ZekEren

ZekEren is the family ship between Zeke Jaeger and Eren Jaeger from the Attack on Titan fandom.

Canon
Zeke and Eren are half-brothers through their common father — Grisha Jaeger, however they are not aware of each other's existence as of the beginning of the story. Zeke learns of Eren, when Reiner and Bertolt tell him about their former comrade, and is deeply shocked. He believes his brother must be suffering from Grisha's influence, like he once did, and he decides to find him and help him the way he can. Zeke works out a plan capture Eren, who possesses the Founding Titan, when the Scouts will be in Shiganshina. This is where the brothers first meet some time later. Zeke, along with his two comrades, attacks the Survey Corps, when they come to the city and seal the Wall. After Levi attacks Zeke and cuts him out from the name, Zeke is saved by the Cart Titan. As they retreat, Zeke finally catches a glimpse of Eren, and tries to talk to him. Zeke says that they're both the victims of their father, and that one day he'll come back and save Eren.

The brothers meet again years later, when Eren comes to Marley to infiltrate the enemy's ranks. Zeke shares the details of his plan to euthanize the Eldians with Eren, who seems convinced as he agrees to this. Later, when the Survey Corps come to Marley to retrieve Eren, they capture Zeke, too, as it was part of the plan all along. On Paradis Zeke asks Levi to take him to Eren, which Levi, eventually, ignores.

The two meet again in Shiganshina, as Eren fights with Reiner, Zeke comes to help his brother and assures him that he will take care of their enemies. When he sees Reiner and Porco attempting to attack Eren again, Zeke launches to his aid. After some fighting, both Eren and Zeke get out of their titans and pretend to surrender, as they crawl to each other. Suddenly Gabi Braun shoots Eren at the nape of his neck, and his head falls off his shoulders. Heavily mutilated Zeke throws himself forward and catches Eren's head before it hits the ground so it can heal through their touch and the Founding Titan ability.

Zeke goes straight to the Paths and waits for Eren there. When he finally arrives, he reveals that he has no intention in taking part in Zeke's plan. Zeke thinks that Eren was brainwashed by their father and takes Eren to see Grisha's memories to see the truth himself. Apparently, Eren wasn't influenced. Their father senses Zeke's presence and as Zeke sees parts of Eren's future, Grisha begs him to stop Eren. It turns out, that Eren used Zeke to get into the Paths, so he can manipulate their father's memories and activate the Rumbling. When the Rumbling is activated, Zeke gets consumed by the titan Eren transforms to, the remains of his consciousness staying in the paths.

Fanon
Zeke and Eren's relationship is mostly perceived as positive, given Zeke deeply cares about his younger brother. However some might find Eren's manipulation a little audacious, even though Zeke didn't trust him fully and completely, still, Zeke wanted to genuinely save Eren in his own way from his doomed fate. He wanted him to surviveGiven that Eren remained Zeke's only relative and friend up to the end, most fans applaud Zeke's dedication to his brother and focus on that aspect of their dynamic.

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