woooww... this is a verrrry old thread
but i decided to share my two-cents anyways haha
note** please don't take any offense of what i say,
this is simply my personal opinion on what i've perceived from watching the series/movies
i really, really don't think they should be actually romantic at all...
plus, if it became too romantic, it might ruin the ambiguity that NGE is famous for..
(and personally, i cannot stand asuka's haughtiness and her ego trips. -_-;)
if anything, i think shinji is better off being with kaworu. {:
but that's just my wishful thinking
and perhaps kaworu just cares for shinji like rei does...
in like a brotherly/parent sort of way..?
anyways, i believe that there's always been some sort of chemistry
between shinji and "the redheaded she-devil incarnate"
but due to shinji's insecurities and asuka's inability to show her true feelings
and instead, she acts all tough and she's often teasing shinji,
it just tends to leave the two's relationship really inconclusive
because there's this certain distance between them.
yet, i think they still tend to hold onto something there
possibly due to the insatiable craving for someone to care for them
because they're lonely and can't care for themselves.
because of shinji's obvious self-hatred
and how he cowardly pushes others away to feel safe from rejection,
it's hard for him to truly reach out and genuinely like someone else.
plus, i think with shinji's hyper-sensitivity, i think he's better off
with someone who could actually be understanding and patient
with his whiny ass and can actually help him open up (like kaworu)
instead of someone who's constantly reinforcing his feelings of inadequacy and low self-esteem (like asuka).
also, in the end of evangelion, in the flashbacks,
asuka actually mentions things like being broken up..
even at the very end of the movie, she calls shinji pathetic.
it really does just seem more of a desperate facade and being more physical than actual 'true love'.
i think they're too young and too unstable to truly feel anything for each other anyways.
(they're just not an emotionally healthy couple...)
unfortunately, shinji chose her to be his eve
because i guess she's the only girl he's was ever really closest with
even if it wasn't on a real romantic level..
now, i could be wrong but this is the gist of what i got:
i just think they're simply not meant to be together.
however, in the end, they're stuck with each other..
i guess misery likes company, right?? >.< |