#and fuck dan kanemitsu

Been re-watching Evangelion on Netflix and man am I getting a lot more than I did 8 years ago when I last re-watched. And now that I’m not a teenager anymore…I also realize I can’t fucking stand the sexualization of our main characters. It’s fucked up that the only reason I can watch it now is because I first watched this show when I was 7 years old. I had a crush on Asuka as a 7 year old - because she was an older girl to me. But this show was not made for 7 year olds so therefore this pandering was not for me. It was for the older fucking creepy weirdos who wanted this shit. So It’s weird being 26 now and trying to re-watch this creep fest. It’s not deep. Ret-conning the pandering shit in Death and Re-birth as revenge porn against your fanbase does not make it less creepy, weird, or inappropriate. I can only stomach this show because I liked it as a kid. Which is weird to think about. This show is stuck in time and I’m getting older. At least the Eva’s still look cool - but holy fuck am I having a hard time re-watching this bullshit.

It’s okay to like this show. I still do. But if you try to justify this to yourself in anyway you have a fucking problem and you need to grow up.

Also Dan Kanemitsu is a fucking creep. Saying 1st, 2nd, and 3rd children instead of child is the dumbest fucking thing I’ve ever heard in my life and tbh I’m more pissed about that than his other dumb ass stances. Because his dumb ass stances are still dumb ass stances. 

Finally - the new voice actors are great. I really like them.

Alright there is my dirty laundry when it comes to Eva. I still like this show despite all this bullshit. The background storytelling really does it for me. Even though it can be incoherent and wishy-washy with religious iconography the world building and story telling is incredibly consistent and depressing in a way that rivals some of the best post-apocalypse stories.