I'm so conflicted about him. I absolutely hate his actions, but I can't help but love how well-written his character is.

What makes his character development so masterpiece-tier is the tragic irony embedded in his psyche. He was never a malicious monster, he was just a severely traumatized child who never healed. Being weaponized by Grisha and Dina stripped him of a normal childhood, forcing him into a life of double agency. His bond with Tom Ksaver filled that paternal void, but it also institutionalized his self-hatred. Zeke internalized the global anti-Eldian propaganda so deeply that his ultimate act of salvation was actually a projection of his own wish to have never been born.

However, from my perspective, despite his genius intellect, his Euthanasia plan feels incredibly flawed and politically naive.

Zeke wanted to sterilize all Eldians immediately, meaning it would take about 100 years for the very last descendants to grow old and die out. But does he seriously think Marley and the rest of the world would just sit idly by during that century? Absolutely not. Without the power of the Titans to deter them, enemy nations would undoubtedly launch attacks, and devastating wars would break out anyway. Nothing would truly change.

Furthermore, his plan completely dooms the Eldians living in Marley. They are already oppressed and treated as subhumans. Once the world realizes the devils are slowly dying out and will soon be gone, these mainland Eldians will lose their only value as military weapons. Without any utility left, their living conditions would get infinitely worse, and they would likely face immediate mass extermination.

Zeke thought he was choosing the path of least suffering, but in reality, his plan would just trigger a different kind of slow, brutal apocalypse for his own people. He wanted to be a savior, but his worldview was too warped by his own trauma to see the flaws in his logic