Why Eren Yaeger Activated The Rumbling

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SeaTactics talk about why Eren Yaeger activated the Rumbling in Attack on Titan Final Season Part 2. Comment below what you think about Eren activating the Rumbling, is he justified? Also if you enjoy my other Attack on Titan content, then be sure to drop a like! Thank you for watching everyone.

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[SeaTactics]

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[cassie]

Marley: *antagonizes Paradis for 100 years and treating Eldians worse than second-class citizens while brainwashing them into believing its justified all while stubbornly refusing to self-reflect or consider peaceful alternatives*
The Rumbling happens
Marley: *surprised Pikachu face*

[Malthaelx]

"We used hate, raised hate, believed hate to be our savior. We left all the problems we created on the Island of Devils, and as a result. That Devil was born, to return the hate we gave it"

[brothers_of_nod]

Eren is in a way, a self fulfilled prophecy. The world was so afraid of the idea that the Eldians would destroy them, would flatten their world, that they tried to kill them first, and like many old legends of oracles and prophecies, the actions they took to try and prevent it, in the end, were the very thing that caused it to come to pass. So great was their fear of a devil, that their fear and actions willed him into existence. Eren is the devil the world hath wrought, and I suspect only a few responsible were able to see this was the case, most would die to the feet of the titans, entirely unaware that the only reason this happened was because of the actions taken against Paradise, and that vengeance must sometimes be sacrificed for justice.

[therealneal]

I feel like Eren could have personally benefitted from Better Help.

[iamlordapollo]

So you missed one thing. Eren knows he will be the last attack titan holder because he hasn't had any memories from future holders. So he IS reaching his goal of exterminating the Titans. Somehow, he knows that all of this will result in the end of the Titan curse one way or the other. By rumbling all the humans with memories of the Titans outside of paradise, he is creating a world where noone remembers the crimes of either side, or the horror of Titan warfare. Sure humans will always have conflict, but without the Titan curse, they are free to choose that conflict themselves.

[TheSinisterkelly]

Even if Eren did the small scale rumbling just on Marley, the world would still hate titans. Marley used the titans to conquer others countries causing people to fear and hate the Eldians.
Long story short, Paradis was a few years from getting Hiroshima'd
EREN IS RIGHT

[chaikristinjournals]

It all makes sense from Eren’s perspective and life experiences. And the alternative choices are grim too, especially how you pointed out how technology will eventually beat the colossal Titans. I can’t help but remember that one decide they used on Paradis on the walls - where the Titans would get lured to poke their head in a hole on the walls and a log would drop down on the nape of their necks and how it didn’t take long for them to come up with that with the limited technology they knew at that time! And especially since Eren saw it all from when he touched Historia…. It seems he put the decision off as long as he could?? I wonder what Erwin would have thought of all this… great video as usual and I love how you do your best to look at things from different POVs

[TheSpectralForce]

Remember, Eren has only 4 years left to live based in the titan curse. If he is going to guarantee the survivial of his friends, he needs a solution that would long outlive him. The rumbling is the only way to ensure that the outside world would be dehibilitated to such an extent that his friends would never be under threat of total destruction in their lifetimes.

[gavdrans]

It took me until this episode to fully wrap my head around Eren’s mindset and motivations, and although grim, they really are justifiable from a certain point of view. The only other options were to let the Eldian race be euthanized, effectively dooming them to extinction, or wait for the world to kill them off. Perhaps they could hold their own for a time with their Titans, but technology would eventually surpass them, and the inheritance of the Titans would cut several lives tragically short already, due to the curse of Ymir. What Eren wants more than anything is for Mikasa, Armin, and everyone else he knows and loves to live full, happy lives, and the rumbling is truly the ONLY way to guarantee that. No euthanasia, no enemies, and no more Titans - just a slate wiped completely clean, the only world in which Eren’s family can have that life he wants for them.

[eSDK]

I think one of the most important but least seen fact is that Eren "knows" that he will be the last AttackTitan, and by that at least this Titanan
story will end.

[Lazycloud]

Some people don't even understand just how difficult this situation was for Eren.

Eren has the power of the Attack Titan and therefore is constantly reminded of the future to come and the hatred the world would continue to have for the eldians if he doesn't go on with the Rumbling. There would never be a world were the Eldians would peacefully coexist with the others. Eren wants to kill the world and leave the Eldians while Zeke wants to rid the world of the Eldians. Eren and Zeke completely understand there is no coexisting and it was even evident in both of their plans.

Understanding Eren's objective is also key to understanding how limited he was in terms of options. Eren's main goal is to see his friends live happy lives and to live without the dear of being eradicated from the face of the earth.
With the goal in mind, there were some major factors that pushed Eren to committing genocide on a global scale.

Eren doesn't have time on his side as his plan to use the Rumbling wouldn't age well due to the rapid development of Anti-titan technology.

Also, Eren himself doesn't have a lot of time to act as he only has 4 years left to live. He could have activated the Rumbling much sooner but he chose to delay his plans with Zeke to see if there were any other options.
And going with Zeke's Euthanasia plan was not in line with Eren's main objective as his friends cannot truly be happy the rest of their lives as they cannot give birth to their own children and yet there's still no guarantee that the world wouldn't hunt then down for the rest of their days.

Finally, Zeke himself had just less than a year to live. So, the Rumbling was bound to be impractical within a very short period of time. The only other way to activate it then, would be to turn Historia into a Titan and that was exactly what Eren was against.

So, looking at all those factors, I honestly can't think of a better solution than what Eren chose to do.

[DrJay-iyrv]

Finally someone addresses how ridiculous the 50 year plan is, the world is ready to attack Paradis anyway, and how Eren literally has no time on his hands. Eren doesn’t care about the Cycle of Hatred, he just wants to give time for his friends to live. It’s all about survival

[PricefieldPunk]

Great video, I notice a lotta people see Eren as a complete villain but they ignore the fact that Paradis would be absolutely slaughtered in a complete one sided fight against Marley and the world. The islands options are literally a fully scale Rumbling or you wait to be killed. The islands technology is so limited compared to the rest of the world

[ChanningChea]

I think people keep missing that it’s less about ending the cycle of hatred, and more about surviving.

Either Eren does this, or everyone in Paradis dies sooner than later.

[Rayan-gpbt]

I can’t express how much I love this series.

[mehmetcalikci]

Just noticed that young Eren who saw his mother eaten and villian Eren with longer hair had the same clothes, another sign i guess that he was always the same..

[keithakerley]

Erens point was not that there will be war no matter what. His sole purpose what to give his loved ones happy and long lifes. Outside of that no matter what's done history will always repeat itself and he's just making it so when he's gone his loved ones will live out there life's without fear and worry. Eventually they will be happy and die happy. Which alot of people I honestly think would do the same given the same exact situation that Eren had. He had a couple options but this was the only one where he could guarantee his loved ones would carry out their life with happiness and longevity.

[kina]

I dont think eren once has contradicted himself. His wish was to eliminate all titans, when he discovered that the titans were humans sent by marley, he wants to destroy the people that sent those titans to paradis. And i dont think erens objective is to end the cicle of hate, i think he understands that it wont end, he wants to protect the people he loves and the only way he found was unfortunately this...which sadly is true

[Princesa.Nathali]

I believe that when the rumbling is complete, the Eldians on paradis will fight amongst eachother over who supported Eren‘s plan and who was trying to oppose him