GC (fiendswithbenefits)

GC, also known as fiendswithbenefits and ritsumaya, was an Evangelion fan primarily active on Tumblr. Ze was known for their lengthy meta regarding various topics in Evangelion fandom, and for zir affection for trans headcanons.
Ze deactivated their blog in 2016, and have seemingly left fandom.adamworu answered: "hi, i've been looking for user ritsumaya's analysis everywhere...", posted April 25, 2019 Before ze deactivated, ze gave permission for zir work to be archived, and stored some of zir meta on a secondary tumblr. As a result, finding zir work is often difficult.
==Meta==
As taken from a snapshot of zir blog shortly before its deletion: 
===Neon Genesis Evangelion/End of Evangelion===
*The Hedgehog’s Dilemma and the filtering of reality (Start here!) archive link
*Follow up: Brief recap of above
*Sohryuu Asuka Langley character analysis archive link
*Ayanami Rei character analysis part 1 archive link
*Katsuragi Misato character analysis archive link
*Ikari Shinji as an amab transgender noncis (also known as the “Trans Ikari Shinji” analysis) archive link
===Minor analyses of Evangelion and related (analytic) opinion pieces===
*Is Shinji selfish and is that okay? archive link
*Would Shinji and Asuka make good romantic partners? archive link
*Shinji and misogyny archive link
*Why did Misato kiss Shinji in End of Evangelion?
*Whose soul does Unit 00 contain?archive link
*Does Shinji’s past trauma excuse his actions? archive link
*Rei and schizoid personality disorder archive link
*Follow up: Diagnosing PDs
*Freudian symbolism and themes in Evangelion archive link
*What are Gendo and SEELE’s goals? archive link
*Who tanged Misato?archive link
*Shinji’s suicide attempt archive link
*Would Misato have had sex with Shinji in episode 23? archive link
*Shinji and the happy ending of Evangelion (also known as “What does GC think about Shinji?”)
*Does everyone return after Instrumentality? archive link
*Follow up: Do Rei and Kaworu return after Instrumentality? archive link
*Ikari Yui character analysis* archive link
*The “omedetou” scene and Kaworu’s absence archive link
*End of Evangelion's live action sequence archive link
*Is shin/kawo thematically doomed? archive link
*Instrumentality, A.T. Fields, and angel cores
*Asexual Ryouji archive link
*In defence of Asuka/does Shinji need a defence squad? archive link
*Fuyutsuki Kozo character analysis archive link
===Rebuild of Evangelion===
*F.A.R. Shinji theory (“Shinji isn’t human anymore”)
*Angel Asuka theory
*You Can (Not) Advance criticism
*Bigender Mari (headcanon rather than analysis)
*"Ayanami" Yui criticism
*Q Kaworu versus anime Kaworu (also known as “Q Kaworu blew it”) archive link
*Shikinami versus Soryu (Shikinami criticism)
*"Wevangeliwon"
*4.44 Cain/Abel theory
===Neon Genesis Evangelion manga===
*Manga Asuka
*Are Asuka and Shinji romantic partners in the manga?
*What did the manga “do right”?
*Manga Kaworu/kawoshin archive link
*GC’s thoughts on the manga archive link
==Other Works==
Ze also created a version of Evangelion's subtitles that used nonbinary neopronouns to refer to Rei Ayanami and Kaworu Nagisa."Neon Genesis Evangelion: Now With 100% More Trans," posted by GC (fiendswithbenefits), 2014
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