That smiling Titan that had Hannes for Dinner, was it actually out for revenge on Eren and
his mom?
What's up guys Foxen here!
Today let's delve into a little something from the latest Attack on Titan chapter.
It's about Dina, that joker gased up Smiling Titan.
You might have already seen my review on the chapter.
I originally only brought her up very briefly.
It's strange but it seems Dina got the most attention out of this chapter.
There were so many of you asking questions about her on my review.
The main takeaway was, how did Dina straight out ignore Bert and instead go into the town
to find Grisha and his wife.
If you haven't heard it before, this has been a popular idea or theory about Dina for a
while.
That the Dina Titan has killed Grish's wife Carla out of revenge, and by extension she
tracked down Eren during that second encounter to take him out too.
A slightly different version of this is, that the Dina Titan was able to sense and locate
Grisha and his family.
This was how she was able to find Carla and later Eren.
To begin, let me mention that I never fully bought into this idea.
Was it possible?
I mean sure, it could be one of many possibilities, but it didn't have me fully convinced.
Fast forward a few months or year you now have more information about the Titans, but
I'll get back to this.
For Dina in the currently chapter 96, alot of people have commented how Dina avoided
Bert to set out of her little revenge mission.
That just seems so strange.
I mean you got a Titan shifter right freaking there!
The chance to turn back into a human was without arms reach, but no!
Dina decided against it, finding Grisha was much more important.
As for how I saw this scene, my takeaway was pretty different.
You got this small boy on the side vs a whole buffet of people right in front of you.
Keep in mind these districts have 20 thousand people or more.
That's alot of bodies.
To me it didn't seem strange at all.
Of course she was going to ignore him.
Compared to that little crumb on the side, 20 thousand plus other bodies seemed alot
more delicious.
Also keep in mind this wasn't the first time you've seen a Titan ignore a human.
Remember that giant-ass turkey titan?
It completely ignored the Survey Corps to go for one of the districts, even though the
district was much further away.
Back to Dina, I do have a few takeaway from her specific Titan from this.
ALot of people have thought that she could have been an abnormal Titan and this was really
due to how she killed Carla.
It was really weird how she first killed Carla before eating her.
As for that revenge theory, this is where it comes from.
People were thinking she wanted revenge on Carla since Grisha got a new wife.
Except as far as we know she should have had no idea about this, unless you default blame
it on PATHS, which could be the case but then you can blame everything on that.
But anyway, the thing about this scene is that it was only in the anime.
The manga version of this had her crushing Carla and then she ate her.
So Carla had already been crushed when she first got picked up.
Why did this get changed in the anime?
As far as we know Mr Isayama had been heavily involved in the anime production.
He could have been the one to approve it or suggest this change himself.
If buffet wasn't the reason that Dina ignored Bert, then this is strong evidence for her
being an abnormal.
On the other hand, suppose that Dina was a mindless titan, it still is interesting that
Bert got ignored.
Supposedly these mindless Titans are eating humans so by chance they happen to eat a shifter.
That way they can revert back to being human, but that wasn't the case here.
At the very least it tells us that shifters and humans are treated equally by Titans.
These monsters exist simply to kill.
So, was Dina out for revenge on Carla or just trying to find Grisha?
For either of these I wasn't fully convinced.
I mean one hand, you got your wife that became a Titan, waited around 13 years to get inside,
and then she happens to find and kill your new wife?
If this turned out to be a coincidence it'd be strange, super strange.
But then, wouldn't it also be weird if it wasn't by chance?
With this new chapter we got some evidence for that.
Here's an idea or theory that's been around for a while.
During Dina's last moment, you saw her declaring that she would find Grisha no matter what.
Then boom, Titan explosion!
This right here could explain the motivation for abnormal Titans, at least for Dina.
Her dying wish was to find Grisha.
Somehow her Titan was given this ability to track Grisha down.
It'd be simile to Eren first turning into a Titan.
He transformed into one with a purpose in mind.
If this was the case then the Smiling Titna was able to location Grisha's home either
by scent or through PATHS.
A worst case scenario on top could have been that Carla was pregnant.
Let's hope that wasn't the case.
Alright so taking a step back putting everything together.
You got Dina's Titan that by chance found and killed Grisha's wife after a 10+ year
gap.
You then got her finding Eren and Mikasa in the middle of nowhere.
Now we see her again.
Dina ignored her one chance to become a human and locate Grisha instead.
Two times had me questioning it but after this third time it has to mean something.
That being said let me also bring this up too.
In that moment right after Dina turned into a Titan, noticed even though Grisha is right
next to her she instead goes off.
If Dina was really after Grisha why did she take off?
Why not stick around for at least a little bit?
So back to the question, was Dina really after Grisha?
If you assume that she was, then this scene right after she became a Titan then might
tell us something about abnormal Titans.
An abnormal titan could be something that develops over time.
After waiting over a decade, Dina was guided by paths or scent.
She found Mikasa, the new wife and the new son.
It turns out that Dina's last wish came true.
Unfortunately it lead this killing machine staring to her husband and any close to him.
But hey!
That's just an Attack on Titan theory!
Now let me know your thoughts!
Question of the day, Do you think Dina was really after Grisha?
Could it possibly have been some weird coincidence?
What do you think this also tells us about abnormal Titans?
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