Postby Blockio » Mon Jan 16, 2023 10:11 am
I'm not positive I quite agree it's the same issue in that Rei's progression as a character never gets undone (well, apart from Armisael that one time, but that's kind of a given, lol), but it does manifest in a way that is rather similar to a casual observer, which for better or worse do shape a large part of the discourse by sheer volume (this is not meant as any sort of "casuals ruining Eva, stop talking about it etc etc" gatekeeping so much as an observation on how if you aren't super invested in something, you're probably gonna miss a detail here or there), in that Rei's character moments throughout most of the show are sprinkled in between her more stoic, aloof self, so it's understandable how the impression forms.
There's also a degree of memetic degradation in play, characters get watered down to their bare essentials a lot outside of dedicated fanbases, and it tends to stick and bleed into other circles for the more silent, stoic types more so than the loud and angry ones (although given that we have more than a handful of threads to the tune of "Asuka is an annoying asshole", safe to say that even here, this phenomenon is by no means limited to Rei)
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