The origin of the titan power in Attack on Titan is still not 100% clear.
There’s a theory that Ymir herself created the first titan and sent it back in time.
Others think that the hallucigenia Ymir encountered created the first titan.
The Final Season of Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) answered a lot of questions about the titan origins and the structure of the series’ world. However, it left a couple of things vague or unsaid, too. And one of them is how exactly Ymir became the first titan.
Attack on Titan left it rather vague
You might argue “it was in the series, though!” but what exactly did we get? Ymir was running from her torturers when she stumbled upon a tree and fell down the big hole in it. There, she encountered a mysterious entity that gifted her the power of titans. It was later revealed to be the source of life, but this explanation is extremely vague and leaves the viewers with a lot of questions.
One of the theories is that Ymir herself created the first titan. It’s all based on the paradox of time traveling and the idea that Titan Shifters can look into and control their past and future. We saw Ymir creating the rest of the Shifters in the Paths. So maybe she was the one who created her own titan, too?
While this theory is curious, it still has a lot of issues because Ymir wouldn’t get to the Paths if she wasn’t a Titan Shifter, but the theory proposes that she became the Titan Shifter because she was in the Paths. As we’ve said, a paradox.
The source of life gifted the power to Ymir
The source of life that Ymir encountered looked like a hallucigenia worm, and while we don’t really know how it works exactly, fans have some theories about that, too.
Ymir was silenced and treated like a slave her entire life. She was suffering, broken and mutilated. But she still rejected death and wanted to live, so she took the chance to escape from her torturers. When she stumbled upon a mysterious entity, the creature collected all the information about Ymir and provided her with a body that would ensure her survival.
And due to the world Ymir lived in, and the people who enslaved her, the only way she could survive was if she turned into a godlike creature. A titan.
The point is that the hallucigenia channels its powers to emphasize the thing its host needs to survive. And that’s why other titans can also adjust their bodies when needed. As, for example, Annie or Eren, who could create crystals and hardening for protection and attacking.
Let’s discuss some theories.
Summary:
The origin of the titan power in Attack on Titan is still not 100% clear.
There’s a theory that Ymir herself created the first titan and sent it back in time.
Others think that the hallucigenia Ymir encountered created the first titan.
The Final Season of Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) answered a lot of questions about the titan origins and the structure of the series’ world. However, it left a couple of things vague or unsaid, too. And one of them is how exactly Ymir became the first titan.
Attack on Titan left it rather vague
You might argue “it was in the series, though!” but what exactly did we get? Ymir was running from her torturers when she stumbled upon a tree and fell down the big hole in it. There, she encountered a mysterious entity that gifted her the power of titans. It was later revealed to be the source of life, but this explanation is extremely vague and leaves the viewers with a lot of questions.
One of the theories is that Ymir herself created the first titan. It’s all based on the paradox of time traveling and the idea that Titan Shifters can look into and control their past and future. We saw Ymir creating the rest of the Shifters in the Paths. So maybe she was the one who created her own titan, too?
While this theory is curious, it still has a lot of issues because Ymir wouldn’t get to the Paths if she wasn’t a Titan Shifter, but the theory proposes that she became the Titan Shifter because she was in the Paths. As we’ve said, a paradox.
The source of life gifted the power to Ymir
The source of life that Ymir encountered looked like a hallucigenia worm, and while we don’t really know how it works exactly, fans have some theories about that, too.
Ymir was silenced and treated like a slave her entire life. She was suffering, broken and mutilated. But she still rejected death and wanted to live, so she took the chance to escape from her torturers. When she stumbled upon a mysterious entity, the creature collected all the information about Ymir and provided her with a body that would ensure her survival.
And due to the world Ymir lived in, and the people who enslaved her, the only way she could survive was if she turned into a godlike creature. A titan.
The point is that the hallucigenia channels its powers to emphasize the thing its host needs to survive. And that’s why other titans can also adjust their bodies when needed. As, for example, Annie or Eren, who could create crystals and hardening for protection and attacking.
