Reiner and Bertholdt spent years killing people inside the Walls and ended up as heroes. Eren did the same to the world and ended up as a villain. Why does AOT only hate one of them?
He started sending me pictures of random things throughout his day.
The soft drink he bought. The dog he saw on his way to work. The terrible lunch he regretted ordering.
One day, I asked him why he kept sending me things that had absolutely nothing to do with me.
He looked at me and said, “Because you’re the person I want to tell everything to.”
And I think that’s when I understood what it means to fall in love with someone.
Not just wanting them around for the big moments, but wanting them to be part of all the little, ordinary ones too.
Titans only move in daylight, so a night squad could have scouted, moved supplies, and set up positions while they slept. Erwin would have found a way to use it. Why was it never tried?
After we had sex, I reached for my phone because I thought the moment was over.
He gently took it from my hand, placed it on the bedside table, and pulled me against his chest.
“Stay here for a little while,” he whispered.
I laughed and asked him why.
He said, “Because I don’t want you to feel like you have to leave emotionally just because we’re done physically.”
That caught me off guard.
We spent the next thirty minutes talking about random things. My favorite childhood memory. His biggest insecurity. The kind of love we both wanted but were too afraid to ask for.
One thing about intimacy that I find fascinating is how a conversation can suddenly make you feel closer to someone than the sex itself did.
Imagine spending the night with someone you've been attracted to for a while. Everything is going well, you're comfortable with each other, and you assume the experience will be something you'll remember mostly for the physical chemistry.
Then, afterward, they start telling you about their life.
They explain why they struggle to trust people. They tell you about the person they used to be before life changed them. They admit that they sometimes feel lonely even when they're surrounded by people.
You listen, and eventually, you start sharing your own stories.
Suddenly, the person beside you isn't just someone you're attracted to anymore. They're a whole human being with memories, fears, disappointments, dreams, and experiences you never would have discovered from looking at them across a room.
And somehow, knowing these things changes the way you see them.
Their little habits begin to make more sense. Their reactions become easier to understand. You start recognizing the vulnerability behind certain jokes and the experiences that might explain why they behave the way they do.
That's what emotional intimacy does. It gives you access to the person behind the personality, the history behind the habits, and the feelings behind the things they struggle to say.
You can have chemistry with someone you've barely spoken to, but real intimacy develops when you become curious about who they are when there's nothing left to impress you with.
Sometimes, the most memorable part of a night isn't what happened between two people's bodies. It's what they finally felt comfortable enough to tell each other.
Gabi killed Sasha, dragged Falco into a suicide mission, and was proud of it. Somehow Eren gets all the hate. Why is Gabi still the one people forgive?