AOT/OVA 3 - Distress

watching them back when they were small and full of hope hurts me every time; you can never un-know how it ends for them

Out of curiosity, would you post any reactions or commentary when you eventually rewatch attack on titan?

s4 tells us that Marley was in an 'arms race' with the rest of the world, because they controlled most of the 9 titans they were a global superpower but the world was beginning to advance militarily beyond the power of the titans. The point of the reiners mission was to see if the royal family would react to them busting in and to steal the founder so that they couldnt do the rumbling. Marley wanted to strip Paradis of its rumbling capabilities because they planned to come in by force and steal their iceburst resource which would be incredibly valuable in giving Marley an advantage in technological advancement to retain their power on the global stage. (if not a direct reference similar to america waging war on the middle east for oil while competing with Russia in the cold war) So for zeke it was now or never to make contact.