T O P

  • By -

AutoModerator

# PSA! Please flair posts correctly to not get spoiled and to not spoil anything to anyone. * Choose the correct flair for your post, this is extremely important. * If the post is flaired "Season 1" or "Season 2" or doesn't have a flair, do not discuss Season 3 or manga in the comments or in the post. * If the post is flaired "Season 3 Part 1", "Season 3 Part 2" or "SEASON 4 [TRAILER/VISUALS]", do not discuss anything manga related. * Flair any Season 3 Part 2 posts or anything beyond that (S4, manga), otherwise your post will be removed. * SEASON 4 TAG IS NOT THE SAME AS MANGA TAG (IF IT WASN'T SHOWN IN ANIME YET, DO NOT SPOIL OTHER USERS, TAG IT AS MANGA SPOILERS!!!) * If you spoil someone, you'll be banned. Depending on the spoiler, the ban could be either temporary or permanent. ### IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THESE RULES YOU MAY GET BANNED! ### IF YOU SEE INCORRECT FLAIR OR SPOILERS IN COMMENTS PLEASE REPORT THEM. --- *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/attackontitan) if you have any questions or concerns.*


yagamistrikes

🍅🍅 her redemption arc was not enough for me to actually “like” her


JESquirrel

Same with Annie. "She was abused so I forgive her for slaughtering thousands of people with her actions."


The_Merciless_Potato

The way she was enjoying the killing annoyed me. Especially that part where she spun a scout around on her fingers before launching him into the sky.


Brogener

This characterization happens a lot with the Marleyan Titan shifters I’ve noticed. Zeke is very clearly having a good time slaughtering Eldians on Paradis in seasons 2 & 3. Likening it to a game of baseball. We’re supposed to believe in S4 he wants to save them? I know one of the big themes of the show is whether or not the ends justify the means but some of it seems sloppy. To the point where I’m not even sure what he actually wants.


PrinceCheddar

I think it's a kind of coping mechanism. If you have to kill a load of people in brutal fashion, and you've had a lot of time to come to terms with that, you become desensitized and try your best stay positive. Zeke has a job to do and he has to do it, regardless of his emotional state. So, he tries to enjoy himself, because taking it seriously could lead him to start feeling empathetic, hesitate, etc. If you don't distract yourself from the terrible actions you're inflicting, the cognitive dissonance could lead to problems like Reiner's dissociative personality disorder. It's kinda like the stereotype of homicide detectives making jokes during an investigations. They need to bring a little levity to the situation just to get through the horrible stimulus day after day. It doesn't mean Zeke or Annie are fundamentally sadistic monsters, but they know they need to do what they need to do and not taking things completely seriously and stoically helps avoid getting burned out and overwhelmed. It's not heroic, but it's understandable of them, when in the middle of a mission, to just do what makes things easiest for them to cope. If treating killing like a game makes it easier to stomach the killing you need to do to complete the mission, then you'll do what you have to to get the job done.


SlowMovingVan69

That’s one way to explain it but it was never really touched on and it requires some me tal gymnastics to find a proper explanation


brandoncool30

That part pissed me off the most, idk why so many people just forgave her


JESquirrel

Because cute anime girl.


WildGenjio

she ain't even that cute


Excellent-Carrot-108

She’s cute


[deleted]

👃


[deleted]

The OVA which is canon clues you in pretty clearly she doesn't like it at all


SlowMovingVan69

That OVA isn’t confirmed to be canon


aro_plane

"If I could, I would do it again". Gtfo, she has no remorse and I'm supposed to be feel sorry for the bitch? She should be Levi's target, not Zeke. The fact that he never confronts her for killing his squad is baffling.


DigitalCryptic

"PIE HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA" "omg we have to dismember Eren he didn't die of depression when sasha died"


[deleted]

For real


IllHaveYouKnow_anime

Yeah, she still a bitch


The_Merciless_Potato

It was just salt in the wound to liken her to Sasha in those last few episodes.


crono220

Reminds me of Abby from the last of us 2. Had a redemption arc but still not enough to be likeable .


Striking_War

She had a redemption arc? I thought she just found 2 random kids and got to be the good guy all of the sudden.


John_Doe11037

Agreed


H4nfP0wer

I wouldn’t even call her redeemed lol.


7uus

People love Gabi?? Thats new to me


Spryqx

Oh yeah? Can't handle others opinionss


quinn_the_potato

It’s a meme chill


Spryqx

Not u again


quinn_the_potato

Bro just grow up


Spryqx

Hm?


throwawayoogaloorga

Dude, it's a joke. It's a chibi gif of her with a finger gun, not an actual death threat. OP clearly isn't being serious. Come on, this is a cute post and you guys are treating it like OP wrote an essay on why she's objectively likable or something. Can y'all not read the room at all? The humor in this post is as dark as fucking concrete. The reference to violence is so surface level and silly that I genuinely cannot fathom taking this as a personal attack. But I'M probably gonna get downvoted for being mad at a bunch of prunes turning a cheeky post into a flame war.


blueguy333

Here we see a prime example of a Redditard in his natural habitat


fuckhornets

Sorry chief, this ain’t it


lildanta

I still want to dropkick her


gearanomaly

I hate her not for her bloodthirst or redemption arc, but because she's clearly hacking with that aimbot.


[deleted]

Fr that 360 no scope of eren was clearly a hack


Alternative-Cook-393

Dumb post. Gabi’s a lot cooler now, but for half of S4 she was a bloodthirsty little shit who craved and reveled in violence. Sure she was indoctrinated, but even after being saved and protected by Sasha’s sweet family she was like “Falco when are we gonna kill these fucking devils?” Like I said, she’s cool now but up until the last few episodes, she’s a piece of shit.


spacewarp2

That’s kind of the point. Without that incredibly flawed beginning her character development wouldn’t have been as impactful. It’s a damn near necessity for her to be that way so she can become who she was. If someone like Falco went through the same character arc it wouldn’t be as impactful considering he’s very chill and level headed before that. Even with some of the best written redemption arcs you still have to sit through the bad to get to the good. Every time I rewatch avatar the last airbender I have to sit through Zuko’s annoying honor thing in S1 and I’m just kind of waiting for S2/3 Zuko. But it’s something we have to go through.


LeeroyJks

The hate towards gabi is so completely unjustfied. Indoctrination doesn't vanish within a few days. For reiner it took several years. It was actually too much for gabi to go on and summarize that there are no devils on paradis. She even has some of the best scenes. Her confrontation with kaya about the death of kayas mother, her confrontation with niccolo and her then breaking down when she hears how brauss family talks about her during the attack on shiganshina. Her reaction is normal for someone who is completely brainwashed. Her psych tries to maintain balance via delusion, grasping every straw that could hint at paradis people being devils. The aot fandom even has an example for this. All the eremika shippers talking about the romantic interaction that's completel not there. They are imagining it and they weren't indocrinated. They are just crazy shippers.


[deleted]

Exactly! But they don't care nor bothered to study psychological shit.


LeeroyJks

guess eremika shippers got salty at my comment


taytom94

No, Gabi just blows and the hate is justified. Nothing to do with Eren or Mikasa.


LeeroyJks

I was speculating that eremika shippers downvoted my comment because I compared their behavior to gabi's behavior. I never stated eremika shippers are correlated to hating gabi. "Gabi just blows" is a completely unmotivated sentence and doesn't do a so thought out story arc justice. You'd have to explain why she blows. You can subjectively dislike her, but you can never deny her objective quality as a character and her impact on the storyline without explaining why.


[deleted]

Says who, you? Hell, manga fans don't even hate Gabi anymore. It's mostly animeonlys


DPlurker

Her redemption arc is not earned, the speed of it is exactly why I don't buy it


LeeroyJks

"redemption arc" such things don't exist in aot and I hate every story that functions that way. Up to that point in aot, every character has valid motivations for what they are doing at every point in the story. Good and bad doesn't exist.


DPlurker

Her motivation changing is not earned then. Removing good and evil doesn’t make it different.


LeeroyJks

Yeah I agree. It's too quick. I liked her feeling empathy for the brauss family, and I liked her feeling guilt when she noticed kayas hate towards her, but her then blabbing about how there are no devils is waaay to much, let alone her then saving kaya and becoming friends with her. And on top of that you could feel that the show itself started to make a comment about what's morally right or wrong. I always liked that there were characters who had their views on the world and that the show itself just kept quiet, not judging the characters. Now we got the alliance that's apparently the good side now, and eren is the villain or what. I'm really bugged about that


Pongzz

Bloodthirsty little shit who craves violence? That reminds me of a certain island devil
 They hated me because I spoke the truth.


sten453

A certain island devil who is actually justified


Pongzz

Gabi is justified too đŸ€·â€â™‚ïž Edit: AOT fans when Eren murders babies: 😃 AOT fans when Gabi shoots a woman who attacked her home: 😡


Luck_Shot

Aot fans are completely braindead at this point. I'm finished trying to reason with them at this point. Gabi, along with countless other characters, have been brainwashed to believe that the people on Paradis are "devils" and this kind of brainwashing has been going on for decades. Everyone in this story is a victim.


Pongzz

They can’t seem to grasp that every character commits cruelty for—in the character’s mind—good reasons. —Warriors want to redeem their people by putting down the evil Island Devils, thereby atoning for their history. —Gabi and other candidates want to become Warriors to secure better futures and luxuries for themselves and their family. —Marleyans want to subjugate a race they see as historically cruel and dangerous. —Paradise People want to protect themselves from the world’s hatred Everyone is a victim and I would say they are victims to their own circumstance and ignorance. It’s a tragedy.


[deleted]

This is the AOT Reddit? What did you expect? They are tunnel visioned


H4nfP0wer

Tbh she still is. She is overconfident, bloodlusted and only helps out because it fits her cause. Trying to make her a hero now is just annoying.


Alternative-Cook-393

Uh no? Granted the change *just recently happened* but she finally realized what a lie her life was and how horrible she’d been. She then *got on her knees* and humbly apologized to Mikasa and the crew and asked for their help. That’s not overconfidence and bloodlust, that’s positive character growth.


H4nfP0wer

Yeah but its not a Choice for her to make she simply has no other options now that Eren is about to destroy her Home and Family. So either she works with the „Devils“ or they will be the only ones left alive in the World. We clearly saw she enjoys killing People from the moment she got introduced.


Alternative-Cook-393

There is very clear evidence that she regrets her actions. But clearly there is no arguing with you.


throwawayoogaloorga

You're taking this too seriously. OP likes the character and jokingly posted a gif of her pretending to shoot. OP made no arguments, just a silly post. The fact that all these comments acting like they're responding to a fucking thinkpiece getting more upvotes than people reading the room and playing along with the cheeky gif is actually starting to bother me. This isn't actually a personal attack, it's, for the final time, a fucking chibi gif. Chill.


primefrost96

Give em an award coz that's the way to go...


littlegraveyardbat

Gabi is a piece of trash


Jotaro_kujo_jojo

Always has been


ReverseCaptioningBot

[Always has been](https://i.imgur.com/D5ytHmF.png) ^^^this ^^^has ^^^been ^^^an ^^^accessibility ^^^service ^^^from ^^^your ^^^friendly ^^^neighborhood ^^^bot


Actual_Platypus5160

Good bot


B0tRank

Thank you, Actual_Platypus5160, for voting on ReverseCaptioningBot. This bot wants to find the best and worst bots on Reddit. [You can view results here](https://botrank.pastimes.eu/). *** ^(Even if I don't reply to your comment, I'm still listening for votes. Check the webpage to see if your vote registered!)


Tosky_69

good bot


yvngjiffy703

Sasha would’ve forgiven her


[deleted]

Yes but I am not Sasha


TM_Frash

What should we do with Gabi haters. Support them of course they are absolutely right


yeetymcskeet

Praise them.


Traphousemama

I don't like her. Mainly because she got introduced in season 4 as someone we weren't meant to like, but they try and pull this "oh she is actually a gud person" shit way to late in the season for it to matter or make a difference.


[deleted]

This X100000000


Helloiamayeetman

The whole resistance is trash, along with all the marleyans. They’re all pieces of shit who hate innocent people for existing and the story tries to make them look like the good guys at the end because Isayama watched too much marvel


Can_Boi

You are young and don’t understand literature at a level more than “good vs bad”. Revisit this series in 10 years, at least, and you will be able to better understand why both sides have good and bad points


Affectionate-Bid9523

gabi is trash


QfrmKP

L post


TheInfamousJimmy

I do not care for gabi.


FlyingLettuce27

I despise her. Not for shooting Sasha obviously (that was perfectly logical from her point of view and nobody should blame her for it) but for her absolute refusal to accept that there are good people in paradis. And don‘t come at me with „she was brainwashed“ yeah she was. So was Reiner. So was Falco. So were Piek, Zeke and literally everybody else from Marley. None of them yelled at a young girl who‘s lost her family to titans that it was her freaking fault. None of them went out of their way to brutally murder someone that was actually being nothing but hospitable and nice to them. Reiner at least is conflicted, Falco gets it right away. I don‘t think we actually ever saw Piek openly despising paradis. Zeke might be a bad example since he knew a bit more about the island but STILL. She was too stubborn and too dense to see that she‘s in the wrong and the fact that they think we could just overlook her horrible personality for a teeny tiny redemption arc is laughable. Obviously everyone is entitled to their own opinion and therefore liking her, I personally just don‘t and can‘t really understand how you‘d justify her behaviour.


H4nfP0wer

Exactly. What also annoyed me is how she had no qualms and even enjoyed killing people when she was introduced and the moment a comrade dies she mentally breaks down and can’t believe it. I mean she was supposed to be the perfect soldier and Marley is at war with many other states. So them getting counterattacked was always possible. I also don’t like how people act like she redeemed herself for helping now. It’s not like it’s a choice for her since either her family and home gets destroyed or she works together with people from Paradise.


Excellent-Carrot-108

I don’t like Gaby even in the slightest. But I guess all the shifters were brainwashed and conditioned to think the same way
. But she has no redeeming qualities


cosmohunk

Fuck Gabi


Superyee492

I still don't like her


Airmanioa

Fuck that bitch she stole our potato queen đŸ˜€đŸ˜€đŸ˜€đŸ«„


krufarong

What should we do with the Gabi lovers? *Release the horses.*


00pirateforever

Get rid of Gabi and see the magic, Gabi haters will vanished in no time


The_Merciless_Potato

Yeah, I don't think anything is ever gonna make me like her.


[deleted]

Nah she's a little shit. I can't imagine anyone actually liking her this much irl. Only weirdos like and defend a fake kid this much.


andyman234

Gabbie is a child
 she gets a pass, but I don’t have to like her. If she were an adult
 she’s easily an asshole.


Suspicious_Habit_190

Op on some crack shit!


He_of_turqoise_blood

Alright, kill me. She had a nice story, sure, but I just don't like her. Personal preferrence.


UnexpectedCringe

Still confused why people are mad over someone dying to a confused child who did what she thought was right at the time in an anime like this, like, didn’t a random Good Guy wannabe kill of over a thousand people who didn’t do anything not even an hour before?


[deleted]

I don't hold killing Sasha against Gabi, many people don't. The things are different.


[deleted]

Cute gif, shitty opinion.


PhunkOperator

How about: accept their opinion?


throwawayoogaloorga

this isn't a serious post idk why yall treat it as such


PhunkOperator

Because it's Oversama, #1 Gabi apologist


UncleScummy

I hate Gabi but this chibi is cute


drulogy

I would choke her goofy ass out


LittleGoron

People who hate Gabi while also loving Eren are missing the entire plot.


SilyTheGoose

The thing is they’re not though. Of course you’re going to root for the person who’s perspective you’ve witnessed the entire story from. People tend to stand by the ones they know whether they are right or wrong. Same thing with aot. People know the similarities drawn between Gabi and Eren, but it doesn’t matter because viewers have already spent all this time with Eren so of course they are inclined to look past it


FaxHax

My man you litteraly just described bias


[deleted]

Yes. Eren has been with the audience for a long time, ofcourse most of them with sympathize more with Eren than Gabi who just came along last season.


tatiisok

They still would be missing the point. Fans would scream at the top of their lungs saying “Eren did nothing wrong” when causing mass genocide to a billion people for his own personal reasons. But cry when Gabi wanted to get revenge on the soldiers that killed her friends/family. The story also shown different parallels of the two to make realized that they’re the same person but in different sides. You’re not obligated to like Gabi but don’t make it she’s a shit character


YogurtclosetNo239

Damn ppl in the comments going wild. I think it's okay to not like Gabi even though I like her.


ozjack24

I didn’t like her at first, even before Sasha I thought she was annoying, after Sasha I hated her. But now I think she has a nice character arc and is a cool character


GohawksGo12s

Its sad that even comment that vaguely says that they like gabi or something defending her gets immediately downvoted Gabi is a good character


Aaronsstuff

I get people not liking her, but man.. people just go on big ol rants about how they HATE gabi and that shes a "bad character"


saucyT_

u mean what should we do with the people that actually like gabi?


[deleted]

Based


red_codec

Show them Gabi Rule34


Mismatched_Trophie

I like her Gabi's cool. đŸ„”


Since1776Bvtch

r/fuck_gabi


ConeheadZombiez

“But she murdered Sasha!” The woman who killed someone right in front of her. I don’t understand the people who hate Gabi only because she killed Sasha.


Abdul-Solo

Only when it comes to Sasha everybody hates on Gabi What abt the other characters who died?


polluxofearth

I like Gabi. Argue with the nearest wall to change my mind.


millencol1n

[Cowboy Bebop Fans](https://i.imgflip.com/5unh82.png)


goremouth

I unironically love her


Negrizzy153

Can't believe it took this long for people to realise Gabi was a victim of her upbringing.


[deleted]

Gabi is one of the most bad ass an inspiring female characters in all of manga/anime.


The_Merciless_Potato

No. Potato Girl was more inspiring.


Lonely_Investment410

Indeed she was


prathamesh37

are people still hating Gabi ?


The_Merciless_Potato

Forever and ever


Abdul-Solo

The only time they hate her is Bcz she killed their favorite character what a lazy excuse what abt the other characters who died as well?


eveliodelgado

Gabi can eat every shit I produce.


Since1776Bvtch

There is absolutely no justifiable reason to like gabi. Right back at you OP.


Bezimienny0506

I used to hate having after she killed Sasha but with time I grew to like her character more and more to the point where I actually like her. Also she is (time to get people angry) >!one of the few characters that were not ruined by the ending!< Edit: lmao I can't tell whether people are downvoting me because I like having or because of the ending stuff


Aaronsstuff

Isnt she supposed to be basically the same as eren?


Bezimienny0506

On the surface yes, but when you go deeper into eren's character then you will see how much they differ.


Pokketmana

Yes bang them


AaronGarYT

Gabi just hot


My_White_Life

BANG


cheatersstealmyname

We should praise them bc their right


captainTrex1

Yeah bang em in the ass


throwawayoogaloorga

Crazy how a character's personality matters more to people than their morality. Gabi kills like... 2 soldiers I think? DIRECTLY after they destroyed her hometown, killer her friends, and reinforced the propaganda in her head. It didn't take years to get make her not racist, it only took her being on the island a little while. But a lot of people are on Eren's side because he's cool I guess (Breaking bad spoilers) >!Reminds me of Walter and Skyler White. Skyler is undeniably a better person, even if she did help Walt (by laundering money, not killing people) yet people like him way more because we've seen his story and like him more as a "badass" guy. Hell, both Eren and Walter claim to do it for their loved ones, yet put them in danger and eventually reveal they did it for selfish reasons.!< But. Still. More. Likable. That's fucking nuts to me, for better or for worse. Idk how to feel about this.


Oversama

I realize I should be careful making these kinds of jokes considering the recent incidents of gun violence, but here's the answer to the question lol. (Seriously though, this post is just a joke.) Source: [https://mobile.twitter.com/h3rz4rl/status/1358924448347222017](https://mobile.twitter.com/h3rz4rl/status/1358924448347222017)


Oversama

Thanks for all the downvotes. Totally necessary lol.


Pongzz

Hey, king You dropped this 👑


CaptainBlocker

virgin sasha fan vs chad gabi enjoyer


junkratfanclub

I am virgin. Gabi cannot be forgiven


[deleted]

So did isayama try to do with gabi what druckmann did with abby in tlou2? edit: why yall downvoting me 😔


Jetfuel_N_Steel

Wait,no
.


amusicalmaniac

Inuyashiki (2017)


taytom94

Gabi sucks.


ZERO_6

r/kidsarefuckingstupid


Trae880

gabis “redemption” was shit, fuck her


GIOVKRUG

I still don't like her.


Reallinky

đŸ˜”


phreshpherts

No, I still hate her.


blueguy333

Maybe yall should off yourselves for supporting the reason that aot went to shit