#i mean you can see in eoe where rei as lilith is actually meant to be unsettling

[proudfreakmetarusonniku]

convinced that people who are convinced rei was meant to be creepy havent actually watched evangelion bc that can be debunked by like. watching the show. like rei isn’t framed as creepy she's framed as tragic. her circumstances are portrayed as frightening because they’re like. child abuse. but rei herself is framed as a traumatised child who’s unhealthy coping mechanisms like literally every other one of the children. like literally everything creepy Around her is not creepy bc of her it’s creepy because it’s clearly a sign of severe trauma and not because rei in and of herself is in any way wrong or creepy (hell, she's probably the major character who does the least amount of fucked up shit, along with asuka) because her upbringing is.

#like if rei was meant to be creepy she’d be like. framed as such #i mean it wouldn’t make her creepy either way again she’s one of the better characters morality wise lol #but Evangelion is fucking excellent in its use of cinematography and visual language #and it uses that to express lonlieness and isolation most of all with rei #i mean you can see in eoe where rei as lilith is actually meant to be unsettling #the idea is literally just ableist projection #Which like why r u watching eva if you’re gonna be ableist lol the show is literally abotu childhood trauma #neon Genesis evangelion