Erwin always knew humans were the enemies too. The rest of the cast had to develop into the role of killing humans rather than titans. We saw for ourselves during the Uprising Arc how Erwin was more than prepared to fight other humans.
He would consider the rumbling as well as other possibilities on how to deal with Marley. Now if Eren did have the opportunity to discuss with Erwin, whether that’s voluntarily or kinda forced by Erwin, I think Erwin would take Eren’s thoughts seriously. The only time that was the case was in his final fight, and that’s because he knew his time was up. That’s not to say Erwin isn’t aware, of course he is, but it’s not the first thing on his mind. But if someone like Erwin was still in the picture, maybe he’d be willing to discuss more because Erwin is a strategist that can ignore his humanity when he needs to, unlike Armin who is always conscious of his morality (even when he manipulates people, he is aware). He didn’t consult many people about the rumbling because he knew they wouldn’t agree. I think we need to first consider why Eren is doing what he is doing. Honestly I think that if Erwin was alive the rumbling wouldn't have even happened because he would most likely feed Eren to someone else as soon as he started acting suspicious. Also Erwin didn't sacrifice people for Paradis' sake (it's one of the reasons maybe but it was never his priority), he even said it himself that his dream was selfish and that he just wanted to go to the basement to prove that his father's theories were correct.
Otherwise what's the point in having both of them think the same thing about him? Just to make them look like clowns? I don't really think so. "characters that thought they knew Erwin" what?! Levi and Hange were the closest people to him, and so they obviously know him best and what he would do. Erwin wouldn't have sacrificed all those people just so they could all get bombed by a bunch of fucks that screwed them over for years. I don't really agree that characters that thought they knew erwin saying "he wouldn't do that" implies he wouldn't side with eren. Was the righting top notch? Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. If he says that the old guard of the SC would never support Eren, the old guard would never support Eren. If he says their eyes are the same, they are the same. Isayama created the characters=he knows better than you. Whether you buy the parallel or not is irrelevant. in general, i feel he is trying too desperately to deepthroats us with this, while in the core the subtextual and the characters lore indicates something else. even in chapter 136, when isayama tried blatantly to sell this nonsense, armins expressions were identical to hange instead LMFAO. its funny because levi himself refered to his eyes and every time i remember erwin his demeanor was closer to 20 year old eren than armins. for every ocassion armim doubted, felt unworthy and smiled like the 10 year old kiddo he was, erwin was shown to be collected, focused and lost in his thoughs, completely impassive and determined into his goals which where judgmental and intuitive oriented, 0 feelings until his last charge were he opened to levi. Hell, he might not even have to unleash a partial one.Īnd i dont buy the parallel, they are completely different personality wise and their skills were also different. However, with Erwin's leadership, instead of Hange's and Armin's Eren would never even unleash a full-scale Rumbling. Erwin and the rest of the now dead veterans would all be part of the Alliance.
Isayama has clearly tried to draw parallels between Erwin and Armin, especially in regards to their idealism. The only people who support Eren are ultranationalists, biggots and imperialists. Isayama has made it abundantly clear via Hange and now through Levi that the veteran members of the SC would all fight against Eren. Anyone who believes that Erwin would side with Eren should reread the series.