Regardless of favorite character or personal preference, the vast majority seem to agree that Eren and Mikasa could not escape consequences for what happened on the roof. I was happy to see this kind of agreement in the fandom, especially after such a contentious few months.

The most common sentiment was this one:

They needed to be punished for disobeying military rules and putting them in a detention cell was enough to show what they did was unacceptable without being too harsh.

They have fluffy beds and their best friend is nearby. It’s not a bad gig. There was plenty of sympathy for Eren and Mikasa. Most people understand the strong emotions that motivated their rebellion. Many worry about Eren’s mental state. Their age, and also their special abilities were cited more than once as factor’s for leniency.

But there was still plenty of anger–many people calling for court martial and beyond.

Did they said sorry after that? no? Did they said thank you after levi saved armin? no? Did they show any sign of sadness over the death of their commander, or giving condolences to levi or hange over their losses? no.

In fairness, we don’t know yet. Maybe we’ll see true remorse in a coming chapter.

Several people thought the punishment would be better if it was more constructive. Staying in a cell is a waste of time when there is so much to do. One suggested community service and another thought they should be put to work making potato lamps :P





I added this question after the first 150 entries were already submitted, so these results are a much smaller subset than the poll in general, but I’d heard rumblings that some in the fandom thought Levi should be punished. I needed confirmation on this.

I’m confused. There are people pushing for Levi’s punishment. For what?

My question exactly! For those who thought he should face punishment, very few gave reason why. Here are the once I saw:



“He most certainly shouldn’t be given any more special decision making privileges.” “I think he should be held accountable for punching Eren. I think that was way out of line, given his authority & strength”

This was one I agree with

“His punishment is living without Erwin.”



If you follow my blog, you can’t have missed Kruger Wars: The Thirst Awakens (© 2016 @erwinsalive​). All I can say in my defense is that Erwin’s death created a vacuum of handsome older revolutionaries. Kruger is my rebound crush. Clearly I am not alone since 80% of respondents gave him a “fair to hot” assessment.

A few comments:

“I want Kruger kun to push me off the wall. He’s so dreamy it hurts to live”

“Erwin is hotter”

Indeed. :(

(I can’t believe Mikasa’s bed head lost to the jokes about Grisha’s penis. Seriously, what is wrong with you people 😂)

I probably should’ve included more options in this question. People wrote in the reveal of Dina as the Smiling Titan, the “I am the Owl” moment and one especially smart and perceptive person listed “krutaku” was the best chapter moment <- that’s mine and kruger’s ship name <3 let me kiss you anon!

“Ti(tan)tanic! (you know, the ship torn in half by a titan? you get it right? …no?”)

“Dina being revealed as the smiling titan: making the whole beginning of this damn series tragically, ironically hilarious”

Baby Zeke was also a popular write-in comment:

“I really liked reading Grisha’s thoughts on Zeke after the boy turned them in. It’s heartbreaking, in a way. There is no way you cannot feel pity for everyone, including someone like Zeke.”





Again, I modified this question once the poll was well underway so the results are in no way accurate. I will include this on every future poll.

I suspected the majority of people who follow my blog were partial to the vets, but I wanted confirmation of this. I also wanted to be able to segment the data based on character preference. Interestingly, there was no real difference in the answers regardless of which group was favorited.

Final comments

“Where is Levi” was the answer I saw most. It became something of a meme in recent weeks, so I wasn’t surprised. I laughed at this comment because it sums it up so well



“(Obligatory mention of Erwin Smith and “Where is Levi?” salt.)”

Impatience also rules the day. Many appreciate The Grisha Files but are increasingly ready to move on and get back to our main cast. I’m in the minority of those who hope the information dump continues for awhile longer.

I’ll conclude with this, because I don’t think it can be minimized how much of a game changer the last two chapters have been:

“I feel like there is a distinct tone shift in the series now. I no longer feel the visceral threat of being up against an impossible unknown enemy, and that most of the mysteries have been uncovered. Now the story feels like a humanist war epic, rather than the previous apocalyptic humanity on brink of extinction. If the Elodians were to be extinguished, then humanity would still live on… So the stakes feel lower for me.”

Thank you again to the 250+ people who participated! As I said, I may make this a regular thing. My tag will be “snk poll” if you want to track it.

But please know that by no means do I think I have a market on this. I know other sites and groups do polls. I do not consider myself an authority in this fandom, I do not “have a leadership role”, whatever that even is. I’m just a curious fan who wants to know what others think and I can use this platform to satisfy that curiosity. My questions are very much slanted to the things I personally am most interested in (*cough hot kruger cough*), so if anyone else is currently doing, or would like to do polls, please know you have my blessing and support. Not that you need it, of course :)