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by StrokeMeGoat
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...
by StrokeMeGoat
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...
by StrokeMeGoat
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...
by StrokeMeGoat
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 ...
by StrokeMeGoat
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...
by StrokeMeGoat
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".
by StrokeMeGoat
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...
by StrokeMeGoat
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...
by StrokeMeGoat
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 ...
by StrokeMeGoat
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...
by StrokeMeGoat
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...
by StrokeMeGoat
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...
by StrokeMeGoat
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 ...
by StrokeMeGoat
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...
by StrokeMeGoat
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...
by StrokeMeGoat
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 ...
by StrokeMeGoat
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...
by StrokeMeGoat
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...
by StrokeMeGoat
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 ...
by StrokeMeGoat
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 ...

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