^ No. I'm not saying lets forgive Annie and forget all the deaths (what happened was wrong), what im saying is people need to stop projecting her as a sadistic killer when she isnt. The guy you are talking about died within 5 seconds; if she truly derived pleasure from killing, there are many ways she could have prolonged his death.

She never tried to kill anyone that did not attack her first by attacking at the nape of her neck and slowing her down. What was she supposed to do? Let the survey corps keep hacking her down? She had a clear purpose to capture Eren and only acted against those who hindered her pursuit.

The anime downplays the scene in Episode 25 when in the starting Eren knocks her into a church and she is only mildly surprised to see the deaths. In the manga, her look is one of pure distraught and horror as if she cannot believe she is responsible for those deaths. That should tell you all you need to know about Annie's character.

Her entire intention was to escape. All the devastation and death wasnt caused by her, but by Eren trying to fight her. He shows complete disregard for civilian life by knocking Annie through buildings, which were probably filled with civilians and smashing through some himself just to reach her. Now, im not saying that he should've just let her go and he was definitely not in control of his titan form, but the point is Annie showed more concern for civilian life than the main protagonist of the manga.



And i agree with you when you say that her intentions are unclear and she has a goal which we dont know yet, and that is exactly why i wont judge her until she gets further developement.