When I was watching Evangelion, I didn't really understand why the show was so vicious about ripping Shinji apart at the seams constantly. Then I watched Mobile Suit Gundam and I too felt the urge to make an entire media franchise about how bad Amuro sucks and how much he should suffer about it.
Amuro Ray is a perfect case study in how a guy can be profoundly shaped by unbearably traumatic conditions and still have it be clear as day that he was going to end up unbearable no matter what happened to him






.gif)