[EVA][EOE] EVA trivia

[j r kananen]

you forget in episode 20 [I'm pretty sure I'm right about this] Ritsuko
reveals the truth behind the Eva's "armour."  it isn't armour as was
assumed, but a harness, much like that found on a horse.  Without the metal
harness, the Eva wouldn't respond to the controls of the soul that is needed
to activate it.  The electricity clearly drives the entry plug's controls
and the harness' ability to manipulate the Eva.  That is why whenever the
Eva goes berserk, it goes berserk AFTER the cord has been severed, the time
limit has run out, and the pilot achieves a extremely high synch ratio.  So
we cannot call Eva's "androids" as no mechanical parts make up their
biological structure, they are purely organic beings created by humans as a
clone of Adam [much like Rei] perfected over time until the ultimate version
[the production units seen in the movie], hence the grave yard of "failed"
Evas, and hence the second impact when man first attempted such a clone.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Muir" <gregmuir at adelphia.net>
To: <evangelion at eva.onegeek.org>; <evaone at pacbell.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 6:58 PM
Subject: RE: [EVA][EOE] EVA trivia


> > You reminded me of a question I had waaay back when this image first
> > circulated throughout the list. Eva construction. This particular
cloning
> > image would suggest that Unit 01 is fully biological with the
> > exception of the
> > control/system apparatus. Grown directly from Lilith, who is obviously
an
> > organism without mechanical bits. Cues in the TV series, such as
> > when Gendou
>
> It's really hard to tell. When Unit-02 was dismembered you could see that
> there were significant ammounts of entrails inside, at least in the
> abdomenal cavity. The EVA graveyard looked like mostly skeletons were left
> behind with a few techno-bits.
>
> Based on the appearance of the EVA's we could possibly surmise that they
> would be best called cyborgs. Their metal exterior is an armor protecting
> them in combat with a mixture of machine and flesh through the rest of the
> body.
>
> Lilith appeared to be basically human in form and we can assume that there
> are bones inside, at least based on how Rei fell apart. This means that
they
> took the initial proto-human form and grafted on armor and techno-doodads.
> Not quite like robocop here since robocop was basically just the face and
> brains of a human with the rest of the body being inorganic. The Borg
would
> probably be the closest sci-fi comparison for what an EVA is like inside.
>
> They mentioned EVA's have a finite limit for self-regeneration, the
> hoftszaggler limit or something like that. Based on this we can assume
that
> a banged up EVA would have missing limbs reattached and the flesh would
grow
> to fill those spaces again.
>
> The one thing that is not clear, the EVAs are electrically powered yet are
> organic. Furthermore, they are capable of self-activation without any
source
> of power. The question here is what is that electricity used for? Perhaps
it
> is not used in a directly mechancial sense like in an electric car, i.e.
> battery energy converted to motion by motors. Perhaps the electricity
serves
> as a stimulator for driving the EVA flesh to action and that when the
> batteries run out of juice the EVA can no longer be successfully prodded
> along. Self-activation means that the soul inside is finally ready to act
on
> its own and when it is doing so the electric prodding is no longer needed
> (such as EVA-01 defending Shinji-baka). This is speculation on my part.
The
> whole point of the self-activation probably done for nothing more than the
> drama of the moment with no long-term implications.
>