Shinning isn't evil, just insane and in desperate need of help from someone who isn't evil, two-faced or as messed up as he is.
Gendo is thoroughly evil because he made him this way on purpose.

Where's that pic detailing how the pilots are all just gender swaps of all the shonen cliche archetypes?

Shipping shouldn't be taken but so seriously, but you wouldn't know it from all the essays on places like tumblr. It should just be something fun- pair up two characters you like and go from there.

SEELE, definitely. This whole mess started because of what they did to Adam and later Yui.

In addition to other things, it could help prevent recklessness on the part of the (rather immature) pilots - they're less likely to do anything that might damage the EVA if it means hurting themselves in the process. Considering one of those pilots was Asuka, we all saw how that turned...

Was it ever explained exactly why the pilots feel pain whenever the EVA is damaged? And more importantly why they designed the things that way? I mean, that's the silliest possible way they could have designed the interface system---that's like someone building a hyper advanced truck that sm...

They're essentially the same thing, a Seed of Life trapped in a human shell, with all the power that comes with it. So why is Rei not considered an Angel?

I've heard this a few times from a few sources, but I've yet to understand. Was 3I doomed to happen no matter what after Adam woke up? Between SEELE, Gendo, the Angels, Rei, Kaworu, and so on there's at least a half dozen triggers in the plotline, but plot contrivances aside was the end ...

That's what I figured, but I have heard more than one person blame him for the whole mess. Not to mention apparently there is at least one continuity where Kaworu outright expresses guilt for Second Impact...which if so makes him more human than he realizes.

I've thought about this for a while now...and I can't quite answer yes or no. On the one hand, Kaworu is as much a victim of SEELE and Gendo's machinations as any of the other children. He's probably the most selfless member of the cast, in the anime at least, and literally died to s...

Honestly, Shinji deserves to kill Gendo the most out of everyone, but that doesn't mean he really should. Even if he put the bullet between his father's eyes it's not going to give him anything back. The best revenge Shinji could have on Gendo is to forget him. To just move past all the ...

Hello all, it's been a while. This has been nagging at me for quite a while, and while it'd make horrendous narrative sense, I'm not certain that there's much evidence one way or another. The reason I ask is because of three things: 1) During one episode they specifically mention...

@Literary Eagle
Thank you, and may I just say I love your work with the Happy Red Planet.

As for the topic, Gendo might have already infused himself with whatever is standing in for the Adam embryo. It would explain why he was wearing that wonky visor.

Maybe he ate the eleventh angel!

I'm not entirely certain Gendo's even human anymore.



Look closely at his feet. He's floating. No water, no assistance, no nothing.

You mean Ramiel? No, they just popped him out of the plug, and the next shot is him naked in the coffin.

I just realized I don't recall ever seeing them remove the things. There's several hundred shots of them wearing the suits, but they never remove them. Do they just repressurize them or something, or what?

Instrumentality as Paradise? Or Instrumentality as apotheosis? A little of column A, mixed with nihilism and column B. From what little I understand of their motives, they thought humanity was rapidly stagnating before Second Impact. So, they started meddling with Adam and raped him while he slept ...

Do any of you think you'd have been able to turn down Instrumentality if it was offered to you? Or do you think you'd rather go through the "Life is pain, and we should suck it up and enjoy it" mentality Shinji adopted? I'm just curious; I've seen a lot of people argue for ...

I only said that because Anno all but told us he wasn't going to do a repeat of the same story all over again.

I... I just.... That was the second cruelest thing Anno did to him in the whole fucking trainwreck. In any other franchise saving Rei would have been the right thing to do, but since we can't have a cosmic horror story without the heroes failing at life....Dammit. I'm fine. I have something ...