/lit/ - Literature

I actually consider Eva deeply influential on my own writing.

In addition to engendering within me a fascination with conspiracy theories and grand plots to alter reality on a metaphysical level, the big thing I took from Eva was a desire to create characters that people get to know inside and out. NGE gives us a very, very deep dive into Shinji, Asuka, Rei, and Misato; by the time the series is over, we know pretty much EVERYTHING there is to know about them. We feel we know them better than they know themselves. I've enjoyed that aspect of Eva from the first time I saw it, and it's become an influence on how I write my own characters.