#Trans!Shinji Ikari

[gainaxvel3o]

TransFemme!Shinji really got me thinking about gender identity. I ultimately concluded that it actually does matter how a character presents themselves, because a trans!Shinji would be a fundamentally different person.

Really think about it. You have a boy who's biggest problem is his self loathing, causing him to retreat from the world and hurts others (particularly Asuka) due to using them as a replacement for his own sense of self. His inability to take rejection is LEGENDARY, to the point it is not hyperbole to say it was destructive to the entire human race and the people he cares about.

Take this same character, having her become so comfortable in her identity to actively present herself as a girl to a world that most certainly would reject her (especially in a largely conservative society like Japan)... it would require a massive amount of character development from this hypothetical take on Shinji, a level of courage, self-reflection and a determination to keep living despite her loneliness...

Am I crazy for thinking this would make for an awesome story?

[ekdsc]

asuka is a little confused about the purpose of pride month

[yaoialien]

[lillaland1]

happy transfem shinji day!!!! also happy birthday @ekdsc 💥💥💥

closeups below cut

[aretheyqueer]

Is she a trans woman?

disclaimer: this is a hc, not speculating on what the writers intentions were.

reason: Estrogen and antidepressants could've fixed her

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

this is what I’ve got out of evangelion so far

[noreatriplea]

I've been going on a Trans Shinji Brainrot lately. I think I've already consumed most content about it, so I took matters into my own hands and made some fanart myself. It's heavily inspired by @ekdsc's depiction of her, but I tried to take it to my style

[drikari77]

I made this a little while back but never thought to post this on tumblr until I saw someone else use the format

[bloomingmaiden]

Doing an Evangelion rewatch, and I've spent the entire time thinking about how they wrote the most transfemme-coded character of all by time by complete accident.

[couldtransitionsaveher]

SHINJI IKARI from NEON GENESIS EVANGELION

JUSTIFICATION:

"Literally the only times we see her genuinely happy are at the end of the show when she realizes she can be whatever she wants to be, and when she's in a dress" - Anonymous

[v4mpb3]

transfem shinji 4 @ekdsc 🤷 <3

[atomicniire]

[ekdsc]

ID card found dropped on the ground at NERV HQ. Whoever this belongs to should come claim it...

[bestpolyshipbracket]

Best T4T Ship Group 4 Round 2

Masha is canonically trans

Vee, Kaworu Nagisa, and Shinji are not canonically trans

[are-they-trans]

Shinji Ikari from Evangelion :3

Are They Trans?

Finally my people have found me.

This reminds me of how when I watched the end of evangelion I overheard someone say "shinji is a trans icon" and like, you're so real for that stranger.

[autistic-ben-tennyson]

How EVA Helped me Grow Up

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a franchise I’ve become obsessed over. I discovered it for the first time last spring when looking for something to watch on Amazon prime and saw the rebuild movies. I’m kind of a weirdo who started with the rebuilds then worked my way backwards with EoE and the 90s anime. In some ways, the series was a form of therapy for someone like me who struggles with self love and is still very closeted as a trans woman. Some western cartoons have messages of self love but there’s a key difference between EVA and those shows. One enables you to mope around with self pity. The other pushes you to grow up and stop feeling sorry for yourself.

EVA’s message of loving yourself is a lot more mature and nuanced than “imperfections are beautiful and it’s the world’s fault for not being understanding”. It’s a harsh but important lesson about how you can’t just wait around and hope for validation. For me that was important. When I first started watching, I was going through a period of depression. My parents were moving us to Florida and I had a poor experience coming out to them. I get why people like me latch onto the former idea because of how queerness or neurodivergence are treated as imperfections that need to be stamped out, but that line of thinking can turn into toxic positivity and a way for people to infantilize themselves and act like they are incapable of doing wrong by blaming others.

NGE’s message pushed me to grow up and stop trying to get validation from those who weren’t going to give it. I don’t like my living situation but instead of moping around, I found work and am trying to save money to move out. I identified a lot with Shinji and watching him at his lowest point in EoE was sort of a wake up call. If all you do is try to get validation while never maturing, then you’re not going to be able to enjoy life. I see parts of myself in all 3 pilots. Asuka’s ego and ambitious personality, Shinji’s need to please others as an INFP who struggles with that and Rei’s arc about growing as an individual by breaking away from Gendo. That’s what makes EVA a great series. It’s not some toxic positivity BS about flaws but rather one that forces you to look at the side of you that you dislike and come to terms with that you can’t have the good without the bad.