Welcome readers, I have something very important (not really) to tell you! I am going to produce and publish my very own Death Note Tribute Game! I know that there are already a few Death Note tribute games on the web but they haven't been made by me! I am hoping to release an Alpha Version of the game In early March 2015, that will be available for download! I will also be throwing in a few Game Development posts in with my regular posts, better yet these posts will not effect my weekly postings of theories, and the posts that you will see on my homepage will be short bursts and easy to skip over if you are not interested in reading them!
I really hope that you will follow and give your moral support for the development of the tribute game, I appreciate you guys very much and because of that I removed the ads from my blog. If you would like to help out the development of the Tribute Game than you can tell me what you think should be in the game, also anyone who mentions an idea that is used in the game will be mentioned in the game's credits. So please tell me your ideas and also play the game when it is released! I am really looking forward to the release of the game, and I hope you have the best New Years possible!
Monday, December 29, 2014
Monday, December 22, 2014
The Human-Titans Part:4 (Attack on Titan)
Welcome back readers, and thank you in advance for reading this post! So in my post The Creation of Titans Part:4 I mentioned that I would later write post on a theory about how Titans were originally humans, but this is not that post and you will have to wait a bit longer. In this post I will express a theory that I have on how Human-Titans became... well Human-Titans, so this will be slightly different from Part 1-3 of this series which explains the powers of the Human-Titans in the Anime; but it is still in the same category. Just like all my other posts this theory is based on the facts given to us in the anime not the manga, so please keep that in mind!
Back to the theory; as I have mentioned earlier the theory is on how Human-Titans gained their ability, which has nothing to do with Dr. Jaeger and drugs those facts and theories are beside the point... well... sort of. We all know that Annie and Eren are both Human-Titans and that Eren was injected by a drug after the Titans' first attack on the wall, some people say that the drug that was injected in Eren made him a Human-Titan, others do not. But if we use the facts given to us the drug did not turn Eren into a Human-Titan, not for a few years anyways. He first turned into a Human-Titan after he was eaten and lost his "humanity", that's the key point, he lost his humanity. He then turned into a Titan and started killing other Titans without concisely knowing, later all he had to do was draw blood to become a Titan, but that still wasn't enough. During his stay at the Scout Regiment's headquarters he took part in experiments on how to turn into and control himself as a Titan, there they analyzed that to become a Titan he must both draw blood and have a clear goal in mind. Which was proven incorrect in episode 24 when he couldn't turn into a Titan to fight Annie, he had to lose part of himself, a part that made him "human". Which could also could also be considered losing part of his humanity, and coming back to the experiments with the Scout Regiment, all he needed was to draw blood and a goal; which he did not lose his humanity during the experiments. All these facts do is spin us in circles until we can't think anymore.
But what if we are thinking about this too linearly, maybe the method to turn into a Titan changed, but if so when? Well when Eren was eaten by a Titan he had: drawn blood, had a goal, and lost his "humanity"; well what if this triggered his ability. Since Eren had a huge desire to kill Titans and he lost his humanity, it may heave triggered his Human-Titan ability and became a Titan with an uncontrollable desire to kill Titans. After Triggering his ability for the first time, the method to become a Titan may have changed, and with this change it became easier for him to turn into a Titan. So now that we have established a possible reason for how he triggered his Human-Titan ability, now we should figure out how he becomes a Titan after his first transformation, which is actually pretty straight forward.
Throughout all of the episodes we know without doubt you have to draw blood to become a Titan, but what other conditions have to be met as well? From the events surrounding Human-Titans throughout the series, I am 100% sure we can rule out anything that happened during the experiments with the Scout Regiment; which leaves us with facts not theories (ironic considering the post). While Eren, Armin, and Mikasa were surrounded by soldiers after returning from there retreat during the Battle of Trost, they were fired upon; Eren then became a Titan to protect Armin and Mikasa. He obviously had a goal in mind and accomplished it, during his encounter with Annie when he was beyond the walls he also had a goal in mind, same goes for his fight with Annie within the walls. But the even with a goal he couldn't turn into a Titan during his fight with Annie, so having a goal isn't enough or is not part of the equation. If we look at these three events again Eren had a strong desire to protect others, but he did not have this same desire to protect others during his fight in the forest since the ones he wanted to protect were already dead, so a desire to protect others is not it either. Weirdly enough faith comes to mind when I think about these three events, not "faith" as in religion but faith as in belief (not religious belief), he believed that he could use his ability to complete his goal. When Mikasa, Armin and himself were about to be executed he believed that he could stop the cannonball in his Titan form, while fighting Annie in the forest he believed that he could beat her and win (he also believed it before Levi squad was destroyed). When Annie was running ramped in the city he came to believe that he had to fight her and win; when Eren was supposed to carry the boulder and seal the hole in the wall, he believed that he was capable of doing it (he wavered but still came through). Funny enough even though I said we can completely disregard the experiments with the Scout Regiment, when Eren was unsure that he could turn into a Titan he didn't, but afterwards when picked up the spoon his arm turned into a Titan's arm (He knew/believed that he could pick up the spoon). So if my theory that you have to believe that you are able to succeed and draw blood to turn into a Titan is true, than every other Human-Titan out there follows the same rules.
All in all we have a theory for how Human-Titans became Human-Titans and we know how Human-Titans change forms. To sum up the theory the Human-Titan must draw blood and lose their humanity to unlock their ability to become a Titan, and after unlocking it they must draw blood and believe in their ability to accomplish their goal in order to turn into a Titan. I find the second part quiet funny since it sounds like a cheap motivational slogan that your superior at work would say to new employees, or a principle would say to the students during an assembly. I hope you enjoyed this week's theory and I hope you will continue to read future posts on my blog, it doesn't feel right saying this but if you could recommend my blog to your friends it would really help (helps more than you know). Also if you would like to leave a comment about anything down below feel free, you don't even need an account, also I check my blog for comments almost everyday so if you would like to ask me anything I will be able to respond quiet quickly. I hope you enjoyed this week's post and remember this is only AVirginTheory!
Back to the theory; as I have mentioned earlier the theory is on how Human-Titans gained their ability, which has nothing to do with Dr. Jaeger and drugs those facts and theories are beside the point... well... sort of. We all know that Annie and Eren are both Human-Titans and that Eren was injected by a drug after the Titans' first attack on the wall, some people say that the drug that was injected in Eren made him a Human-Titan, others do not. But if we use the facts given to us the drug did not turn Eren into a Human-Titan, not for a few years anyways. He first turned into a Human-Titan after he was eaten and lost his "humanity", that's the key point, he lost his humanity. He then turned into a Titan and started killing other Titans without concisely knowing, later all he had to do was draw blood to become a Titan, but that still wasn't enough. During his stay at the Scout Regiment's headquarters he took part in experiments on how to turn into and control himself as a Titan, there they analyzed that to become a Titan he must both draw blood and have a clear goal in mind. Which was proven incorrect in episode 24 when he couldn't turn into a Titan to fight Annie, he had to lose part of himself, a part that made him "human". Which could also could also be considered losing part of his humanity, and coming back to the experiments with the Scout Regiment, all he needed was to draw blood and a goal; which he did not lose his humanity during the experiments. All these facts do is spin us in circles until we can't think anymore.
But what if we are thinking about this too linearly, maybe the method to turn into a Titan changed, but if so when? Well when Eren was eaten by a Titan he had: drawn blood, had a goal, and lost his "humanity"; well what if this triggered his ability. Since Eren had a huge desire to kill Titans and he lost his humanity, it may heave triggered his Human-Titan ability and became a Titan with an uncontrollable desire to kill Titans. After Triggering his ability for the first time, the method to become a Titan may have changed, and with this change it became easier for him to turn into a Titan. So now that we have established a possible reason for how he triggered his Human-Titan ability, now we should figure out how he becomes a Titan after his first transformation, which is actually pretty straight forward.
Throughout all of the episodes we know without doubt you have to draw blood to become a Titan, but what other conditions have to be met as well? From the events surrounding Human-Titans throughout the series, I am 100% sure we can rule out anything that happened during the experiments with the Scout Regiment; which leaves us with facts not theories (ironic considering the post). While Eren, Armin, and Mikasa were surrounded by soldiers after returning from there retreat during the Battle of Trost, they were fired upon; Eren then became a Titan to protect Armin and Mikasa. He obviously had a goal in mind and accomplished it, during his encounter with Annie when he was beyond the walls he also had a goal in mind, same goes for his fight with Annie within the walls. But the even with a goal he couldn't turn into a Titan during his fight with Annie, so having a goal isn't enough or is not part of the equation. If we look at these three events again Eren had a strong desire to protect others, but he did not have this same desire to protect others during his fight in the forest since the ones he wanted to protect were already dead, so a desire to protect others is not it either. Weirdly enough faith comes to mind when I think about these three events, not "faith" as in religion but faith as in belief (not religious belief), he believed that he could use his ability to complete his goal. When Mikasa, Armin and himself were about to be executed he believed that he could stop the cannonball in his Titan form, while fighting Annie in the forest he believed that he could beat her and win (he also believed it before Levi squad was destroyed). When Annie was running ramped in the city he came to believe that he had to fight her and win; when Eren was supposed to carry the boulder and seal the hole in the wall, he believed that he was capable of doing it (he wavered but still came through). Funny enough even though I said we can completely disregard the experiments with the Scout Regiment, when Eren was unsure that he could turn into a Titan he didn't, but afterwards when picked up the spoon his arm turned into a Titan's arm (He knew/believed that he could pick up the spoon). So if my theory that you have to believe that you are able to succeed and draw blood to turn into a Titan is true, than every other Human-Titan out there follows the same rules.
All in all we have a theory for how Human-Titans became Human-Titans and we know how Human-Titans change forms. To sum up the theory the Human-Titan must draw blood and lose their humanity to unlock their ability to become a Titan, and after unlocking it they must draw blood and believe in their ability to accomplish their goal in order to turn into a Titan. I find the second part quiet funny since it sounds like a cheap motivational slogan that your superior at work would say to new employees, or a principle would say to the students during an assembly. I hope you enjoyed this week's theory and I hope you will continue to read future posts on my blog, it doesn't feel right saying this but if you could recommend my blog to your friends it would really help (helps more than you know). Also if you would like to leave a comment about anything down below feel free, you don't even need an account, also I check my blog for comments almost everyday so if you would like to ask me anything I will be able to respond quiet quickly. I hope you enjoyed this week's post and remember this is only AVirginTheory!
Monday, December 15, 2014
Titan Intelligence Part:1 (Attack on Titan)
Welcome Readers to another AOT post, this is actually a topic I have had in the back of my mind for the longest time, and is way overdue for posting. You can probably guess what it is, Titan Intelligence! What do we really know about the Intelligence of Titans? A lot more than you will probably think, and they are actually a lot smarter than you would think as well, or at least their instincts are a lot more powerful than you would think. So my theory is that a Titan's intelligence is a bit smarter than your run-of-the-mill zombie, and have much more powerful instincts.
We all know that Titans can "sense" humans and will try to eat them at all costs, that is the first sign of intelligence; they eat humans. They do not need to eat humans but they do anyways, on top of that they expressed a variety of ways to kill humans; not just a few. In episode 1 the Titan who killed Eren's mother, first snapped her spine before consuming her; which shows a basic understanding of killing. A larger understanding that you would have just from instinct, also throughout the series people were torn apart by Titans farther proving that they are aware of different methods to kill humans, not to mention that they are able to restrain themselves from crushing their victims before eating them. During the second attack on the walls when the trainees were trying to retake the command center, they lowered themselves down an elevator and into a group of Titans, but the Titans neither reacted right away nor try to attack the group when they became aware. They held back and moved forward cautiously instead of charging at the group, an action that over powers instinct without a doubt. With these facts it is clear that Titans are capable of intelligent thought and are able to overpower their instinct, the first sign of intelligence.
The Titans also have social awareness, a very weak awareness but they are still aware. Titans seem to be able to tell the difference between each other, and are aware that they are friends not enemies, which is why they never challenge each other. Many species will come into conflict with each other and will often fight each other over food, but Titans don't they don't fight one another over humans nor for proving superiority, something that takes a social awareness to overcome. Also when Eren was in Titan form the Titans knew that he was not one of them and attacked him, they knew that Eren was not one of them even though he looked the same. The Titans attacked him with all their might, there was no sign of confusion nor fight amounts each other during the situation, the Titans... understood that he was a powerful enemy. Instead of going after the helpless prey, they went after who they thought was a threat, they were able to understand the situation. These are some very interesting facts that prove that Titans have a basic intelligence of social awareness and social understanding, something that can change the entire ball game when it comes to how we think of Titans.
With the evidence that I listed we are able to determine that Titans are capable of basic intelligence, and are able to overpower their instincts when they want; not something that can be ignored. I hope you enjoyed the theory and if you would like to express your own theory or add onto mine feel free, you can even mention something that is unrelated to the theory if you would like. But remember this is only A Virgin Theory!
We all know that Titans can "sense" humans and will try to eat them at all costs, that is the first sign of intelligence; they eat humans. They do not need to eat humans but they do anyways, on top of that they expressed a variety of ways to kill humans; not just a few. In episode 1 the Titan who killed Eren's mother, first snapped her spine before consuming her; which shows a basic understanding of killing. A larger understanding that you would have just from instinct, also throughout the series people were torn apart by Titans farther proving that they are aware of different methods to kill humans, not to mention that they are able to restrain themselves from crushing their victims before eating them. During the second attack on the walls when the trainees were trying to retake the command center, they lowered themselves down an elevator and into a group of Titans, but the Titans neither reacted right away nor try to attack the group when they became aware. They held back and moved forward cautiously instead of charging at the group, an action that over powers instinct without a doubt. With these facts it is clear that Titans are capable of intelligent thought and are able to overpower their instinct, the first sign of intelligence.
The Titans also have social awareness, a very weak awareness but they are still aware. Titans seem to be able to tell the difference between each other, and are aware that they are friends not enemies, which is why they never challenge each other. Many species will come into conflict with each other and will often fight each other over food, but Titans don't they don't fight one another over humans nor for proving superiority, something that takes a social awareness to overcome. Also when Eren was in Titan form the Titans knew that he was not one of them and attacked him, they knew that Eren was not one of them even though he looked the same. The Titans attacked him with all their might, there was no sign of confusion nor fight amounts each other during the situation, the Titans... understood that he was a powerful enemy. Instead of going after the helpless prey, they went after who they thought was a threat, they were able to understand the situation. These are some very interesting facts that prove that Titans have a basic intelligence of social awareness and social understanding, something that can change the entire ball game when it comes to how we think of Titans.
With the evidence that I listed we are able to determine that Titans are capable of basic intelligence, and are able to overpower their instincts when they want; not something that can be ignored. I hope you enjoyed the theory and if you would like to express your own theory or add onto mine feel free, you can even mention something that is unrelated to the theory if you would like. But remember this is only A Virgin Theory!
Monday, December 8, 2014
The Problem with Anime in North America (Virgin Thought)
Greeting Readers, do I have a surprise for you! Did you know that the worst country to watch Anime in is anywhere besides Japan? And I do not mean that it sucks in terms of quality or language, because that's not why it sucks, its because of popularity of Anime series. Many of you have probably scratched your heads wondering why one of your favorite anime never produced a second volume, its because of the rating system for anime. In Japan they decide which anime will continue to be produced and which anime will be cancelled, they what happens to an anime based on the public's rating of the show. This is normal and makes total sense, but here's the catch, the only ratings that they care about are the rating in Japan.
If 100,000 people watch the anime in Japan and 5 million in North America, then they will cancel the Anime because the show doesn't have enough watchers in Japan. If 3 million people watch the anime in Japan and only 100,00 people watch it in North America, the anime continues to be produced. Seems pretty logical right? Not for the people in North America, they get to sit on their hands wishing that they could influence the companies decisions on whether or not to cancel an anime. This is the problem with watching Anime in North America, they have no influence over what shows become popular because they don't live in Japan. The system does make sense thou, why would you continue to make a show that is not popular in your country so the people in other countries can enjoy it. Your profits would take a huge hit, due to translations, distribution, international advertising; it would cost a lot of money. Which is why it sucks watching anime if you are from North America, your support has literally no affect on the ratings of the anime, and you just have to hope that its also popular in Japan.
I know this is a short post, but I don't have a lot of time on my hands and I wanted to do something different than a post on Attack on Titan. Also this is not a Theory, it is a Virgin Thought, which I hope you enjoyed. Anyways I hope you will read next week's post, until than!
If 100,000 people watch the anime in Japan and 5 million in North America, then they will cancel the Anime because the show doesn't have enough watchers in Japan. If 3 million people watch the anime in Japan and only 100,00 people watch it in North America, the anime continues to be produced. Seems pretty logical right? Not for the people in North America, they get to sit on their hands wishing that they could influence the companies decisions on whether or not to cancel an anime. This is the problem with watching Anime in North America, they have no influence over what shows become popular because they don't live in Japan. The system does make sense thou, why would you continue to make a show that is not popular in your country so the people in other countries can enjoy it. Your profits would take a huge hit, due to translations, distribution, international advertising; it would cost a lot of money. Which is why it sucks watching anime if you are from North America, your support has literally no affect on the ratings of the anime, and you just have to hope that its also popular in Japan.
I know this is a short post, but I don't have a lot of time on my hands and I wanted to do something different than a post on Attack on Titan. Also this is not a Theory, it is a Virgin Thought, which I hope you enjoyed. Anyways I hope you will read next week's post, until than!
Monday, December 1, 2014
The Creation of Titans Part:4 (Attack on Titan)
Well readers its time for the final part of this series, the conclusion. If you have not read any of the parts in this series of posts, I recommend that you do, you can find links to the posts under the List of Posts tab on my blog. But back on point, I have expressed three likely ways for the creation of Human-Titans: Evolution, Creationism (science and religion), and Natural Ability. I have explained these theories and know it is final time to decide what theory is the most likely cause for the creation of Human-Titans.
Evolution, the part 1 of the series. Although in modern day science it is considered the reason of human creation, it is not very likely to be true in the anime. Of course anime has a different set of logic than real life, but there is practically no evidence of Titans actually evolving in the anime. Despite mankind being trapped behind a set of walls, Armin had a book about the outside world describing the different climates and environments around the world, with no mention of a giant human like species, so we can only assume that they were not around long enough for natural evulsion. But of course this does not mean that Evolution may not be the cause of Titan existence, since Titans could have been introduced to mankind through what ever method possible.
Creationism, the opposite of Evolution, which was explained in part 2. When I say Creationism I do not only mean creation by God(s), but also by science. even though there is a lack of evidence on this theory, it is still very likely for Titans to have been created by creationism. It has been expressed that Titans came into existence out of nowhere and attempted to destroy humanity, it almost seems like creationism is the answer. But due to the complete lack of evidence that there is a higher power in the anime, Titans could of been created by humans. And if Titans were created by humans, the culprits lacked all ability to execute plans, since there is literally no logic behind why or how they could of executed a plan to destroy humanity. Funny, if Titans were created by mad scientists, I wonder what their goal was because I am pretty sure things didn't go to plan.
Natural Ability, the theory that Humans and Titans are the same. The theory came to me out of the blue and was expressed in part 3, and somehow it seems to keep up with Evolution and Creationism. If some humans contained the ability to become Titans, than Titans were probably originally humans. Which lost control of themselves when turning into Titans, as we have seen Eren lose control of himself twice while being a Titan. But again there is a complete lack of solid proof, since this theory is mainly based on connecting questions instead of hard evidence (example: Why is it illegal to be interested in the world outside of the walls? Why is the military setup in a fashion to discourage people to join the Survey Corps?). Anyways the theory is far from being completed.
Overall between these three theories I believe that Evolution is considered the least likely theory on the Creation of Titans, due a complete lack of evidence and lack of possible connections that could be slightly related. Funny enough Creationism takes First Place for being the most likely theory, since there is a number of observations that could be made to support this theory, and the likely possibility that the answer could be closely related to Creationism (science or God(s)). The reason why I placed Natural Ability second is because there is a lack of evidence, there are unlimited possibilities for branching theories, and because the theory is mainly based on connecting the dots. It is true that if you connect the dots correctly than you will find the answer, but in this case the theory is under-developed and can easily be disproved. None the less I will end up digging Deeper into this theory, but until than it seems that Creationism is the most likely answer for our question; How were Titans Created? I hope you enjoyed the series, and I will be making a special page for this series that you will be able to find on the list of tabs at the top of the page, even though the page will not be ready by the time you read this post, it will be ready shortly after. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed reading this series, and remember they are only VirginTheories!
Evolution, the part 1 of the series. Although in modern day science it is considered the reason of human creation, it is not very likely to be true in the anime. Of course anime has a different set of logic than real life, but there is practically no evidence of Titans actually evolving in the anime. Despite mankind being trapped behind a set of walls, Armin had a book about the outside world describing the different climates and environments around the world, with no mention of a giant human like species, so we can only assume that they were not around long enough for natural evulsion. But of course this does not mean that Evolution may not be the cause of Titan existence, since Titans could have been introduced to mankind through what ever method possible.
Creationism, the opposite of Evolution, which was explained in part 2. When I say Creationism I do not only mean creation by God(s), but also by science. even though there is a lack of evidence on this theory, it is still very likely for Titans to have been created by creationism. It has been expressed that Titans came into existence out of nowhere and attempted to destroy humanity, it almost seems like creationism is the answer. But due to the complete lack of evidence that there is a higher power in the anime, Titans could of been created by humans. And if Titans were created by humans, the culprits lacked all ability to execute plans, since there is literally no logic behind why or how they could of executed a plan to destroy humanity. Funny, if Titans were created by mad scientists, I wonder what their goal was because I am pretty sure things didn't go to plan.
Natural Ability, the theory that Humans and Titans are the same. The theory came to me out of the blue and was expressed in part 3, and somehow it seems to keep up with Evolution and Creationism. If some humans contained the ability to become Titans, than Titans were probably originally humans. Which lost control of themselves when turning into Titans, as we have seen Eren lose control of himself twice while being a Titan. But again there is a complete lack of solid proof, since this theory is mainly based on connecting questions instead of hard evidence (example: Why is it illegal to be interested in the world outside of the walls? Why is the military setup in a fashion to discourage people to join the Survey Corps?). Anyways the theory is far from being completed.
Overall between these three theories I believe that Evolution is considered the least likely theory on the Creation of Titans, due a complete lack of evidence and lack of possible connections that could be slightly related. Funny enough Creationism takes First Place for being the most likely theory, since there is a number of observations that could be made to support this theory, and the likely possibility that the answer could be closely related to Creationism (science or God(s)). The reason why I placed Natural Ability second is because there is a lack of evidence, there are unlimited possibilities for branching theories, and because the theory is mainly based on connecting the dots. It is true that if you connect the dots correctly than you will find the answer, but in this case the theory is under-developed and can easily be disproved. None the less I will end up digging Deeper into this theory, but until than it seems that Creationism is the most likely answer for our question; How were Titans Created? I hope you enjoyed the series, and I will be making a special page for this series that you will be able to find on the list of tabs at the top of the page, even though the page will not be ready by the time you read this post, it will be ready shortly after. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed reading this series, and remember they are only VirginTheories!
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