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[triviallytrue]

Watching something as iconic as NGE is kinda funny because every now and then something happens and you're like "oh! that guy! from tumblr!"

General thoughts:

Poor Shinji. Dude keeps getting put in situations.

The Ender's Game comparison keeps coming up for me - child soldiers utterly essential to the cause. The big difference is that they are just completely flubbing their psychological management in NGE - in Ender's Game they had eyes on the kids 24/7 and maintained in-depth psychological profiles on all of them, whereas in NGE they have loads of money and manpower focused on maintaining the EVAs but their equally-essential pilots are just... going to school. Shinji got punched and they didn't know!

And what is Misato's deal, anyway? She's in her 20s and has a crazy amount of authority (she just requisitioned all of Japan's power) and they're just kinda... letting her manage Shinji? It's not her job, but she's just doing it? She's his commanding officer but also his mom/sister, which is a really bad combo. Also I don't think I'm imagining the grooming undertones, those seem intentional.

The real motivator for someone like Shinji is (of course) his social connections - the two schoolkids and Rei, and then maybe to some degree Misato, and then even more distantly his father. Kids don't put themselves through severe distress just for the abstract concept of "saving the world," especially a world that has thus far been very unkind to them. To bring back the Ender's Game comparison, this feels like a very deliberate point that Graff and friends were aware of (the way they used Valentine as a strategic resource) but in NGE it seems to be mostly happenstance that Shinji made some human connections before completely shutting down.

Rei thus far is an interesting foil to Shinji. Normally I get kind of put off by scenes like the one where he walks in on her, but it gives you a lot of important information about both of them. Shinji, underneath all the abandonment issues and repression, is still a pretty normal kid - awkward, horny in that embarrassing adolescent way, deeply self-conscious. Rei is alien (or perhaps just very autistic). She just doesn't clock 90% of the tension at all. She pilots the EVA without complaint (though perhaps with equal psychological distress, just heavily repressed). She also gets along very well with his shitass dad, which is revealing in its own way.

I'm told there is another child, a red haired one, named Asuka(?), the thus-far only implied Second Child. Wonder why she isn't here yet?

I heard that it was some kind of twist that the EVAs were alive in some sense, but doesn't that naturally follow from the first couple episodes? Unit 01 moves to save Rei without a pilot and then goes berserk to kill the angel. Maybe there's more to the twist that I don't know yet.

What's up with the angels? Why are they here, what do they want, what are they exactly? Who cares. They are a plot device in purest form - they enable the rest of the show, but the show is not meaningfully "about" them. They didn't half-ass it though - the designs are absolutely phenomenal.

Oh, and there's some second project NERV is working on, a human transformation thing that got mentioned once and never again. That will probably be important eventually.

[meroaw]

glory

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1x06 / 5x01

[rosesofenvy]

Arc 1 of @sha-biest GoldenFutureAu

Up first in Arc 1: Leo sneaks out, Leo almost gets stabbed, and Leo develops a crush all within 8,000 words!

[3zethe3zr]

Animus Design: Anemone

- Albatross -

Fun Fact: I've designed her with albinism and partially based her design off of bleached coral and yellow anemones!

[blueshadowdad]

Blueberry Milkshake Cookie is available for asks

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[fernnwof]

starflight yahoo!!!

idk if my design is the best but oh well 🥲

also starflight has brown eyes because he deserves them (and no blindfold because it’s sorta unnecessary??)

[tdpgifs]

dragang group hugs

[k8wof-designs]

Scarlet the SkyWing

[wofdesignhub]

linden leaves, said to be used as a magical guide through times of grief

[kiwistickers]

Another Warrior Cats rarepair comic: PrincessXDustpelt <3

The more I think about them the more bummed I am it did not happen in canon. A grumpy character with a more naive and sweet one is already cute but extra layer of comedy when its making a former bully awkward in-laws with our poor protagonist. Also step-dad Dustpelt and Cloudkit interactions are funny to me as well since that little shit is my favorite character. <3

Other thoughts- Fireheart is so stressed and anxious durning this period of the series since he's already dealing with Tigerclaw being deputy and knowing his secret, plus Graystripe sneaking off to see Silverstream.

Personally a bit more of a sapphic Princess enjoyer myself (Sandstorm and/or Silverstream would be cute) but this would fix the Erin's 'Dustpelt didn't get a mate :( "'problem" without pairing him up with an apprentice. My HCs for them are trans man and bisexual Dustpelt and pansexual Princess.

The rarepair tournament bracket I'm referencing is hosted by lunefalls on twitter.

[l-ii-zz]

Part 5

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1x01 / 6x01

[skywing-human]

Rayla: I’ve caught this stupid disease because of Callum.

Ezran: For the last time Rayla, feelings are not an illness.

[ninoxwof]

Dragonets Height Chart In celebration of the dragonets' designs being complete, here's a height chart on how I interpreted their heights to be. Can't remember if it's ever specified whether Glory or Starflight is taller than the other but I always pictured her to be more lanky and the third tallest of the group while Starflight is a shrimpy shrimp boy despite nightwings having a representation of being big and me picturing rainwings as small. My old designs of the dragonets can be found underneath here v

For the most part my designs for them have stayed relatively the same color wise with a couple marking adjustments and changes! I just wanted to update the art, as well as make them fit into my own interpretations of the tribes more. I made these specifically for a tsunami pmv but I still have yet to complete it. Considering the old art is pretty outdated now, I may just restart it for the sake of having the art look more consistent. I think I can proudly say my dragon art has improved a bit since then, although I feel like I still need to work on my wing and talon stylization. I am very much more used to drawing feathery wings.

[blueshadowdad]

How old is baby pv, and has he learn a few things yet like how to crawl?

"...I can't believe everything changed in just a few months...Everything has changed so quickly..."

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