Oh, it's extremely trying, though Minami may not exactly have a "canon" love interest. It is, however, heavily implied that they have that kind of... bond.
It depresses me immensely, so I just try to ignore the images involving Yutaka.

Strangely, the fact that it's a different universe is more impactful than if it were not; If someone else had Minami as their waifu, I wouldn't be too bothered by it.

But my emotions here are probably counter to those of the majority.

I identify myself with him: we're both scum and she treats us as such.

Post edited on 27th Dec 2012, 9:13pm

Its not really like a canon lover, since she is on the sidelines and has a one-sided love for Toori, but it doesn't make me sad. I just know that the canon Tomo is different than my Tomo, though she has her canon traits.

Also, because of that there are images like this . Which I self insert into so hard its not even funny.

Post edited on 27th Dec 2012, 9:20pm

Because Producer is a self-insert in the games, I don't mind. It's not explicitly stated either that Makoto loves Producer, but you can pretty much tell she does. So, she does not have a canon love interest. Funny thing is, I wouldn't mind if somehow her canon lover was Yukiho, maybe even Miki (but I'm not very fond of Miki). When Idolm@ster 2 was announced, I was informed of there being a male idol trio, Jupiter. Then when I played the game, one of those male idols even tried to hit on Makoto, I think his name was Hokuto. Good thing is, when that happened, Makoto turned him down and it was obvious she was doing it for the Producer.

So, good move there, Scamco. I would've been extremely angry if there was a possible way in any in-game canon that hinted to a MakotoxMaleidol. I wouldn't be able to take it and I would boycott IM@S completely. Luckily, the only times I see that pairing is in fan created art, and even then those are rare.

Another thing I thought of was well, because Producer is a self-insert, that pretty much means the idols love anyone that is Producer. I treat those ones like they're in a different universe.

I'm not exactly sure how to even try to explain this. Most of the time, if I have a dream about her, he doesn't exist. If he does exist, he is a friend and nothing else. Instead I normally insert myself into his previous position, seeing as she is only 2 years older than me, we could have easily gone to school together, which ends up being quite commonly the subject of the dream.

>>11373
The only two times I dreamt with mine, both me and the guy were there confronting each other; and, for my utter shock, she did chose me. It's a very weird but amazing onyric experience, indeed (thanks, my brain).

Don't really care- I am able to ignore his presence very easily and he doesn't like her as a woman anyway. I prefer the yuri shippings anyway.

I simply ignore it. I save pictures if they look good and I can self insert.

As much as I do lament that I am not her real lover, I'd rather see her happy with someone that isn't me than see her sad with me.

>>11368
I understand what you mean.
It's obvious that Megu loves her, and that she also has some feelings towards Megu.
However, I rather like them. Despite how much I love her I can't help but respect Megu. She is really beautiful as a person, so I don't mind that she is paired with Suigintou, because she makes Suigintou happy.

It's a bittersweet feeling. Painful, but understandable.

I dislike him pretty much to the point of hate. He just messed up too much for me to just forgive it.

Simple, replace him with me. If I were to re-write Evangelion and insert myself in the story, Shinji would just be an aquaintance.

That's all supposing he can be considered Asuka's "lover".

>>11402
>That's all supposing he can be considered Asuka's "lover".

But of course!
http://wiki.evageeks.org/Theory_and_Analysis:Shinji_and_Asuka%27s_Relationship

>>11404

I personally feel their relationship (in the original series) was more of a Shinji: "She's pretty cute"; Asuka: "He seems like someone I can trust and can give me the affection I need"

Rather than one were they are truly in love with each other.

>>11405
Really? I thought it was like...

My waifu comes from a series were you play as a character who is designed to be a massive self insert. So I don't really count that personally since it might as well be myself or anybody else.

Saying Asuka has a canon lover in Shinji is a bit of a stretch, but I, personally, ship them.

>Does it make me sad?

No, fortunately it's the opposite. The reason for this is that I'm a lot like Shinji, so I self insert extremely hard into him. When I see them together, or when I see the possibilities of them together rise, I'm very happy, because it's like I'm together with her. I'd like nothing more than a canon AxS end for Rebuild, though I'm not expecting it.

The opposite of this is also true, unfortunately. When I see signs that Asuka might not have feelings for Shinji, it hurts because it feels like she's rejecting me. 3.0 was very hard for me for this reason. Even if I know that I'm not Shinji, and that I'd have handled the various situations in 2.0 differently, it's still hard to separate myself from him, and to separate her feelings for him from her feelings for me.

Ah, though it occurs to me that's not the full picture. While I enjoy the AxS pairing, other pairings fail to provide the same satisfaction. The recent increase in Mari x Asuka, for example, causes me some frustration and heart ache. I don't give the pairing much weight, but it still manages to hurt. Not a lot, mind you, but it's like seeing pictures of her with another man (or woman as the case may be).

Post edited on 8th Feb 2013, 10:28pm

>>11659
>The recent increase in Mari x Asuka, for example, causes me some frustration and heart ache.
I find it pretty arousing. I utterly prefer seeing her cuddling with Mari than with Kaji (the hog I couldn't/wouldn't be) or Shinji (the worthless bastard I effectively am)...

However: don't take the shipping wars seriously; think of all the other Eva-fanwank discussions you could be enjoying.

>>11660
>think of all the other Eva-fanwank discussions you could be enjoying.
The possibilities are positively endless.

I wouldn't say it makes me sad, per se, probably more like wistful if it makes me feel anything other than happy. In canon, he only lives if he gets together with Akira, and he has loved Akira for most of his life, so I'm typically not upset with that pairing at least. Seeing them in art together makes me happy because I know it makes him happy. Also, it's relatively easy to self-insert because Akira's character is somewhat blank, but I don't actually do that very often. Seeing him happy is enough for me, and all the best art of him is shipping art, so...

I'm also okay with selfcest for some reason. Other pairings bother me because I know he wouldn't be happy. It also bothers me when people constantly reference screwdrivers and such because I know he really regrets that incident. At the same time, though, we don't run away from it, because it's a part of him... and I love all of him.