EOE interpretations, was RE: The Soul in Eva-03 (was: [EVA]Kazuya...

[Brendan Jamieson]

Archer wrote:
>I disagree (beat you to it, Brendan! ^_^). This interpretation fails to
>take into account Rei, Yui, and Kaworu's statements about the choice now
>faced by every liquidated human. EOE is not as bleak as you imply.

Awww.. stupid sleep :P

Anyhow - that is entirely correct. Even taking into account the
alternate endings, Misato's cross with rust, etc, there is still no
clear indication that Shinji and Asuka are, or will be, the *only*
survivors. It's so ambiguous that any absolute statement, in either
direction, is too rooted in assumption. And thus, Hope remains.

Also, Tsurumaki thought that hope was there.

• At the end of this movie, Shinji seems to have reached a sort of
settlement regarding troubles of the heart.
Tsurumaki: Well, my personal view is, "Do we really need to complement
these troubles of the heart?"  Regardless of whether or not we are
complemented, have troubles, or find our answers, interpersonal
relations exist, and the world goes on.  I thought the last scene meant
to say that life goes on, but I could be wrong.

>Yes, its a strange goal, but this is the lady who saw a weird angel foetus
>and said "Now I can build that giant robot I always wanted, Gen-chan!"

LOL :)

-brendan