^ Couldn't have said it better. Also, Asuka'sBigBrother, just saw the top reply for the first time (I missed it). I would call Asuka's death at the hands of the MPE the conclusion of her character arc: there is more scenes with her, in Instrumentality and afterwards, but her time as a central charac...

It wasn't exactly off-hand: you used it to illustrate a rather lengthy point. And I'm not the only user here to have picked up on that over anything else you might have said. Maybe it's because of the taboo with cheating, I don't know, but you drop something like that casually, when most people won'...

It's not projecting if you stated it: you established this line of conversation by putting out there. If you don't like talking about it, don't brag about it. Consent and fidelity are two sides of the same coin: if you make an agreement with someone, and consistently break that agreement with no rea...

That's a lot of words to say very little, ran1. But here's thing: you don't have a good concept of what consent is, and it's not some '21st century bugaboo' concept. You described yourself as a 'serial cheater:' that means the only person you give a fuck about in any relationship is you. You didn't ...

^ Easy there, Lothario: I think it's safe to say that someone who's self-described as a 'serial cheater' might have a rather wonky view on consent. Also: Tines, you're asking people whose logic has been thoroughly corrupted by the Anglo-American self-hating brand of mass media third-wave feminism to...

Yeah, that's a...weird conclusion to draw from what I said, C.T. There's a lot of indicators that she DOES care for Shinji. A lot of her anger at him stems from him not being able to adequately express affection for HER (and her inability to tell him this in a healthy and productive way). Whether th...

He means this is a topic that sustains probably a third of the threads on Evageeks.

If you're in a situation where you've actually considered creating a fake Facebook account to re-acquaint with someone, it's probably best that that relationship is done.

Yeah, when you're talking about 'ifs, ands, or buts,' you could run in circles all day. We can't know, because the anime ended before that point: thus, the future is permanently unreachable and unwritten. It's what you define. If you think she could never recover, then she doesn't. If you think she ...

I didn't get 'soppy' from that scene. Look at Hugo's expression, and the note of the music shift in that scene. Alita's trying to be cute, and play up her otherness, and the implication in the trailer cut is that it's suddenly reminded Hugo that Alita is VERY different in a way that he is probably n...

I don't think that's happening in this film, but GOD I hope it's good enough to justify a Motorball sequel....

Personality sits very low on my list of desired features,

Personality is just someone's level of mutability in a given social setting.

There's also Campbell's soup cans. They are indicative of a deeper, metaphysical meaning between the feminine and masculine.

Also, tomato soup.

And yet, even toned down, it's clear that the filmmakers here are MUCH more invested in being loyal to the source material than the ones who tried to adapt GiTS. This is what you want with an adaptation: it can't be the same thing the manga is, but it can carry the themes, look, and concept. Loyalty...

No, man: they really aren't.

It is likely that the personality type you find attractive, and compels you to ask a particular girl out (and begin dating) is also the one that carries with it a tendency to be a LOT more forgiving for cheating.

I'll play around with it, and throw what I get your way before I FanFiction anything! Many thanks!

Lt Light Ark: Are you going to take a stab at this, or are you throwing it out for anyone to grab? If the latter, I may give it a shot.

Yeah: I mean, I'd figure when you'd have Sailor freakin' Moon as a precedent, Japanese animation studios were less uneasy about casting female protagonists as American studios. I still think a role reversal, however, would be interesting. What would the dynamic between Rei and Misato be like? Is Shi...

...I'll buy this for a dollar.

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