this is probably a good point i guess, i like doing the question answering and there was some stuff i had to get out of the way but if there are 10 posts from this tumblr every day that are just like me talking about anime or depression it sort of inhibits the ability of this tumblr to be used as a promotional platform for like, music, and things like that

could we maybe do the Q&A stuff over at my personal tumblr?

i can maybe put a link to it in the menu bar of this one so it’s less out of the way

ok ok jeez fine here it is

http://www.mediafire.com/?zd0glloyb44d2gr

heh i’m gonna lose so many followers if i start talking about this stuff probably but yeah i mean i couldn’t be more psyched for hickman on avengers and even though bendis has been largely spinning his wheels for awhile i feel like a change of scenery could be good for him and it’s pretty hard not to enjoy at least LOOKING at a stuart immonen comic, you know?

also excited for remender’s book, obviously uncanny x-force has been unbelievable, and excited for more wolverine and the x-men which is a very special book, have read rumors of a kieron gillen young avengers book and a cable book and i’m excited about those ideas too because my favorite marvel characters are cable and maria hill

oh yeah i mean of course, “here, in heaven 2” has a sample of one of rei’s themes from the soundtrack, i’ve always felt like that song is a really rei-y song even though i am more of an asuka person

i read an interview with hideaki anno or a quote from an interview or something once where he talked about how the series was very specifically about his experiences with depression and how he thought that if you did had never been through that or were not going through that when you watched it, it might not have anything to offer you

i definitely really enjoyed the series but i also didn’t really get around to watching the entire thing until i had sort of worked through my issues with depression so overall i feel like the series leaves off in a much bleaker emotional place than i was at when i watched it, so it doesn’t resonate with me as strongly as it does with other people. i respect and appreciate it a lot but i also sort of feel like it’s kind of quirky and flawed in it’s own way too. the meaningless religious symbolism is a good example like that - i feel like a lot of eva stans point that out as an example of what makes eva so profound and sophisticated but i mean if you actually parse the series looking for some kind of explanation for the religious and kabbalah symbolism you realize that there isn’t one. it just looks and sounds cool and makes the personal struggles of the characters feel more dramatic and important. which is kind of silly but also kind of true to real life in that when i was struggling with depression at least i would always be feeling like my problems were impossibly huge and monolithic world-ending apocalypses like the ones shinji constantly has to deal with. so iunno. i like it.

yeah anime is great