>>2858340>In regards to her in NGE I've always heard people say he intended people to view her as a creepy and strangeOld Asukafag propaganda. They keep spreading these lies because they're butthurt and envious of Rei.
>However he views her as a submissive otaku fantasy, emblematic of the very thing he was speaking against in Eva,More Asukafag propaganda.
There's no need to spread things that have no source or likely explanation coming from the show. For submissive otaku sex fantasies, Asuka is the epitome of them through e.g the masturbation scene where Shinji ejaculates over a motionless Asuka, much like an otaku treats Asuka figures.
>That's the sad thing to me, she's shown all throughout the show and EoE to be an incredibly strong and independent person so I can only take him thinking of her as he does to be him fundamentally misinterpreting a character he fucking created and hating her out of ignorance.I think it's simpler, he's just an otaku. His pride was hurt by seeing Rei popular and Asuka less popular. If he truly meant that Rei was weak, and that this was a problem, then making Rei weaker in subsequent spinoffs is the wrong way to go. No, Anno knows Rei is strong. He knows the original Rei is a far stronger character than Asuka, which is why he keeps changing the canon to fit his desired view.