Remember that moment when Kaji just casually decided to organize a trash bin?
this scene is not a casual fluke and actually carries some thematic weight on the down low but ok
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~ After watching the original series ~
1 - Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death And Rebirth
2 - Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End Of Evangelion
~ Rebuild Series ~
- Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
- Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
- Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
- Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 (Not Yet Released)
Neon Genesis Evangelion
OP song-Zankoku na Tenshi no Thesis (A Cruel Angel's Thesis)
Takahashi Yoko
ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ᴏғ ᴇᴠᴀɴɢᴇʟɪᴏɴ: ᴡᴇᴇᴋ ʙʏ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋᴅᴏᴡɴ
You may or may not know that Neon Genesis Evangelion takes place between July 6th, 2015 to January 1st, 2016. Here’s an exhaustive breakdown of the exact dates of events, using the times provided by the show and per character dialogue. Some noteworthy finds:
The general skeleton for the first few months was graciously compiled here. Note that in Japan, schools are in session (half-days) on Saturdays.
people really underestimate how darksided nge’s fandom is
on one hand you have the pretentious evageeks-type neckbeards who have systematically asphyxiated even the slightest insinuation of gay text/subtext by deliberately mistranslating the show’s subtitles and supplementary material, withholding key interviews, and recontextualizing the narrative to make it more agreeable to their tastes while parading around as ‘experts’ (evageeks/4chan) or whatever; all of this being exacerbated by their misogyny, by their ableism, by their homophobia and sexualization of the eva girls
but on the other hand you have the people exclusively fixating all their interest/discussion on the boys and paying the shallowest of lip service to the girls, where fandom love for kaworu+shinji generates tons of meta/passionate discussion but asuka+rei+misato get nothing except for some cute fanart/gifs with empty tags like “queen!/princess!!/badass lady!!!” attached, where rei only gets worthy mention as a footnote in kaworu-origin discussions, where an assbackwards misogynist sentiment like “asuka abused shinji because she forced him to snap/sexually assault her” is actually something that’s popularly expressed around here. because shinji ikari defense squad, right?? right
and it’s funny, because either way the female characters lose out. one way or another nge fandom stays idolizing boy’s emotions+narratives at the expense of girl’s narratives/pain/complexity, which is really ironic given that the source material, you know, deals with girls/women navigating male-dominated spaces and being punished for their girlhood/womanhood, and a boy mc navigating male-dominated spaces and being punished for his perceived effeminacy while also taking his frustrations out on girls because of his scarydeep internalized misogyny. life imitates art
Hey, I feel kinda stupid with this question (hence the private message) but I’d like to do morning prayers and stuff but…I don’t know how to go about it. Like, I don’t know where to find the whole prayer (where does it end?) and there are like little inserts here and there for seasonal stuff and optional things? I just find it really overwhelming? Is there like a “starter” version of morning prayer I could begin with? Thanks!
Hi anon,
Don’t feel stupid! – navigating a siddur and learning how to daven is definitely a process and it can be very intimidating to get started. Having just gone through all this myself (and hey – I’m still learning!) I’ll try to walk you through a few approaches to hopefully help you get started.
So the weekday morning prayers are organized into a service, somewhat similar to Shabbat morning services, except that there are some liturgical differences to account for the weekday/Shabbat difference. It’s not one long prayer, but rather a series of prayers that make up the Shacharit service, which can be done with or without a minyan.
The full outline with every prayer included can be a lot to take in, so let’s just start with the headings first:
Now, of course each section has several things in it, and as you pointed out, there are lots of inserts for holidays, festivals, seasonal changes, etc.
Here is an outline of the full weekday service with no holiday variants:
(1) Morning blessings:
(2) Pesukei Dezimra
(3) Shema
(4) Amidah/Shemoneh Esrei (Standing Prayer/Eighteen Benedictions*):
(*Yes, it’s called Shemoneh Esrei even though there are now 19 blessings because they added the one about heretics shortly after the fall of the Second Temple. There are also four different new years. Don’t worry about it.)
(5) Tachanun:
(6) Torah Service:
(7) Concluding prayers:
[Note: this is based off of what my siddur says/what my congregation does; I attend a liberal Modern Orthodox minyan and we use the Koren siddur, nusach Sefard. For the uninitiated, nusach Sefard is not Sephardic – it’s Ashkenazic. I’m honestly not sure about the etymology of the name, but wanted to clarify as it can be confusing.]
There are some changes and omissions if you’re davening without a minyan – whether it’s with a handful of people at shul or on your own. (Here are the prayers omitted when praying without a minyan.) As for where it ends – that kind of depends on the community you’re in, as each seems to have its own way of doing things and some will add final thoughts or readings – but if you’re davening on your own, you can just end with Aleinu.
Getting started can be daunting, so here are a few approaches to try – see which fits best with your current knowledge level, learning style, and your end goal for davening.
Approach 1: Start simple and slowly progress from there.
The first thing I’d suggest trying is starting really small and slowly adding as you master each individual prayer.
Start by saying the Shema in the morning and evening. This will get you in the habit of praying at the correct times, and will help you to start working on the Hebrew a little bit as well. Whether you say the full Shema or the Reform version of it will depend on your branch affiliation, but either way I would suggest getting familiar enough with it that you can say it from memory. [Note: I’m not referring here just to the Shema proper, but the V’ahavta as well.]
To help boost your confidence, I found that memorizing and getting into the habit of saying the brachot helped encourage me in the process of learning to daven as well.
After learning the Shema and the various brachot, I would next move on to adding the morning ritual prayers. That includes:
At this point, you’ve finished the ones normally said at home. The following can either be said when davening alone, or will be said at the synagogue if you join a daily morning minyan.
The following are typically said once
you’re at the minyan, but are just fine to say on your own as well.
For an excellent breakdown of the modeh ani prayer, please see this post (click through to the next page for further morning instructions.) For a more disability- and trans-friendly alternative to the traditional Asher Yatzar, please see this link. As for learning these to start out with? I’ve found the Kakatuv sheets to be invaluable, and several of the links in the list above are to these pdfs.
Don’t add these all at once – just go at a pace that feels reasonable and comfortable for you, and then add more things as you become confident with what you’re already doing. Seriously? Add these one at a time. Once you’ve mastered them, then and only then move onto the next!!
Eventually, you’ll work your way up to doing all of Shacharit!
**One final note to add to this section: I would definitely prioritize learning the Amidah along with the Shema. The Amidah is central to every prayer service and you will need to know it. It’s also a little performative/public feeling, because there is a fair bit of choreography to it and some congregations have a custom that people sit when they’re finished davening it. That being the case, you’ll want to know it sooner rather than later!
Approach 2: Read your siddur very carefully.
Set aside some time to just sit down and read your siddur. Not to actively daven, but just really read it. I’ve noticed that it’s a lot easier to follow the flow of the text and figure out what the insertions are for when you take the time to sit down and actually really read it rather than trying to do so with the pressure of davening as well.
If it’s still overwhelming, see if your rabbi will sit down with you and go over it. When I first started attending minyan at an orthodox shul, I asked the rabbi if he would go over things with me so that I could follow along better, and he was more than happy to do so. Since then, I’ve found it much easier to track.
Approach 3: Daven with a minyan.
Are you already beyond these steps or just like to dive in headfirst? Try going to a daily morning minyan! I found that after a while of davening on my own and having the full Shacharit take two hours, it was a relief to daven in a minyan that forced me to keep up a normal pace and (in essence) guided me through it. I will say, however, that it can be difficult to find non-orthodox daily minyans unless you live near a more traditionally observant Conservative shul, so that may not be an option for everyone.
Approach 4: Some combination of all of the above.
Personally, this is what I did, which is why I know that each of the above works individually and in combination. I found each strategy helpful in its own way, and you might find that doing a bit of each is more helpful in combination than sticking with only one.
Final thoughts and Additional Resources:
Women’s obligations vary from men’s in an orthodox setting. Please see this wonderful list for women’s specific obligations in davening.
Additional resources to help you figure things out:
Important caveat to all of the information I’ve given here: While I’ve tried to provide reputable sources and links for everything here, I am not a rabbi or any kind of authority whatsoever, so please take everything I’ve said with a grain of salt. If your rabbi tells you something different, if your community does something different – heck, if your siddur tells you something different, you should go with that, and not what I’ve said here!!
[Note: Good-faith, sourced corrections are welcomed and deeply appreciated!]
The bottom line:
You gotta start somewhere – try some of this out and see what works for you! If you have any follow up questions, please feel free to ask me specific questions and I’ll do my best or at least try to point you in the right direction!!
Followers – other suggestions? Things that worked well for you when you were starting out?
