>>2156775>Which is just the usual fallacy of thinking authors think and relate to their characters the same way the fans do.I think you're right, but it'd be wrong to assume the authors aren't fans themselves at this point.
That will affect what concepts and ideas they want to get through with the character - if they like it, they might want to get through concepts that they would like to see.
I don't think Evangelion is free from that any more.
>>2156771>He hates not due to the character, but due to what they became.He chooses what the characters become when he makes Evangelion. There is not a single person on this world with a bigger authority to decide what a character is and isn't.