So, do you think there's a possibility Annie may be broken out from her crystal in upcoming chapters, by Eren's new hardening ability? Way I see it, she and the 104th/Legion obviously can't be close friends like before anymore, but can definitely be partner/ally working towards a mutually-beneficial goal, if a deal can be reached between them fellow Eldians. Annie's no longer an dispensable tainted-blood warrior when she cooperates with the SL - being their double agent, if she goes down, she(c)

©may very well drag the Walls’ change of victory with her; if she succeeds in her endeavor, her family may have way better future prospects in independent Homeland Paradis, no more living in fear of the Marley. It’s a gamble, really… but if it pays off, it’ll pay off incredibly! And both sides have to take equal risks for that to happen. As you can see, this agreement can mark the beginning of a symbiotic relationship, which is the furthest from the exploiting method the Mare government’s© ©so keen on using on the Eldians. Both the Legionnaires and the lone Warrior’d have to swallow their pride and look to the future/greater good, rather than the past/personal vengeance, in order to work out a deal that can potentially benefit them all. The SL’s no stranger to taking gamble with their own lives on the line when needed… Or the Paradis military could just be pragmatics and feeds her to one of the mindless titans/rebellious Eldians outside, to add a new shifter to their rank(No!)

I really hope spoiler week hasn’t dealt with any of this yet.

I think the Survey Corps would have to be more desperate than they are right now to actively try breaking Annie out of her shell. They’re more experienced with Titan abilities than they were, but Annie’s use of her powers is, so far, unique. Any tampering with the crystal could wake her up in a way they don’t expect (think explosions), or, possibly, kill her.

She could be a useful ally and information source, and if they want to take advantage of either option, they can’t really approach her like a nutcracker. That may be how it ends up, but for now, they don’t have such a great need for information that they’ll want to take the risk of killing off their only human source.

Once Annie’s out (I refuse to think that this won’t happen), I think she’s going to end up working with the Scouts in some capacity. She’s their prisoner, and she’s pragmatic. And she’s human. She knows how to go with the flow.

She also likes most of the surviving Scouts. She and Eren were close, and she cares enough about Armin to completely screw herself over. It probably feels like a weakness to admit it, but if she ever had the true freedom to pick a side to fight on, I think she’d take the suicidal morons over the Marleyans every day of the week.

Really though, if she refuses to work with the Survey Corps once she’s out, she’s dead. If she works with them, she has a chance to live long enough to maybe make it back home. Philosophies aside, the immediate consequences don’t leave her with much of a choice.



One thing I don’t really see happening is any of the Scouts agreeing to feed Annie to one of the titans outside. Annie might be a bit of a wildcard, but she’s straightforward and they’ve dealt with her before. If they feed her to someone outside, who knows what they’ll get.

All of these people, much like the audience, have now lived long enough to know it can always get worse.

