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u/loaExMachina explains the worst scene in Evangelion (infosec.pub)
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[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

So what was the other scene 😰?

[-] teije9 29 points 2 weeks ago

a girl, asuka, is in the hospital. shinji is visiting and shakes her while crying 'wake up wake up' this shaking makes her vest unzip...

shinji, who is incredibly mentally ill, traumatised, and depressed responds to this by whipping his dick out and jerking off

fun fact: the maker of the manga said he was uncomfortable with drawing a scene where shinji and another guy, kaworu kissed, but never said anything about this scene

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

Never seen the show, but from the post the comment is from, the contrast went from unconscious girl and blood on hands to unconscious girl and jizz on hands.

[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

It's a story about a bunch of mentally ill people abusing each other. It's very crude and meant to show the worst parts of humanity and what trauma does to them.

[-] BangCrash@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Everyone keeps saying mentally ill.

I didn't get that. I saw Shinji, Asuka & Rei as all being different parts of the same psyche. Different parts of the ego, Id & superego.

This was reinforced by the concept of syncing the pilot to the robot, or in human consciousness the psyche to the meat suit.

When the psyche and robot are synchronised they are unstoppable, but do many doubts and imposter syndrome feelings get in the way of that control that we seldom synchronise properly

[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The first paragraph of your comment doesn't really connect with the next two. How does the pilot/psyche having to link with the robot/body implies Shinji, Asuka and Rei are part of the same psyche?

Anyway, you're ignoring all of the other mentally ill characters.

  • Ryoji hates himself so much that he flirts with anything that moves just to try and prove to himself that he is worthy of love.
  • Misato is so lonely that she's pushed into a toxic relationship with Ryoji. At her worst, she goes full pedophile just to get some affection.
  • Gendo is so jealous of his own son that he literally tries to destroy the world so that he can be alone with his wife.
  • Naoko was so obsessed with Gendo that she was not only glad when his wife died but also couldn't say no when asked to help him bring her back to life via cloning. She then killed the clone and probably herself.
  • Ritsuko is fucking her mom's lover. Enough said.
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