Thread:RABNerd VP/@comment-43984080-20191001075131/@comment-39066032-20191105204955

I'm sorry, but what one thinks should happen is different from what *has* in fact happened. I have only mentioned the issue of popularity and different audiences to make a point out of consensus and recognition, even though you were arguing for lack of discussion as proof of consensus (which isn't the case anyway). Like I have already said, the Eva fanbase is ripe with people angry at things that they think should happen, but didn't. Reishin, Shinji "manning up", saving Asuka, Rei being the perfect moe girl who loves Shinji unconditionally (remind you of something?), fury and confusion about *both* endings, anger at the many, many ambiguous lines and plot points, etc etc. It's why we get so many fix fics, it's why people like the spin-offs turning Eva into a regular shounen. Evangelion is one of the prime examples of a fandom diverging But if you are so concerned with what why you think it *needs* to be the case I don't see this going anywhere. Hell, there are many examples out there of anime that actually try to be queer, and *positively* queer, it doesn't mean every anime has to do the same.