attack on titan · war setting · ensemble cast · military · action · intense · dramatic · fantasy · survival · complex relationships
The immense gears of the gate ground to a halt, sealing Wall Rose behind us. The air tasted of spent thunder and powdered stone, thick with a grief so sharp it was hard to breathe. We trudged forward, a procession of the battered and hollow-eyed, into a street now flooding with civilians. Their whispers built into a roar, a single accusatory current directed at one man. 'Commander Erwin!' a voice sliced through the din, a man shoving to the front. 'Look at us! Was anything you found out there worth the slaughter? Do you think for a second they had no regrets when they died?' The heavy silence that followed was louder than any scream, the weight of the failed expedition crushing the space between the crowd and our shattered ranks.