What did they mean by this?

>>158504126
It looked cool.

Christian symbolism is cool

Nothing just like Anno said. It is not Crime and Punishment, the plot was written by people who know nothing about Christianity.

Too deep for you

>>158504126
the man named the series after a "Greek word that sounded cool", do you really think there is a deeper meaning? it's pure shit.

That's not how shadows work.

>>158504313
Anno's a confirmed troll. While that might be true, his primary objective has always been not spoon feeding his audience the answers. :^)

>>158504413
Don't use emoticons on /a/.

>>158504413
the real trolls are those who say that eva saved anime. it was about a crying, closet-homo teenager. they are as pretentious as it gets

>>158504486
Didn't Eva basically kill OVAs?

>>158504486
what's the matter anon, too deep for you?

>>158504522
>t. pseudo-intellectual

>>158504126
Anno is the farther, and his image is meant to be given up from suffering for shin-shin - he is not on the cross, he is below it, meaning he, in image, is below his son.

>>158504604
Being triggered by Eva is the true sign of a pseudo intellectual.

>>158504126
Actually nothing.

>>158504126
Probably something to do with Gendo's characteristics, his role in NERV, etc.

It's not hard to get.
>it just looks cool!
Yeah and this shot still has meaning behind it

>>158504808
>Probably something to do with Gendo's characteristics, his role in NERV, etc.
This, its clear Anno meant Gendo to be a Japanese endoclendic representation of the Islamic Jesus who bore a cross on his midsection during the holy war

>>158504126
>>158504126

Seriously? Nobody caught on to the symbolism of carrying a cross?

>>158504126
It's not christian at all, but the crucifixion imagery has consistency. Lilith didn't volunteer to be vivisected on a cross-shaped table and hung up in the basement, Shinji was nailed through the palms and dragged screaming into the sky, informed consent of the people was never part of HIP, they're putting unwilling subjects on the cross to manufacture God. Gendo's talking about beginning the plan for human apotheosis there, the scenario he gave to the committee intending to betray them and take it himself. He's shouldering the cross, he's carrying this whole thing forward, but is ultimately refused a place on it.

it shows that he's carrying a burden, how retarded are you people

>>158504126
Something something burden
Bravo Anno

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>>158504126

>>158505648
The two posts above you.

>>158504220
That's what he wants you to think.

>>158507764
Anno is three steps ahead of all of us

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>>158507841
Three steps above

>>158507764
He wants me to stop eating meat and watching anime.

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>>158504126
Shinji is the son of OPYezzus.

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>>158504126
ripping off Tark as usual
bravo Anno etc etc

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The real question is what did they mean by this?

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>>158510697
Was pretty direct.

>>158504126
The savior(Christ) is slowly becoming the antichrist.

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>>158504522
It is, actually. What was the deal with all of those Reis transforming people into tang?

>>158504176
/thread

>>158511400
The people are reduced to their base matter, they're returning to nothing. Those Reis don't physically exist except when they do.

>>158507664
Really makes you think

>>158504313
>>158504176
>It looks cool.
Yep, it does, it doesnt mean it dont have thought behind it. Gendo carries the burden of his own sins. Thats the near universal meaning of "carrying a cross" since even before Christianity.

>>158511400
"Rei" (lilith) brought life to the world, and now she is reaping them

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>>158512369
So humanity is just a bunch of sentient wheat crops?

>>158512432
I said reaping as reaping souls, but sure, lilith was a SEED of knowledge, after all. Why cant her descendants be crops.

>>158510338
it's not like this guy was the only person to ever see a powerline tilted to the side

>>158512432
>sentient
Let's not kid ourselves. Hardly anybody resisted.

>>158512593
If Rei tried to give me a hug I wouldn't resist as well.

>>158511007
>It-its not lack of budget, its art!!

>>158512593
The long haired guy seemed like he tried to resist but he still got tang'd by a bunch of Reis. What a way to go

Thaere are people that unironically think that Anno meant absolutely nothing and wasn't trying to achive anything besides cheap coolness based on a line from a documentary about him visiting elementary schoolers, in which the line just before the one /v/ uses as """evidence""" he says he's not good at explaining things.

>>158511400
some contrived meaningless plot shit.

>>158512757
Didnt he give in when he saw fake misato?

>>158512826
>Gives in when he sees his waifu
Sounds like a sentient being to me. Completely sane, even.

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>>158504126
Sasuga, Anno-sempai

>>158512826
That was the glasses guy

>>158513424
It was because Rei pretty much took the form of your waifu, so you would give in easily. That's why Fuyuki saw Yui, Maya saw Ritsuko etc.
The long haired guy didn't have any waifu so he pretty much got assimilated by force. The moral of the story is: have a waifu, it will make your life less painful

>>158504313
There isn't a deeper meaning because the message of the show is so fucking simplistic the author doesn't even try to be subtle.

>>158512801
No idiot anything that isn't directly spoonfed to me through the narrative is meaningless 2deep4u shit symbolism is a meme

>>158513530
>have a waifu, it will make your life less painfu
Fixed it for you

>>158513449
Anno only said this because it's easier to explain to little kid.

>>158504126
Gendo is "crossed" with Shinji not getting in le fukcing robot eggsD

>>158512593
Everyone resisted until she deceived them