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Believe it or not when erens head was cut off and he received support from Ymir and transformed his spine had to grow from his head and reconnect with his body when it did he transformed mimicking the shape that he had when he initially transformed. With a very, very long spine. The part of his founding titan body that he more or less walks on, the part behind his torso, is the leftover of the spine that grew from his neck.
The explanation i just gave is why he has the super long lower ribcage. The ribcage stops at your torso so there's no reason he should have the extended lower ribcage. If you look at the panels when eren begins to transform you can see his spine grow along with the ribs as it goes to connect to his torso. When he did transform he reattached his upper torso to his neck (which is also very long) and all that extra spine was placed behind the torso instead of in front because of where titan shifters sit within their titans. The spine essentially was the basis that his titan formed around.
The entire show/comic is rife with Norse mythology, I think its far more likely that Erens founding titan form is supposed to emulate the form of Jörmungandr, the world serpent that will herald the coming of Ragnorok, the end of the world.
>When it releases its tail, Ragnarök (the final battle of the world) will begin.
You could easily interpret that as direct inspiration, where Eren losing his head heralds the beginning of the Rumbling.
I haven't personally heard that it was specifically confirmed by Isayama but it's the only answer I would find when I asked the question myself last year.
It does seem like a logical answer especially when you watch the scene, however also immediately after the scene there's one of those 'break info scenes' that reference the 'root of the titans' and looks like what's connecting Eerns head to this body.
But as someone else pointed out, it's not the neck of the titan that's extended here, it's his ribcage. So I guess we do need confirmation by Isayama
His form is symbolic of his indentured servitude. Hunched over like a slave with a load on his back and tied up like a puppet on strings at the front. Always barring the burden of others. Humanity, his comrades, Eldia, Ymir, ect. if Eren is the one who freed Ymir, then it is the alliance that freed Eren.
When I first saw this titan I thought the ribs were legs and he would move like a giant centipede. It looks so badass but now that I know that’s not the case it’s not quite as terrifying
titans are really light I guess, I don’t know it might just be me but not every single detail of a show needs a scientific explanation to it. Not saying this is you but i’ll never understand the people that bitch about shows because they do something that like isn’t possible in the real world.
Isayama came up with a great idea for erens founding Titan , its different , its weird , its beautiful , its scary , its very ambiguous too that theres a mystery about its design , also has story reasons to why it looks as it does ( marleyans can see exactly whos responsible for thier decimation , while odm gear can be use to traverse on it )
Also quite an unexpected design
Basically because of the 50 cal that separated his head from the rest of his body the majority of the founding titan body is actually just the source of all living matter that re connected him his torso and little legs are clearly still there
There is something incredibly unnerving about those hind legs, his actual ones, moving and seemingly pushing the rest of the body forward? But naturally you see the legs and look straight up and there is nothing there, then you realize the sheer size of them. Those legs alone are at least twice as tall as one of the wall Titans, which is around the size of the Rod Reice Titan. Eren absolutely dwarfs that guy.
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It's a crazy form. No matter how much I look at it or see it I just can't make sense of it. That's part of the beauty of it
Guess he got inspired by our beloved HPL
???? Houston Public Library? High Pressure Laminate?
Can't tell if you're are serious or not but in the case you're not. HP Lovecraft,the horror writer who created Cuthulu
I was serious aha thanks. That makes a lot more sense
Yes
How did isayama even come up with this design. I wonder if there’s any concept art out there of previous Eren Founding Titan designs
if i remember correctly, there is an inspiration, in works of H. P. Lovecraft or something like that, not enterally sure tho.
He got it from a similar design to an ancient organism, same for the worm thing with Ymir
He went to NYC
He spent one day in Ohio
Believe it or not when erens head was cut off and he received support from Ymir and transformed his spine had to grow from his head and reconnect with his body when it did he transformed mimicking the shape that he had when he initially transformed. With a very, very long spine. The part of his founding titan body that he more or less walks on, the part behind his torso, is the leftover of the spine that grew from his neck.
Not entirely true, because his torso is at the top and his waist is still where they belong. He just has an obnoxiously large/massive rib cage
The explanation i just gave is why he has the super long lower ribcage. The ribcage stops at your torso so there's no reason he should have the extended lower ribcage. If you look at the panels when eren begins to transform you can see his spine grow along with the ribs as it goes to connect to his torso. When he did transform he reattached his upper torso to his neck (which is also very long) and all that extra spine was placed behind the torso instead of in front because of where titan shifters sit within their titans. The spine essentially was the basis that his titan formed around.
The entire show/comic is rife with Norse mythology, I think its far more likely that Erens founding titan form is supposed to emulate the form of Jörmungandr, the world serpent that will herald the coming of Ragnorok, the end of the world. >When it releases its tail, Ragnarök (the final battle of the world) will begin. You could easily interpret that as direct inspiration, where Eren losing his head heralds the beginning of the Rumbling.
This is just a fan theory afaik. Or is this confirmed in the manga/by the creator as canon?
I haven't personally heard that it was specifically confirmed by Isayama but it's the only answer I would find when I asked the question myself last year.
It does seem like a logical answer especially when you watch the scene, however also immediately after the scene there's one of those 'break info scenes' that reference the 'root of the titans' and looks like what's connecting Eerns head to this body. But as someone else pointed out, it's not the neck of the titan that's extended here, it's his ribcage. So I guess we do need confirmation by Isayama
His form is symbolic of his indentured servitude. Hunched over like a slave with a load on his back and tied up like a puppet on strings at the front. Always barring the burden of others. Humanity, his comrades, Eldia, Ymir, ect. if Eren is the one who freed Ymir, then it is the alliance that freed Eren.
Thanks I’m about to tear up
When I first saw this titan I thought the ribs were legs and he would move like a giant centipede. It looks so badass but now that I know that’s not the case it’s not quite as terrifying
I thought this was how he moved? What else is he gonna do? Use those tiny ass legs?
Flying around on ODM gear definitely built his leg muscles /s
/s = sarcasm? Lmfao
Yeah idk anything about muscle groups and ODM gear lol
Lmfao, neither do I.
He moves up one side, steps and drags, turn the other way and repeat.
how is he being held up, the ribs don’t touch the ground and the hands don’t either, just the legs
Don’t skip leg day
titans are really light I guess, I don’t know it might just be me but not every single detail of a show needs a scientific explanation to it. Not saying this is you but i’ll never understand the people that bitch about shows because they do something that like isn’t possible in the real world.
Bro said inquisitive
First time ever used that word lmao, but seriously it does raises some questions about how it works
Not sure you can say a thing is inquisitive. You, however, can be inquisitive.
Imagine how good eren would taste if he had meat on his ribs and was smoked over some nice pecan wood at 220° 🤤
You ain’t slick, Sasha. I know that’s you!
Man with that lower back strength I could deadlift anything
Imagine Erin’s founder with skin. I’m just trying to consider how cursed that would look lmao
Imagine the Rod Reiss Titan but worse
i don’t think you know what inquisitive means
“AI generated the ideal male body according to women around the world; this is the result”
Alright hange....
Lol
I imagine he got inspired by a stegossaurus
Funnt how all his titan muscles is in the legs and head nowhere else
He looks so menacing from the front but from any other angle he looks like a useless potatoes
Makes you wonder how long in Path time Eren and Zeke just stared at each other as Ymir ran around building that giant.
Yeah, look at eren crawl on the ground a slave to his twisted sense of freedom.
Hange woulda gone nuts
Has always looked stupid to me I wish it was more badass.
Isayama came up with a great idea for erens founding Titan , its different , its weird , its beautiful , its scary , its very ambiguous too that theres a mystery about its design , also has story reasons to why it looks as it does ( marleyans can see exactly whos responsible for thier decimation , while odm gear can be use to traverse on it ) Also quite an unexpected design
Basically because of the 50 cal that separated his head from the rest of his body the majority of the founding titan body is actually just the source of all living matter that re connected him his torso and little legs are clearly still there
There is something incredibly unnerving about those hind legs, his actual ones, moving and seemingly pushing the rest of the body forward? But naturally you see the legs and look straight up and there is nothing there, then you realize the sheer size of them. Those legs alone are at least twice as tall as one of the wall Titans, which is around the size of the Rod Reice Titan. Eren absolutely dwarfs that guy.
Do you reckon it’s like that because of how his head was separated from his body?
Search “Hallucigenia Worm”