This is the first time I posted here (well on this account) but I will say this. Hi! I go by the online alias SugarBooger and been a fan of Evangelion since 2016 and its my favorite franchise second to Sonic! I have posted a few essays on Eva that is lost media, but I dunno if some you may know me. But anywho.
A question that has been on the back of my mind is... am I the only one who thinks Shinji is cool? Cool in, I admire this character and aspire to be as cool as he is (not him in EOE of course). I hope to not only look like him, but I find him cool in what you kids call an aura farming level.
Now the more conventionally cool characters would go to Asuka, Rei, Misato, and Gendo as Shinji is supposed to be based on creator Hideaki Anno and reflect his battle of depression, and he like Amuro Ray and others before him are supposed to represent what a regular teen boy would act like if he was tasked to resolve a war with other wordly beings attacking our world and how a teenager with severe depression would act.
But bro not only defeated powerful angels such as Sahaquiel, Leliel, and Zeruel, but also almost risked his life to save Rei from Zeruel in the rebuild timeline, survived the third impact and made it out alive and still kept on fighitng, got a super high synch ratio that lead him to do some badass moves, and defeated Gendo in Eva 13 in the Anti Universe and got rid of EVA units for good.
I also think this contradicts the notion that Shinji is a "whiny bitch" as he is emotoinal as he is a severely depressed teenage boy thrusted into a war and cause he didn't ask for when he isn't sure why he wants to keep fighting int he world let alone worrying that he has to worry that his life is on the line, but the dude has some badass moments and definitelly isn't this "spineless beta coward."
But am I alone in feelingt this? Not only that, Shinji Ikari is a total pretty boy where he manage to pull Asuka, Kaworu, and Mari. I wish I was as pretty and good looking as Shinji.
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Like probalby almost everyone here, I am a life long fan of Sesame Street. Being born in 01 I obviously originally grew up with the Elmo's World era, but had the Sesame Street Old School boxsets gifted by my aunt when I was five and became obsessed with classic Sesame Street from ages 5-12, and re-discovered that love as an adult at 24. I know I'm not alone as hell, there was an entire generation, just two eras before me who were greatly impacted by Sesame Street as they grew up with it well into adult hood (gen x).
Not only does Sesame Street from that era have a certain level of quality and charm that can appeal to adults where they were even adult fans of Sesame Street in the 70s, but also timeless. Compared to most Gen X properties like say Battlestar Galactica, He-Man, Knight Rider, A-Team, Smurfs, The Electric Company, Fraggle Rock, whatever, Classic Sesame Street seems to have a timeless appeal where I notice there are classic Sesame Street fans that are not only Millenials, but also my generations Gen Z. I argue its like Star Wars level of transcendental although yes Classic Sesame Street isn't as mainstream like it used to be.
Why do you guys think that is? For me, I think that for its appeal to adults and why they are so many adult fans, back in the Sesmae Workshop with Jim Henson, David Connell, Jon Stone, and Jeff Moss made a lot of clever jokes and a well written characters and setting, as well as leaving subtle innuendos and dark subject matter where classic sesame street was made just as much as the adults in the room watching in mind as much as the pre-schoolers. Almost where it was more so an elementary aged school till Emo took over.
For its timeless appeal, back when Big Bird used to be a star of the show, I think the show used to be a celebration of childhood Innocence, as well as the muppet and the adult characters being so well realized that various adults and kids could relate to them. Like, Bert being relatable to the adults and Ernie being relatable for the kids.