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- Tue Aug 22, 2017 4:41 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: The Significance of "Shadow Bone"
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4290
Re: The Significance of "Shadow Bone"
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallic_woman Found this statement at that link, found it pretty interesting: "The phallic mother can be (though need not necessarily be) an actively castrative figure, stifling her children by pre-empting all room for autonomous action." Yui literally sets...
- Mon Aug 21, 2017 8:57 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Let's Watch NGE Together! Unofficial Commentary Thread
- Replies: 74
- Views: 15105
Re: Let's Watch NGE Together! Unofficial Commentary Thread
The episode isn't about the challenge of the Angel itself, but about choosing to rise up to the challenge, deciding not to run away from adversity, and instead taking control of one's life, taking control of the wheel and piloting it (even if you need mommy's training wheels at first). I have to ad...
- Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:44 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: "Anno intended Rei to be creepy"
- Replies: 183
- Views: 50265
Re: "Anno intended Rei to be creepy"
Hmm, that reminds me of that small interview of Hayashibara's in the extra-stuff at the end of volume 3 of the manga, where she talked about how Anno had told her, that it's not like Rei doesn't have emotion but that she doesn't know what it is (but once she learned them, she can develop them) - hi...
- Sat Aug 12, 2017 1:03 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Why was Shinji strangling Asuka at the end of EoE?
- Replies: 377
- Views: 179452
Re: Why was Shinji strangling Asuka at the end of EoE?
I wrote a post about my hypothesis here , To be honest, I debate how much Shinji was actually trying to strangle her (at least in the sense that he was going to kill her) given that his hands are positioned in such a way that his thumbs both line up with her carotid arteries when every scene in the ...
- Sat Aug 12, 2017 10:13 am
- Forum: Completely and Utterly Off-Topic
- Topic: Massive Object Lurking Beneath Antarctica
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5625
Massive Object Lurking Beneath Antarctica
I don't know how valid any of this is, but I couldn't help but thinking it was a joke in reference to Evangelion at first. http://nypost.com/2016/12/29/massive-anomaly-lurks-beneath-ice-in-antarctica/?utm_source=keywee&utm_medium=keyweefb&utm_campaign=keywee&kwp_0=372654 Scientists belie...
- Sat Aug 12, 2017 7:56 am
- Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
- Topic: The Red Soil and Rei's Monologue
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5996
Re: The Red Soil and Rei's Monologue
I'm not sure my thoughts are together enough to comment on anything yet really, but there's also the fact that in EOE, SEELE says something along the lines of "let the Red Earth purification ceremony begin".
- Sun Jul 30, 2017 11:31 pm
- Forum: Rebuild of Evangelion Discussion
- Topic: Why didn't Mari and Sakura blame Shinji for NTI?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 11818
Re: Why didn't Mari and Sakura blame Shinji for NTI?
Sakura just seems to be keeping her interactions with Shinji professional, which changes somewhat as he's about to escape with the Ayanami series girl. Otherwise, she's his nurse/aide so it makes sense she'd behave that way. Mari on the other hand is somebody who doesn't conform to behaviors or opin...
- Sun Jul 30, 2017 4:20 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Im writing a Thesis about Evangelion
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2947
Re: Im writing a Thesis about Evangelion
Okay, after reading more about Lacanian psychology, I've identified a number of things represented in NGE that fit in with his theories. First things first, the AT-Field . The ATF is a representation of the alienation that one's mirror image imposes as a result of having separated the self from &quo...
- Sun Jul 30, 2017 1:11 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Im writing a Thesis about Evangelion
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2947
Re: Im writing a Thesis about Evangelion
Visual words, or "acoustic images", are the main basis of the Lacanian notion of significant. Visual words are just a synthesis of two mediums which a "concept" or meaning is "aprehended" (this is not entirely true, it's never fully aprehended because there's always a ...
- Sun Jul 30, 2017 1:06 pm
- Forum: Evangelion General and Chit-Chat
- Topic: Anyone else feel dislike towards EoE nowadays?
- Replies: 71
- Views: 23802
Re: Anyone else feel dislike towards EoE nowadays?
I always liked the original ending, but lately I've grown to appreciate it anymore. That said, I can really only say the same thing about EOE too. I don't really see a reason to compare them like they're separate endings, I see them as supplements to each other. Even if it could be argued that the o...
- Sun Jul 30, 2017 12:48 pm
- Forum: Evangelion General and Chit-Chat
- Topic: The most disturbing moment in Evangelion
- Replies: 914
- Views: 244636
Re: The most disturbing moment in Evangelion
I've always taken it that plug depth is related to synchronisation rate. The effects of excessive synch rate in the series (Shinji reaches 400% when he is absorbed into the Eva) are similar to excessive plug depth in Ha (Shinji gets absorbed at the end of the film). I believe that what we know is n...
- Sun Jul 30, 2017 9:34 am
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Was Adam trying to create human life?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2620
Re: Was Adam trying to create human life?
Thanks, I appreciate you clarifying things. I think it's important to mention that when I say that the donors aren't necessarily the same, that doesn't mean that the contact experiment and Kaworu being Adam's soul placed in a clone are unrelated or that one isn't important to success of the other. T...
- Sat Jul 29, 2017 6:09 pm
- Forum: Evangelion General and Chit-Chat
- Topic: Music You Associate With Eva and Eva Characters
- Replies: 916
- Views: 137416
Re: Songs that remind you of Evangelion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26UvLC2j46w Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead I'd have to say it's pretty much not possible to hear this song and associate it right away with Rei. [Verse 1] Her green plastic watering can For her fake Chinese rubber plant In the fake plastic earth That she bought from ...
- Fri Jul 28, 2017 10:13 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Was Adam trying to create human life?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2620
Re: Was Adam trying to create human life?
I feel like you're taking my enthusiasm for parsimony a bit too personally. The bit about taking it personally is probably true, but given parsimony is defined as "1. a principle according to which an explanation of a thing or event is made with the fewest possible assumptions. Compare Occam's...
- Fri Jul 28, 2017 9:46 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Was Adam trying to create human life?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2620
Re: Was Adam trying to create human life?
Why would you think several hints were deliberately added to the show about Adam being experimented on with Lilin genes, if NOT to explain Kaworu's origins? The economy of information in fiction is our friend, not the enemy. More on this here , specifically addressed in this post . All I did was po...
- Fri Jul 28, 2017 8:42 pm
- Forum: Evangelion General and Chit-Chat
- Topic: What You Did NOT Like About Evangelion
- Replies: 705
- Views: 126634
Re: What You Did NOT Like About Evangelion
Trains are burned into Shinji's psyche because they're inextricably linked to the memory of being abandoned by his father. Far from "pretentious", it's smart use of a motif. Have to agree. It also reminds me of experiences of mine in various altered states, whether it was drug use in the ...
- Thu Jul 27, 2017 3:18 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Do the Evas go into Awakening in the original series?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2495
Re: Do the Evas go into Awakening in the original series?
I think the awakening in the original series is less divine in the ways it appears to be in Rebuild. Strictly speaking, until Unit-01 ingests the S2 organ, it isn't the equivalent of a god yet. What isn't clear is what's going on to power Unit-01 during its berserk state in ep 16 and in ep 19 direct...
- Thu Jul 27, 2017 1:14 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Was Adam trying to create human life?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2620
Re: Was Adam trying to create human life?
So does that mean that in a similar way to Rei, Kaworu's body is a clone of that of the man who took place in the contact experiment? When Yui was involved in a contact experiment, she was making contact with Unit-01, not Lilith. They also state that Rei's clones are made from all that could be sal...
- Sat Jul 22, 2017 5:57 am
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Why was Gendo's transition guide Unit 01?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2401
Re: Why was Gendo's transition guide Unit 01?
Yeah, I agree pretty much with what's been said. I feel like what he feels he deserves is more or less and unconscious... desire isn't quite the right word, I suppose judgment works better. The rest of the cast was similarly judged. Aoba wound up being "punished" as well. At the same time ...
- Mon Jun 12, 2017 8:25 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: GNR got her head cut off BEFORE asking Shinji!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4106
Re: GNR got her head cut off BEFORE asking Shinji!
IIRC, her neck rips open and the blood starts to spray right after Shinji and Rei get finished discussing the difference between realities and dreams, and Shinji asks where his reality is. The whole live-action sequence is taking place during the period where Shinji has essentially chosen to create ...