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thought-provoking dynamics that i wish were more thoroughly explored in evangelion:
1. awkward, bumbling extensions of friendship between misato and rei, with subtle overtures of appreciation on the elevator
2. “disgruntled mom vs bratty teen” vaccination checkups with ritsuko and asuka, complete with extremely irritable glares (asuka), tired one-liners (ritsuko), and maybe asuka lunchtray-smacking ritsuko’s clipboard out of her hands
3. quasi-uncle & wayward nephew-type acquaintanceship between professor fuyutsuki and kaji, including philosophical debates and shogi dates over lunch (making the abduction scene a forced betrayal)
Played during the last few minutes of Q, this explosive, darkly apocalyptic track is arguably the leading highlight of You Can (Not) Redo’s original score. But many people don’t realize that the seemingly pseudo-Latin chants are actually English verses reminiscent of the Biblical Genesis.
From the black of space I will create, earth and in my image incarnate
Heaven is to be a place of rest, earth is where the people I will test
Six days have passed, on the seventh I will render myself
To a day of rest and to contemplate, what is to be
Mankind begins its fateful journey faced by trials and tribulations
War and peace, of my presence, to this end my work is done
This world I give, for you to live
Blessed are the ones that can live in peace
Forever, and ever
fiendswithbenefits inspired
like, the level of impartiality you have to take in assessing the cast of evangelion’s morals is really precarious and pretty much impossible for an audience to ‘neatly’ rationalize without feeling at least a little uncomfortable. the range of utter grossness includes child neglect/manipulation (gendo), destructive utilitarianism (yui), collaborating with plans of global genocide for entirely selfish reasons (ritsuko and fuyutsuki), utilizing chauvinistic shields to navigate the workplace (kaji), repeated sexual intrusions of a minor’s personal space (misato), emotional belittling (asuka), casual justifications for sexism (toji and kensuke), and sexual violence (shinji). the real stinger is a lot of this comes from characters the narrative wants us to sympathize with, to root for, and to encourage in some capacity. that’s why it’s so important to understand the whys and hows of each characters faults, because in a decontextualized setting with no consideration to intent, motivation, and circumstance, everything and anything lends itself to myopia and overgeneralizing.