[EVA] Angel Names and BAckground

[christian nutt]

>From: "Ebj"
>
> > see above. i think that you belittle evangelion somewhat to suggest its
> > cabbalistic trappings are equivalent to the garbage japanese we see on
> > t-shirts.
>
>So, is Misato Christian because she wears a cross on her necklace? Or K'
>from the King of Fighters for the same reason? As I said, this "seems to
>belittle" aomething only from a western POV, because in Japan visuals have
>their own dignity without need for any further justification.

i think you've misinterpreted my statements. i am not suggesting that 
evangelion is a cabbalistic anime. in fact, i said:

"using the cabbala as a base to interpret eva's meaning isn't viable..."

i do not feel that the meaning of evangelion is meant to be interpreted 
through the cabbala. or that the events in evangelion are meant to have 
religious resonance, even.

what i am saying is that i felt that people were downplaying the quality of 
its implementation in an attempt to dismiss its percieved meaningfulness. 
these concepts are not necessarily linked. the implementation of the 
symbols, myths, and events of the cabbala and associated texts is quite 
ingenious and thorough. it is very impressive to me. i felt that dismissing 
it by saying "it's not meaningful" was doing a disservice to the creative 
work that is evangelion.

your own example of K' from KoF is precisely why i made my point. that's a 
tossed-off, effortless implementation of christian imagery. the 
implementations in eva are impressive. all i was suggesting is that we 
shouldn't dismiss their implementation along with dismissing the idea that 
they are meaningful.

all in all, they are not relevant to the >meaning< of evangelion. but can't 
we talk about the artistry of evangelion? the creative power of the show? 
that's a deep, abiding draw to it, for me at least. it's also something that 
doesn't get discussed on this ML very often.

>
> > again, i'm not saying that it's very meaningful for intepretation of
> > evangelion, but i feel like someone has to speak up to the quality of 
>its
> > implementation after this legnthy discussion. =)
>
>But if you speak up about something that is not there in the intentions of
>the very author, what do you end up actually speaking about?

i think you're just willfully misiterpreting my statements.
i mean, you yourself quoted me saying it's "not very meaningful for the 
interpretation of evangelion." how plain do you want it?

christian


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