His dad is just some asshole basically, you gotta put some effort in and have some charisma to indoctrinate a kid, Shinjis is basically a big walking billboard that he'd do anything for some verbal approval and a pat on the back and his dads too stubborn and dumb to even pick up on that being the clear play.
Look at real indoctrination of child soldiers. They will force children to murder, then nurture and “heal” them, and often times it’s their loved ones.
Evangelion, the TV show, was on TV so it had more restrictions. But I feel like their idea of indoctrination was getting Misato to sexually groom Shinji, which does happen IRL and is successful (see religion and cults), but usually not in the war context.
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His dad is just some asshole basically, you gotta put some effort in and have some charisma to indoctrinate a kid, Shinjis is basically a big walking billboard that he'd do anything for some verbal approval and a pat on the back and his dads too stubborn and dumb to even pick up on that being the clear play.
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Look at real indoctrination of child soldiers. They will force children to murder, then nurture and “heal” them, and often times it’s their loved ones.
Evangelion, the TV show, was on TV so it had more restrictions. But I feel like their idea of indoctrination was getting Misato to sexually groom Shinji, which does happen IRL and is successful (see religion and cults), but usually not in the war context.