#not *strictly* but that's the backstory/charactarization im using

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I think the reason I'm angry with Mr Leonhart the most compared to other Warrior Parents, even though they're all shit (jury's still out on Pieck's) is that the rest of them believed Marley's propaganda

They believed their kids were giving away their lives to a good cause. That kind of abuse is gross, but it's nothing out of the "ordinary", parents place harsh expectations on their kids all the time. Plus, I don't think they would've abandoned them if they didn't make it as warriors

Mr Leonhart, however, never fell for Marley's shit and still was the worst to Annie out of pure selfish reasoning. The best irl example I can give is someone adopting a puppy and then training them for underground dog fighting to better their financial situation. I'm not even hesitant of using an animal in the example

Annie only miraculously became his daughter after she'd got him what he'd wanted. Before that, she wasn't worth anything to him

Another part that pisses me off is his regret never seemed to me like he was sorry for Annie, but for himself, for the type of person he'd found himself to be, because no one likes to believe that they're actually bad/evil

All his act of waiting for Annie for 10 years and not(?) really taking advantage of the perks awarded to him as a warrior parent feel to me a lot like self-flagellation, like he's only concerned about feeling better about his past and not really about the life he'd ruined and the child he'd abused day in and day out

It was always about him, and it's still just him

#attack on titan #shingeki no kyojin #Annie Leonhart #Annie Leonhardt #Mr Leonhart #Annie's father #really hesistant about taging this as meta bc it's just me rambling #Annie #fuck i hate that guy #(here's to MAPPA/Isayama giving us a time-ship scene/frame where we know Annie no longer associates with him) #Black Water #not *strictly* but that's the backstory/charactarization im using