Of the seatbelt?!
Originally posted on: 08-Feb-2006, 09:13 GMT
Eva's Cockpits
- Zugzwang [ANF]
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- HeWhoPostsStuff [ANF]
- Clockiel
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If that was what the designers had in mind, it seems kinda stupid on the surface...I mean, yeah, it's elongated, and is somewhere in the general vicinity of the crotch area, but if they wanted it to stand for a twizzler, what exactly did they bother for? Just to toss a random genital reference in there? You'd figure there'd be at least some "point" to it, and offhand I really can't think of one...
Originally posted on: 08-Feb-2006, 19:01 GMT
Originally posted on: 08-Feb-2006, 19:01 GMT
- AsukaxSohryux [ANF]
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OMF wrote:Symbolically, this could be right on the money. Shinji, alone of all the pilots, is coerced into piloting. The seatbelt could represent his obligations to pilot that bind gim to his role.
At some point this is true. But not every pilot is coerced into piloting. Asuka WANTS to pilot the Eva. Also Rei and Asuka use the extra parts at times throughout the series. I don't beleive the "seatbelt" is restricting Shinji from running away.
Originally posted on: 08-Feb-2006, 19:48 GMT
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Yeah... Go too deep into this weird "genital symbolism" stuff and you turn into Mr. Greenfingers or the Boy Wonder. Most of that stuff is reserved for the Evas and Giant Naked Rei and, even then, it actually has a point if you think beyond the typical, rather limited Western viewpoint. "omg its teh p00ntang anno is teh p3rvert!!11"
But anyway, I haven't been following this thread (too distracted with other things), so I'll go away now.
Originally posted on: 08-Feb-2006, 19:55 GMT
But anyway, I haven't been following this thread (too distracted with other things), so I'll go away now.
Originally posted on: 08-Feb-2006, 19:55 GMT
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