#3.0+1.0 spoilers

[yumenosakiacademy]

3.0+1.0 was rly weird n tht ending was jus.. felt so meh i guess?? 1. somehow unit 01 was able 2 b summoned by unit 13 i guess! bc it was Not there when sh!nji went in 4 his dad 2. gendo bein like “yui, thts where u were” where?? 3. sad gendo backstory dump boohoo or w/e n suddenly hes more chill? 4. how nice of the human instrumentality 2 not near-immediately turn every1 in2 LCL like in EoE! :) yes lets wait like 40 min so the protag can resolve things n m!sato can b a hero 4. the spear being made from human will reminds me of smth else but it makes me think of those “w the power of teamwork-!” or w/e endings in mag!cal girl shows. 5. the mar!shin comes out of like... nowhere. n mari is so nice 2 sh!nji 4 what im assuming is solely bc hes her old crush’s son. which makes them getting 2gethr even weirder. unless this mari is a clone, but still. n sh!nji never even rly liked mari much, iirc? bc she was barely in n/ge As Is, so. idk the ending felt so like. bam done timeskip teehee sh!nji finds love or smth yayy~! but... :I

#i knew abt the ending prior 2 watching it so i was Spoiled tho #also i dont get how gendo turned not-human but i think thts more a case of my bad memory than the anime itself so ill giv it tht. #3.0+1.0 spoilers #delete later

[sleepy-40400]

Kawoshin text message in a nutshell + more kaworu

I have a lot of evangelion dump shitposts and memes so I'm thinking of posting here

#no reposting #april 2024 #evangelion #neon genesis evangelion #neon genesis #neon evangelion #nge #eva #rebuild of evangelion #shinji ikari #shinji evangelion #nge shinji #evangelion shinji #shinji #Kaworu nagisa #kaworu evangelion #nge kaworu #evangelion kaworu #Kaworu #Kawoshin #kaworu x shinji #evangelion manga #evangelion spoilers #evangelion 3.0+1.0 #evangelion meme #nge memes #fypシ #fypツ #memes #shitpost

[automatic-midnight]

3.0 + 1.0s showing of normal life after the impact is so unintentionally funny because the majority of the population is living like it’s the stone age and are farming to survive meanwhile WILLE has ipads

#I get that it’s supposed to be a farming cottage core eutopia but it’s still funny to me #evangelion #neon genesis evangelion #Asuka stuck with a DS 0.5 because village 11 doesn’t get WiFi so she can’t use her ps5 #on a serious lore not based on screen cap spoilers I’ve seen for that mini movie that came with the 3.0 + 1.0 dvd it does look like some #quote unquote villages do consist of larger city areas and they’re not all farming simulator #and they better not be!!! it makes the lore in my brain much more boring if the wunder just visits farms #3.0 + 1.0 #evangelion thrice upon a time #nge

[madmanjive]

Kaworu clame he wanted to make shinj happy when all he wanted to do is amke himself happy which ended whit him making shinji life miserable. While kensuke help shinji even telling him she should try talking to his father which ended well for him leading to shinji being happy for the first time in life. Mari for some dumb reason keep forcing asuka to be whit shinji knwing those two can’t get along whit five minutes which make her really annoying. Being around shinji make asuka very unhappy which lead to her ending this toxic relationship once and for all movie on from shinji. Kensuke who live whit asuka for fourteen years know she a trouble young woman but never left her side and is always there when she needs him. Kensuke treat asuka like a adult, he does not  tell her what to do whit her nor force her to be whit him like mari does whit shinji. He let asuka make her own choices like a grow up and this does go unnitice by asuka.   

Shinji claim he liked asuka but he never show it all for. He never talk her to, never try to make things batter whit her and when she try to talk to him before the final battle he totaly ignore her by never looking at her. Is this how you trat someone she supposed use to like. He make a halfass confession that carry no weight and all everyone think it wipe out years of abuse between the two and ignore how badly he treated her during the movie. It bullshit. the only thing he say is true when he drop kensuke name cause he know that where asuka hart and mind belong to and shinji is happy for both of them. While they did not get along he does care for asuka and what her to be happy. Kensuke is his best friend that help him when other people did not help him in his time of needs and what him to be happy too.  

Action speak louder then words and kensuke action speak louder then the words of kaworu, mari and shinji. There a reason why the 3rd village see him as a hero. He a good man who does good things rather they workout or not. He earn right to be happy ans not he get live the rest of his life whit the woman of his dreams. Sadly eva fans don’t see that cause they too blind to see that due there selfish feelings toward kensuke. Too busy listening to clowns like adamworu who trash kensuke for years just to suck up to eva fans who hate him. Those kind of people is why I don’t get along whit eva fans cause they don’t care about these characters. Eva staff don’t care either all they care about is the fanservice characters that make them money and kensuke not one of them. If you care about these characters then then these selfish fans know this is about the eva characters feelings and to stop forcing there own selfish feelings on characters just because they didn’t get what they wanted.  

#asuken #asukakenken #asuka and kensuke #asuka x kensuke #asuka shikinami langley #asuka langley soryu #kensuke aida #kensuke and asuka #kensuke x asuka #kaworu x shinji #kaworu nagisa #mari makinami illustrious #shinji ikari #asushin #asuka x shinji #evangelion 3.0+1.0 #shin evangelion #evangelion spoilers #rebuild of evangelion #neon genesis evangelion #this fandom

[kawaiimiraclewitch]

just watched the Evangelion 3.0+1.11 shorts

(3.0-46h animated short) Nice to see Kitakami - one of the new bridge bunnies introduced in 3.33(3) - get a backstory. Always assumed she dyed her hair pink, but no, THE REASON IS KINDA SAD?

More of these please, Khara! I want to know more about the other guys too, since they always felt underdeveloped compared to their seniors (Aida, Hyuga and Ibuki) having an entire previous timeloop's worth of (mild) character development

(3.0-120m vomic) Mari is totally an AsuShin shipper, if I interpreted her singing 'Hanayome' correctly

either that or Shinji has the weirdest fucking polycule going on (assuming Mari and Mary Iscariot are one and the same, and regarding the Reis' entire existence)

#Midori Kitakami #Mari Makinami Illustrious #Evangelion spoilers #Neon Genesis Evangelion #Evangelion 3.0+1.0

[sau-cen]

3.0 + 1.0 ending in a nutshell:

#anime #neon genesis evangelion #nge #shinji ikari #evangelion #rebuild of evangelion #evangelion 3.0+1.0 #evangelion spoilers #ngl i'm happy for him #my opinion may change every week when it comes to this movie but shinji finally being happy is the one thing i always like #good for him

[galactic-murmaider]

Finally watched Rebuild of Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0 and god that was satisfying after almost a decade worth of waiting. And as much as I love End of Evangelion and Q, this movie in particular found me when I needed it most.

Thank you, Anno-san

Goodbye all of Evangelion

#spoiler free thoughts #neon genesis evangelion #rebuild of evangelion #evangelion 3.0+1.0 #comfort shows #comfort movies #anxiety #depression #my mental health journey

[luminiera-merge]

also i think i finally understand the four warships associated with the mark.09, mark.10, mark.11 and mark.12 now i think. they're basically eva units for eva units. the evas make their little ships go

#evangelion 3.0+1.0 spoilers #disclaimer: they are not little ships. they are very big in fact #[worf voice] little?

[dustin-redfin]

Originally drawn: 6 Nov 2023

evangelion riseheart

spoiler for 3.0+1.0 under cut

sometimes i just think about how angel blood is blue--

#ygo #kashtira #kashtira riseheart #kashtira arise-heart #rkgk #d/art

[hashtagloveloses]

Been meaning to watch Neon Evangelion, any recommendations of where to start??

ok so i just finished it for the first time i was advised by several friends here is what you need to know:

watch the original series on netflix. the netflix version is remastered and includes the director's cuts of the final few episodes. it is a new dub but i like it better than the old dub (yes and as a new fan i know this is controversial). unless you like subs better - in general for all of this i suggest dub, but with english SUBTITLES (not cc unless you need it) on, because sometimes things are translated differently. one thing to note is that the closing credits songs are not the originals because netflix couldn't get the rights, look up all the different versions of fly me to the moon on youtube.

watch the "end of evangelion" movie on netflix. same deal, new dub voice actors, etc. the TLDR here is that this show has three different fucking endings because of running out of budget, fan outrage, etc, and this movie was the creator's FUCK YOU to the fans who didn't like the original ending. it is...extremely jarring but very important. there are a few other movies like death true and death and rebirth but these basically were theatrical releases of pieces of either this movie, or the final few episodes, mashed with recap content, so they're not needed.

watch the 4 rebuild of evangelion movies, the directors cuts, on amazon prime (you don't need to buy them, they're included). the dub here is the original dub VAs so you can get an idea of what those were like, and i suggest the english subtitles (not cc) here too. for additional context, these four movies were made throughout the 2000s and 2010s so the creator (Anno) could build the story as he originally intended, without network or budget or time constraints, and it starts out the same but then changes the ending dramatically. again, the three endings all layer on top of each other, the experience of evangelion is a metatextual one. the films are, in order: Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone, Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance, Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time.

content warnings: body horror, many MANY references to christianity, suicide, sexual assault and harassment, weird underage shit, abuse of various kinds, depression - this show is VERY VERY dark, but with some very hopeful messages, so please go into it carefully and well prepared, especially if you have traumas yourself.

I would suggest at least SKIMMING these 4 articles (maybe dodge around some spoilers) before watching to get an idea of how the text speaks to itself and the audience. while every piece of media is influenced by the audience, this one especially is a LOT:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/06/27/how-evangelion-opened-my-eyes-my-depression/

it does seem like a lot but unlike a lot of classic anime it really is not that long, it's like 26 episodes plus the four movies so, i finished it in a week lol. once you watch it you can read more about it and see how it influenced (and was influenced by) SO many other things you know, it's a very cool experience!

#evangelion #neon genesis evangelion #happy watching or...maybe not so happy #ask

[thesecondbatgirl]

Why you should play the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, part whatever

Previously, two impassioned “BUT IT'S SO GOOD” posts with very little details. (Part 1, Part 2)

Okay, so, I have previously talked about the themes and the tropes and just that the game is super fun (and did you know you can play the base game + first expansion for free? Because you can) but this time I’m going to try to give a little bit more detail. I’m *mostly* only going to cover characters from A Realm Reborn (shortened to ARR or 2.0) but probably spoilers for later expansions will show up.

(A quick note: Each expansion has the base (x.0) and then 5 patches of content, and they get shortened to those. So ARR runs through 2.0 and 2.55 since the .5 patch is always divided into two. Also, 1.0 no longer exists because it was so awful they literally dropped a moon on it.)

Summary: It is five years after the invading Garlean Empire dropped a moon on us. Except the moon was actually a technological prison created by an ancient civilization that contained a fucking dragon. It was defeated at a great cost, which will be recapped after you start the game. You can watch the super awesome cinematic here!

You arrive in the city of your choice (forest city, pirate city, desert capitalist city, your choice of which does not actually matter other than you get different introductory quest lines so basically pick whatever class you want to start with and/or whichever city you think sounds cool as you can be all the classes eventually) in which you, the adventurer, turn out to be super competent and do a great service to your starting city. Oh, and you are having visions of a giant crystal.

Shockingly, it turns out that you have a power called The Echo which basically means you can get visions of past stuff which is very useful for exposition, and also you are completely immune to tempering (brainwashing) by the primals (gods) of the various beast tribes. Which is good, because the fact that the primals will basically turn anyone who tries to fight them into their worshippers, and their very existence harms the land, so really only people with the Echo can fight them.

Due to your awesomeness, you get recruited to a super secret organization, the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, whose goal is to fight Primals and stop the Garlean Empire. And fight the Ascians, quasi-immortal beings who are secretly manipulating everything so that they can free their God.

And then shit gets real.

For the record, that only explains the first like, 20 levels. There is just SO MUCH to the game, and trying to explain it would be like attempting to sum up some epic fantasy novel series with 15 books and multiple tie-ins.

Short version of where the story goes:

ARR (2.0-2.55, levels 1-50): You become the Warrior of Light and fight Garleans and Primals

Heavensward (3.0-3.55): Time to stop a thousand year war between man and dragons and deal with a corrupt church Stormblood (4.0-4.55): Imperialism is bad, the game. Let’s go free some colonies.

Shadowbringers (5.0-5.55): We’re going to an alternate world to try and stop a disaster and find out the true history of the Ascians

Endwalker (6.0-currently 6.3 as of 1/10/2023): It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I think that hope can triumph over despair

So now that you know the story, let’s talk about the characters! There are loads and loads of characters, and covering all of them would be pretty much impossible, so have the major characters from ARR. I’m not going to give major spoilers for ARR itself, but I am definitely going to reference ends of character arcs because talking about them otherwise is difficult when they get so much character growth. Also I am stealing all these images from (mostly) the ffxiv wiki

You: The Warrior of Light. (usually abbreviated to WoL) Choose between 8 races, and play as many classes as you want Currently there are 19 fighting classes (20 if you count blue mage, which is a limited job that can’t be used in regular content), 3 gathering classes, and 8 crafting classes. The WoL doesn’t get a lot of options for dialogue until 3.0, but the ability to customize is great, and there’s a very strong RP community. Also I absolutely joke that this game is basically my WoL’s harem and I stand by it. (Pictured, all of your character options, female and male.)

The Scions: Super secret team of nerds who left their homeland because they wanted to try and make the world better. (it’s complicated.)

Minfilia: Leader of the Scions. Has shitty voice acting, but is basically team mom. She gives you your assignments and has a very strong connection to the mothercrystal you keep seeing.

Thancred: This is Thancred. You hang out with him if you start in Ul’dah, the desert city. He’s a flirt, former thief, but eventually ends up trying to raise a teenage girl with his boyfriend. He also has a compulsive saving people thing.

Y’shtola: If you start in Limsa Lominsa, the pirate city, you get to hang out with her. Her hobbies include attempting complicated spells, being smarter than you, calling people out on their bullshit and delivering the best insult in the game. Also she does a Sailor Moon thing. (Okay, I was going to only put in the ARR outfits but frankly her Shadowbringers outfit is great so I’m showing it off.)

Yda and Papalymo: She’s a ditz who punches things, he’s sarcastic and sets shit on fire. Together, they hang out in Gridania, the forest city.

Urianger: Speaks in thees and thous and poetry. Was totally in a kinky relationship with a woman who could break him. Gets a massive glowup in Shadowbringers.

Tataru Taru: The Scion’s secretary, who is possibly going to take over the world eventually, and makes excellent outfits.

Alphinaud Leveilleur: Ok, so listen, every time I play ARR I spend half of it yelling at Alphinaud to shut the fuck up. Because he has such a great character arc! He starts off as this super entitled 16 year old who thinks that he’s smarter than everyone and that politics is just a game he’s playing. He truly wants to make the world better, he’s just very very full of himself.

He gets *so much better* He gets his break the haughty moment and learns and grows, and gathers a lot of firewood, and learns and grows and also is absolutely dating a super surly dragoon, and I love him.

Alisaie Leveilleur: Alphinaud’s twin sister who mostly doesn’t show up until post 2.0. Her hobbies include dunking on her brother, threatening people with a sword, and generally being awesome. She also has a super strong moral compass and cares a lot for individuals over ideals.

(These are their Endwalker outfits, Alisaie is in red, Alphinaud in blue.)

Allies:

Kan-E-Senna: Gridania’s leader. Older than she looks, has a connection to the Elementals (forest spirits)

Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn: Limsa’s leader and former Pirate Queen. Very pragmatic. Will absolutely shoot you.

Raubahn Aldynn: Refugee turned gladiator turned leader of Ul’Dah’s army. One of the richest people in Ul’Dah. Incredibly loyal to the Sultana. 

Nanamo Ul Namo: The Sultana. Thinks capitalism is stupid. Wants to serve her people. Occasionally hides in pots, according to Raubahn.

Haurchefant Greystone: THE BEST BOY. Will make you hot chocolate. Absolutely wants to fuck you.

Cid: Engineer and last minute rescuer. Is supposed to be 30, so I guess he just went silver fox early or something. Has his own airship.

The villains: (Gaius in black, Nero in Red. Livia is in white, and the dude with the shields doesn’t actually matter.)

Gaius van Baelsar: The Big Bad (of ARR.) Wants to know if you believe in Eorzea. Actually gets a redemption arc eventually to rival Zuko from ATLA.

Nero tol Scaeva: Cid’s ex-boyfriend who will literally give an entire speech about their rivalry and how one day he will best him. It’s *great*

Livia: Deserved a better story arc. Luckily, her sister is awesome.

That is… just a sampling of characters. Each class gets its own storyline, so there are characters there! And so many sidequests! I didn’t even talk about Detective Hildibrand!

But hopefully, this has convinced you to try, or at least made you slightly more interested. You can find the free trial here: https://freetrial.finalfantasyxiv.com/na/

#Final Fantasy XIV #Final Fantasy 14 #ff14 #ffxiv #truly tempered by YoshiP

[catdotjpeg]

Shin Godzilla (2016) dir. Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi

Contains some spoilers.

Today marks the 77th anniversary of the u.s. bombing of Hiroshima. I’ve been reflecting a lot on it these days, mostly because of all the conversation around Oppenheimer. I didn’t set out to watch Shin Godzilla as a result of those conversations, or because of the date or anything like that, but I realized this morning that it ended up happening that way. 

I will say I went about this kind of funny– the first film I saw in Hideaki Anno’s Shin Japan Heroes Universe was Shin Kamen Rider, then Shin Ultraman, and finally Shin Godzilla– so with the exception of Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time, which I have yet to see, I watched the series backwards. Because of this, some of the elements that Anno (and Shinji Higuchi) used in Shin Godzilla weren’t as surprising to me as they seemed to be to 2016 viewers because they’ve now become hallmarks of the SJHU films– namely the choice to use elements of the original 1954 Godzilla soundtrack. The integration of the original soundtracks has been one of my favorite aspects of the SJHU films, and it worked well for me here. Michael W. Harris has an interesting post on his blog, The Temp Track, comparing Shiro Sagisu’s work in this film to his work for the Evangelion series– I recommend reading it if you’re interested in that sort of thing, as my musical knowledge isn’t robust enough for me to say what I want to say about it. I originally thought that they used the 1954 roar for the entirety of the film, but when I was looking up information about it this morning, I learned that they only used it for Godzilla’s third form (dubbed Shinagawa-kun for his destruction of the Shinagawa ward)-- his fourth form (Kamakura-san) uses the higher pitched 1962-1975 roar. Maybe modern audiences are more familiar with the later roar, or perhaps it was a choice motivated by personal nostalgia on Higuchi and Anno’s parts. 

Modern depictions of Godzilla tend to favor a kaiju-fighting anti-hero Godzilla– a Godzilla that is fearsome, but respected, and can be maneuvered to fight against other more antagonistic monsters. The Godzilla we see in Shin Godzilla is not this. This Godzilla is a destructive, terrible, inescapable force. From the first moment that we see something explode out of the water, there’s an atmosphere of dread– or at least there was for me. Of course, much as the 1954 Godzilla came less than a decade after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this film came less than a decade after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, and the simultaneous nuclear disaster in Fukushima. I’m sure that Japanese audiences knew exactly who the filmmakers were pointing at during sequences like the meetings-on-meetings, or the press conferences featuring politicians clad in blue jumpsuits. Ishiro Honda, the director of the 1954 Godzilla, is stated to have filmed Godzilla’s destruction of Tokyo to directly mirror the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The scenes of boats piled on top of each other, or cars being flung apart as the road is ripped up beneath them, clearly evoke the destruction caused by the 3.11 earthquake and tsunami. (There’s an article on MyKaiju called “311 Motif in Shin Godzilla” where John Ruffin compares scenes from the film and images from the news.) I watched Shin Godzilla thinking about 2011, but also the consequences of global warming in the global south– particularly in places like the Philippines, where people are hit year after year by catastrophic typhoons– and of course, to a lesser degree, the ineffectual government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Anyway, this isn’t to say that there aren’t moments of sympathy for Godzilla. It’s made clear that Godzilla exists as a result of environmental destruction– individual and state choices– and after the bombs are dropped, we hear the song “Who Will Know,” believed to be from Godzilla’s point of view. Of course, Godzilla never asked to become irradiated megafauna. 

I read from a few people that the depiction of the u.s. was somewhat unpopular with western audiences. I honestly thought that the depiction of the u.s. was quite generous considering … everything about the u.s. I was most interested in Kayoco Anne Patterson’s motivations– she enters the film as a fast-talking, clearly Asian American politician (suspend your disbelief for a second– her makeup in comparison to the makeup we see on some of the other women in the film is one of the best examples I’ve seen of Asian American versus Asian makeup styles) but about halfway through the film, she tearfully explains that her grandmother lived in Japan during the war and lived through the bombings. Although it isn’t the focus of the film, there’s an interesting conversation here about diaspora and their connection to their homelands. It’s this connection that guides her actions, even at the cost of potentially destroying her political career. 

Speaking of political careers, the protagonist, Rando Yaguchi, has a complex character arc. At the beginning of the film, he is one of the only characters willing to oppose the senior politicians’ belief that the explosion of steam in the ocean is not a threat. Throughout Shin Godzilla, we see him working tirelessly to protect his nation– at one point, his coworkers practically beg him to take a shower. His superior and mentor, Hideki Akasaka, believes for a moment that Yaguchi is motivated solely by a desire to further his political career, before understanding that Yaguchi truly wants to do what he sees as most effective to bring the Godzilla disaster to an end. This may not have been the intention, but there’s still something unsettling about Yaguchi’s character to me– even if we’re to believe he has the best intentions, and he does certainly seem to hesitate the least when it comes to doing what would save the greatest amount of people, he’s still a politician, and still needs to play the game. 

Finally, I was struck by a lack of criticism of the Self-Defense Force. They’re largely presented as a self-sacrificing body willing to do whatever it takes to protect the nation. I’m not sure if it’s because Japanese criticism of bureaucracy and the government had been happening for decades at this point, whereas popular criticism of the military generally ends at a broad anti-war sentiment, or maybe it was simply too complicated to fit in a critique of militarism in this situation. I’ll be the first to admit that as a Filipino, I have no shortage of criticism of the JSDF. There was a moment where my partner and I had the same reaction though: there’s a painting in the background of a scene where Yaguchi is talking to three JSDF officials depicting a handful of military helicopters flying in front of Mount Fuji, and after the scene ended, my partner and I both asked, “What was up with that painting??” 

Shin Godzilla is a dense, devastating film that warrants multiple watches. I’m sure I’ll have different takeaways the next time I watch it. (As it is, this is all I can remember because I forgot I wanted to take notes while watching. My bad!!!) 

I rented it on youtube and watched it in Japanese with English subs.

Here's a link to the original review on Letterboxd.

#nico reviews #film blog #shin godzilla

[jonasis-like]

Somewhat spoilers for Eva Rebuild 3.0+1.0 if you been living under rock lol. Anyways the final Eva movie was great, perfect conclusion to the franchise with tons of highlights. The scene where Asuka awaken as an angel definitely stood as one of those fantastic scenes so this is my take on it. Had to wing it when it came to Awaken Unit 02 since it couldn’t find any reference sheets on this but overall I’m happy how it turned out.

#asuka langley shikinami #evangelion rebuild #evangelion 3.0+1.0 #Asuka #eva unit 02 #thrice upon a time #Yoshiyuki Sadamoto #evangelion fanart #artists on tumblr #digital art #anime art #plugsuit #digital watercolor #clip studio paint #anime girl #character art #character illustration

[mechagrrl]

man of steel's zod is such an interesting character to me. definitely one of my favorite movie villians. he's got a lot of depth, and michael shannon plays him perfectly.

i really like how a lot of the story focuses on his relationship with jor-el. they didn't like each other. they weren't even friends. but they respected each other. and they agreed with each other. when talking about having killed jor-el, zod says "and not a day goes by where it doesn't haunt me. but if i had to, i'd do it again." and then. he does. he kills the jor-el AI on the ship, leaving him looking lonely and remorseful.

there's just something about. being born for a specific purpose. having trained your whole life for this purpose, it becomes everything you are and everything you know. he doesn't like the things that he's doing. he doesn't enjoy it. but to him, these things are a necessity. he was created, 'bred' as he puts it, for one purpose. he already failed krypton once by failing his coup and letting his world die. he will not let it happen again. (spoiler alert: he fails lol)

that's just really compelling to me. something about being born in an inescapable way, and it controlling your life. to be fair though, zod in this move is like. a textbook fascist. i shouldn't really care about him. his goals, his ideals, his morals, his motivation, etc... but... i do?

not in the sense that i'm rooting for him or whatever but there is a sense of... catharsis. being born for a specific purpose, being born a specific way, into a specific environment, yet choosing to be good... that's hard. it's harder than most people think. it takes a lot of work to turn yourself around. there's something cathartic seeing someone double down on bad habits, bad ideas, and bad morals rather than try to make any real changes. in the movie he is presented with better options, but he still decides to double down on destroying humanity because if he wavers, if he compromises... then all that pain, all that cruelty, all that violence... it served no purpose. and he can't live with that.

it makes what i feel now, better i think. i didn't double down. i'm still working hard to be a good person. but the truth is that i could have. i could have just sat and accepted what life had handed to me. served my purpose. and it was hard. very hard to gather to strength to break free, to actually work on developing myself as a person outside of what was assigned to me. so it feels... good to see a character who is profoundly hurt continue down a path of self-destruction, a lesson in what happens when you don't try. it's like by watching him, i get to feel my rage, my lack of agency, through him. and when it destroys him in the end it feels... satisfying.

honestly, i'm just rambling here. i have a lot of emotions or whatever and i'm not sure how to word them. the one of the only other times i've felt this way was... and forgive me for picking something so cheesy... was steven universe future. there isn't a day where i don't think about the second to last episode. where he doubles down, tries to make his bad habits, his pain, a part of who he is as a person. every second that passes he breaks more and more, he is visibly about to implode on himself. and then... he does.

i also felt similarly during gendo's scene in 3.0+1.0. like, i hate gendo. ive always hated him. but that scene... it hit really close to home, you know? it doesn't make me sympathetic to him but it makes me feel... a kind of catharsis. shinji sees his father and sees that as a kid, gendo was just like how shinji is now. he let it shape his life, control him. marrying yui only enabled his propensity for isolation, for favoring distance between himself and the rest of the world. when yui was gone, he doubled down. he never cared about anybody else ever again. through learning this, shinji is able to follow a different path, to understand that... if he didn't work hard at it, he too would become gendo. and as we all know, 3.0+1.0 is about breaking the cycle.

#amanda.txt #maddie.txt #man of steel #general zod #dru zod #michael shannon #dceu

[madmanjive]

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[kizxu]

|NGE Rebuild spoiler|

Damn, the evolution as a character of Shinji, growing as a person

Evangelion made me feel amazing, I don't think I'll ever see something like this again and I love this feeling

At first I felt like I wouldn't like him, but I would love the world building and the things around him, but then at the middle of NGE Rebuild 2.0, he began to change and I liked it, at the anime it happens in other way but I like it too, he's truly a relatable character

He wants to feel loved but don't want to love, he just doesn't want to feel alone, never trying to understand people around him

The end of 3.0+1.0 made me feel at my best, seeing him trying to understand other people around him, seeing that his father was just like him, that he never tried to really be good to Asuka, he became an amazing person as he stopped crying at his past and started growing up

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