i am so disgusted by the fact that so many people take ayanami rei’s genuine development, multilayered complexity, struggle with an abusive caretaker, existential conflict, genuine difficulty with expressing emotion and socialising due to an isolated and artificially rigid upbringing, and acceptance of an inhuman origin even whilst validating a very human identity - and transform rei into a generic, childlike moe archetype that does not know or understand anything beyond humbly accepting orders from a master
