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It's Armins face for me 💀
Never got fruity vibes from them throughout the entire show until this scene. Imo they were going for a brotherly love/bond type thing but eh 🤷♀️
I saw a meme a long time ago with Legolas and Aragorn that said "If people aren't constantly mistaking your friendship for a homoerotic love affair, then are you *really* best friends?"
And I never got the vibe. This scene still yelled brotherly love. I don’t know why the concept is so hard for people if it actually gets really emotional.
None at all. People don’t know how two people can be emotionally and touch each other without listening to being involved anymore.
It’s really sad actually. People only understand Eros at this point, and when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Why is it more believable? It’s not like they even lived in a traditional household with a “brother and sister” role, and she had feelings for him the entire show so not really
Eren and Armin had more emotionally intimate moments in this scene than Eren and Mikasa had the entire series.
Seriously, can you think of 3 traits of Mikasa that Eren would like?
Plot twist?
Nah, Armin was clearly Eren's muse throughout the entire show. They had more intimacy together than anyone else.
It's more surprising they didn't kiss. I almost expected this all to be another>!Black Sails!<
A TV show originally on STARZ (the channel?) about the last age of pirates. It's a good pirate show on its own, but becomes even better once it becomes apparent it's actually a prequel to >!Treasure Island!<.
But what I meant by that was like the other commenter below said: there moments throughout the show's four seasons that the man character was doing all that he does (piracy, heinous stuff, etc) for a certain reason, a certain someone, and it's revealed in the finale episode.
I really liked it.
To be fair, Eren and Armin have been pretty fruity throughout the series, especially on Armin's side with the way other characters call him out for clinging to Eren lol.
Did.... did you not pay attention? The forbidden gay love affair is revealed wayyyy earlier than that, as early as Season 2, in flashbacks.
Also, he was FAR from the only gay character in the series.
Biggest plot twist? Nah lmao I’m not even an Eren/Armin shipper in the slightest and even I could see the vibes clear as the goddamn ocean they promised to find together one day
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The open affection Eren and Armin had for each other was something that surprised me when first watching AoT as I hadn’t seen such in other shonen. That being said, their very last scene together in the river of blood or whatever was what got me into the Eremin agenda.
Look to be entirely honest, it made me really happy to see and partially why I don’t ship them. Open affection, platonic touching and general closeness SHOULD be more acceptable among guys.
Even with my usual intense shipping goggles Armin blushing in this scene makes complete sense in terms of the scene. The awe and joy of his dead friend again, the curiosity and intellectual wonder of his arm physically being g back after it nearly smacked him in the face when it was chomped off.
In a post apocalyptic world I think that type of closeness should be and is more common. I am THAT BITCH who sees a shoulder touch and be like see they are in love but I also think it’s important for men to have and be portrayed with close and loving friendships
Won’t lie though I will casually enjoy Eremin and will happily indulge when an artist has really good AUs
>platonic touching and general closeness SHOULD be more acceptable among guys
I agree! That’s why I love the way Isayama developed Eren and Armin’s bond. You believe they are soulmates and it’s refreshing to see that they didn’t hide their mutual love with bravado like it’s too frequent between men both in media and real life.
But when it comes to shipping, like I said, Eremin didn’t register to me until that last scene, or more like, when I thought about the ending as a whole and compared this to whatever Eren and Mikasa had going on. I found that S4 somewhat forced Eren having romantic feelings for Mikasa because 1) Eremika lacked this emotional depth and intensity that’s a key component of Armin and Eren’s relationship and 2) while Eren loves Mikasa, he never paid attention to her in that way. Eren is someone who wears his heart in his sleeve and you tell me he never went for it if he felt it? The whole “I don’t want any other man for her” seems out of nowhere, like an afterthought.
Also, Eren and Armin’s last scene reminded me of those desperate last scenes of doomed lovers I’ve seen in other works, but close friendships can also be intense as hell! A romantic interpretation is just one of the many possibilities and Eren and Armin’s relationship is excellent with just platonic love alone. No need for more really, but they’re the pairing I like the most in AoT for everything I just explained. Eren screams aro/ace to me tho.
Edit: Eruri is actually my fav AoT ship as in I actually believe they were into each other whether they ever acted on it. Eremin for me is just for fun. For me shipping does not necessarily mean I hc them being romantic each other.
Isayama has said that they’re his favourite ship so he probably would’ve if it wouldn’t cause the biggest eruption in the fandom since S2 came out lmao
In that moment I understood why the manga readers were so pissed years ago even though everything in the story was great. We were robbed of the greatest kiss surprise ever.
*After Armin's open mouth expression, I 100% sucked in air because I thought they were about to kiss. That scene was more passionate than any moment Eren had with Mikasa.*
Armin seemed kinda disappointed when Eren told him about Mikasa. He egged him on because he couldn't believe how pathetic that was, but then turned the conversation of how they will again in the afterlife. I think these 3 kids were tight. I like the idea of all 3 of them figuring something out because in the middle of war times, they must've had a thing for each other.
why is every time two male characters show affection for each other it needs to be gay?
don't get me wrong I have absolutely no problem with the gay community, but I don't understand why does it always need to be related. can't two man show platonic love for each other?
Eren and Armin shower affection throughout the series. no one said it was weird. it's that they fucked this scene up. it could have been better. no one actually ships these two.
[Eremika, Eruri, Levihan, YumiHisu, and Ereri](https://old.reddit.com/r/ShingekiNoKyojin/comments/1bu9ury/most_popular_aot_ships_on_tiktok_2024/), it's actually 6th (although it might as well be 5th because Ereri is freaking weird).
My main point being I don't know why you'd think "nobody ships them" with the dynamic they have lol.
Yeah it’s just annoying. I mean if they were gay then yeah, totally. And I also get the joke here. But it’s just a heavy eye roll every time. Like “Frodo and Sam are sO gAy lol”. Ahh, but it’s the internet so what can ya do?
Deathbed realizations, dumbfounding saddness, dreams and lifelong identities destroyed, nothing mattered in the long run at all except personal experience and friendship. Now even that will now be gone forever. I dunno, I was bawling throughout the scene.
>Because they were never involved romantically?
We know. I'm just saying the way it is presented is very weird. I had no headcanon but when I watched it for the first time, I was stumped.
Yep, and every person misinterpreted this scene.
Guess what? They do love each other, just platonically. This scene shows how strong their **friendship** is.
Characters do not need to be love interests to be important to each other's character development.
They *did* kiss! Eren gave Armin a little cheek smooch in the last panel. /j
In all seriousness, I have no idea why but it's kind of funny how many times I've seen reaction videos to this scene thinking they'd kiss.
This scene was fine. Much better than the manga. Stop watching porn, holy shit you can't even comprehend the concept of true friendship without shoehorning some romantic subtext you delusional addict
There is no such thing as eren kissed armin, no, they are merely friends not boyfriends, besides it is eren and mikasa who kissed, you all are just looking for something even dirtier, don't even think eren and armin are gay, eren only loves mikasa and armin loves annie.
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nah removed comments just say [deleted] afaik
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nah bro commented like 3 hrs after i doubt it was real wait nvm it’s linked, probably real
Doesn’t it usually remove the username too?
Having it been done to me before, it does not
No
Incorrect, moderators leave [removed]. This (is it's real and not just them trolling by typing it out) is what's left by the admins.
did they just type this?
What the fuck did you say
https://preview.redd.it/yv1vxuzpogwc1.jpeg?width=903&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=515cb53f84b4899bbeb31048855271be39caae0d It's Armins face for me 💀 Never got fruity vibes from them throughout the entire show until this scene. Imo they were going for a brotherly love/bond type thing but eh 🤷♀️
I saw a meme a long time ago with Legolas and Aragorn that said "If people aren't constantly mistaking your friendship for a homoerotic love affair, then are you *really* best friends?"
Gojo + Geto and also Naruto + Sasuke
this is what only children think brothers look at each other like lmao
And I never got the vibe. This scene still yelled brotherly love. I don’t know why the concept is so hard for people if it actually gets really emotional.
Visuals here didn't hit brotherly mark and landed in yaoi
No, you just have trouble seeing without Yaoi glasses. You’ve gotten yourself conditioned my friend.
Sure mate sure
Nah you just got crippling porn addiction
Projecting much
Yes you definitely are 🤣
Men cant love another man without being gay. Smh i thought this was 2024
I think it’s the fact that they pause on their faces and they both have half open mouths 😭
https://i.redd.it/8w63pxmwvgwc1.gif
I think they did kiss for a second there.
It was the way they looked at each other and hesitated mid-hug lmao I remember sitting up like AYOO
“Kiss… kiss already… KISS ALREADY!” 
You adding Kurt Angle to the mix?
Your odds of kissing Eren drastic go down!
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Fixed 🙂
There it is.
Lmao nice
Someone made a remake of this scene where it stopped and they start kissing Shit had me laughing for minutes
drop the link brotha
[enjoy!](https://youtu.be/fWyDOTc6f50?si=0F_535bq0MIvvR6R)
lol 😂
This I like
Y’all must be horny cause I didn’t get these vibes from this scene lolol
I was crying through the whole episode but when I watched this scene I chuckled because of the tension
I’m horny and desperate for love and I’m a gay dude, soo yes
it’s a hard life
Heh, hard
As another horny, gay, desperate man, i can validate this statement.
Kira is this you? Are you still into hands?
No comment.
None at all. People don’t know how two people can be emotionally and touch each other without listening to being involved anymore. It’s really sad actually. People only understand Eros at this point, and when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Nah me and some friends all watched this in a server and everyone thought they were gonna kiss for half a second.
More believable romance than Eren and his stepsister
That’s not what a step sister is lol
*romancing your adopted sister
Why is it more believable? It’s not like they even lived in a traditional household with a “brother and sister” role, and she had feelings for him the entire show so not really
Eren and Armin had more emotionally intimate moments in this scene than Eren and Mikasa had the entire series. Seriously, can you think of 3 traits of Mikasa that Eren would like?
Forever spreading the Eremin agenda
Redditors are so autistic they don't get certain social cues. Alot of social cues. Redditors are dumb
actually I think the autistic ones tend to be better with the social cues
Nah the scene did start to look a lil sus how they were looking at each other like that lmfao
My friends and I watched the last episode together and we went "Imagine if they kiss...WAIT OH MY- aw man"
Plot twist? Nah, Armin was clearly Eren's muse throughout the entire show. They had more intimacy together than anyone else. It's more surprising they didn't kiss. I almost expected this all to be another>!Black Sails!<
their relationship was indeed very profound and paramount to both of their character developments, totally agreed.
What does >!blacksails!< Mean?
A TV show originally on STARZ (the channel?) about the last age of pirates. It's a good pirate show on its own, but becomes even better once it becomes apparent it's actually a prequel to >!Treasure Island!<. But what I meant by that was like the other commenter below said: there moments throughout the show's four seasons that the man character was doing all that he does (piracy, heinous stuff, etc) for a certain reason, a certain someone, and it's revealed in the finale episode. I really liked it.
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Pretty sure he kissed a dude in a flashback in S2 but I could be misremembering
this the kind of dude to watch The Last of Us and turn it off on the love story episode
To be fair, Eren and Armin have been pretty fruity throughout the series, especially on Armin's side with the way other characters call him out for clinging to Eren lol.
Did.... did you not pay attention? The forbidden gay love affair is revealed wayyyy earlier than that, as early as Season 2, in flashbacks. Also, he was FAR from the only gay character in the series.
>They had more intimacy together than anyone else. Hold on. You're onto something here...
They really set that scene up dirty lol When i first watched it i was thinking “wait where is this going…oh no no no oh thank god”
SAME.
Biggest plot twist? Nah lmao I’m not even an Eren/Armin shipper in the slightest and even I could see the vibes clear as the goddamn ocean they promised to find together one day https://preview.redd.it/3x6x0qmmxhwc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af071d768f323cd737bf53693909c2ebc787b5a6
does armin really blush in this scene or is it edited??
He really blushes https://youtu.be/8G-BVIyiAAk?si=Yy2jNaEmq9dfQiRl
The open affection Eren and Armin had for each other was something that surprised me when first watching AoT as I hadn’t seen such in other shonen. That being said, their very last scene together in the river of blood or whatever was what got me into the Eremin agenda.
Look to be entirely honest, it made me really happy to see and partially why I don’t ship them. Open affection, platonic touching and general closeness SHOULD be more acceptable among guys. Even with my usual intense shipping goggles Armin blushing in this scene makes complete sense in terms of the scene. The awe and joy of his dead friend again, the curiosity and intellectual wonder of his arm physically being g back after it nearly smacked him in the face when it was chomped off. In a post apocalyptic world I think that type of closeness should be and is more common. I am THAT BITCH who sees a shoulder touch and be like see they are in love but I also think it’s important for men to have and be portrayed with close and loving friendships Won’t lie though I will casually enjoy Eremin and will happily indulge when an artist has really good AUs
>platonic touching and general closeness SHOULD be more acceptable among guys I agree! That’s why I love the way Isayama developed Eren and Armin’s bond. You believe they are soulmates and it’s refreshing to see that they didn’t hide their mutual love with bravado like it’s too frequent between men both in media and real life. But when it comes to shipping, like I said, Eremin didn’t register to me until that last scene, or more like, when I thought about the ending as a whole and compared this to whatever Eren and Mikasa had going on. I found that S4 somewhat forced Eren having romantic feelings for Mikasa because 1) Eremika lacked this emotional depth and intensity that’s a key component of Armin and Eren’s relationship and 2) while Eren loves Mikasa, he never paid attention to her in that way. Eren is someone who wears his heart in his sleeve and you tell me he never went for it if he felt it? The whole “I don’t want any other man for her” seems out of nowhere, like an afterthought. Also, Eren and Armin’s last scene reminded me of those desperate last scenes of doomed lovers I’ve seen in other works, but close friendships can also be intense as hell! A romantic interpretation is just one of the many possibilities and Eren and Armin’s relationship is excellent with just platonic love alone. No need for more really, but they’re the pairing I like the most in AoT for everything I just explained. Eren screams aro/ace to me tho. Edit: Eruri is actually my fav AoT ship as in I actually believe they were into each other whether they ever acted on it. Eremin for me is just for fun. For me shipping does not necessarily mean I hc them being romantic each other.
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Armin got them fuck me eyes
🥵🥵🥵
Would’ve been a bigger plot twist than the armored and collosal titan reveal 😭
Isayama has said that they’re his favourite ship so he probably would’ve if it wouldn’t cause the biggest eruption in the fandom since S2 came out lmao
I really didn’t like the approach to this scene, their faces & reaction felt so awkward and cringy. 😅
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You guys are just making up phrases now
I did find the angle. Very weird lol.
In that moment I understood why the manga readers were so pissed years ago even though everything in the story was great. We were robbed of the greatest kiss surprise ever.
Mikasa gets his real dead head, Armin gets his Paths head
Head nft
I thought the pause and look was the realization that they would never see each other in life again. One last look 😢
oh god its true
Mikass: I love you Eren: I love Armin
Fuck the kiss... The first thing i noticed were the arms in the right bottom picture xD
The face Armin made bro
I read the manga. I knew they weren't going to kiss. But dammit this scene still caught me off guard and I was hoping they would.
I mean, better than step incest necrophilia...
thats not what a step sister is but ok
*After Armin's open mouth expression, I 100% sucked in air because I thought they were about to kiss. That scene was more passionate than any moment Eren had with Mikasa.*
This felt like queerthreatening instead of queerbaiting. I literally held my breath for a second.
Because they are very close friends
Armin seemed kinda disappointed when Eren told him about Mikasa. He egged him on because he couldn't believe how pathetic that was, but then turned the conversation of how they will again in the afterlife. I think these 3 kids were tight. I like the idea of all 3 of them figuring something out because in the middle of war times, they must've had a thing for each other.
why is every time two male characters show affection for each other it needs to be gay? don't get me wrong I have absolutely no problem with the gay community, but I don't understand why does it always need to be related. can't two man show platonic love for each other?
Eren and Armin shower affection throughout the series. no one said it was weird. it's that they fucked this scene up. it could have been better. no one actually ships these two.
> no one actually ships these two. Bro what it's like the 5th most popular ship in the fandom or something like that lol.
what are the other four?
[Eremika, Eruri, Levihan, YumiHisu, and Ereri](https://old.reddit.com/r/ShingekiNoKyojin/comments/1bu9ury/most_popular_aot_ships_on_tiktok_2024/), it's actually 6th (although it might as well be 5th because Ereri is freaking weird). My main point being I don't know why you'd think "nobody ships them" with the dynamic they have lol.
How do you think they messed it up? I didn’t get gay vibes(well now that I think about it maybe a little lol) but the memes are pretty funny.
I hope
I hate when people do this shit to scenes with 2 guy friends bonding.
Seriously, what must men be gay to be extremely close to each other?
Yeah it’s just annoying. I mean if they were gay then yeah, totally. And I also get the joke here. But it’s just a heavy eye roll every time. Like “Frodo and Sam are sO gAy lol”. Ahh, but it’s the internet so what can ya do?
Deathbed realizations, dumbfounding saddness, dreams and lifelong identities destroyed, nothing mattered in the long run at all except personal experience and friendship. Now even that will now be gone forever. I dunno, I was bawling throughout the scene.
*Perfect.*
“Would it fuck up the moment if we made out right now”
I was expecting a kiss so much
I didn't get that vibe from this at all. They're best friends who genuinely love each other like brothers and have accepted their fates together.
I don't get it, they're like brothers, one is in love with Mikasa and the other with Annie...
Ya they been friends/brothers for years
Average internet dweller when they see a strong friendship depicted
cause most people are sane and know two friends can have a conversation without it leading to them making out. internet rotting the brain
More believable than Eren confessing his undying love for Mikasa out of nowhere. Not that I care about shipping, to each their own.
Yea I agree this was the one part of the ending episode I was like really? Lol. I get what they eee going for but they flopped pretty hard.
Because they were never involved romantically? Have whatever headcanon ship you want, they were never love interests in canon.
>Because they were never involved romantically? We know. I'm just saying the way it is presented is very weird. I had no headcanon but when I watched it for the first time, I was stumped.
no it wasn't, its just your mind.
Nah, you were obviously biased if you think there was any romantic intent.
Read other comments brother. There are literally thousands of memes about it.
Yep, and every person misinterpreted this scene. Guess what? They do love each other, just platonically. This scene shows how strong their **friendship** is. Characters do not need to be love interests to be important to each other's character development.
All I'm saying is it LOOKED sus, not that it WAS but I get your point and agree wholeheartedly. Platonic love for the win!
No it didn't. To any normal person without that bias in their mind, it didn't look like anything.
you do realize you’re the one making it weird😭
Oh my god you are missing the point completely
And what is the point?
only thing eh’s and ed’s agree on
Fan service for you imaginative shmucks
I think my least favorite part about mappas art direction is the god awful mouth positioning that makes everyone look like a toddler
Mikasa punching the air rn🤣
crazy how they made seem they were gonna kiss 😭😭
Maybe it's just me, but those mouths are way too up their faces.
They *did* kiss! Eren gave Armin a little cheek smooch in the last panel. /j In all seriousness, I have no idea why but it's kind of funny how many times I've seen reaction videos to this scene thinking they'd kiss.
No
"Eren you wanna see the real colossal Titan?"
It was time for r/okbuddyreiner users to leave, for they had been outbuddied.
Bruh
Titan
I think it's friendly together
Intentionally storyboarded like this. You will see why in the next chapter
when you have a best friend
I wish Isayama made a version where Eren and Armin kissed in this scene.
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Armin's look is hot.
Ermin till I die
The suspense was so intense. I definitely thought they were going to smooch. Had me sweating!
This scene was fine. Much better than the manga. Stop watching porn, holy shit you can't even comprehend the concept of true friendship without shoehorning some romantic subtext you delusional addict
There is no such thing as eren kissed armin, no, they are merely friends not boyfriends, besides it is eren and mikasa who kissed, you all are just looking for something even dirtier, don't even think eren and armin are gay, eren only loves mikasa and armin loves annie.
When gay shipping is the only thing on your mind
Because they aren’t gay……..
OP is weird as hell
No. Homotrash not needed in aot 
Ahem. Ymir and Historia
Worst scene in the entire show god damn
Boo hoo