Now onto something completely different.

[logansrogue]

I'm reading the new Neon Genesis Evangelion manga series "Angelic Days". It's making me a total Evangelion fangirl again. I know some people really hate that series, think it's wanky and pretentious. I loved how dark and fucked up it got, myself. Then again, I went to art school. I've seen videos of people maiming themselves and taking photos of it for 'art', of taking their own shit and smearing it on a canvas and selling it for millions of dollars. Seeing an animated cartoon boy jizz in his own hand over the unconscious body of his hot teen female friends is peanuts compared to some of the shit in the art world.

Point being - it never bothered me and I saw some pretty awesome themes in it. Plus there were some awesome fight scenes with the Eva and the Angels. Just fucking awesome.

Anyway, the comics are really awesome and I'm totally loving them. I actually want to DRAW fan art! But unfortunately I can't draw manga for the life of me. I did some Eva fan art once - but it was all the kids drawn as real people rather than anime type drawings. I didn't think people would be interested so I never scanned them in.

I *really* want to draw Asuka and Shinji hugging or something, looking happy. Cause those two go through so much shit, the poor buggers. Shinji is like the SUPER!EMO!ANIME!HARRY that never was. Fer reals.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/lothar_/]

So if you did that kind of fanart, would you have them hugging in the last scene, or in some other place?

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

It wouldn't be any scene, just something from my imagination.

[miafitz.livejournal.com]

Dude, Evangelion was the best there ever was. The plot got retarded but that's the most beautiful thing about it.

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

You know what's retarded? This entry! I've made so many mistakes in it, I said 'awesome' FOUR TIMES! Crikey...

[commanderteddog.livejournal.com]

I haven't watched the anime right through, but I have been reading the comics. The original one, not Angelic Days. It took me a long time to get into it, because of exactly the reason you mentioned: many people believe that it's overly wanky and pretentious. I guess to a point they might be right, but the religious stuff was mostly window dressing. Asuka and Misato are enough reason to read it.

I've heard that Angelic Days is more along the romantic comedy series. Is it?

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

A lot of people hate Asuka in the Eva fandom. Mostly guys that fap their brains out over Rei. It really infuriates me. Misato is pretty awesome, too.

It is, but they're still bringing in the Angels and so forth. And Shinji is spazzing and being a total Emo boy about not being as good as Rei is in the Eva.

[commanderteddog.livejournal.com]

Huh. Thus explaining this , this and this. (Warning: Official Rei boobies)

I never understood that, you know. Yeah, Rei had this complex backstory, but she comes across as so... dull, emotionally. I never really cared for her much myself.

I might start picking it up, then. Emo!Shinji without the background the original had might be too much, though.

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

That's exactly why boys like her. They don't like a girl with her own mind. (I'm sounding bitter! LOL!)

He's not that Emo, not really. There is some SUPER cute interactions between Shinji and Asuka. Makes my heart melt. :D