qmisato:

fiendswithbenefits inspired 

like, the level of impartiality you have to take in assessing the cast of evangelion’s morals is really precarious and pretty much impossible for an audience to ‘neatly’ rationalize without feeling at least a little uncomfortable. the range of utter grossness includes child neglect/manipulation (gendo), destructive utilitarianism (yui), collaborating with plans of global genocide for entirely selfish reasons (ritsuko and fuyutsuki), utilizing chauvinistic shields to navigate the workplace (kaji), repeated sexual intrusions of a minor’s personal space (misato), emotional belittling (asuka), casual justifications for sexism (toji and kensuke), and sexual violence (shinji). the real stinger is a lot of this comes from characters the narrative wants us to sympathize with, to root for, and to encourage in some capacity. that’s why it’s so important to understand the whys and hows of each characters faults, because in a decontextualized setting with no consideration to intent, motivation, and circumstance, everything and anything lends itself to myopia and overgeneralizing.