#he rejects misatos (creepy) advances because he understands what consent (& lack of it) is. but all of that is out the window w asuka | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

iowafashionweekbegins · 12 days ago

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"all of us are like shinji ikari, people hate him because theyre reminded of themselves" speak for yourself 😭 personally i do not see myself in a 14 year old boy who sees girls his age as stand-ins for unmet social, emotional, and sexual needs, and who willingly commits physical and sexual violence against them as a punishment for feeling personally slighted by them, but you do you i guess??

#shinjis story/character arc is one of the most blatant cautionary tales in media and people are still like #''well yes he sexually assaulted asuka but she was mean to him and he wasnt always like this and hes just a neurodivergent little boy!''#''shinji went through so much...'' so did asuka but she didnt go jack off in front of a comatose shinji or attempt to strangle him to death #or attempt to kiss him while he was asleep or ogle his body alongside her friends etc etc etc #at some point youve got to realize that while he was definitely abused and neglected he knows this behavior is wrong and does it anyway #he rejects misatos (creepy) advances because he understands what consent (& lack of it) is. but all of that is out the window w asuka #so no. i dont sympathize with him. anyone who was ever bullied or harassed in school should know that ''theyre just a kid''#is always one of the most annoying dismissals of obviously dangerous behavior that exists in the world.#idk its just concerning to me that people claim that everyone is a bit like shinji as a dismissal of the hurtful things he did #and that it says a lot more about you than it does about me #evie.txt ♡

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