evilhead008 wrote:I really felt kind of "numb" by the time I got to the end.

As did I.

I was seven

Woah.

Wow.

Time for a very belated reply. Fabrication? Someone kicked it down. Using another conceived ending that says who did it to conclude who did is perfectly reasonable. I disagree. If it didn't happen on screen or in final script notes, it isn't factual. I agree. The final version of the film is...

Because I laughed at the description in the crazy pairings thread and the response I received, I looked at this. : / W...wh...why? WHY? Why would anyone want to write that? "Also the original title of this fic was going to be Ass Pumpers, but I felt that was just a cheap shock value type title....

I'm sure if I actually read the fanfic I'd be pretty horrified, and as I suggested, if I begin to take the scenario seriously it's extremely disturbing. I'm not one to laugh at other people's suffering or misfortune. My laughing had more to do with the general ludicrousness of us...

Is it actually possible to wash up to that position though? For the waves not to have reached the sleeping Shinji she would need to have slid across sand. The one example we are shown of someone returning is Shinji, who immediately after leaving instrumentality floats through the LCL and surfaces on...

Still, it's fanwank. Of course Anno is about ambiguity and interpretations and symbols, and I don't want to deny anyone's interpretations, but that seems silly. Not only because it seems bizarre that Anno should expect people to work that out in order to reach any sort of message from th...

We know that Shinji is not a swimmer (episode 10) And yet he seems to swim, or float, pretty well as he emerges from instrumentality, which I think is significant narratively and thematically. Occam's Razor says she came out of the LCL which means she swam. Or simply floated and washed ...

How did Asuka (or Shinji, for that matter) end up in this position on the beach? No clue whatsoever... they just are. No footprints in the sand or obvious lingering wetness from swimming means that popping into existence right then and there is as likely as anything else, and the clothing/b...

This makes Agony in Pink look like Barney's Happy Fun Time. Not many fics have Gendo tearing an unborn baby out of Asuka's vagoo and forcing Kaji to eat it. No, I am NOT making ANY of that up. This fic is truly horrifying. I haven't read the linked fic, but is it wrong that I burst out ...

That's a very good way of putting it.

That's about it, really. I think Rei wanted to become one with Shinji for the same reason anyone would consider the experience of instrumentality a blessing; to cure a world 'overflowing with sorrow'. To echo what others have said, Shinji and Rei do have a very deep emotional bond, and R...

I think the generic elements of the show only add to the complete shock that is achieved through the conclusions. The show initially appears to be a strangely lyrical twist on mecha action anime that is also unusually attuned to the psychology of its characters. As it goes on it digs deeper and deep...

Thankyou both.

I agree. To semi-repeat what I said in the S/A thread: the mother (and all of the infinite love and acceptance she can give Shinji) is preparation for the harshness of life. It cannot be used as a substitute for it, which is why Shinji must reject it. The Freudian Oedipus Complex idea is obv...

I believe Shinji and Asuka do in fact have a deep relationship which is of great importance narratively and thematically to the EoE, but I don't think it needs to end with the two 'finding happiness' together. I read the final scene and presentation of the Shinji/Asuka relationship there...