[EVA] Misato the crack shot

[Harold Ancell]

At 12:06 PM 8/20/2007, RJN wrote:

>----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Ancell" <hga at ancell-ent.com>
>To: "The english-language evangelion mailing list." <evangelion at shinobu.onegeek.org>
>Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 8:47 AM
>Subject: [EVA] Misato the crack shot
>
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>>At 09:55 PM 8/19/2007, Drew Lewis wrote:
>>
>>>On 8/19/07, Carl Gustav Horn <once at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Misato is not a professional soldier.  She is a fighter definitely,
>>>>> & the NERV cops are paramilitary I guess, but more like armed police.
>>>>
>>>>What the 1995-97 story never explained is how Misato acquired not
>>>>only combat training, but training sufficient to take out three
>>>>assault-rifle packing JSSDF troops
>>
>>A gun is not a magical totem, conferring upon its wielder any
>>special ability.  In this case, surprise and hitting where they
>>aren't wearing body armor counts for a lot more.
>>
>>Shooting a bunch of armed people does not indicate any skill, and

Oops, that's "*un*armed people"....

>Not forgetting the element of surprise.  Hard cases

Of one sort.  It was commented that the USSR ran down when their
"hard cases" lost the moral courage necessary to murder in large
numbers....

>about to murder a child (& who met little serious resistance overall), were not expecting a red coated avenging firebrand

An Avenging Angel! ^_^

>to attack, & were caught completely offguard. :)

Depending on the sort of people the JSSDF attracted and retained, very
possibly NOT the best sort, their willingness to slaughter the innocent
argues for this.  Experience has told us that that sort often do not
react very constructively when they are first faced with serious lethal
opposition.  It really messes with their world view.

I'm certain they did not go into NERV HQ expecting to die---and to die
for what?  What motivates such people?

Life was cheap during and for a while after the Second Impact, but things
seem to have returned to more normal attitudes after that.

                                        - Harold