Well, I finally sat down and watched all of Evangelion. Then I watched End of Evangelion.
Am I supposed to understand what happened? I felt I had a really good grasp of things until about episode 23 or 24. That's why I started to have "wtf" moments. Then the television ending of Shinji accepting Complementation was vague until I did some rading online of opinions and what not.
So, if I got this correct, the television ending is basically the acceptance of Complemenation, regardless if someone chose it or not.
In End of Evangelion, Shinji rejects Complemenation and thus returns to human form. According to opinions, it seems the strangling part is Shinji's confirmation that he is back to reality(also stated on some official card game).
I guess I am not completely understanding everything as there is not that few extra minutes left of closer to the anime. You are left completely to guess and surmise. Personally, I thought both endings suck.
One, you completely melt down and become part of the false peace of Complementation.
The other shows Shinji rejecting Complementation only to be, in a way, rejected once more by Asuka.
Though others can return to human form, only Asuka and Shinji arein human form. I can only suppose Asuka is in human form because of her true desire to be alone(officially stated somewhere, I cannot remember where). So, she rejected Complementation. Shinji is in human form because he wanted to face true reality even though it may be painful.
tl;dr
For those of you who watched it, what is your take on the endings and/or plot of Evangelion as a whole?
Oh and I actually really enjoyed the anime on a whole ^^