asuka is always getting stuck in this perpetual unwanted girlhood. she's always been in a rush to grow up. like as a child she craved independence above all else, she was constantly trying to prove how much of an adult she was by becoming an eva pilot, by refusing to cry, by mimicking the way she saw adults flirt & trying to kiss shinji, but when she finally SHOULD be an adult, she's still stuck as a child thanks to the evas. she's still the same isolated child at 30 as she was at 14, and she's still playing with the same doll.
in a way, it's not the "curse of the eva" that she's suffering from, but HER curse. it's the nightmare of her childhood made real. you don't suddenly stop being a scared little girl because you age out of it. you do it the same way shinji does: by looking at all the hurt you experienced as a child and letting it go
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Asuka, unbuttoning a shirt: Sorry, it’s just so hot here.
Shinji: I know, but why are you unbuttoning my shirt.
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