At this point he pretty much has to die probably at the hand of his friends
Oh I hope he'll not make Mikasa do it or smth like this. Anyway, can't imagine 3 titans + those few ppl left killing Eren as Founding-Warhammer-Attack Titan controlling thousands of Collosals. But as I said, I think he's planning to let them kill him and die as our sicidal maniac saving the world by taking all the blame or smth.
I think that’s why he was being such a jerk to them, because he wanted them to turn against him. I mean I just can’t believe that all the sudden he doesn’t care about them
Yea I agree, I bet that is the reason why he is so heartless towards them. After all when he was already so cold he was still able to tell them that they are the most important people for him. That's why I still have a little hope about the ending... because after writing such a complex story and plot twists and everything it would be painful to have such an obvious ending we all see coming. I hope we still have a surprise waiting for us..
it doesn't matter if the ending is obvious as long as it makes sense and emotionally or story-wise satisfying.
There's a major difference between unhappy and bad endings.
Think of Game of Thrones - it was all the rage not too long ago, people hyping it up and loving it and excited for every episode, but the writing kept getting worse. The story /show took a nosedive in quality and ultimately, the ending was a betrayal to a majority of its fans who all went, "NOpe. FUck that. Fuck you!" and now it's practically never talked about anymore. A taboo even.
Also, if you go in another direction, so many series dropped in quality/were ruined because the creator decided to/was made to extend it/drag it out.
Another example is Gravity Falls. Fans had followed the series and were talking about it with each other and collaborating to solve the mysteries, especially the overarching major one, that they actually figured it out. The Original creator and his team didn't want people becoming bored and/or saying the show was too obvious so they staged an outrage of a leak to throw people off. and it worked! There was no need to change the story or throw in plot twists and deviate from the plan because if they did, it would no longer make sense narratively and that is one of the worst outcomes.
------
Srry this got so long, I guess i had more to say on the topic than i thought.
If i could make a tldr i would but i'ev never been able to summarize anything in my life.
Hope you have a good day! (●'◡'●)ﾉ
Such an interesting and smart response! Not too long at all, when the topic is fascinating I can talk/read for hours. :D
You are right, the quality is way more important than unpredictability, now I feel less worried for the ending, as I think we can count at that one characteristic of it. :)
I haven't seen Gravity Falls, but GoT is a great example of surprise-without-the- quality ending, the worst possible, I suppose. You really helped me to reevaluate my expectations towards the coming chapters, thank you very, very much and enjoy your reading! <3
Unfortunately there is very little Eren in the story after where 3rd season of anime is ending; I wish there was more, I love this new genocidal-psychopathic version of him. Also, I am very afraid that the story may end with his death, that Mr Isayama will pull some Code-Geas-Ending-BS... it would really be something if Eren would actually win and after slaughtering everyone outside the Island, the entire world would belong to the titans... the end. Now, he is free. <3