>>2515327Compared to helping manipulate him into piloting in the first place, fucking him would not have been any more damaging, or inappropriate.
Shinji has had such a horrible life that Misato, even with her drunkenness and irresponsibility, even with the way she flirts with him, is the best thing that's ever happened to him, at least since his mother's death*. That's not because she's great. it's because he's that broken. And sometimes two broken things can fit together for a while in a way that has a pleasing sort of symmetry. For a while.
Not many women go for teenage boys. The ones who do are always damaged goods. The marriages, when they happen, never last. But maybe if you might die tomorrow, the long-term consequences don't count for as much with you.
Everybody in Eva is fucked up, and all the adults are more damaged than the kids. No one is allowed a happy ending. This wasn't ever going to end well. Even before EoE.
*yeah yeah yeah, soul trapped in Unit-01
