-72406010881821460992013-10-02T23:04:32.245-07:002013-10-02T23:04:32.245-07:00The wall-of-text images are so big they're bre...The wall-of-text images are so big they're breaking the layout of your site. It's hard to read the parts that collide with your sidebar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com