Man, it's not the first time I hear about the "show don't tell rule" and it's kinda irritating. People thinking too much in terms of rules of writing are in-flexible in their thinking about art. Like saying this about movies like "Persona" where the talking actually s...

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Metallica - The Unforgiven , definitely works for Shinji.


He tries to please them all
This bitter man he is
Throughout his life the same
He's battled constantly
This fight he cannot win
A tired man, they see no longer cares

He was motivated to go help Asuka, Misato's final speech and sacrifice did succeeded in putting him temporarily out of his funk, but then he arrived at EVA-01's cage and found it covered in bakelite, meaning that he can't go help Asuka, that Misato sacrificed herself for naught, cue rel...

Back to Shinji's refusal to fight. Now I think that attributing Shinji's refusal to fight to his depression more than anything specific to EoE works better, because it ties with the series. I guess what bugs me about his refusal to fight, was that he just found out that Asuka is in a good st...

"giving it up" would imply she had the freedom to do so. So you think she was forced to let someone else make the decision? By the circumstances that is. Maybe she didn't go with what Shinji wanted because she 'changed masters' but because she came to selflessly care about his...

I think it shows that Rei isn't a doll or simply a puppet. The fact seems clear that she grew to care about Shinji more than Gendo, and she uses that in her choice to give the right of instrumentality to Shinji and not Gendo. She herself wonders why she has started to replace Gendo with Shinji ...

After the 2nd viewing of EoE I got to the conclusion that Shinji didn't knew that his desperation will lead to the Instrumentality. Rei didn't really explains it to him, in fact she lets his desperation grow until his Ego-barrier is destroyed, which is what truly leads to the instrumentality...

Shinji: Hei Rei, didn't you told me that now everyone can come back to life if they wanted.
Rei: Sure.
Shinji: Do they know they can?
Rei: ... Ooops

KaijuMaikeru#729407 wrote:Definitely EVA-01! The Evas in general are by far my favorite "robot" designs ever, but of all of them I adore Shogoki's color scheme and dinosaur-like appearance. Not to mention my favorite episode, #19... Enough said.

EVA01 is what happens when you combine a dinosaur with a pharaoh.

Ep 1: Aww, this kid looks sad. Maybe he needs a hug. Ep 2: Ooh, robot fights! What? Oh, hospital, did he lose? Oh, wait, more robot fights and- HOLY SHIT WHAT ARE YOU DOING UNIT 01 CALM YO NON-EXISTANT TITS Ep 3: Yeah, Shinji, you did good- hey, why are they beating the poor kid up? HOLY SHIT IT...

Mr. Tines#733713 wrote:I believe it was called Neon Genesis Evangelion

lol, classic answer

Although it is generally well established that Pink Floyd runs well with NGE, Welcome to the Machine reflects NGE in both a literal and metaphorical way. Wow, the imagery from 5:00 onwards really fits the second half of End of Evangelion. --------------------------------- Insomium - In the Groves o...

Hystrionic, not narcissistic, but yes. And that's a good point -- Shinji knows Asuka well enough to know how she'd feel about that, so that has to be considered as well. Narcissistic, not hystrionic. Hystrionics want attention, narcissists want respect. She only wants others to look to her ...

I don't think Shinji masturbating over Asuka's body is sexual abuse, for a simple reason: he didn't made Asuka do anything. He didn't forced her to watch him. She watching him was an unfortunate consequence of the mind melting that happened after. The reason why his act is disgusting...

Masturbating over Asuka's unconscious body is sexual abuse, by definition. What definition? As for the rest, see above. See what? Again, I don't think he was thinking that far ahead. That's something otherwise rational shonen heroes do, and that description doesn't fit Shinji -- he&...

The hell it isn't. He didn't refuse to fight for her, he was unable to -- Eva in bakelite and all of that. His act in the hospital room, by contrast, was a deliberate act, one that both violated and objectified her. That pissed her off, and that's why she was yelling at him about it in ...

One of the most controversial aspect of EoE is Shinji's refusal to save Asuka. It's his lowest point, him masturbating over Asuka is nothing by comparison. Many accept that the reason for his refusal to fight is simply depression caused by Kaworu's death -and other previous incidents; as...

In the end of EoE, Shinji chooses to accept the burden of the AT Field—the "Knowledge of Good and Evil", which are, essentially, different ways of interacting with other people—and, in doing so, is cast out of paradise. Instrumentality as the Eden is a metaphor I didn't thought 't...

The entry plug sits in or near the cervical vertebrae, so it's likely that the absence of the plug or the signal termination plug used on Unit 00 is intended to cut off any electrical activity going from the brain to the body, leaving the Eva more or less quadriplegic. That's a really inter...

:lol: No prob, Shinji-kun... Now, if you'd like to sleep by my side... :blush: I assumed that EVA01 went berserk when without electricity because it meant that Shinji became an easy target, so Yui's maternal instincts get activated to protect her son. As for how exactly the armor plates wer...