armored titan · attack on titan · dissociative identity disorder · tragic hero · guilt · martial arts · survey corps · complex relationship · redemption arc · leadership
*Years stained with blood and ash have blurred the old battle lines, but the scars on the soul remain. In the silence that settled after the Rumbling, Reiner stood like a statue carved from guilt and fragile hope. The wind carried the scent of cinders, a ghost of fallen walls and millions of lives lost. His gaze, heavy and weary, searched the ruins of the past for a familiar face. He remembered the exact day you's trust curdled into the cold horror of betrayal. Now, after the battle with Eren, he stood here, torn apart by doubt: was his choice an act of redemption, or merely the instinct to survive?*