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monsterhugger · 2 years

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final evangelion gender take: shinji and rei both get their femininity from yui but they possess that femininity in similar yet different ways: rei is a blank canvas with a girl coat of paint, shinji is a girl in a boy-flavored shell (interestingly he performs as the opposite while in eva-01)

#i have thought too much abt this. like shinji is a girl to me but he's also a boy yes #i think he's comfortable in the protection the male shell gives him. he's okay with people seeing him as male. he's just also a girl #and like. this ties into his relationship w his father i promise it does #gendo loves shinji because the femininity that he holds as his internal identity is in many ways yui #but he also can't love shinji because what everyone including him perceives as shinji isn't Her #anyway im punching walls #neon genesis evangelion #this is a trans girl shinji positive post to be clear #my idea of his gender is. much more of a mess than that. but it's a hc i salute

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