/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>7201384
While I agree with the part about him not being a moeblob, I disagree with the rest.
The reason Armin did it was because he knows he'd freak out about Annie being harmed. He's been implied multiple times (not just by delusional Reiner) to have a crush on her, and before Armin even opened his mouth, he came up with his idea remembering how often Bert looked over at her and clearly seemed to like her.
Being scared might be some of it, but he would have had no reason to lash out, seeing as he still had the upper-hand. The distraction about Annie is what made him lose Eren and made the battle go downhill for him.
It proved that his interest in her was more than just Reiner making shit up in his head-- he values her life over the lives of his other friends, who he still managed to view as the enemy when told they were torturing a comrade. He clearly cared about them before, but it was more of the reminder that they're the enemy that made him threaten to 'KILL ALL OF YOU!'

>>7101509
Maybe I need to reread if that's the truth, because I don't remember that.
I know that people pointed out that there were a mysterious few titans when Erwin first lured them in to attack the Armored that looked like Aruro and Petra.