Re-Watched Evangelion for Raid "Preparation"

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I think its easy to type out plot points in a way that makes any story look reductive. You can argue XIV has done the same ending 3 or 4 times (wanna take a trip down memory lane) but it also takes all the detail and nuance away. I find the analysis of episodes 22-24 here pretty off the mark. Regarding oversexualization, I won't defend egregious camera angles or poses but I will say Evangelion does deal with dark subject matter and traumatized individuals. You might not notice this because they emotionally oscillate between extremes and it can be easy to see this as contrived. Regarding Kaworu its like, I guess you don't know disregulated people can be prone to lovebombing. And that's exactly what happens, its not unbelievable whatsoever.

Growth and rehabilitation do not just continue to tread off in a linear way. Those are bs stories. Experiencing setbacks, falling back into old patterns, is extremely common. The way arc happen in XIV for example, thats not the average case where someone grows and just stays in a permanent state of success. Alphinaud for example.