the new character Yelena recently got introduced in attack on Titan! Question
is is Yelena an ally enemy or something else entirely? So what's up guys foxen here! Today
you're gonna be getting an in-depth look at Yelena also known as that tall blonde
chick that has a thing for the thick beast Titan and a worshipper at the
altar of Zeke Jaeger. The question is can Eren and the Survey Corps really trust this
person with those shady eyes? Let's go ahead and get started!
What's interesting to notice about this beast titan follower is that she's not to
new of character in attack on Titan. Yelena actually appeared before attack
on Titan turned 100 in chapter 99. This really means that Yelena has been around
for over half a year for you now. Here Yelena was playing the role of the
Marley solider. Her mission was to prevent any Titan interferences from the
jaws and cart Titan. Unfortunately for Yelena and possibly Zeke Pieck proved to
be too clever. Pieck noticed right away that something was fishy after being separated
from Zeke. Yelena just taking the route that put them next to Pieck's tank
unit, unfortunately that was a miscalculation and the rest is Titan
history. So about this miscalculation is Yelena to blame for this? Ultimately Jaws
and Pieck escaped which caused the Warhammer battle to escalate. However did
Yelena's mistake actually provide an opportunity for Eren to smash the
Warhammer and ultimately steal the Warhammer Titans power? Or did this error
only cost more survey corps members to get unnecessarily killed? If you think
about it perhaps potato girl Sasha would have still been alive if only those two
Titan shifters didn't draw out the Warhammer battle longer with Eren. I'll
come back to Yelena's so called miscalculation. Let's take a look a
Yelena's official introduction via flashback in the latest attack on Titan
chapter. There's a whole lot of things worth noting here. First off this Yelena
panel is drawn or shown from below. Really seems like Isayama did this on
purpose just to make Yelena appear bigger than she is and hence grander
Notably Isayama also had the Survey Corps explicitly mentioned the fact that
she's huge. This could just be a random trait by Isayama
although I'm doubting it. This feature of Yelena's once again highlighted when
Isayama included this shot of her next to Levi.
mmm I wonder how Levi feels about the difference right here. It almost seems
like Yelena's interested mm-hmm Do I smell a possible Levi and Yelena
team upcoming? Maybe that's way too far ahead
Either way this does give you some reference compare this to. Levi's
official height Jelena is easily over 6 feet tall so is this a random trait done
by Isayama? Perhaps. It is interesting to wonder
about whether her stature helped her improve her military ranking or perhaps
a term becoming this leader figure within this anti Marley group
Admittedly info on both these is currently unknown although do notice
that Isayama so far has portrayed Yelena as taking charge almost as a leader
figure here. Yelena has been shown speaking the most and in most of the
shown she's drawn higher up than her body here there's actually another
important trait of Yelena that I want to touch on but first let's talk about
Yelena's miscalculation during the Warhammer battle back at morally. How did
this even happen? There's a few explanations for this first off perhaps
Yelena messed up due to just being incompetent although perhaps it was
simply bad timing or bad luck. That does go down some other possibilities but I
think this is more interesting. How about if Yelena's screw-up was on purpose? If
this is true the question then becomes was it part of Zeke's plan or was it a
Yelena's own doing. Let's take a look at the Titan in the hole plan in face value
The Titan shifters escaping later could have easily been prevented or Elise told
recall that both food and the portal Potty were left for Pieck and Porco so at
least it tells you that Zeke cared about these two and perhaps even wanted them
spared. This just means that there is a possibility that Zeke was not involved
This goes back to either bad timing for Yelena or was Yelena hoping for
something like this to happen? I mean think about it
Yelena would have had plenty of time to scout the area beforehand and therefore
avoid Pieck's tank bodies so Yelena deep down inside are you feeling happy right
now? Looking back at the latest attack on Titan chapter some of the interactions
here involving Yelena actually give you more into what makes her tick. Perhaps a
smaller detail it's how Yelena chooses to speak almost entirely formally when
having a conversation with Hange and Levi. This shows that he's some hint of
respect here too Eldians, whether that's genuine or
otherwise. Compare this to Yelena speaking post
time-skip in the scene of Yelena taking the fault for letting the two
Titans escape there's a difference here her literal dialogue. It's pretty casual
almost as if saying "my bad I messed up". The point being it doesn't really feel
like a heartfelt apology or just being super casual about the situation
Like yeah my bad I forgot to take out the trash
Same thing. Whereas it seems a Yelena from years back would have gone with at
least the standard formality here. At this point three or so years should have
passed by so how did Yelena's relationship with the Survey Corps
change? Did they become super super buddies? Or the complete opposite? One
important scene featuring Yelena is a one where mr. Onya is talking about this
God figure. Of course Yelena herself has no lines during this but perhaps is
lack of anything from her speaks even louder. Notably Isayama gives you this
shot on the right. Yelena not looking too happy
contrast Yelena's expression to the one of Armin. Armin is so young here full of
curiosity and wonder. It's clear that he say Isayama put the shot together to show
you this mindset of Armin vs. Yelena. It was totally on purpose in the future. I
could perhaps seeing Yelena's motivation and mindset ultimately clash with
Armin's. You'll see what I mean. Keeping Yelena's expression in mind here
think back to the moment where she mentioned their goal.
Yelena claims that she wants freedom for the Eldian people presumbly following
Zeke. Pretty interesting but why? Why
specifically Eldians? How about the rest of their group? Does she think that
freeing the Eldians ultimately means freedom for their people too?
Yelena also has a special moment of a fond memory thinking back to the beast
Titan. Zeke here isn't a so-called devil but a God to her so divine being that
gives her powerless people hope. Now think back to the scene of her
speechless when someone else is talking about a different God figure. Could
Yelena perhaps reject this belief? In other words could Yelena not necessarily
think of Zeke's beast as a god but perhaps treasure that will the Eldian Titan
curse instead? This is really going back to the idea that all Titan shifters of
themselves represent divine figures on earth.
Ultimately you could argue that Yelena is more instead a follower of Ymir
The original Ymir but anyway going back to what you know about Yelena
focus on your letters key trait about being tall however there's another
noteworthy thing about her. It really all comes down to Yelena's eyes. As
Yelena's recalling back to her first hot encounter with the Beast Titan notice here
that Yelena keeps one of her eyes closed. hmm why do that Yelena? I was thinking
that perhaps this was another random thing thrown in by Isayama except
she's actually done this before in the previous chapter. When Yelena takes
the blame for her screw-up about the titans escaping she does this while
keeping one eye shunt hmm why? In the recent flashback Yelena does this
more thinking back to Zeke's Beast Titan this representing this god like
figure to her Zeke but it's also an overall fond memory
embodying hope. Now take this and apply this to the moment where she makes a
mistake. In both of these time Yelena is thinking back to past events for all
closing one single eye so could this past failure be linked to what the almighty
Zeke commanded or could Yelena be thinking back to what happened and
just thinking all according to plan? Guess we'll see what happens definitely
keep track of when Yelena does it again but wait there's more!
More about Yelena's eyes. Yelena was presented as this character with
completely black eyes except that there are a couple of times when they're not
the first is the scene where Jelena is amazed after finding out about the
Titans being wiped out the second is in her flashback of her thinking back to
the beast Titan I think this helps to uncover some genuine reactions of her
could both the Eldian people and the beasts represent hope to her which really gives
support to the theory of her being fond of the L Dean's and Titans in general
all right so let's put all this together and time for an attack on Titan theory
it seems like he say you must playing crafty here he introduced this character
that already messed up big time so far he's portray this character is
being abnormally huge and unnecessarily having this trusting appearance just to
spice things up he made this character of female back to the original question
is Yelena an ally or secretly an enemy I actually don't think it's that simple
you say him I wouldn't want that I see a letter going
in continuing what she thinks is right in her eyes perhaps she'll fall to
becoming this sacrificial pawn to the Beast Titan that'll be whether or not
Zeke actually has this alternative playing going on based on what Jelena
hopes to accomplish she'll either become a true ally or enemy for the server core
morally or Zeke if you go with the idea of Jelena being reduced to this
character who's 100% gonna help out the story core continue to fight against
Marlene only to eventually be discarded by Zeke seems a little too simple my
prediction is that you say emma has huge plans for her
especially now with the loss of one major character so what is Jelena up to
I'm predicting that Jelena has her own secret agenda
Yelena won't just be a blind follower to the Beast show either end up trainer use
Zeke or only continue following Zeke until some other Titan shifter tickles
her fancy could that perhaps be Eren and his beefy attack Titan that's right
Yelena could end up being Aaron's new best blonde buddy really curious to see
how Mikasa feels about that but anyway that's an attack on Titan theory more
important than we hear from you question of the day do you think Jelena is really
an ally or an enemy do you think he Elena's blindly following Zeke or she's
secretly planning something in the background
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