>>2975487>And that's difrent from Shinji how?Let's see:
Shinji:
-Mom disappears from his sight, expect Shinji doesn't remember this or even remember what his mom looked like or how she died.
-Dad leaves him when he was young (This is bad, but it happens to a lot of kids. Hell, it happened to my best friend.)
-Lives an uneventful but normal life with his teacher
-That's it
Contrasted with Asuka
-Has been training with the Evangelion since she was a fetus
-Dad cheated on her mom while Asuka was there to watch
-Mom went psycho under Asuka's watch
-Mom actively rejects her for an inanimate object
-Mom killed herself in front of Asuka's face, something that Asuka vividly knows and remembers
-Continued training and synch tests her whole life
Don't try to make it like Shinji and Asuka are equal. Asuka's clearly the one with the worse life.
>Got dragged into being child soldier without and has been seriously injured moreAll of this happened to Asuka. In fact if you study the show you know that Asuka has actually spent more time in the hospital from Angel attacks than Shinji.
>EOE starting with him having tried to drown himself when it's made clear he can't swim says otherwise. He tried to drown himself after Kaworu.That's not true. The liner notes explicitly say that it's sweat, not water. That wasn't Shinji trying to commit suicide. Asuka tried to commit suicide, though.
>He reacted to Misato forcing herself on him with disgust and is terrified of Rei by this point and didn't see her that way to begin with. If anything Shinji's actually been the victim of sexual assault and violence up to that point.For Gods sakes, are you selectively viewing Evangelion? Shinji has a whole montage about fantasizing about Asuka, Rei, and Misato as his personal fuckdolls in Episode 20 "Don't you want to become one with me?" He tries to kiss Asuka in her sleep in Episode 9. (Cont)
