Hekym wrote:This is seriously not the question of if she's gay. But what do you think Maya feels towards Ritsuko, if anything?

Hah! As if you could separate homosexuality from a discussion about Maya's feelings towards Ritsuko. I scoff at you.

Originally posted on: 29-Mar-2006, 03:15 GMT

Why do so many deny the existance of other forms of love that are not derived from sexuality?

Originally posted on: 20-Mar-2006, 22:45 GMT

Hexon.Arq wrote:Everyone is a little bit gay.

Some more than others.

Originally posted on: 20-Mar-2006, 05:47 GMT

Zugzwang wrote:What about the implied phallic symbolism?

I think the phallic symbolism ends with the entry plug being inserted into the Eva.

Originally posted on: 09-Feb-2006, 00:18 GMT

basically it has nothing to do with Shinji's 'seatbelt', which my compleeeeeeetly uneducated pet theory is that it's only there to keep him from running away again. He has to be strapped down to get him in the thing. There must be a functional purpose to it all, afterall, why would ...

As promised, here are some scans from Sore o Nasumono: http://www.evageeks.org/ANF-Archive/images/../images/EP74OJL6GAADO0U62KMV02E2U-sore_o_nasumono_52_small.png http://www.evageeks.org/ANF-Archive/images/../images/JQBRQ9TT5MA19BGHAJJTN4FRN-sore_o_nasumono_53_small.png Larger versions: http://www.e...

OMF wrote:Still, a level of seat customisation for the Eva pilots does not see overly outlandish.

If it were based upon pilot preference, then that would not account for why Asuka and Rei use the component in episode 22.

Originally posted on: 03-Feb-2006, 23:12 GMT

Ornette wrote:Do you have scans of those that you can send me?

Unless someone else does, I'll scan and post them tommorow.

Originally posted on: 03-Feb-2006, 06:30 GMT

Back to the topic. What say you Monkey? I am curious as to what functionality this component has. I won't be losing any sleep over it, and I'm not going to formulate any theories about it, not even the supposed safety factor. Afterall, what need for restraint is there in a liquid environmen...

Are you sure they didn't just modify it? They requisitioned it's use, they didn't confiscate it. Nerv has the time and know how to reverse engineer another's technology. And if they did modify it... that would be pretty heavy modification, they look nothing alike when you compare th...

Rei is firing the same weapon in episode #22 that Shinji fired in episode #06, namely the SSDF's positron cannon. Afraid not. They are both positron cannons, but they are not the same positron cannon. Go through and compare, you'll see that their designs are quite different. Originally post...

If you compare this shot from Episode 22, you'll see Rei with a "seatbelt". http://www.evageeks.org/ANF-Archive/images/../images/0H6GHS9FT8QK4MGF0S5E2EI4F-rei_cockpit_side.jpg And if you compare it with this shot from episode 16, you'll see that Rei is wearing the very same "s...

Reichu wrote:Reply to my correspondences, and then I will be at liberty to stop.

In case you didn't pick up on it, my primary method of dealing with problems is through strategic avoidance. I can let it go if you can.

Originally posted on: 01-Feb-2006, 18:15 GMT

Ornette wrote:Hmm, doesn't seem to be a continuity error to me.

Stuffman is joking.

Reichu wrote:Ah, forgive me. I am currently operating along the parameters that Aaron's posts are only going to... you know... and thus...

Hey, let's have none of that.

Originally posted on: 01-Feb-2006, 14:27 GMT

(Second post, max number of images encountered) In the anime, you never get to see much of Kaworu in the plug, but in the manga, you get to see him with the same configuration as Touji, a cross between Shinji and Asuka/Rei's cockpit in the anime: http://www.evageeks.org/ANF-Archive/image...

A Shinji to Asuka comparison shot: http://www.evageeks.org/ANF-Archive/images/../images/8L6PL54SU5QMVUQH1M0ES16TP-cockpit_asuka_shinji.jpg Another two shots of Asuka's cockpit: http://www.evageeks.org/ANF-Archive/images/../images/M8BVDNO39M82MMVP28N10476I-asuka_cockpit.jpg http://www.evageeks.or...

I've always been curious about this myself, and have never found anything to indicate why Shinji's entry plug has additional component around the waist. As you can see here, Shinji's plug includes an additional component: http://www.evageeks.org/ANF-Archive/images/../images/BG5TU6OKG27AG...

Any biological being's movement boils down to electrical energy. Electrical impluses causes muscles to stimulate and tense or untense. Since the Eva is not operating under its own conscious will, it must be forced, just as anyone who undergoes electro shock therapy has no control over their body...

Well, it is stated that the accident occured when they were scheduled to install the restored S2 engine. In theory, had it been a success, it would have been sent to Japan and a child would have been selected, similar to the case with Eva Unit 03. But such is the beauty (implied sarcasm) of ...