it’s done! this is a gift i commissioned from the talented vwyn19 to my insanely smart friend @khalayak. it’s a redraw of the petit eva calendar illustration feat. misato, ritsuko, and kaji getting absolutely fucking sloshed at a picnic. in this house, we stan a trio
Anno doing what he does best: iterative foreshadowing. Misato, Ritsuko, and Kaji are the only characters that die by the gun, and these two scenes hint at all three deaths with laserpoint exactness. Look at the position of Misato’s gun: she aims at the back of Kaji’s head and the crown of Ritsuko’s spine. Ritsuko later dies from a gunshot wound through the spine, and well – Kaji’s corpse isn’t shown, but you can make the required leaps of imagination.
Misato confronts both Kaji and Ritsuko in the deepest belly of NERV, which is where she will eventually die. Both Kaji and Ritsuko cross-reference each other as they double-cross. Consider the history between the trio and you have what is best summed up by Kureishi: “Soon we will be strangers. No, we can never be that. Hurting someone is an act of reluctant intimacy. We will be dangerous acquaintances with a history.”
‘ ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ᴀ ᴛʀɪᴏ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴜsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ. ’
HOMEOSTASIS/TRANSISTATIS. ( listen )
a two-face for everyone in the threesome. an eight year long metamorphosis from budding friendship, to separation, to reunion, to betrayal, and then a final deceit. vague polyamorous undertones.
