The problem with that is. . . well it's hard for someone to NOT be nihilistically depressed or suicidal when pretty much everything new you see reminds you of how much you've messed up and how you'll never be forgiven. Enjoying nature? "What nature? The Ecosystems f*cked and I'm to blame."...

I think it's also helpful to point out that many, many, many people are attracted to troubled, brooding loners with dark pasts, so even given what's happened to Shinji, it should be super easy for you to get away with portraying him as being popular with the opposite sex. The fact that Shinji's not ...

StrokeMeGoat#849568 wrote:Hey hey, they're 28 now, remember? They just look 14. That means it's... uh... okay?

They look 14 and have the brain development of someone who's 14.

I hope he does a lot of screaming anyway. Shinji becomes a lot more interesting when he lets it all out.

I've been following this story like crazy. I love post-3.0 fics, and this one is no exception. I really like that there's ambiguity about how people worldwide feel about Shinji, with half the world blaming him for N3I and the other half seeing him as a fallen hero. That's how I would see a scenario ...

^ I stay in this on the 'memories of Shinji" thread. If your best friend left you to die in a car accident when he could have easily pulled you out, and him refusing to pull you out left you crippled for life. . . Resentment wouldn't begin to justify the loathing one would have. First, I think...

Director Black#848098 wrote:It's typical Asuka fashion. She hates him for causing third impact and stunning her growth with the curse of Eva.

I really don't think she would have pulled him out of that entry plug at the end of the movie if she hated him.

Anno isn't out to "get" anyone. Rei was never meant to serve the Dulcinea Effect power fantasies of Eva's male audience. She was always supposed to be kind of creepy, not a doll for male fans to fantasize about protecting. The developments in 3.0 further prove that, no conspiracies required.

Shinji and Asuka are not getting together in rebuild. That ship has sunk and become a coral reef in the 14 years he's been gone. Add on top of that everything he did in 3.33? The romance is dead get over it and move on like Shinji will no doubt be forced to. Are we all gonna have this argument ever...

The movie does shiptease a bit, but I think it can also be used as evidence that she's moved on. Asuka doesn't bite Mari's bait like she did with Toji's newlyweds comment, which could mean that she's moved on from that crush. In my view you're overthinking this. The mere fact that she has all that ...

But surely she did, with a vengeance - when Shinji asks after her eye and she punches the glass. Asuka was out of action at N3I, so although she awoke to the devastation that caused, the damage to her goes back to Bardiel - and whatever she may have discovered afterwards, her memory of that will ha...

Why are we not letting Occam's razor handle this? Mari told him to go save the princess when everything was going to hell. Immediately after, Asuka gets mad at him for not helping her when everything was going to hell. It was about the aftermath of N4I. There's no reason to delve that deep into this...

I think the near depth experience is more set up to give a second chance or implicit guilt for the rest of the people to reconsider their treatment of Shinji and only secondarily give Shinji a natural transition out of the catatonia. The catatonia can't go on forever otherwise nothing can really ha...

Excellent work, and a bit lengthier than usual if I'm not mistaken, which I like a lot. It's really interesting to see Shinji have trouble integrating into society. Looking back on how lost he was even in 1.0, this is beginning to feel a bit like that, except amplified for obvious reasons. He's also...

I look forward to seeing Shinji's reaction when he wakes up and realizes he's not dead.

What do you think of Unit 01 wrecking shop? I kinda knew that was coming eventually. It's a great development, because if it does lead to disaster, it puts the mutinous crew on a much more even-footing with Shinji. They can't exactly claim he has a monopoly on huge globally dangerous screw-ups now ...

I think he'd really benefit from spending some time away from Nerv, Wille, Evas, all of that. Explore the Lilin settlement(s) for a while with someone and see how regular people are living. I've actually thought about that before. During season 6 of Game of Thrones. Sandor Clegane spending time amo...

Also, why don't I get as many comments on this page as other writers? Is it because of my outspoken views? Maybe it's the thread title not grabbing people, but that might be wrong. I certainly hope it doesn't have anything to do with your views, because I've disagreed with you quite a bit, but I'm ...

Excellent work on this one. Just one thing. He wiped his smile away and rose with the rest of the crew to give their captain a salute. Midori accidentally put the wrong hand to her head before quickly swapping it. Hoping nob The last sentence cuts off. Other than that, I'm loving these new developme...