Attack on Titan: Shingeki no Kyojin

[Buffalobiian]

I think that if Titans were still being passed on, Falco would inherit the Attack titan. I'm not confident that they would be passed on however.

Er...why would he? He basically IS Marley. Also he might not be the Titan.

You're thinking of Willy. I'm referring to whoever is holding the WarHammer, doesn't have to be him.

Willy thinks Marley needs a good restructuring right now anyway - that's why he came out.

[DarthEnderX]

I don't expect this WILL happen, but since we know from Eren being the Attack and Founding Titans, you can consolidate powers by shifters eating other shifters, a final battle between the last two titans that have eaten all the others would be pretty rad.

I think that if Titans were still being passed on, Falco would inherit the Attack titan. I'm not confident that they would be passed on however.

Inherit how? Like, Eren just lets him eat him? Isn't that the only way they get passed on?

If a Shifter titan actually died without being eaten, wouldn't it's power just be gone forever?

[exglitch67]

If a Shifter titan actually died without being eaten, wouldn't it's power just be gone forever?

Pretty sure in the previous seasons it was stated that if a titan shifter died without being eaten, its power would be manifested in a random eldian child "yet to be born". I don't read the manga so could be completely wrong on this.

But this would explain why the world wants eldians eradicated and wouldn't just demand they hand over titan shifters for execution.

[MFauli]

Pretty sure in the previous seasons it was stated that if a titan shifter died without being eaten, its power would be manifested in a random eldian child "yet to be born". I don't read the manga so could be completely wrong on this.

But this would explain why the world wants eldians eradicated and wouldn't just demand they hand over titan shifters for execution.

See, that's I remembered, too, but wasn't sure anymore. So it's magic bullshit after all?

[exglitch67]

See, that's I remembered, too, but wasn't sure anymore. So it's magic bullshit after all?

Hmmm isn't that to be expected though? Regardless of how you slice it, Yimir the first titan got her powers supernaturally, and the whole coordinate/eldian premise is supernatural by nature. How come the titan serum only affects eldians?...magic, how do Mikasa and Levi have god mode?....magic. Past memory transfer upon eating a titan shifter....magic. At this point I assumed that's just the type of anime we were watching.

[MFauli]

Hmmm isn't that to be expected though? Regardless of how you slice it, Yimir the first titan got her powers supernaturally, and the whole coordinate/eldian premise is supernatural by nature. How come the titan serum only affects eldians?...magic, how do Mikasa and Levi have god mode?....magic. Past memory transfer upon eating a titan shifter....magic. At this point I assumed that's just the type of anime we were watching.

Disagree. Up to this point, everything in the show can be explained. Sure, it's all super dramatic, lots of incredible coincidences and bullshitery - but nothing that required "magic". This however? There'd need to be some celestial entity to notice "oh, the power of special titan X is free now, gotta put it into some new Eldian baby". That's something different entirely. Honestly, I reall hate that.

[DarthEnderX]

Yimir the first titan got her powers supernaturally

Maybe. It's not like any of our characters witnessed it first hand. It happened ages ago. It's basically a creation myth. Who knows if it's at all accurate.

For all we know, some alien came an injected her with something.

Or she ate a fruit from a space tree...

If peace was to be made somehow and the titans were to be passed down individually, Falco would have Eren's.

I mean...maybe? But, like, why?

I mean, he's known the kid for, like, 2 episodes. And the kid is a soldier for the other side. Why would they give any titans back to the Marleyans?

[DarthEnderX]

Ok,so if a chosen titan (shifter?) dies and its corpse rots away, then THAT special power is lost forever?

That was my ASSUMPTION, but...

Pretty sure in the previous seasons it was stated that if a titan shifter died without being eaten, its power would be manifested in a random eldian child "yet to be born".

If that's the case, I missed it/forgot about it.

But this would explain why the world wants eldians eradicated and wouldn't just demand they hand over titan shifters for execution.

The thing about that is though...even if someone is reborn with the shifter powers, they wouldn't be able to USE them unless they became a titan.

So rather than the solution being to commit genocide maybe they could just, ya know, STOP FUCKING INJECTING ELDIANS WITH TITAN SERUM!

And that's one of their go-to punishments for Eldians! It's just like in The Mummy.
"You have been found guilty. And we sentence you to a truly horrible fate, that also gives you AMAZING POWERS THAT POSE AN EXTREME THREAT TO US!"

[exglitch67]

That was my ASSUMPTION, but...If that's the case, I missed it/forgot about it.


The thing about that is though...even if someone is reborn with the shifter powers, they wouldn't be able to USE them unless they became a titan.

So rather than the solution being to commit genocide maybe they could just, ya know, STOP FUCKING INJECTING ELDIANS WITH TITAN SERUM!

And that's one of their go-to punishments for Eldians! It's just like in The Mummy.
"You have been found guilty. And we sentence you to a truly horrible fate, that also gives you AMAZING POWERS THAT POSE AN EXTREME THREAT TO US!"

My impression was that a child born with innate titan ability wouldn't need to activate it via serum. I imagined a random baby would be born with the titan shifter ability and only discover by accident or by forced testing by Marley military. One could only imagine what a titan shifted baby would be like but they could be unusually intelligent given the past memory transfer