What is Evangelion about to you, in a single word?

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Postby ElMariachi » Mon Oct 21, 2013 9:16 am

Err no I was responding to the OP question, "What is Evangelion about to you, in a single word?", I already got your joke! :lol:

And it's the AAA Wunder, the name is in German.
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Postby Nightwing » Mon Oct 21, 2013 9:26 am

Ah German i fail you once again (at least this time i dont have to go to summer school)
Give me back Ayanami!

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Postby NemZ » Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:44 am

Eva in one word?

TOPIC

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Postby Princess Asuka » Mon Oct 21, 2013 2:32 pm

Acceptance.

For Shinji, "Is it ok to be myself and have the others like me for who I am?" "Or does the whole world hate me?"

For Asuka: "Is it ok for me to show my true feelings to people without having to put up a front and be tough?" "Or is ok to be a little sensitive and show other emotions besides anger?"

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Postby Dataprime » Wed Oct 23, 2013 10:48 am

View Original PostPrincess Asuka wrote:Acceptance.

For Shinji, "Is it ok to be myself and have the others like me for who I am?" "Or does the whole world hate me?"

For Asuka: "Is it ok for me to show my true feelings to people without having to put up a front and be tough?" "Or is ok to be a little sensitive and show other emotions besides anger?"


Beautifully put I think this is how I feel as well.

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Postby Princess Asuka » Wed Oct 23, 2013 10:54 am

View Original PostDataprime wrote:Beautifully put I think this is how I feel as well.

Thanks and welcome to the forum! :asuka_thumbsup: I'm new to Eva too, so when I first saw it during the instrumentality sequences in 25 and 26, to me it seemed like what everyone wanted was acceptance.

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Postby Violet Shadow » Wed Oct 23, 2013 1:22 pm

Tang.

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Postby Burger of Power » Wed Oct 23, 2013 3:02 pm

Oh!, Oh!, let me tryyyy~!

If I was to condense Evangelion in a single word (which is a certainly difficult task), it would certainly be weakness!


Weakness is the drive behind every thing that happens in Evangelion. Gendo is too weak to get over Yui's death, Shinji and Asuka are too weak to withstand the cross they are doomed to carry and end up breaking down; even Misato, Ritsuko and Kaji have overwhelming weaknesses that wear them down and eventually take vast tolls on them.

And don't forget Seele. Their intention is to achieve a new stage on human evolution in the form of some sort of happy mind hive (from what I understood), which is but a way to surpass the weakness that haunts every human's heart.

Evangelion is a story of man against everything that he hates, hides and haunts him. Weakness.

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Postby Dream » Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:05 pm

The way this thread went to shit makes me unhappy.
"Every line is a joy" -Kaworu Nagisa.

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." - Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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Postby Chuckman » Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:24 pm

It's about love.

It's about how love makes you weak, and love makes you strong. How love scars, and love is the only thing that can heal. How love is the worst thing in the world, and you can't live without it. How every love story is a tragedy, but it's better to live a tragedy that die in a farce.
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Postby Princess Asuka » Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:33 pm

View Original PostChuckman wrote:It's about love.

It's about how love makes you weak, and love makes you strong. How love scars, and love is the only thing that can heal. How love is the worst thing in the world, and you can't live without it. How every love story is a tragedy, but it's better to live a tragedy that die in a farce.

I agree with this. ^_^

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Postby Dataprime » Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:36 pm

View Original PostChuckman wrote:It's about love.

It's about how love makes you weak, and love makes you strong. How love scars, and love is the only thing that can heal. How love is the worst thing in the world, and you can't live without it. How every love story is a tragedy, but it's better to live a tragedy that die in a farce.

So, Evangelion is really just a love story? :bigeyes:

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Postby Stillborn » Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:38 pm

Resignation

Because the tragedy is, that you will die in a farce anyway and unless you are someone exceptional, you are really powerless to change it and can only resign yourself to unavoidable.
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Postby Lavinius » Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:44 pm

Sacrifice to Life.
...but that's three words... if you forgive the Latin I can bring it to two...
Sacrifica Vitae.
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Postby NemZ » Thu Oct 24, 2013 6:28 am

Random digressions were taken out back and shot.

Back to the topic.
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Postby one-eyed » Thu Oct 24, 2013 7:33 am

Nihilism. Mainly defines everything I think of EoE.

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Postby Lord ikari shinji » Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:12 pm

enlightenment :lol:
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Postby Nightwing » Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:14 pm

Why?
Give me back Ayanami!

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Postby Dataprime » Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:17 pm

View Original PostNightwing wrote:Why?

Why as in you don't care ... or why as in the whole
series is a big giant WHY?

I genuinely love how good Evangelion hurts
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She's so cute. Like crazy cute. Like "She's giving me the diabetus" cute. - Gendo'sPapa

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Postby Nightwing » Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:19 pm

No i replying to the guy above me Good idea though
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