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by StrokeMeGoat
Tue Oct 12, 2021 9:14 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: NTE rainbows - a possible explanation
Replies: 4
Views: 2537

Re: NTE rainbows - a possible explanation

Rainbows actually have relatively certain meaning as a symbol in Ancient Judaism and Old-Testament Christianity: The flood has subsided and the doors of the ark have opened. God has commanded Noah to exit the ark and to release the animals back into the world. (Genesis 8:15-19) God next declares tha...
by StrokeMeGoat
Tue Aug 31, 2021 4:08 pm
Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
Topic: In-universe explanation for a the Biblical nonsense…
Replies: 8
Views: 2459

Re: In-universe explanation for a the Biblical nonsense…

Also, you’re asserting those as out-of-universe explanations, which is fine but I’m talking about in-universe justifications. In-universe, the Christian symbolism IS inherently meaningless, since Adam, Lilith and the Angels are explicitly alien monsters from space. The only in-universe link they ha...
by StrokeMeGoat
Tue Aug 31, 2021 1:05 pm
Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
Topic: In-universe explanation for a the Biblical nonsense…
Replies: 8
Views: 2459

Re: In-universe explanation for a the Biblical nonsense…

I think you are a bit too entrenched in your own worldview/view on religion here. The entire premise of your argument revolves around the idea that the Biblical stuff is, in fact, nonsense in-universe or at all. Even if it were nonsense in-universe, Judaism, Christianity, and more specifically, Kabb...
by StrokeMeGoat
Wed Feb 24, 2021 6:07 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: Evangelion Mark.06: The Eva that deserved better.
Replies: 30
Views: 3864

Re: Evangelion Mark.06: The Eva that deserved better.

And compare it to this: http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130316175957/evangelion/images/4/43/Evangelion_Mark_06_Artwork.png The colors are darker, there's less orange on the shoulder pythons, and the green is white. It's honestly just a minor thing, not even really a nitpick, but it's just s...
by StrokeMeGoat
Wed Feb 17, 2021 7:48 am
Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
Topic: The Chamber of Guf, Souls, Adam and Lilith
Replies: 3
Views: 2062

Re: The Chamber of Guf, Souls, Adam and Lilith

I presume Adam's Chamber of Guf contained individual souls for Herself and the Angels that are born, whereas Lilith's Guf either only contained two souls... one being Hers, the other being a singular soul that the first Lilin-based life form and then life forms wound up using to live and in the proc...
by StrokeMeGoat
Sat Feb 06, 2021 9:22 am
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: Third Impact (Tentative Reconstructed Timeline)
Replies: 11
Views: 7276

Re: Third Impact

[quote="Reichu#896726#896726"] (This is what kills Lilith? I guess? Somehow, maybe?? Very unclear.) /quote] I think Mk.06 being referred to as the True Evangelion and wearing Lilith's mask from NGE during its development is a clue that Lilith's DNA was "plunged" into Mk.06 using ...
by StrokeMeGoat
Sat Oct 24, 2020 3:55 pm
Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
Topic: Misato's Cross hole
Replies: 20
Views: 6966

Re: Misato's Cross hole

The string of the necklace could've been fastened to either side of the cross by some means other than running it through the hole. There may not have ever been a hole going completely from one side of the cross to the other, but rather two shallow hallows on either side. There is never a shot of th...
by StrokeMeGoat
Wed Jul 29, 2020 2:38 pm
Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
Topic: The relation between Yui and Rei
Replies: 15
Views: 4792

Re: The relation between Yui and Rei

I've reread the the chapter with your recomendations in mind. I still believe the figure is Yui, I'm basing it on the fact that the being wanted Shinji to stay and when Shinji is in the sea looking at Yui and baby Shinji she says you could still join us if you want to. But then again it could be yu...
by StrokeMeGoat
Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:38 am
Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
Topic: The relation between Yui and Rei
Replies: 15
Views: 4792

Re: The relation between Yui and Rei

Rereading that conversation between Rei and Unit-01 in Volume 08, I think it's pretty clear that who she is talking to isn't Yui, but Unit-01 itself as the "offspring" of Lilith/Lilith clone. Rei's soul was originally residing within Unit-01 (and before that, Lilith), and so she was Unit-0...
by StrokeMeGoat
Sun Jun 07, 2020 2:44 am
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: Adams, Children, and the Nature of the Cycle
Replies: 106
Views: 82740

Re: Adams, Children, and the Nature of the Cycle

Obvious to you, perhaps, but not to godless heathens / unwashed philistines such as myself. :devil: (You'd think that Evangelion would have gotten me to read the Bible by now, but... sigh.) Anyway, thanks for pointing this out! Cool stuff. I'll look deeper into the allusions you mention. Eh, I just...
by StrokeMeGoat
Sat May 30, 2020 5:34 am
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: Adams, Children, and the Nature of the Cycle
Replies: 106
Views: 82740

Re: Adams, Children, and the Nature of the Cycle

So, we have Eva-13’s transcendental Awakening contrasted against Kaworu’s complete, blood-soaked Fall. Also note: Evangelion 13, 13th Angel. These things are connected. ...\ I imposed our favorite gods on top of it this time for the hell of it. ( Here’s the unaltered original. ) Pay special attenti...
by StrokeMeGoat
Thu May 14, 2020 6:47 am
Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
Topic: Questions about SEELE’s/Gendo’s/Angel’s goals.
Replies: 4
Views: 4494

Re: Questions about SEELE’s/Gendo’s/Angel’s goals.

The forbidden fusion of Adam and Lilith is capable of causing an impact, but doesn't appear to guarantee it (it seems like it's up to Rei?, who in this case leaves the choice up to Shinji). The MP Evas marking Unit-01 with the Holy Stigmata (creating makeshift Doors of Guf) and collectively forming ...
by StrokeMeGoat
Mon Dec 02, 2019 11:27 am
Forum: Evangelion General and Chit-Chat
Topic: Is it normal to be traumatized by Evangelion?
Replies: 18
Views: 11648

Re: Is it normal to be traumatized by Evangelion?

Maybe it's because I was already seriously, intensely depressed and suffering from terrible social anxiety, social withdrawal, and was overall in a really bad place whenever I watched NGE+EoE for the first time back when I was 14 (14 years ago now) as a result of suffering a concussion, but if anyth...
by StrokeMeGoat
Fri Oct 04, 2019 5:13 am
Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
Topic: Asuka isn't Justified
Replies: 117
Views: 50502

Re: Asuka isn't Justified

I have to ask, how often are people actually justified in their actions, and who gets to determine that? Typically the younger a person is, the less justified their actions appear to be when taken into consideration--especially those young people who have undergone a greater than average number of t...
by StrokeMeGoat
Thu Oct 03, 2019 9:29 pm
Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
Topic: The Curse of Eva - Can It Be Broken?
Replies: 20
Views: 18416

Re: The Curse of Eva - Can It Be Broken?

Only idea that comes to mind for me is if everybody gets tanged and are allowed to be reborn if they have the will to live like in EoE. The process of death and rebirth is the only thing that will allow for something like that, both in a thematic/philosophical sense and a literal physical sense in-u...
by StrokeMeGoat
Sat Aug 10, 2019 7:32 am
Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
Topic: New info re: Episode 20 continuity error?
Replies: 14
Views: 22825

Re: New info re: Episode 20 continuity error?

When you're reading a translation, you want to try and avoid being too exact with the way you interpret the wording. I had always taken that line to mean what the Netflix translation seems to clarify for us with a more accurate translation. If the suit had simply been what remained after Shinji diss...
by StrokeMeGoat
Wed Jul 24, 2019 9:48 am
Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
Topic: Mother is the First other: The Human Instrumentality Project and Lacanian Psychoanalysis
Replies: 9
Views: 18518

Re: Mother is the First other: The Human Instrumentality Project and Lacanian Psychoanalysis

Rei's segment during the beginning of episode 25 is an excellent representation of Lacanian psychoanalytic theory. She even starts off looking into a mirror and questioning if the reflection is her, which is about as direct of an allusion to the Mirror Stage as it can get. In truth, I think Anno was...
by StrokeMeGoat
Wed Jul 24, 2019 9:35 am
Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
Topic: Would the angels have awoken and attacked regardless of the Katsuragi expedition disturbing Adam 15 years prior?
Replies: 6
Views: 9730

Re: Would the angels have awoken and attacked regardless of the Katsuragi expedition disturbing Adam 15 years prior?

From what I understand, the Angels would've awoken in 2015 whether or not Second Impact occurred. The Dead Sea Scrolls seemed to indicate as much. Based off the information found in the scrolls, SEELE decided the best way to limit the potential damage was to initiate Second Impact themselves and to ...
by StrokeMeGoat
Sat Jul 13, 2019 8:48 am
Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
Topic: Was Anno Inspired By This Real-Life Phenomenon?
Replies: 10
Views: 8273

Re: Was Anno Inspired By This Real-Life Phenomenon?

Now that I think about it, that means the White Moon would not have been buried under the ice of Antarctica for the whole 4 billion years it has been on Earth. There would have been portions of Earth's history where it would have been exposed, like during the time of the dinosaurs. So how is it tha...
by StrokeMeGoat
Sat Jul 13, 2019 1:08 am
Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
Topic: Explain Each Characters' Instrumentality/3rd Impact Plan
Replies: 11
Views: 8258

Re: Explain Each Characters' Instrumentality/3rd Impact Plan

I may edit this post or make another after taking some time to read the responses so far, but here's my take: SEELE: SEELE's plan involves killing off the old Gods and merging all of humanity into a single amalgamated being that becomes God as the artificially induced next (and presumably final) ste...

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