dennis wrote:
>Genda Ikari, Shinji's father, has a redemptive aspect,
> actually.
so would all god-like figures, yes? he was particularly distant, unloving, demanding of sacrifice in the first couple of episodes, with (yes) a touch of the redemptive, but on the sheer level of the totality with an indifference to the fate of the two (three?) children who's bruised and shattered bodies were excruciatingly detailed. shinji was christ-like in both the sacrifices demanded of him and in his reluctance to do his father's bidding without any sign of his father's love. the father's love (concern) is reserved, like god, for the world (which he proves by his willingness to sacrifice his only son). does this change as the series goes on?
lost, wandering aimlessly with the torch forever giving out, in the tunnels of the blast pit,
Angela _________