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86 (Eighty Six) S1 Episode 18 Reaction
🕑 Added 2023-03-12 00:16:03 +0000 UTC"I'LL DESTORY THE WORLD..." ERNST'S RESOLVE! I'd say, while it might be extreme, that outcome would be justified as a world that requires child soldiers to undergo a suicide mission (for their second time) to save humanity, and it ends with their unfortunate deaths, just means that it shouldn't be allowed to exist. I don't doubt he could accomplish this task, it was portrayed really well that he'd stop at nothing, and I respect the dude for it. Still ecstatic he was an actual decent human being, someone who truly cares about the Eighty Six without using them for ulterior motives... I daresay, he's deserves the "Best Papa" title for the show, not that there's much competition though!
I doubt I'll be ready for whatever happens next, but this "calm before the storm" atmosphere, up until the mission's start & the war began anew, certainly doesn't help much... though I do appreciate the slower pace, it felt like every scene had more time to breathe.
On a side note, the character writing is *chef's kiss* when it comes to making everyone realistic & multi-dimensional, and I can't praise it enough... cause I was very surprised what we learned about Richard!
What did you think of this episode?
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AlduicS
Still love Ernst so damn much... the man's got his beliefs, sticks to them, and will burn everything to the ground if his nation/humanity itself betrays them. I don't exactly condone the whole "destroy the world" but it's also hard to argue against... cause it's really hard to justify the continued existence of the world & humanity when needing child soldiers to sacrifice themselves to save it...
Tunnel Rat
The thing with Ernst is he embodies the ideals of his nation and believes that’s how humanity should be. You could say he’s a fanatic idealist coz he literally means what he says. So if his people ever decide to betray those ideals, he’s definitely backing that claim. It goes back to what he said in the first episode when Theo was suggesting to kill them. If humanity can’t survive except by killing children they think is ‘strange’, humanity would be better off dead.
