In the last round, Ned Flanders clearly beat out Homer Simpson as the worse parent. Now for round 2!
Same scenario as last time, you will have to entrust your offspring to someone for the rest of their lives, with no future intervention from you. Your only choices are Ned Flanders, and Gendou Ikari. Who would you choose now?
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Ned Flanders. I'd rather my children be fundies than dead.
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With Ned, the kids would end up fundies, but otherwise nice.
Gendo would fuck them mentally~
Gendo would fuck them mentally~
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Gendou didn't exactly love his son, but at least he didn't indoctrinate him.
Also, Shinji survived. Gendou treated him the way he treated all other Eva pilots.
Personally, I think he cared, but refused to let his feelings show. There was the episode where Shinji is with him visiting his mother's grave...
Also, Shinji survived. Gendou treated him the way he treated all other Eva pilots.
Personally, I think he cared, but refused to let his feelings show. There was the episode where Shinji is with him visiting his mother's grave...
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Both bad choices. Hmm...I'll have to go with Ikari, because I don't want my kid to grow up as a fundie.
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Personally, I'd pick the person most likely to save my kids whenever they are in danger. This does present an interesting question, since Gendou can be nice, just not to his OWN kids, but then again these won't be his kids he's raising.
Hmm... this is a tough one. Without any reason to see Shinji or create Rei, Gendou would probably have had virtually nothing to do with them, dropping them off at the nearest convinient relative. So then it becomes random relative vs. Ned Flanders. I'd say that on the average, the random relative wins.
However, if Gendou is involved in the EVA project, then he might use my kids as pilots, a fate that has demonstrated itself to be pretty horrid. In that case I'd definetly give it to Flanders.
Flanders edges out in a razor thin margin.
Hmm... this is a tough one. Without any reason to see Shinji or create Rei, Gendou would probably have had virtually nothing to do with them, dropping them off at the nearest convinient relative. So then it becomes random relative vs. Ned Flanders. I'd say that on the average, the random relative wins.
However, if Gendou is involved in the EVA project, then he might use my kids as pilots, a fate that has demonstrated itself to be pretty horrid. In that case I'd definetly give it to Flanders.
Flanders edges out in a razor thin margin.
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Difficult choice, but I guess I'd go with Ned since at least my kids will at least be happy, fundies but happy.
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