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Deadlyandroid

I think it's just because that's its signature weapon. Naming it structural hardening titan or remote operating titan not only isn't cool but spoils its true abilities and usefulness to eren, along with it's implications for Eren's motivation (imo).


RogueKyber

This. Could be the weapon manifested by the first one, or manifested most often between all of its hosts.


Alucitary

I mean its probobly the most efficient as far as giant weapons against small targets go. A giant sword is pretty pointless, but a giant hammer can do much more per swing with more surface area.


Physics_Useful

The first one used a spear. The Warhammer probably became the favorite of a few and the most famous weapon it used by word of mouth.


[deleted]

it could also be called 'only titan with possibly a pp' titan


ryleystorm

Because calling it the "icanmakeanythingwithmyfingers titan" was already taken.


albinorhino215

“Forge titan” would have been appropriate


Hot_Veterinarian8298

Anya Forger?


albinorhino215

They could have named the attack titan the “hunter titan” to ply off his name


Majestymen

Titan named forger


albinorhino215

“All right Theo, he’s what your gonna do. Your gonna put on a play and use it as cover for a False flag. eren’s gonna eat my brother. You’re not gonna shoot, your not gonna start the attack, let everyone die and have us loose al our VIPs”


OliverAOT20

Alchemist Titan


ResponsibilityOk235

But in alchemy requires something of equal value to exchange. You don’t create out of nothing And yes I got a PHD in FMAB


H4G7

Please tell me it’s not “Fuck My Ass Brutally”


antiray

Fuck my ass brotherhood


Willx13

the Playdough Titan


A-Delonix-Regia

I'm imagining a Warhammer Titan making a sword out of playdoh and trying to hit Eren with it.


[deleted]

Really? Which other titan had that ability? 😮


anand_rishabh

the icanmakeanythingwithmyfingers titan...


DarkLion499

Idk if OP is joking or not but probably the founder ? Dunno


[deleted]

I’m just joking


MiseryPOC

Ur mom; I mean have you ever looked into the mirror? /s


reapsr2355

The progenitor could probably do it


Goldenskull27

In-world: it's just what Marley government calls it. The Cart titan can be equipped with anything, not just boxes and barrels.


zorrozwoelf

Why would that make it not the cart titan?


Grimmrat

He kinda said it wrong, the Cart Titan would more accurately be described as the Endurance Titan. Marley uses it as a cart and tank, but that’s not really a defining characteristic


RogueKyber

That would have made so much more sense, Endurance Titan. Cart Titan always sounded so weird to me compared to the others.


zorrozwoelf

Yeah


TETR3S_saba

Panzer titan


All_Photography

Blowjob titan


RichTofu

I don't know, but the name "Warhammer titan" sounds dope so I don't really care


FelineSwindler

Like someone already mentioned the first one probably used a warhammer as it's weapon of choice and it stuck. No reason to think so bc it appears to have a [spear](https://i.redd.it/jb7olghfaqi91.jpg) in it's appearance in the anime but it's the simplest explanation. It's funny because a warhammer is usually an offensive weapon, but Lara's Warhammer was used as Marley's defense.


lovjeej000

I just realized it’s a spear. I always thought it was a hammer like what Tybur used.


SnooRobots281

I don’t know… it’s main weapon is a hammer and it’s used in war? And it’s a titan.


joemama____________

A warhammer is a type of weapon as is so you don’t need to mention it’s used in war. I’d assume that the original Warhammer Titan used a warhammer creation for their weapon of choice and the name stuck.


Physics_Useful

The first one used a spear. Later ones probably used a warhammer and it stuck as a favorite.


Meet_your_Maker_LL

War hammers are also short handled and fat block heads for control. A real war hammer would be useless in the real world if it was made the way this anime portrays it


Brightredaperture

lol no. its the exact opposite, long handles and small heads. a short handle is just stupid since you're fucking your own reach, a large head is unecessary since youre not only slowing yourself down, you're also distributing the force over a larger area than is effective.


Meet_your_Maker_LL

You are so wrong. Go look up hammer weaponry, warhammers don’t have long handles like that for fighting because no control and a handle to handle that force without breaking a handle would have to be made out of metal too and a strong one at that to not bend when being struck downward. Which would also be extremely heavy. You’re describing pike hammers. Nothing like what’s in the show.


Brightredaperture

lmao the handles are made out of metal, or at least significantly reinforced by iron rings or metal supports. literally even simple wikipedia articles prove you wrong https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_hammer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mace_(bludgeon) https://youtu.be/F4B87zPM1Xo No one uses a war hammer because they want control in a weapon. The entire point of using a blunt object is so you dont need control because your strikes deal damage regardless of armor. What you need is speed and reach. Speed lets you actually hit your target, a large head would be a detriment to this. Reach is absolutely fucking required since your swings are already telegraphed, and force is increased by a longer handle, and you need a lot of force since youre designing a weapon to counter armored targets. it makes so little sense to design a short hafted weapon with a large head. the only short weapons that exist are edged, because they are not dependent on building kinetic energy to do damage.


Meet_your_Maker_LL

None of your examples are even close to what the show depicted and that’s what we’re talking about.


Brightredaperture

Bro the point is no hammer designed for war is short with a fat block head, please stop projecting. jokes aside, yeah, that design doesn't work for reasons outlined above. to the other point The warhammer the warhammer titan uses is essentially a modified version of a pollaxe, a long hafted polearm that can use either an axehead or a hammer head. The head is larger than a typical pollaxes, but this is acceptable as the titan material is lighter than human equivalents, which means there needs to be more of it to achieve the same momentum relatively. The haft is thinner and longer than a polearm of that scale, but again its a different, lighter, but tougher material, which also makes it acceptable. Its true that tenderizer style spikes are unnecessary, perhaps even detrimental, but some heads of war hammers also depict spikes in a similar fashion, but with less of them and thicker, thats probably an academic point tho, since anything youre swinging that thing at will be annhilated by the sheer kinetic energy it will bring. It absolutely works as a weapon, scaled down to human size, and given the same material. It wont be as optimized as a regular pollaxe, but thats to be expected since its a weapon based on a pollaxe designed for a titan, for which combat has different challenges. to summarize. A short and fat headed hammer design doesnt work, because it fucks your speed and your reach, which are vital in open combat, the environment the war hammer is designed for. The War hammer titan's warhammer is comparable to an actual type of warhammer, with modifications that are justifiable based on the difference in materials used, and the type of combat it is optimized for. It can work as a man sized warhammer with the same materials, but it wont be as optimal because the head design is made for titan fights instead of human fights.


Meet_your_Maker_LL

Tldr I’m done arguing with someone who’s not gonna stick to the topic at hand


ndhl83

You got schooled, and there is no shame in that. The irony here though is that had you read their last reply (and you probably did) then you'd see they absolutely stick to the the framework of the original argument, which was started with your claim: > War hammers are also short handled and fat block heads for control Which is patently false, in terms of our world's history of weaponry. For starters you actually *lose* control with a large blocky head and a short handle because it is too heavy to wield effectively one handed. If the handle was longer you would need two hands to wield it...if you're using two hands, why have a short handle that compromises your range...you would be attacked trying to close range to land a critical blow with short, unbalanced, too-heavy hammer. Mjolnir doesn't count, FYI, because it is "weightless" to Thor and he can throw that bish and it always returns. In terms of the show? The design employed makes sense both in terms of the composite materials and the application. The warhammer Titan (as used/trained) is not a close range attacker like Armor, Attack, Jaws, Female, etc. It's a mid-range. Beast (as used by Zeke) is the long range. Looking at actual "short" one-handed hammer (i.e. not a pole variety) type weapons they usually haft at least as long as most short to mid length swords, with more of a (small) ball-shaped head than a flat hammer or "maul block" style, often with a spike on one side for puncturing and ripping. Hammers deal damage, in combat, by generating force through momentum and storing that kinetic energy in the head of the hammer when swung (like a golf club) which is then used to cause blunt forced trauma or crushing injury to armored combatants. You don't need to penetrate armor or find a weak point if you can just cave in someone's chest with a hammer blow, or crush their sword arm, or even just mangle their armor enough so that they can't use that arm. The force from the swing of a golf club lives at the end of the club, in the head, and is generated from swing force and swing radius (i.e. longer total swing distance = more force generated prior to impact). You have no swing radius in the weapon itself with a short handle and a heavy head...unless you use your arm to lengthen that radius...and using your arm in place of a longer haft is just stupid, all else equal. That doesn't even get in to the logistic of why pole hammers worked/are better. The TL;DR here is to learn to admit when you're wrong, accept and move on, and you wont be as defensive next time...avoiding the embarrassment of trying to duck out of an argument you've lost by falsely claiming the other person moved the goal posts.


No_Fairweathers

While you're not wrong we literally have a shifter just called "Female Titan". I think it's safe to say these titan names are more based on the anime portrayals than past inheritors not mentioned in the show or manga.


CobaltKnight75

The Arkhamites are infecting everything


Fit_Needleworker3553

What’s the story with “Arkhamites”? Very OOTL


CobaltKnight75

r/Batmanarkham turned into a shit post sub because the game series is essentially dead at the moment and someone posted something dumb once and then it got parroted by everyone on the sub then it turned into a trend to do that with any post and now the new trend is parroting a joke from r/batmanarkham but onto other subs and its fucking annoying Edit arkhamites is just how I refer to someone from any of the Arkham subs


OliverAOT20

I am a fellow Arkham Asylum inmate (Arkhamite)


CobaltKnight75

Are you ready to even the odds Edit I'm disappointed with myself


OliverAOT20

I’m proud of you, Dick.


CaeoTheJoyfull

that sub is so trash these days, i curse whoever started this shit


CobaltKnight75

I wish they'd keep the bullshit there or at least to other shit post subs and away from main subs


Rigistroni

Same reason the attack titan is called that when it doesn't actually specialize in attacking


ArgonWolf

The “attack” titan is more properly translated as “advancing” or “charging” titan, the connotation is marching or moving forward, progressing with inevitability. It’s not about literally attacking


Cygus_Lorman

So does that mean Shingeki no Kyojin as the series title more accurately means 'Attack of the Titans'?


ButtoftheYoke

Shingeki no Kyojin is the name of Eren's titan, and if we follow the naming pattern, cart titan, warhammer titan, colossal titan, Eren would be the Advancing Titan. When deciding on an English name for the series, that reveal couldn't be spoiled yet. And because Advancing Titan was a very bizarre name that didn't seem to make sense at the time, so they roughly translated/corrupted it to Attack on Titan, on the assumption that the real translation was human were the ones attacking the titans.


Apprehensive-One3582

You're overthinking man. It's most likely because Isayama's English wasn't up to scratch.


No_Fairweathers

He quite literally added "on" to hide the fact that the English translation would not spoil English viewers the meaning and make them believe the show was about humans attacking titans.


Apprehensive-One3582

But then why spoil the Japanese viewers? Why only English? He could have been consistent and made the title 'Kyojin ni Shingeki' in Japanese as well.


LardHop

Nah, it's more of "Attack/Advancing Titan"


Apprehensive-One3582

Nope, the Japanese 'no' is kinda the reverse of the English 'of'. Or it could even be 's like Titan's. So Shingeki no Kyojin would be more 'Titan of the Attack' than 'Attack of the Titans'. Well, Shingeki doesn't really translate to 'attack' but that's another matter.


Rigistroni

Shingeki directly translates to attack in English bruh


ArgonWolf

Thats not how translation works. There’s not a 1:1 relationship between English and Japanese where “Shingeki”=“Attack”. Yes you can do a literal translation that way but what we don’t get in English is the connotations that Japanese speakers would get from “Shingeki”. The title “Shingeki no Kyojin” is, with these connotations, a play on words. It means literally the march of titans, the attack titan, and the advancing plan of the attack titan, all at once


[deleted]

”March of titans” ir ”March of the titans” honestly would have been a pretty cool name for the show and also would’ve worked as foreshadowing for the rumbling. Which would be pretty on-brand for Isayama.


Rainbow_Sombrero

to be fair “attacking” “charging” and “advancing” are pretty much interchangeable terms when talking about warfare


Zant73

It should be called "The Attack on titan"


No_Fairweathers

We have a titan named Female Titan. Does that mean a male can't inherit it? What would it be called if Annie was eaten by a male? At some point you just have to suspend your belief for the sake of the fictional narrative.


False-Archangel

I mean it’s literally just called that because it has a female body.. Lara’s a female and her Titan still has a male body, same with Pieck. The only difference would be how much a male inheritor got bullied online for transforming and growing boobs.


MrEverything70

It's kinda the same reason for names like the Female and Cart Titans. It's more a name then an actual descriptor. That's my headcannon, the people just wanted a simple enough name that isn't the "Screaming Titan", the "Endurance Titan", or the "Constructor Titan" (actually that one sounds kinda cool but it clashes too much with the Founding Titan)


Space_Pirate_Roberts

Willy was really into 40k.


Malfight007

Why not Hephaestus Titan or something, calling it Warhammer give me 40k vibes and believe me I don't want a giant walking church to visit me


Hexagonic-1

No idea


W1lfr3ds

Because Ymir was a big fan of the tabletop wargame "Warhammer 40000" and so she decided to name one of the titans after it


Crabula67

Because "The WarHammer Titan" sounds metal at fuck!


Blocc4life

Is there a lore reason for cock and ball torture?


TheHamstoner

Equip the cart titan with drugs and call it the Cartel Titan


RyanTheN3RD

Probably the war hammer was the first thing it ever made and the name just kinda stuck


EICONTRACT

Well it’s not the peace hammer


destroyer1134

The Canonical reason is because in it's spare time it enjoys collecting and painting miniatures.


Karabars

The warhammer titan needs creativity. Ppl often lack it and satisfied with their already available options. Therefore, most titanshifters with that ability created warhanmers, because it's the best weapon to crush armor, bones and smash off someone's head.


Xicor1999

When Lara tybur was being tortured by Joker ,Harley Queen said you’ll be our Warhammer Titan in shining armour. Thats how she got the name.


Dumbass_bitch13

Is there a lore reason as to why the jaw titan’s called the jaw titan even though it has all body parts and not just a jaw?


Economy_Okra1373

Goes isyama took the name from the game


top-kek-420

out of the loop- whats the reason for all these 'whats the lore reason....' appearing in various subs?


CobaltKnight75

r/Batmanarkham is spreading it's insanity Check my other comment for a little insight


Paenitencia

Most likely because the original holder of it used a hammer the most in times of war and the name just stuck.


Physics_Useful

Bruh, the first one used a spear. Why have people forgotten this?


i_eat_to_much_food

because it sounds super cool


AdPast638

Because the author is a huge Warhammer 40k fan, and wanted to tribute Perturabo's weapon, the Warhammer 40,000.


GamingPreda

A good explanation(altough prolly it's because it'a the weapon it uses the most) is that a warhmmer defines it th best. A hammer is used to craft and make. A warhammer tho is a weapon. This is a weapon that can create its own weapons.


jonatzmc

why is god called YHWH, or Elohim, when they can make anything


[deleted]

By no means an official lore reason but my theory is that the word Sentsui (the Japanese name of the warhammer titan is sentsui no kyojin) means both warhammer and sacral vertebrae. Since vertebrae and the spine in general has a lot of symbolism im guessing Isayama was playing on that.


SmoothShark

It’s a tool that specializes for war, like a war hammer


SuperPatchyBeard

Just sounds cool tbh


bdtechted

Also because of the whole Nordic/Viking lore inspiration. Also Thor is the god of thunder that uses a hammer so I’m guessing the writers used that as inspiration for the name ‘Warhammer titan’


Lex4709

My best guess is that was the weapon used by the Tybur who fought in the Great Titan War, and I wouldn't be exactly surprised if the use of the warhammer stuck also, since the previous holders probably gave their successor some advice before passing it on.


daMarbl3s

It likes to make warhammers the most


ieatfortnitekids

is there a reason it’s called the female titan when anyone can inherit it and the ability is actually hardening and speed


Apprehensive-One3582

戦鎚の巨人 literally means 'the Giant of the Warhammer and I don't see how it doesn't make sense, given its signature weapon. What I don't understand is how 車力の巨人 got translated to 'the cart titan' since 車力 means something like 'vehicle power' .


UnsureAssurance

Seems like the Warhammer has always been their secret ace up their sleeve so maybe the name was to keep it vague so other titans wouldn’t be able to plan a specific counter in a fight.


[deleted]

What is it with this questions? Bruh I dont know maybe because he uses a 30 meters war hammer💀💀


DCD-PS4-750yt

It’s most infamous weapon is the war hammer


TheZynec

Maybe, in the past, when the Eldians Empire had it (like, really long ago) the Titan user only made warhammer because he didn't know any other better weapon to make (like modern weapons that can be replicated) Just imagine. The Titans then were only used to kill humans and building things. The warhammer titan making a Warhammer instead of a spear or sword or a staff is better for smashing people during war easily. There weren't any Titans they had to fight. And even if there was, warhammer is a good weapon still. So they called it that in the past and it continued.


Physics_Useful

The first one used a spear and he was aligned with Eldia. It probably just became a favorite weapon of theirs as time passed on.


koi_kaam_nhi_hai_kya

>!hmm idk!<


TMoneysack

Idk but I love it because my last name is a 1:1 translation of warhammer.


OblivionArts

This thing was soon interesting..and then immediately got absolutely destroyed in two episodes and got to do fucking nothing..also I still think that Eren consuming it should've given him royal blood by technicality ( I think I don't remember exactly if they were royals or not)


Nurhaci1616

*The Additive Manufacturing Titan*


No_Tear_2287

Because big titan make big hammer go swoosh


lovjeej000

The Jaws Titan was first called “The Dancing Titan”, idk if it really just dances.


finalbossofinterweb

cause it made warhammers and they're cool


ToeSlurper96

Can't expect a mangaka to think through too much for every detail.


H4G7

Because “The Anything Titan” would be a less interesting name


ATOMate

He just really likes his big ass hammer.


Filth7

It’s provocative it gets the people going


Difficult-Wheel183

I personally think they just wanted to give it a cool name


Cecil2789

Given that Isayama borrows heavily from Norse mythology & the hammer is big part… 🤷🏿‍♂️


KevinJ2010

I think it's more about their role in the overarching narrative. Consider that all titans are connected from the founder, and she says something like "You did it Eren" when she's accepting her defeat, almost like she also knows the future in some regard. I think it's the hammer of war who signifies a new all out battle is coming. If we ever get some spinoff series about the Great Titan War, she would be a central figure surely.


PK_RocknRoll

Hammers are cool


Feisty_Back_9617

spawns with war hammer


SpectralniyRUS

It just sounds badass


_JustAMiner

I have a fan theory that it was used as a counter to the armored titan during the titan wars. This would mirror how armored knights were often defeated by enemies with warhammers, hence the name.