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

[Greg Muir]

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>
> >himself the whole time. Oh wait, he did splooge all over a
> comatose Asuka,
> >we have to give him that. Aside from the self-flaggelation, he
> sat huddled
> >in a corner until Misato saved his ass. Then he allowed himself
> to be drug
> >to Unit-01, thrown in there, and launched. He finally showed
> some reaction
>
> I think this warrants a [SPOILER] tag actually...

You are right. I appologize. Reflagged the top of the message.
>
> >when Asuka got dismembered but was able to do nothing because the mass
> >production angels used him like a dishrag.
>
> Or because Yui was in control.

If Yui had a decent degree of control, do you think she would have allowed
Shinji to wipe out humanity?
>
> >  Then we get more head trips with
> >him lashing out at everything he dislikes. The only actual
> choice he made in
> >the movie was the abortion of Third Impact which, if we are to
> believe the
> >visuals, led to the extinction of the human race.
>
> 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.

Yes, this comment was made. The question is, are these the characters
themselves or the versions of them within Shinji's mind? The show does make
that distinction, that every person is to those around them only as they
appear in the other person's mind, through the filter of perception.
So, if these are Shinji head trip characters, anything they say is suspect.
If they are the real deal, then they're still wrong. The souls are in orbit
around Earth, that ethereal ribbon of red light. The LCL is simply
byproduct. The souls are still in orbit. Now if the souls are supposed to be
able to come down any time they feel like it, that certainly wasn't implied
in the movi.

I suppose this would make a good panel question but I doubt we'd ever get a
straight answer. :)

>
> >that now, kid. I also want to know what Yui was babbling about, the
> >significance of EVA-01 outlasting the solar system and proving
> that humanity
> >existed. Why? For whom are we doing this? Whatever God set
> things in motion
>
> 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!"
>
That's to be expected. The Japanese are obsessed over giant mecha. If they
can be turned into cute super-deformed toys that's all the better. Far as
I'm aware, the Japanese do not yet have a fetish for memorial robots in
space. Give 'em more time?