What if Eren didn't trust Levi's squad and transformed!

[TheAnimaniq]

What do you guys think, she will abandon the chase or give it one more try?

[enriquemthupha]

Them dying actually has a big effect on Eren's character. This makes him more selfish in his decision making, which leads him to believe his way is the only way that leads to the rumbling being his final decision

[kennor-hpco]

I think one of them would be observing instead of all getting to a safe place, not allowing her to deshift, or if she starts to run away, that scout would follow her, if her postion was criticial enough Armoured mightve shifted and carried her, leading Armin to deduce they work together. Almost losing Annie aswell would make Reiner's reveal more meaningful

[relyesss]

It would’ve been nice for this to happen, but I feel that Eren witnessing Levi squads death in front of his own eyes after making his decision was another crucial turning point for him. Almost like when his mother was eaten, this NEEDED to happen for all the stuff that comes after.

[jakeparkens]

Trusting them was the actual dumbest decision in this whole season

[wkvhtkq]

I think the reason Levi let Eren decide was because he needed a clear intention of his own will to transform and Levi knew that commanding him to transform would result in Eren being unable to transform like before. I think Levi was secretly hoping that Eren would transform in that moment, but then again they were close to Hange's "checkpoint" so I could be reading too much into it.

[mocade]

They also not going to trust Eren to follow orders.

[BlueZooTycoon]

They demanded that Erin trust them, but they never trusted Erin. That’s something that I’ve always thought since I first watched the episode.

[JoyRideStudio]

You forgot to add how they will then blame Eren for bot trusting them, in turn, now not trusting him either. They will blame Eren that because he didn't allow them to lead her into the trap, which was supposed to trap her, she now managed to get away.
Basically the story would have continued with these characters being alive, but all of them making Eren's life miserable.

[riot_theking]

Trusting them the first time was the right move once Annie pulled up for the second time he should’ve transformed as soon as she did

[Tyler-drdn]

Youre viewing it from the perspective of someone whos finished the entire show. You gotta understand that was the first time they'd ever engaged with an intelligent titan

[jonathanlindsey]

Actually I think Annie would have been more screwed than this. Erwin had more troops and a trap a few clicks away, however if Annie heard Levi's threat about cutting he rinto peices while being held down by Eren and his team like she was in the trap, and she called the titans from ourside, Eren would have had a feild day, placing a foot on the back of her neck slaughtering the other titans giving the squad a window for quick kills. If she had found a way out from this, she would have had to flee, but I really think she would have been caught.

[ayoubaitlachgar]

This scene explains the actual ending where eren couldn't trust his friends and decided to go all in with the rumbling

[MimsyUwU]

I'm fairly certain that as skilled as Annie is as a fighter that she would likely have allot of trouble handling 3 of the most capable scouts while tussling with Eren at the same time. ALLOT of her attention would need to be on the Attack Titan.
Another fun what if that you may have covered already would be "what if they had not prevented Eren had successfully eaten Annie at the end of the first season and hadn't hesitated, allowing her to harden.

[de.n]

We need to remember: none of them, including Levi, knew who she was or what hidden powers she had, so it would be too risky to face her head on. Levi was always smarter than that: he measures his opponent abilities and condition first, and then decides to strike or retreat.

[chirag_sharma]

Eren always needs some motivation to transform, levi's sqaud dying was one of the motivation i guess 😅

[beebeered]

I think Eren's lack of combat experience and experience in his titan form in general would've made him a huge liability honestly. And as awesome as Levi is you know he'd do his best so that no one dies and it'd be hard for him to protect all of them at the same time. I think there would've been a good chance Eren would get captured and at least some of Levi's squad would die.

[federalreservenote]

i’m tight. This shit kinda leaves no room for questioning. bc literally what the fuck could she have done at that point? it’s so interesting

[Alexa]

Levi knew he was luring the Female Titan into a trap. Blame the idiots in Levi Squad, who thought they could take her without transformed Eren after she escaped the trap and plus eren was inexperienced

[randomaccount]

Probably but this is one of the things I like about AoT. That even the hihger rank soldiers are not some sort of niscient beings but are still only humans and are able to make misjudgements/mistakes