>>280763029Ok, while I agree their relationship was never a major focus in the series, and definitely should not have been the major aspect thst the ending is centered around ,because that comes out of fucking nowhere. But also this whole idea that Eren never really cared about Mikasa, and is only annoyed by her is complete nonsense.
Eren only ever shows his affection in small ways, and I never expected their relationship to ever advance because both Mikasa, and especially Eren are super emotionally stunted from trauma. Eren is only really prickly towards Mikasa because he has an inferiority complex about her always looking after, and protecting him, and being basically better then him at everything. Despite that it is still pretty clear that he loves her at the very least like family at multiple points in the show.
I feel like everyone who argues that Eren genuinely doesn't like Mikasa must have a hole in their memory of the S2 finale, where they basically have as close to a conventional romantic moment as you can get without kissing right before Eren triggers the founder for the first time.
Mikasa re-iterates to Eren just how much he means to her, and how him giving her his scarf way back when, was the most impactful moment of her life; while Eren responds with something to the effect "I'll wrap that scarf around you as many times as you want" which for Erens emotionally stunted ass pretty much means "I'll love you forever". With that context I feel like anyone who thought Villain Arc Eren was being completely genuine when he said he hated Mikasa is either completely delusional, or some kind of brain donor. Having said that I didn't expect their romance to develop any more than that, and I certainly didn't expect their relationship to somehow be the key to freeing Ymir, and I absolutely hate that. Especially because trying to use it as a parallel to Ymir, and King Fritz. I don't care if Eren committed, he's not anywhere near as evil as King Fritz.