^ I think it's more accurate to say they don't know HOW to love. Or more likely, how to give love and accept the consequences from it. Both Asuka, Shinji, and pretty much everyone else with the emotional baggage all what the idea of "take and no give" version of love, unconditional love th...

Sorry for the late reply, been busy myself, not dead. XD But YES GrummanCat, I am excited for the newest chapters of Eva 303. When it comes to heart-warming Eva fics in the fandom, yours are comics that I look forward to in terms of our favorite characters coming out stronger and better than before....

^ Check out Chasing the Wind by Random1337. Oh yeah, I forgot about that fic. :) I mostly remember that fic about Shinji coming to terms with the idea that you can't save everyone in war, but it's still a good fic, though I wish they had more time to see Shinji's life after his transition, like if ...

Have there been any fics that discuss what would happen to Shinji if he somehow LOSES his ability to pilot? Like somehow a major accident causes Yui, in an effort to protect Shinji, doesn't sync with him, reducing his sync rate to 0%, rendering him unable to pilot at all. I think I did once read a f...

^ Exactly. The difference between most shows and NGE in general is that we focus more on the existence of problems of each of the main characters, instead of treating them as a half-an-hour problem to tackle like in most shows. NGE is more like real life, where your problems that define you as a per...

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Probably yet another of Seele's machinations: A well feed puppet, is one that is easy to manipulate....

^ Then that begs the question about her relationship with Shinji? Is perusing a relationship with Shinji, someone who could naturally surpass her as a pilot, but never wanted the praise or the pride that came with it? Is choosing a relationship with him a step backwards...or a step forwards? And als...

^ It's not that it isn't possible or any relationship never EXISTED in the first place, or that they're doomed to hate each other C.T., it's just that because of both their upbringing and their defensive personalities prevent them from trying to break the shell of defenses that they have around thei...

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No more ridiculous the amount of times Shinji is put in a dress. BUT, like Asuka, he can pull them off. XD

^ You guys seem to be taking this whole discussion on Asuka and Shinji to a negative extreme when comes to their relationship, in that there has to be a GUARANTEE of success between them, or they shouldn't even bother with each other. But the thing about relationships, if anything, is that relations...

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Link's broken. :P

Chuckman#865933 wrote:If I go up my own ass any faster I'll be able to power a turbine.

There's the solution for the energy crisis. XD

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Must be frustrating for a socially stunted 14-year old boy with no support structure to live up to impossible expectations when everyone is shouting out different expectations at the same time.

Shinji is wrong more than he's right, but that doesn't mean that everyone else is right. Would the battle with Sachiel have been so difficult at first if Gendo had simply called for Shinji earlier, so that he could be trained properly? Would he have let Bardiel nearly kill him if Gendo had simply e...

Stillborn#865635 wrote:Huh? Isn't that exactly how it is in the movies? Not only something that he believes?

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No. How many times have we been over this: It was a combined failure and miscommunication on everyone's part, not just Shinji's.

Everyone fucked up.

^ Considering the state of the world that it's in, I think it's safe to say that I don't think that Aki would even exist, since Shinji and Asuka haven't really reached that point that they were comfortable with each other, even with intimacy. In the 2nd Try, while Aki's birth was originally an accid...

Not exactly a "weird" image persay, but since we're on a Pokemon craze, I couldn't resist. :3

^ I'm pretty sure that's the general gist of what may happen. Shinji would be too distraught with guilt to blame Misato, even if she pulled the trigger somehow. Shinji's the kind of person who believes that he's always in the wrong, that everyone else somehow is right all the time, and he was born i...

You know, it is possible to be ROYALLY pissed off at someone, but still grow to care for said person. Like how our parents would still love us even after we've screwed up how many times in our lives for being spoiled brats. Emotions are complicated, and it actually takes quite a lot to hate someone ...

But, if Shinji WERE to die somehow in the Final movie, or at any point, I think it would fundamentally hurt a good number of the cast members (Misato and Asuka especially) to a huge degree. They may regard Shinji as a threat, but I believe that parts of them, Misato especially, feel immense regret f...