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The plan was apparently "murder 80% of the world, so the Alliance looks like the good guys", but in the next breath we are told that they're just going to take their revenge--"This fight won't end until either the Eldians or the rest of the world are wiped out." The idea that the Alliance looks like the good guys is ridiculous: no one could believe that their victory over the unstoppable Eren was legitimate (which it wasn't, he lets them win), Paradis is still largely Yeagerist, and the battle itself wasn't observable by non-Eldians. On the other hand, killing 80% of the world just to ... delay war with the other 20%, is also a terrible justification for genocide. Why stop at 80%? Going by early 1900s estimates, Eren will have killed over 1 billion people, leaving 200-500 million against Paradis's meager 1 million. That's like Fiji vs the United States; Paradis does not stand a chance.

The politics involved were too complex for Eren to figure out on his own, it seems. So why didn't he get advice from his genius best friend about it? Why did he talk to Floch & Historia? If he's worried that his friends will oppose him, maybe it's because they have a point and he should take their advice. If he can't stop himself anyways, there's not really any reason not to tell them either.
This guy, having never expressed an iota of romantic affection for Mikasa, tells us he loves her only after he's dead.
Knowing how the Rumbling would turn out, what was the point of all the collateral damage in the Liberio operation? The Liberians are some of the few people to survive the Rumbling, and likely to hold enmity for it. Taking the Warhammer Titan power seems largely wasted.

There's no point to the time shenanigans.
Eren seeing the future ultimately didn't change his plans. He still would have pushed forward to start the Rumbling, except his failure to complete it would make more sense.
Did Eren even try to change the future? He could see the future, but does he know that it can't be changed?
Did he need to influence the past? Knowing that Dina ate his mom and Grisha killed the Reiss family, what is the purpose in going back and making them do it?

To be clear, my issue isn't that the future and past cannot be changed. It's that Eren had no motivation to do what he saw. He just did them because he saw them. Like a monkey would.
Similarly, we abandon Historia for everything post-Uprising. That arc revolved around putting her in power, and once she's queen she does nothing except get pregnant. The story cuts to her every now and then to remind us she's pregnant, but nothing ever comes of it.
It is difficult to tell what, if any, effect Hange's sacrifice had, which isn't a satisfying way to send off a character.
The behavior of the Past Titans and Zeke is bizarre.
Zeke, who was opposed to the Rumbling to begin with, could have ended the Rumbling at any time by just exiting Paths and running away or killing himself. He just didn't until Armin told him to.
All of Zeke's friends, who were opposed to the Rumbling to begin with, could have helped the Alliance at any point, but didn't until Armin told them to.

Only Zeke's friends decided to help. None of the other Past Titans wanted to stop the Rumbling.
The Progenitor Hallucigenia started this whole thing and we know nothing about it. No one even gives it an in-universe name. We have to refer to it with nicknames.
Is it natural? Magical? Is it the devil? Is there another one? Could it create another Founding Titan? Did it choose Ymir or was it an accident? This thing kicked off the entire mythos of the series and we know nothing about it and no one seems to care.
Its behavior in the final battle is bizarre.

When Eren's head is blown off, Reiner is somehow able to hold off the spine, which decided to stop growing once it reached about 50ft.
When his head is blown off, it turns out the spine actually was the progenitor hallucigenia, and now it is somehow alive, disconnected, and independent for the first time in 2000 years. Its objective is apparently to reconnect with Eren's head. However, instead of running toward Eren in the aftermath of the explosion when everyone else is winded, it runs away to gather an army of titans to clear a path.

Why was it so important to get to Eren's head when shifters can move their consciousness?
It takes its horde of titans and bullrushes Reiner, Annie, and Pieck so it can get back to Eren. Despite the overwhelming force (the titans could just pick everyone up and run forward), they are still able to hold off the spine.
Hallu-chan goes away. It just disappears without a trace and no one comments on it. It survived without a host before Ymir, why not now?
Ymir's actions are incomprehensible
How much of the Rumbling was her and how much was Eren? During the final battle, did she build the Alliance's titans just so they could attack her? Did she have any agency at all besides choosing Eren over Zeke? The whole Ymir-Zeke-Eren love triangle doesn't seem to follow any particular rules.

What was her motivation? Love? Love for perpetual abuser, projected onto Mikasa’s obsession? Why is she gone? Because Mikasa kissed Eren? Ymir has had sex (most likely not consensual), but kissing is what placates her? Or was it her killing Eren?

It seems that it functions like some kind of a fairy tale, where some single simple action just stops the curse without any real intermediary steps. If Mikasa killing Eren solved it, does that mean Ymir needed Mikasa to show her how to move on past her love? Was there no one else in 2000 years who could do that? So what did Eren accomplish when he convinced her to oppose the royal bloodline (i.e. Zeke) in 122? And how does this end the Titans? Was she only making titans for the last 2000 years specifically to be slaves to the royal bloodline?

Why did Ymir make titans according to human rules? Why did she make titans for the Marleyans, who opposed the royal bloodline? Why was it difficult for a shifter to shift multiple times consecutively? What determined the rules that governed the titans at all?

In the end she just goes away, like the worm, without a trace.
The main objective of the Alliance vs Founder battle is nonsensical.

For some reason, the spine is exposed on this Titan. It appears that his head and body spawned separate titan sections. If the head was truly a weak point, it is unclear why it never fully reattached to the body.
Eren's head is detached twice, and the Alliance still views Eren's head as the main objective, assuming it needs to be severed a third time to win.
AND SOMEHOW THEY'RE RIGHT?!
Eren decides to take Colossal Titan form for some reason.

It is unclear why he hid his head in his mouth. It is further unclear how Mikasa knew the head was in the mouth.

Things just sorta stop and go away.
Pure titans reverted back to normal. So that rather undercuts the pathos from 138, as well as 119.
Titans are gone entirely. Now Paradis is basically defenseless. Thanks, Ymir.

Apparently the Founding Titan can alter an Ackerman's memories, they just never did until Eren.
In the end, nothing is accomplished. The war continues. Eren's genocide was pointless. In fact, it might have just made the remaining peoples hate Paradis more. Again, why would you half-ass a genocide?

I tried to keep this criticism as objective as possible (inasmuch as criticism can be objective). I'm not angry that there wasn't a downer ending, or that Eren died; I'm upset that it was poorly written. I wanted to say good things about Attack on Titan's ending, but like many endings to stories that started great, it crumbled under its own weight. It happened to Mass Effect, Game of Thrones, Promised Neverland, and now Attack on Titan.

The plan was apparently "murder 80% of the world, so the Alliance looks like the good guys", but in the next breath we are told that they're just going to take their revenge--"This fight won't end until either the Eldians or the rest of the world are wiped out." The idea that the Alliance looks like the good guys is ridiculous: no one could believe that their victory over the unstoppable Eren was legitimate (which it wasn't, he lets them win), Paradis is still largely Yeagerist, and the battle itself wasn't observable by non-Eldians. On the other hand, killing 80% of the world just to ... delay war with the other 20%, is also a terrible justification for genocide. Why stop at 80%? Going by early 1900s estimates, Eren will have killed over 1 billion people, leaving 200-500 million against Paradis's meager 1 million. That's like Fiji vs the United States; Paradis does not stand a chance.

The politics involved were too complex for Eren to figure out on his own, it seems. So why didn't he get advice from his genius best friend about it? Why did he talk to Floch & Historia? If he's worried that his friends will oppose him, maybe it's because they have a point and he should take their advice. If he can't stop himself anyways, there's not really any reason not to tell them either.
This guy, having never expressed an iota of romantic affection for Mikasa, tells us he loves her only after he's dead.
Knowing how the Rumbling would turn out, what was the point of all the collateral damage in the Liberio operation? The Liberians are some of the few people to survive the Rumbling, and likely to hold enmity for it. Taking the Warhammer Titan power seems largely wasted.

There's no point to the time shenanigans.
Eren seeing the future ultimately didn't change his plans. He still would have pushed forward to start the Rumbling, except his failure to complete it would make more sense.
Did Eren even try to change the future? He could see the future, but does he know that it can't be changed?
Did he need to influence the past? Knowing that Dina ate his mom and Grisha killed the Reiss family, what is the purpose in going back and making them do it?

To be clear, my issue isn't that the future and past cannot be changed. It's that Eren had no motivation to do what he saw. He just did them because he saw them. Like a monkey would.
Similarly, we abandon Historia for everything post-Uprising. That arc revolved around putting her in power, and once she's queen she does nothing except get pregnant. The story cuts to her every now and then to remind us she's pregnant, but nothing ever comes of it.
It is difficult to tell what, if any, effect Hange's sacrifice had, which isn't a satisfying way to send off a character.
The behavior of the Past Titans and Zeke is bizarre.
Zeke, who was opposed to the Rumbling to begin with, could have ended the Rumbling at any time by just exiting Paths and running away or killing himself. He just didn't until Armin told him to.
All of Zeke's friends, who were opposed to the Rumbling to begin with, could have helped the Alliance at any point, but didn't until Armin told them to.

Only Zeke's friends decided to help. None of the other Past Titans wanted to stop the Rumbling.
The Progenitor Hallucigenia started this whole thing and we know nothing about it. No one even gives it an in-universe name. We have to refer to it with nicknames.
Is it natural? Magical? Is it the devil? Is there another one? Could it create another Founding Titan? Did it choose Ymir or was it an accident? This thing kicked off the entire mythos of the series and we know nothing about it and no one seems to care.
Its behavior in the final battle is bizarre.

When Eren's head is blown off, Reiner is somehow able to hold off the spine, which decided to stop growing once it reached about 50ft.
When his head is blown off, it turns out the spine actually was the progenitor hallucigenia, and now it is somehow alive, disconnected, and independent for the first time in 2000 years. Its objective is apparently to reconnect with Eren's head. However, instead of running toward Eren in the aftermath of the explosion when everyone else is winded, it runs away to gather an army of titans to clear a path.

Why was it so important to get to Eren's head when shifters can move their consciousness?
It takes its horde of titans and bullrushes Reiner, Annie, and Pieck so it can get back to Eren. Despite the overwhelming force (the titans could just pick everyone up and run forward), they are still able to hold off the spine.
Hallu-chan goes away. It just disappears without a trace and no one comments on it. It survived without a host before Ymir, why not now?
Ymir's actions are incomprehensible
How much of the Rumbling was her and how much was Eren? During the final battle, did she build the Alliance's titans just so they could attack her? Did she have any agency at all besides choosing Eren over Zeke? The whole Ymir-Zeke-Eren love triangle doesn't seem to follow any particular rules.

What was her motivation? Love? Love for perpetual abuser, projected onto Mikasa’s obsession? Why is she gone? Because Mikasa kissed Eren? Ymir has had sex (most likely not consensual), but kissing is what placates her? Or was it her killing Eren?

It seems that it functions like some kind of a fairy tale, where some single simple action just stops the curse without any real intermediary steps. If Mikasa killing Eren solved it, does that mean Ymir needed Mikasa to show her how to move on past her love? Was there no one else in 2000 years who could do that? So what did Eren accomplish when he convinced her to oppose the royal bloodline (i.e. Zeke) in 122? And how does this end the Titans? Was she only making titans for the last 2000 years specifically to be slaves to the royal bloodline?

Why did Ymir make titans according to human rules? Why did she make titans for the Marleyans, who opposed the royal bloodline? Why was it difficult for a shifter to shift multiple times consecutively? What determined the rules that governed the titans at all?

In the end she just goes away, like the worm, without a trace.
The main objective of the Alliance vs Founder battle is nonsensical.

For some reason, the spine is exposed on this Titan. It appears that his head and body spawned separate titan sections. If the head was truly a weak point, it is unclear why it never fully reattached to the body.
Eren's head is detached twice, and the Alliance still views Eren's head as the main objective, assuming it needs to be severed a third time to win.
AND SOMEHOW THEY'RE RIGHT?!
Eren decides to take Colossal Titan form for some reason.

It is unclear why he hid his head in his mouth. It is further unclear how Mikasa knew the head was in the mouth.

Things just sorta stop and go away.
Pure titans reverted back to normal. So that rather undercuts the pathos from 138, as well as 119.
Titans are gone entirely. Now Paradis is basically defenseless. Thanks, Ymir.

Apparently the Founding Titan can alter an Ackerman's memories, they just never did until Eren.
In the end, nothing is accomplished. The war continues. Eren's genocide was pointless. In fact, it might have just made the remaining peoples hate Paradis more. Again, why would you half-ass a genocide?

I tried to keep this criticism as objective as possible (inasmuch as criticism can be objective). I'm not angry that there wasn't a downer ending, or that Eren died; I'm upset that it was poorly written. I wanted to say good things about Attack on Titan's ending, but like many endings to stories that started great, it crumbled under its own weight. It happened to Mass Effect, Game of Thrones, Promised Neverland, and now Attack on Titan. Did I miss anything?

The plan was apparently "murder 80% of the world, so the Alliance looks like the good guys", but in the next breath we are told that they're just going to take their revenge--"This fight won't end until either the Eldians or the rest of the world are wiped out." The idea that the Alliance looks like the good guys is ridiculous: no one could believe that their victory over the unstoppable Eren was legitimate (which it wasn't, he lets them win), Paradis is still largely Yeagerist, and the battle itself wasn't observable by non-Eldians. On the other hand, killing 80% of the world just to ... delay war with the other 20%, is also a terrible justification for genocide. Why stop at 80%? Going by early 1900s estimates, Eren will have killed over 1 billion people, leaving 200-500 million against Paradis's meager 1 million. That's like Fiji vs the United States; Paradis does not stand a chance.

The politics involved were too complex for Eren to figure out on his own, it seems. So why didn't he get advice from his genius best friend about it? Why did he talk to Floch & Historia? If he's worried that his friends will oppose him, maybe it's because they have a point and he should take their advice. If he can't stop himself anyways, there's not really any reason not to tell them either.
This guy, having never expressed an iota of romantic affection for Mikasa, tells us he loves her only after he's dead.
Knowing how the Rumbling would turn out, what was the point of all the collateral damage in the Liberio operation? The Liberians are some of the few people to survive the Rumbling, and likely to hold enmity for it. Taking the Warhammer Titan power seems largely wasted.

There's no point to the time shenanigans.
Eren seeing the future ultimately didn't change his plans. He still would have pushed forward to start the Rumbling, except his failure to complete it would make more sense.
Did Eren even try to change the future? He could see the future, but does he know that it can't be changed?
Did he need to influence the past? Knowing that Dina ate his mom and Grisha killed the Reiss family, what is the purpose in going back and making them do it?

To be clear, my issue isn't that the future and past cannot be changed. It's that Eren had no motivation to do what he saw. He just did them because he saw them. Like a monkey would.
Similarly, we abandon Historia for everything post-Uprising. That arc revolved around putting her in power, and once she's queen she does nothing except get pregnant. The story cuts to her every now and then to remind us she's pregnant, but nothing ever comes of it.
It is difficult to tell what, if any, effect Hange's sacrifice had, which isn't a satisfying way to send off a character.
The behavior of the Past Titans and Zeke is bizarre.
Zeke, who was opposed to the Rumbling to begin with, could have ended the Rumbling at any time by just exiting Paths and running away or killing himself. He just didn't until Armin told him to.
All of Zeke's friends, who were opposed to the Rumbling to begin with, could have helped the Alliance at any point, but didn't until Armin told them to.

Only Zeke's friends decided to help. None of the other Past Titans wanted to stop the Rumbling.
The Progenitor Hallucigenia started this whole thing and we know nothing about it. No one even gives it an in-universe name. We have to refer to it with nicknames.
Is it natural? Magical? Is it the devil? Is there another one? Could it create another Founding Titan? Did it choose Ymir or was it an accident? This thing kicked off the entire mythos of the series and we know nothing about it and no one seems to care.
Its behavior in the final battle is bizarre.

When Eren's head is blown off, Reiner is somehow able to hold off the spine, which decided to stop growing once it reached about 50ft.
When his head is blown off, it turns out the spine actually was the progenitor hallucigenia, and now it is somehow alive, disconnected, and independent for the first time in 2000 years. Its objective is apparently to reconnect with Eren's head. However, instead of running toward Eren in the aftermath of the explosion when everyone else is winded, it runs away to gather an army of titans to clear a path.

Why was it so important to get to Eren's head when shifters can move their consciousness?
It takes its horde of titans and bullrushes Reiner, Annie, and Pieck so it can get back to Eren. Despite the overwhelming force (the titans could just pick everyone up and run forward), they are still able to hold off the spine.
Hallu-chan goes away. It just disappears without a trace and no one comments on it. It survived without a host before Ymir, why not now?
Ymir's actions are incomprehensible
How much of the Rumbling was her and how much was Eren? During the final battle, did she build the Alliance's titans just so they could attack her? Did she have any agency at all besides choosing Eren over Zeke? The whole Ymir-Zeke-Eren love triangle doesn't seem to follow any particular rules.

What was her motivation? Love? Love for perpetual abuser, projected onto Mikasa’s obsession? Why is she gone? Because Mikasa kissed Eren? Ymir has had sex (most likely not consensual), but kissing is what placates her? Or was it her killing Eren?

It seems that it functions like some kind of a fairy tale, where some single simple action just stops the curse without any real intermediary steps. If Mikasa killing Eren solved it, does that mean Ymir needed Mikasa to show her how to move on past her love? Was there no one else in 2000 years who could do that? So what did Eren accomplish when he convinced her to oppose the royal bloodline (i.e. Zeke) in 122? And how does this end the Titans? Was she only making titans for the last 2000 years specifically to be slaves to the royal bloodline?

Why did Ymir make titans according to human rules? Why did she make titans for the Marleyans, who opposed the royal bloodline? Why was it difficult for a shifter to shift multiple times consecutively? What determined the rules that governed the titans at all?

In the end she just goes away, like the worm, without a trace.
The main objective of the Alliance vs Founder battle is nonsensical.

For some reason, the spine is exposed on this Titan. It appears that his head and body spawned separate titan sections. If the head was truly a weak point, it is unclear why it never fully reattached to the body.
Eren's head is detached twice, and the Alliance still views Eren's head as the main objective, assuming it needs to be severed a third time to win.
AND SOMEHOW THEY'RE RIGHT?!
Eren decides to take Colossal Titan form for some reason.

It is unclear why he hid his head in his mouth. It is further unclear how Mikasa knew the head was in the mouth.

Things just sorta stop and go away.
Pure titans reverted back to normal. So that rather undercuts the pathos from 138, as well as 119.
Titans are gone entirely. Now Paradis is basically defenseless. Thanks, Ymir.

Apparently the Founding Titan can alter an Ackerman's memories, they just never did until Eren.
In the end, nothing is accomplished. The war continues. Eren's genocide was pointless. In fact, it might have just made the remaining peoples hate Paradis more. Again, why would you half-ass a genocide?

I tried to keep this criticism as objective as possible (inasmuch as criticism can be objective). I'm not angry that there wasn't a downer ending, or that Eren died; I'm upset that it was poorly written. I wanted to say good things about Attack on Titan's ending, but like many endings to stories that started great, it crumbled under its own weight. It happened to Mass Effect, Game of Thrones, Promised Neverland, and now Attack on Titan. Did I miss anything?