It's not the first time it's happened, but it never fails to get a bit of a grin out of him. Eren brushing off a concept only to have him latch back onto it with renewed vigor after being taken through its merits. But it does leave Armin having to cast about for an elaboration on his response.
If he had to overthink the question, he's always held warm colors in a harsher context. They're brighter, louder, more eye-catching, thus put to use where the eye needs to be caught most. Indications of danger. While yellow and orange are fundamentally more grating, they serve as more of a warning: a backdrop for important notices, a vest to stand out a vulnerable worker in a bustling construction site, a color scheme of a venomous animal. Red comes after. It's a sign that the damage has already been done; sirens, emergency vehicle lights, the color of blood.
Even if he hadn't been quite at ground zero, there had been a lot of red that day. A lot of confused and frantic and scrambling red, completely baffled as to how to handle the impossible situation. If that isn't overthinking, he's not sure what is.
"I'm just partial to cool colors. Yellow and orange get a bad enough rap as it is, but red is overrated."
Nailed it. There's a little shrug to follow. A thought process doesn't require a four-page essay of personal history, it requires a simple explanation (which is just as much the truth as anything else, even before any influential factors, he'd never quite understood the allure of the hue). Speaking of, had Eren's answer been genuine or had he simply thrown it out before coming to appreciate the exercise?
you made it hard not to.
If he had to overthink the question, he's always held warm colors in a harsher context. They're brighter, louder, more eye-catching, thus put to use where the eye needs to be caught most. Indications of danger. While yellow and orange are fundamentally more grating, they serve as more of a warning: a backdrop for important notices, a vest to stand out a vulnerable worker in a bustling construction site, a color scheme of a venomous animal. Red comes after. It's a sign that the damage has already been done; sirens, emergency vehicle lights, the color of blood.
Even if he hadn't been quite at ground zero, there had been a lot of red that day. A lot of confused and frantic and scrambling red, completely baffled as to how to handle the impossible situation. If that isn't overthinking, he's not sure what is.
"I'm just partial to cool colors. Yellow and orange get a bad enough rap as it is, but red is overrated."
Nailed it. There's a little shrug to follow. A thought process doesn't require a four-page essay of personal history, it requires a simple explanation (which is just as much the truth as anything else, even before any influential factors, he'd never quite understood the allure of the hue). Speaking of, had Eren's answer been genuine or had he simply thrown it out before coming to appreciate the exercise?
"Why don't you like purple?"