#evangelion sucks

[mfelewzi]

Interesting. Sadly, my knowledge about Classical Japanese Litetature is based on poetry, especially the Kokinwakashū of Heian period, for its similarities with Aristotle's Poetics (a thing that I know better than Kokinwakashū), about rules of Japanese poetry. And It isn't a deep knowledge, sadly.

But about Konietzko and Di Martino knowledge of Asian Cultures, Well the reason is that they had a partial and not completed knowledge of that subject. Their best knowledge of Asian culture are Wu Shu and Chambara movies, Sci-Fi and mecha manga and anime, with an honest interest of Miyazaki movies, but very superficial. They didn't know Asian Cultures, or other anime and manga than Gundam Franchise, Watanabe's shows and the most famous as Dragonball, Pokémon and Evangelion (this one is their favorite, cause there are many references to Evangelion in LoK), and when they had some experts of Asian Cultures, like Ehasz husband and wife, they didn't love their informations.

They wanted an american show with an asian dress and an asian aesthetic, nothing more. A thing Who was Modern and Metropolitan, without culture except rielaboration of real cultures but transformed in a different thing, Just like Evangelion, or some Internet Rules.

And that was One of the reasons for their fails. But they refuse to accept, cause It would mean that they are not talented authors.

That's why AtlA is an Unfinished Masterwork.

More hints we were supposed to get a Book 4: Air

The introduction at the beginning of every ATLA chapter starts with, "Water. Earth. Fire. Air." This aligns with the book titles for every season of ATLA. We also get Iroh singing a song that goes, "Winter, spring, summer and fall. 4 seasons for love." This also aligns with the seasons each book is affiliated with.

Now, have you ever heard of the ancient Chinese storytelling technique called Kishōtenketsu? I didn't until now. It is an old style of storytelling that features a 4-act story structure. Here is a video that explains it through its use in Studio Ghibli films.

It's no secret that the writers of ATLA drew inspiration from many different Asian cultures. Why wouldn't they also take inspiration in storytelling structure from these cultures as well? Each part of Kishōtenketsu can be broken up into their own respective parts.

Ki is the introduction of the characters, awakening them. In ATLA, Aang literally is awakened by Katara and Sokka. Zuko is also introduced quickly in the first chapter.

Shō is about listening and being informed. In Book 2, Aang is told he must find an earthbending teacher that is a master at neutrajing where they wait and listen. Toph takes in information with her seismic sense and waits for the best opportunity to make her move.

Ten means "twist" or "change". This is when the story takes an unexpected turn. Each character has their own focused episodes to highlight their changes. For instance, Sokka becoming a swordsman and Katara becoming a bloodbender. Toph asked for help in writing a letter to her mother, and she didn't like asking for help when we first met her. Aang had to deal with his anxiety about confronting the Firelord. The unexpected twist can also be seen when our heroes fail the invasion mission and Zuko joins Team Avatar.

Ketsu is the conclusion, or it could also mean "something coming to fruition." In this last part, all the elements of part 1 and 2 are brought back along with the agent of chaos in part 3. In Hollywood, the story would end with a "happily ever after" or a triumph over evil. However, Ketsu doesn't do this. The story ends with a resolution that can be bittersweet or ambiguous, a balance between light and dark.

In Star Wars and other Hollywood films, the story ends with the defeat of a bad guy then peace is restored. ATLA ending on Book 3 lines up with this western style of storytelling. It never sat right with me how the show ended on Book 3. The last line of Book 3 should've been "Where is my mother" which leaves a cliffhanger for Book 4.

The tea shop scene was shoehorned in and I don't accept it as the true ending. The war is won. Why is Zuko in Ba Sing Se and not back in the Fire Nation doing his Firelord duties? Where are the peace agreement meetings between Firelord Zuko and the other nations? In reality, there's a whole journey of restoration that happens after time of war. Zuko along with the others should've gone on this journey together as a team.

In Book 4, we would've learned that the previous antagonists of the show were not entirely evil and given redemption arcs. We would've seen Azula undergo a redemption arc of her own. On the flip side, we would've also seen previously seemingly nice characters to have a darker side to them. We would've also seen the return of any named side character in the show. Why give a side character a name if they are only going to be featured in one chapter for 1 to 3 minutes of screen time? And what about the airbenders? The fact that they are masters at evasion and hiding? What about the unseasonable tornado in the swamp?

I'm getting off topic. Back on track.

In Spirited Away, Yubaba is definitely an antagonist and she does questionable things like manipulating and stealing people's names. However, she isn't evil. There are rules and laws in the spirit realm and she is the enforcer. The real struggle is subverting from the norm and making meaningful change. This would've been the overarching theme of Book 4 if only it hadn't been cancelled.

Now I'm correcting this wrong by writing my own fanfiction called Book 4: Air, the Missing Element. I'm picking up every crumb and puzzle piece I can find to write the season that should've been.

[cheeseproducts]

happy birthday little apocalypse machine

[amiya-shirou]

My Dorothy & Arturia brainrot has now evolved

(Spoilers for Dorothy's Vision, Stultifera Navis and Zwillingstürme im Herbst)

is this anything

[kiochisato]

♡　＃　𓂃　Asuka langley Soryu rentry Graphics ! ❥　.　➶　 requested by @autibf. enjoy !

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at the last graphic , i tried doing kiana's editing style but it's honestly kinda mid dawg helps

[emanresu-the-artist]

woah im back. bought csp when it went on sale,, trying it out. i graduated highschool n am in college now. lots of new things..

[seeds-of-life-daily]

Day 27 Rei was asked to give constructive criticism

[ikkosu]

Are there any evangeliom x transformers crossover fan fiction 😔😔 I’m a sucker for crossovers oughhhhh

[perhats]

neon genesis evangelion solved super-intelligent AI 25 years before Chat-GPT was invented.

The Magi, the super intelligent computers that basically hard carry humanity in their fight against the angels in neon genesis evangelion, are the strongest supercomputers in the world running the most intelligent AI in the world. Now how do they not turn against the humans? They made them human by basing their operating system off of a human brain they modeled after someone and gave it the human experience, with the same emotions and memories and feelings, but a quadrillion times more intelligent. THEY MADE THE AI HUMAN. thats so beyond genius. I love this show so much.

[unit-22]

I’m coming out as a homestuck fan

enjoy some art (old and new!)

Hahaha how did Evangelion get in here????

[sau-cen]

[surefuckitwhateveraria]

i am neither false nor fake, i am simply me

[cybernetic-kneesocks]

otaku quirking it up on gaia online

[harapeveco]

Apparently you hallucinate your loved ones when you are about to die so I wonder who Tobi will see? Imagine he’s surrounded by everyone who was important to him at some point oof

[nigh7mare0nline]

watched american psycho and it sucked ass is this really some ppls fav movie

[x-adoringvoid-x]

Apparently that's called the 'irresistible force paradox'

[cypheragent]

the evangelion rebuilds are so fucking bad it's really easy to forget they exist, let alone that they have anything to do with evangelion