Historia Reiss

Character
Name:	Historia Reiss, Krista Lenz
Occupation:	Queen of Paradis Island
Relationships:	Rod Reiss (father) Frieda Reiss (half-sister) Unnamed Husband Unnamed Daughter
Fandom:	Attack on Titan
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Historia Reiss, also known as Krista Lenz, is a character in the manga and anime Attack on Titan.

Fandom

Shipping

Historia Reiss/Ymir (YumiHisu, YumiKuri) - Before Ymir was taken back to Marley and fed to Porco Galliard, she and Historia shared a close relationship in which they confided in each other about their deepest secrets and desires for their life. It was always very clear that Ymir had romantic feelings for Historia, with her always asking Historia to marry her. She even purposely underperformed during cadet training in order to give Historia a spot in the top ten of their class, to ensure that Historia had the chance to live a safe and comfortable life within the inner wall as a member of the Military Police. Ymir was the first person Historia told her true name to (before, she went under the alias “Christa”), and advocated vocally that Ymir could be trusted after it was revealed that Ymir was a Titan. Ymir had told Historia that she wants her to “live her life with pride”, something Historia holds dear and important to her as evidenced later in the story when she is confronted to make a decision. After Ymir gave herself up to Reiner and Bertholdt, Historia was distressed and initially felt disconnected from everyone else. Ymir wrote a love letter to Historia in which she expressed that her life's only regret was that she was unable to marry her. After reading the letter, Historia responds in grief.

Historia Reiss/Eren Yeager (EreHisu) - This ship initially arose when Historia's true identity and roots were revealed to the Survey Corps. After this was revealed, Eren told Historia that he preferred who she truly was to the good girl facade she put on for years during her time with the Survey Corps, which Historia was glad to hear. After the Reiss chapel incident and her coronation as Queen of Paradis Island, Eren repeatedly praises Historia for her strength and character. When Historia is later revealed to be pregnant, seemingly for a plan to avoid eating Zeke, some speculated that the father of her child could be Eren, rather than the man the father was introduced as, due to her asking him about the idea of her becoming pregnant rather than accepting his proposal to run away or fight to avoid the MP’s feeding her to Zeke to inherit his Titan, something Eren was a vocal advocate against. This propelled the popularity of this ship further. However, even after the fan theory of Eren being the actual father turned out to not be true, those who ship the pairing still enjoyed the dynamics they felt the two friends had.

Historia Reiss/Husband (sometimes referred to as “Farmer”) - sometimes dubbed as FarmHisu- This ship is not a commonly popular ship, but more so an accepted canonical ship between Historia and the father of her child. He was first introduced when Historia was revealed to be pregnant, by him checking in on her and telling her that she needs to take care of her body. The father was then revealed to be a man who worked for years at her orphanage. He knew Historia as a child because he used to bully her by throwing rocks for attention. When he got older, he felt guilty and worked at the orphanage, doing menial work for years “with his head kept down” and not trying to get her attention. Not much else is known about their interactions with each other prior to Historia approached him first for the relationship. We are seen that Historia has a forlorn look on her face during the flashback of her approaching him. Due to Historia looking unhappy, the identity of her partner being briefly explained and him not being given an official name, and there being mystery in the narrative regarding who told her about the MP’s plan to feed her to Zeke as soon as he arrived on the island as well as why she chose to get pregnant at that time, some fans became suspicious if there was more to the story than what was being told. However, later in the story, it is shown that Eren was the one who told her about the MP’s plan, and Historia was the one who came up with the idea to become pregnant rather than running or fighting, as a way to protect herself from inheriting Zeke’s Titan, which therefore allowed Eren to continue on with his rumbling plan. Historia approached the farmer after the conversation with Eren, explaining why she looked down and upset before presumably asking him to be her partner to produce a child. The farmer is shown to be with her while Historia gives birth, and at the end of the manga when they are celebrating their child’s third birthday. It is also mentioned that Historia and the farmer married, making him her husband. The quality of their relationship is not much known outside of that.

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