>>280507666Trips of truth. The idea of them being friends is very attractive. I think because it doesn't happen in the anime. It's like Shinji/Asuka, or Shinji/Misato. The potential is there but it's never realized, so art that depicts it being realized satisfies us.
Eva is about unrealized potential, really, if you think about it. I'd argue that's its overarching theme, or at least one of them.