Thread:RABNerd VP/@comment-43984080-20191001075131/@comment-44318740-20191104023256

Well, is awkward. First of all,  I am going to come clean and say that I am the person who wrote that mess you see above. It was written late at night in a fit of rage. What I'm actually talking about is documented here,(couldn't figure out external links, sorry.) https://egdocument.tumblr.com/post/185965439374/about-the-evageeks-wiki-and-why-you-shouldnt

What I meant is that Felipe, as I stated before, is known for downplaying LGBTQ+ themes in Evangelion. Not just Kawoshin, either. On TV Tropes he seriously downplayed Maya's sexuality too. I fully admit what I did was stupid, but I got really angry after reading the above document and finding out about Felipe and all he's done. I, as previously stated, and contrary to the impression I gave, seriously don't ship anything in NGE with the exception of Misato/Kaji and Toji/Hikari. That means I'm not actually some Kawoshin shipper looking to start a ship war. I have problems with the ship myself.

However, it is very important for LGBTQ+ rep in anime, as one of the first non-fanon M/M ships in a mainstream series, and one of the very first that wasn't treated as a fetish, phase or joke. It's simply two boys, both major characters, confirmed to have feelings for eachother.They happened to inspire other LGBTQ+ characters like Aru Akise and Nagito Komaeda. They were an important step towards better representation in anime. I  do care very deeply about representation in media, and it is a very personal subject matter for me. Not going into it now, but there is a reason why the headcanon that L from Death Note is autistic means so much to me and other people like me. Seeing someone so cool also happen to be like you is an experience I can't quite describe, and that likely goes even further with Shinji and Kaworu, given it is canon. https://www.stormingtheivorytower.com/2014/07/the-remarkable-queerness-of-shinji-ikari.html. < this is relevant here.

I basically feel as though Felipe, someone who loathes the pairing so much, shouldn't be allowed such power over its article. In terms of proof he's an anti, it actually is two things. One is in the Fanon section, as you yourself noted to be strange,ShibaBrother. He seriously seemed to be insulting supporters of the pairing, and he actually flat out does in several of his Evageeks forum posts, as well as some other places. I unfortunately can't link where, mainly because there is so damn much, but a quick google search will give you further proof. He has this bizarre obsession with Kawoshin. Almost all of his edits on TV Tropes, here, Wikipedia, Evageeks etc, as well as plenty of his Reddit posts pertain to the ship in some way. It's seriously unhealthy. I haven't been stalking him or anything fucked up like that, I came across almost everything by accident while looking through things related to Eva on Netflix. This isn't about shipping, but Shinji and Kaworu's feelings for each other aren't something most anime fans PERIOD deny. Take a casual look through anything related to Evangelion. If Kaworu comes up, he's almost certainly going to be treated as "Shinji's 1 ep BF". The only people I see denying anymore are homophobes, elitists and extreme Asushin shippers. There is PLENTY of stuff proving their canonicity Felipe conveniently ignored. I won't go into it, mainly because I plan on editing the article myself later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD0hL_ujXqk

https://www.reddit.com/r/evangelion/comments/c3wvrd/how_the_removal_of_lgbt_elements_hurts_the_show/

The other is on Reddit. There are two users with the same writing style and arguments (sometimes even word choice) as Felipe on r/evangelion. Both insult K/S and its fans quite regularly, too, and link to Felipe's article he self promotes on the Kawoshin page. One of these linked to a friend's instagram account 'asukaluvsshinji", I believe their username was. Said user posts many "memes" insulting and bashing Kawoshin shippers, usually over their intelligence. Said person also admits to flat out harassing and sending hate to Kawoshin shippers, I.E : typical anti behaviour. I got riled up over all of this and basically am trying to undo Felipe's damage. I was previously in the Voltron fandom, and the thought of antis getting their mitts on my favourite anime literally makes me shake. This is especially due to already existing homophobia in Evangelion's fandom, and I'm legitimately scared. I'm scared of all of the harassment and bullying this is going to lead to. Felipe seems to think Kawoshin shippers are "just salty fujos", but by and large, that isn't the case at all. They actually are VERY popular with LGBTQ+ viewers, usually praised as positive representation, and Kaworu especially has become quite the gay icon, thanks to being INCREDIBLY powerful, in-universe, as well as an unbelievably likeable person. He also happens to be in love with the also-male protagonist. Felipe's claims about representation absolutely disgust me, seeing as he's a straight cis guy, and as such, has no right to act like he knows what it's like. He doesn't. I'm not LGBTQ+, either, at least,( as far as I know given I've never been attracted to anyone), but I do still understand why rep matters and why people were so angry at the Netflix release. I've corrected his edits on TV Tropes myself, and am writing a whole essay dedicated to homophobia in the fandom I plan to post to Evageeks. I'm just sick of people denying representation, okay? I'm barely scratching the surface here. I also messaged Felipe on TV Tropes, about why him denying their canonicity isn't okay, but so far I've gotten no response.