Oh, So That Was Gendo Ikari’s Problem All Along
Anyone who’s seen Evangelion knows that Gendo Ikari is kind of… moody. He treats his son like shit even while he sends him to fight giant monsters possibly sent by god, he cloned his dead wife after putting her soul in a giant robot, and has put himself in charge of the destiny of the entire human race. But it turns out all his callousness and thoughtlessness and contempt for others was caused by one tiny thing — his beard!
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About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.