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Originally Posted by Klashikari
Why is there a need of gain, character wise? The author ought to keep their characters consistent with the way they wrote them and how the story progressed thus far.
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The author also needs to have a clear path of progression. If you see a character that is pretty much in a constant state of regression, one can only wonder if the author intends said character's fate to end in tragedy or some sort of path towards the "dark side". Eren has clearly regressed here. It's all well and good explaining why Eren is the way he is right now but that's not the point I'm making: The point is, he clearly can't stay this way. If the screaming and crying wasn't enough, the episode even made a point of having more admirable characters like Historia show how clouded his judgement still is even after he calmed down. So yes, there
has to be a gain because otherwise we're left with a protagonist with an unsustainable mentality, even if it's the most well developed and consistent unsustainable mentality. That would be fine if we were talking about a side character but we're not: Eren is supposed to be the main character.
And on a personal level, it's difficult to root for someone that is purely reactive to events, and even more so when their reaction is negative.