Adoogen - Can we say therapy?
   If you've seen NGE you know what I'm talking about, Shinji redefines the meaning of pathetic. When you're trying to make a main character to a show like Evangelion you know you're going to some complex characters, but Shinji was just a mistake. They could have replaced him with Quatre and the story would have gone along better. Yea that's right, Quatre, and I'm not taking that back! Some might not know why he pisses me off so let's review the facts: he's not built like a hero, most heroes need even a little bit of a build to them but shinji looks like a 14 year old who has a chance in hell of meeting everyone's friend Mr Puberty. Second of all, he's spineless, he never stands up for himself and i doubt he'd even have the guts to ask the lady at McDonalds for another pack of ketchup. Also he just let Toji beat him up. Was it just one of his "not so fresh days" and he didn't feel like fighting? Or was it the fact HE CAN'T DO CRAP WITHOUT AN EVA! You decide. Finally, he's an Ikari, the whole family is disfunctional. His dad is a sad excuse for a man who probably molested shinji when he was a child... Then to back it up he has bad taste in women and goes after both of the Dr Ritsukos. Then, his mom *Bleeped for those who haven't seen the series yet*. Here's my little midget fanfic oh Shinji's TRUE background story of how he became so disturbed....

One upon a time there was a little boy named Shinji, he enjoyed debating and he was ProLife. But one time his father was in his dark, secluded room and he invited Shinji to join him.
*Edited for younger audiences, we'll just say it involved a lot of yogurt and a lot of spam*
Shinji was mortified at what had happened and he ran away to the circus. He only wanted to make people laugh so he got a job cleaning up after the animals. What Shinji didn't know was that the circus wasn't all fun and games, and he learned it the hard way. One night all the midgets and the bearded lady got into the ringmater's liquor cabinet and were looking for trouble and what they found was Shinji.
*Edited for younger audiences, we'll just say it involved a lot of small farm animals and a balance beam*
Shinji ran away again and this time got a job at McDonald's. He was about twelve by now and had the education of a two year old so he passed McD's requirements. Shinji worked there happily and restocked the rat meat- er, I mean hamburgers. What Shinji didn't know was that Ronald McDonald was the cousin of one of the clowns at the circus, and once again, Shinji was taken advantage of.
*Anyone else hate this fanfic as much as me? sorry, just asking* So Shinji ran away to go into the porn industry (notice the pattern yet?), but while strolling around in the industry he met Misato who eventually took him back to his father. But Shinji had a good ending, after instrumentality he hunted down his father and beat him to death with a platic spork.