If you think that shipping Shinji and Kaworu makes any sense at all, then you’re ignorant and you clearly didn’t comprehend a single bit of symbolism in Evangelion.
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Symbolism? Ah, right, symbolism.
Ah, you mean the whole star-crossed lovers symbolism of Hikoboshi and Orihime, Tristan and Isolde, and Duchess and Duke of Urbino?
Or all the clearly romantic official art pieces?
Or maybe you mean the Adam & Eve symbolism in 3.0 or in Evangelion Anima?
Or maybe you mean Kaworu’s Lance of Longinus penetrating Shinji’s core in End of Evangelion?
Ah, wait! Maybe you mean all the official statements of Shinji and Kaworu’s relationship being of romantic nature!
Or maybe all the canon statements of Shinji and Asuka’s relationship not being a romance unlike Shinji and Kaworu’s?
Or the fact that Kaworu is the default dateable character or main love interest in more than one Evangelion game, like Secret of Evangelion or Shinji Ikari Raising Project? Oh, let’s not forget about Iron Maiden 2.
Ah, then maybe you meant the over the top romantic and exclusive Shinji/Kaworu merchandise?
No no no wait, I bet you meant the fact that the Evangelion Store staff built a KawoShin shrine during Valentine’s Day! And that they don’t do any of this stuff or make any romantic merchandise for any other pairing in Eva but Kaworu/Shinji!
Wait, I know— you must be talking about the Drafts of Episode 24, then?
Symbolism, symbolism, symbolism, meanings, hmmm… ahh. There’s so much symbolism and romantic official material about Kaworu and Shinji you could write a Dan Brown novel about them.
Ah, wait, were you saying something? Couldn’t hear you over the sound of all the symbolism.
Anonymous asked:
Is it possible for Kaworu to have mini flashbacks pf his previous incarnations?
adamworu answered:
I wouldn’t see why not?
But… just imagine how awful he’d feel:
Kaworu having fears from memories of his descent to Terminal Dogma, knowing what’d come next. No one could stop him, but himself. He was the Angel of Free Will, and yet he’s forced to choose.
Imagine him realizing that he almost has the power of a god. Imagine him remembering that he cannot escape his identity as the final messenger.
Kaworu having wee hours of morning pangs of regret over choosing humanity over angels. It’s not because he disliked humanity, but because he was bound to make a choice anyway. Annihilation was inevitable. Either way, he denied beings a right to live life, living beings with hopes, dreams, desires to navigate the world and understand every facet. These chances would be snuffed, every last one of them. Whether his brethren or lilin, this would happen regardless.
Imagine him being able to feel his head forced from his neck, hearing that blooded splat noise before he died. Human heads survive a few seconds before death and considering angels are much more durable, imagine the excruciating pain Kaworu experienced before dying.
Imagine Kaworu choosing not to come back at the end of EoE, when living beings have the chance to come back. He didn’t want to go through all that again.
Imagine Kaworu realizing the DSS Choker was meant for him. He had desires to help humanity, making Shinji happy, and he was seen as a thing to be feared.
And he was.
Imagine him remembering the cold kiss of the DSS Choker as he took it from Shinji and applied onto himself. Imagine him remembering in his and Shinji’s mission to save the world, that he was tricked by Gendo, King of Lilin. Imagine him becoming separated from Shinji on the controls of Unit-13, having a front row seat to the opening rites of 4i/Fourth Impact, the very thing he was trying to prevent. Imagine him remembering how the Choker went from a cold kiss, to a warm sensation increasing in its discomfort, to an absolutely god-awful burn as the Impact reared its ugly head. Imagine how he remembers how horrible it was to talk through that burn before the Choker finally killed him. Imagine the awful bloating sensation accompanied by an equally discomforting burn in his neck that’s forever etched and burned into his memory.
Finally imagine, when Kaworu goes to sleep, and some of his dreams are these incarnations played back to back, word for word, every feeling felt. He doesn’t see these as past incarnations.
He sees them as his failures.
