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Yeah, yeah. I'm thinking it, you're thinking it. We're all thinking it. That's why I've gathered some nice memes for you guys to copy-paste into the comments and be quickly done with it, if you so wish:

^{"OP, what a post this is. I promise I won’t let this rant go to waste."}

^{"No I don't want that! AoT rant on this sub?! I want AoT to be rantless for the rest of my life! even after I die I still want AoT to be rantless for a while ! ten years at least !"}

^{"Only Ymir nose"}

^{"OP, was in love with AOT"}

Now, for the ones that still wish to bump heads and repeat the same arguments from years ago about a show that has, for the most part, left the public consciousness - welcome! It'll be fun.

I, like many here, have been a fan of AOT ever since the animation premiered back in 2013. I've watched all the available episodes, then waited for the weekly releases while burrowing myself deep within the fanbase - reading theories, discussing plot elements, engaging with fan creations.

After the first season was over, I moved over to the manga. For years, I religiously waited for that monthly release to then, afterwards, spend hours in a variety of online forums discussing where the story was going.

Then the basement reveal came. Then the focus of the story shifted. Then a new cast of characters were introduced. Then I moved out, got a job, started college. Then AOT fell into the background.

I returned to the story in 2021. No particular reason for it, I just remembered it existed.

I caught up with the manga just in time to wait for the last 3 chapters.

It was a peculiar feeling. Here was this thing - this piece of media that had been such a staple in my life, and it was quickly coming to an end. Not only that, but the (normally) focused discussion regarding the narrative had, at some point, splintered into so many theories, opinions and analysis.

People wrote thousand-word thesis on the manga's conclusion using complementary media that was only tangentially connected with the story as reference. Factions of fans coalesced to defend, detract or make fun of an ending that hadn't even happened yet.

It was a lot to take in. Especially after the actual ending came.

And, man... that ending. What hasn't been said about that ending?

I mean, you guys would know. This sub was flooded with thread after thread of hate, love and everything in between by people desperate to talk about their opinions.

I don't blame them for coming here. Have you tried posting anything on any of the dedicated AOT subs?

is just "look at this thing I drew" or "look at my risqué cosplay, but don't comment on any of the risqué elements".

is the anime version of facebook memes.

is a repository of "people who dislike the ending have no life!" threads made by people who have no life.

...yeah, let's move on.

Here I can get a (slightly) neutral response, and that's why I'm adding another thread to the worthless "AOT fell off" pile. Bear with me, please.

Recently, my girlfriend decided she wanted to watch AOT. I was resistant at first, but caved after realizing I would be able to watch the 2nd and 3rd seasons animated, since I hadn't gone back to the anime after moving to the manga.

We watched the last movie a couple of days ago, and all I could think about was that one time I botched a nice pot of minestrone.

I got to relieve that amazing first season and all of its hype moments. I got to see the other two seasons adapted by WIT. I got to experience the whole story, now with the full context from all those years.

And all I could think about was that one time I botched a nice pot of minestrone.

I was setting up to start cooking, only to realize I just had a single, depressingly old onion shoved deep down my fridge. It looked dry, smelled sweet and was slightly gooey, but I still used it.

I sat down to eat and quickly realized that the small bit of onion I had added seeped every drop of its oldness into the soup. Everything had acquired that sweet, rotten taste just enough to debase the eating experience, but not to justify throwing it all away.

My bowl was there, filled with some nice carrots, peppers, tomatoes, pasta and cheese, but I wouldn't be able to enjoy them, because the rotten aftertaste of the onions would quickly follow. I gobbled it all up, though.

That's how I felt rewatching Attack on Titan.

I can't enjoy that juicy, savory bell pepper called Erwin Smith, because I know he'll show up as a ghost in the last battle to look reassuring about something he would never endorse.

I can't feel that acidic tang of the tomatoes that is Levi, because I know he'll become a plot device, a battered puppet that somehow survives the last battle against hordes of shifters, and then gets to be carted around in a wheelchair by unbaked characters.

I can't taste some of the broth of worldbuilding with a piece of bread, because the world I was finally getting to know was tossed to the side for a new one that didn't even start to get developed.

I can't watch the scene where a 10-year old kid swears he'll avenge his mother, not only because I know he's the reason his mother is dead, but because he commented on it like he was simply going through a grocery list.

"Oh, yeah, almost forgot, I killed my mom. I'm a slave to destiny lol!"

I loved this story for long. And now I can't take that awful rotten taste out of my mouth.

Isayama and I are the same. I am a lousy cook, he is a lousy writer.

I used a rotten, spoiled onion because I thought it wouldn't matter, because I thought I knew better.

He though he would be able to flesh out a complex political narrative in 48 chapters. He thought he knew better.

The only difference is that the people eating my slop didn't compliment me on it.

Man...

Attack on Titan really doesn't hold up on rewatches.