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what's the /lit/ equivalent of Neon Genesis Evangelion? meaning which authors hide mediocre writing behind regurgitated philosophy 101 drivel?

my best guesses are Hermann Hesse, DFW, and Dostoevsky

>> No.19737650

>>19737631
>philosophy 101 drivel

Evangelion is almost entirely focused on psychological issues and does little, if anything at all, with philosophy.

>> No.19737698

>>19737650
>psychological issues
>philosophy 101 drivel
What's the difference?

>> No.19737702

>>19737631
dostoevsky sucks but he is sincere and unpretentious. opposite of nge if anything.

>> No.19737705

>>19737702
>dostoevsky
How about offer someone of value instead of Reddit man?

>> No.19737706

>>19737631
Pynchon

>> No.19737724

>>19737705
>Dostoevsky is now Reddit man

I thought /lit/ was supposed to be the smart board?

>> No.19738224

>>19737724
edgy kids. ignore.

>> No.19738449
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>>19737631
Der Ring des Nibelungen.

>supernatural forces and battles
>family relationship troubles
>whole cornucopia of familiar characters whose real motivations are revealed later on
>individuals having to face the end of the world, but also the ability to avert that doom resting on a chosen boy's choices
>psychoanalytical themes like incest and rebelling against the father
>balances mythology with individual drama
>literally invented the phrase 'live, laugh, love'
>basic message is leave art and power and enjoy life (Wagner originally wanted to perform the Ring for three weeks then burn the theatre and score so people could take the message into the real world, build a better society and not get lost in the work itself)
>even similar choreography to music

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>>19737706
GR specifically

>> No.19738666

>>19738536
>>19737706
This, mixed with Mishima.

>> No.19738719

>>19737631
You haven't watched Evangelion. All your opinions come from youtube personalities. Kill yourself.

>> No.19739272

>>19737705
Dostoevsky is literally the most anti-reddit author I've ever read who wasn't a fascist

>> No.19739312

It's actually very clear that the point is to show you ego death is not freedom but literal hell and the end of the entire world. Essentially the response to trauma is not death but life.

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>ironic weebs discover NGE