[EVA] Gendou - man or monster?

[Rachel K. Clark]

Carl:

The main problem, from my perspective, is that the moralistic perspective 
(along with what comes across as a suffocating opinionism) seems to be 
overwhelming all else. Namely, it is difficult to see Gendo or Yui be 
mentioned here without some smear tucked in; one cannot mention these 
characters without commenting on what *horrible people* they are. "That 
asshole Gendo", "that bitch Yui". On the other end of things, characters 
like Misato and Kaji cannot be mentioned without commenting on how wonderful 
they turned out despite adversity, and why couldn't Yui and Gendo have been 
more like them. I like Misato and Kaji and all, but this has quickly become 
tiresome nepotism.

Moralistic observations made with proper framing and in relevant/reasonable 
quantity are fine, but it really has mutated out of proportion in your posts 
and others. Meanwhile, I and a couple of others have attempted to introduce 
other perspectives to perhaps challenge the norm, and these seem to be 
basically met with the dismissive response (paraphrasing), "Yeah, okay, BUT 
<insert moralizing rhetoric>." (And then RJN chips in, "Yes, I agree." 
Lather, rinse, repeat...)

Elsewhere I've discussed these things, there's usually a wide enough breadth 
of opinions for the conversations to avoid hitting one-sided "Person A is a 
sinner/saint, end of story" brick walls, and many interesting and 
stimulating discussions have been had. Here, the apparent inability to 
permit shades of grey creates a rather self-righteous atmosphere.

-Reichu