[EVA] Why strip Ritsuko? [was Parental Figures]

[Carl Gustav Horn]

Perhaps they initially suspected it was Ritsuko, rather than Gendo,  
who was "carrying" Adam? Or perhaps that's just the excuse they gave  
themselves for leering at her.

—C.

On Aug 9, 2006, at 10:11 AM, Ray Miller wrote:

>>>> rjn at beeb.net 08/09/06 12:49 PM >>>
>> The Ritsuko bit was Gainax bad taste IMO. Would Rei have had to
> strip
> had she gone, I wonder. <
>
> I believe they may have, depending on what they expected to accomplish
> had she been presented to them. In Ritsuko's case, I took it simply as
> Seele's specific way of 'softening her up' to make her more pliant to
> their demands of her, or an acid-test of her character to determine  
> how
> best to utilize her for their plans. I mean, they supposedly aren't
> above doing away with someone if it suits their needs [re: Yui's
> comments to Fuyutsuki], killing a third of the planet's population  
> [2I],
> starving a nation to fund an Eva project, ending human civilization,
> etc, etc. While the scene certainly has its base appeal to viewers,
> stripping Ritsuko - much like the 3rd-degree-with-electrocution
> Fuyutsuki received - serves to illustrate Seele's rather enthusiastic
> lack of basic humanity in the pursuit of their concerns, I think.
>
> [Alternately, the agents might have just nabbed her out of the shower
> and hurried her to Seele as-is, 'lest they miss their deadline...  
> ("No,
> No, No! This isn't Sandy Claws! Take her right back, immediately!")]
>
> - Ray
>
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