Ikari Shinji (Ikari Gendo)
Weakness and cunning are actually just excuses for yourself. Not to hurt others, so doing nothing, is actually afraid of hurting yourself.
Out of fear of others, fear of others expecting you, and fear of others not responding to your expectations. So run away, run away from others who may cause you pain, and lock yourself up.
I even want to use the method of assimilation with others to eliminate the boundaries between myself and others, and to eliminate the pain and loneliness that the unknown between people may bring to me. In a radical way, the estrangement between self and others is erased. Is that really needed?
In fact, you are yourself, and your thinking, your will, is the fundamental way to define yourself. You also use this to separate yourself from others. Of course you have projections in the minds of others, but you understand that it is the reflection of your mind in the minds of others. That reflection is not the absolute power that builds your heart.
Admittedly, this reflection is sometimes distorted. But you understand that your true inner self should not be shaken by a misinterpretation. If there are many forces from reflections, from others pulling your heart. Because you expect the reflection in the minds of others to be standardized, so that the reflections in yours are not distorted. This is undoubtedly painful, and more importantly, you lose yourself, the inner truth of your own will.
So please think, please don't be afraid of pain. Don't be afraid to see the reflection, don't run away from who you really are.
Don't be fooled by the gap between the reality of the unknown (others) and the reality of self, please realize that this kind of disability, loneliness, pain is also a reality, and it is inevitable.
Asuka / Katsuragi Misato / (Akagi Ritsuko)
Afraid of loneliness, looking for approval from others, looking for security and warmth, in order to prove the value and meaning of their existence.
Perhaps another form of escape, another form of completion.
Is it really possible that we complete ourselves through others? Or is this just an illusion?
Jealousy, restlessness, dissatisfaction are born here.
We look to others to give us what we cannot give ourselves.
Perhaps we should admit our fragility and accept this kind of incompleteness. This is the fate and a characteristic of human beings.
First of all, please don't give up on yourself, please identify with yourself, please don't hate yourself.
Recognizing one's own imperfection can be gentle to oneself and gentle to others. To truly live and find the meaning of one's existence.
PS: I personally think that the essence of Ikari Shinji and his son is the same, and the problems and contradictions of Asuka, Misato and Akagi are the same. For Ayanari, she is already some kind of grand, detached consciousness, like a mother. Can't explain and don't need to explain.
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