Spears (Lances) of Longinus & Cassius

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Spears (Lances) of Longinus & Cassius

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Postby bladerj » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:32 pm

Is the Spear of Longinus part of an angel or an angel itself ? "the thing that came from space" had arms like the spear, and in the flashback to second impact you see two spears this time around.


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Postby NAveryW » Thu Jul 16, 2009 8:37 pm

We don't know lol.
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Postby Ornette » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:04 pm

The thing that came from Kaworu looked like this:
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There were 4 spears during the 2nd Impact flashback, I'd assume, one for each of the things with halos.

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Postby schismatics » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:06 pm

off topic - does any one know what was revealed in that "do not open" little box on the pic??

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Postby Rayshiest » Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:24 pm

isnt that the tape that keeps the magazine closed?
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Postby AuraTwilight » Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:48 pm

If the Spears haven't changed from the TV Series version (which is highly unlikely), then they're just security devices to keep Seeds of Life from shirking their duties or keeping gods in check.

But we dont know lol.

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Postby Axell » Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:58 pm

i swear i remember reading somewhere that they are "living enteties" different from angels/humans but only have the sole purpose to incapacitate a sol

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Postby cat42 » Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:09 pm

Axell wrote:i swear i remember reading somewhere that they are "living enteties" different from angels/humans but only have the sole purpose to incapacitate a sol


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It is a spear which has a will and is a type of lifeform capable of moving by itself. This is an item close to a god and thus able to put a Seed of Life (Progenitor Entity), who holds the power of eternal life, into suspended animation, and this is the reason why the Seed of Life (Progenitor Entity) does not reach god-status. The First Ancestral Race prepared this as a counter- measure in the event that a Seed of Life (Progenitor Entity) did not follow their own goals.

It is thought that a Spear acting as Lilith's counterpart was separated from it by the shock at the time of First Impact. This Spear has yet to be found. There is a chance that it may have been destroyed.
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Postby Axell » Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:14 pm

^there it is! yay my memory is good for once :P

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Postby Holy Diver » Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:23 pm

It is possible that the nature of the lance in Rebuild has changed. It might not be unreasonable to assume that it could have angelic origins.

Semi-on-topic: Does anyone else perfer the Rebuild lance to the original? It just looks more like a real weapon than the previous incarnation?.
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Postby User-iel » Sun Aug 02, 2009 6:20 am

Wow. This spear is starting to STRONGLY resemble the real Spear of Fuchai. I did wonder from time to time if that spear was the beginning of the design process for the Original Spear of Longinus. Well, that and DNA as others already cite.
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Postby Duskbyday » Sun Aug 02, 2009 12:41 pm

It could just be the original or...a new replica? Either way Angel's gonna get a beatin!
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A Better Look at Kaworu's Massive, Throbbing Rod [SPOILERS]

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Postby NAveryW » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:26 pm

We never get a good look at the spear Kaworu skewers Unit 01 with in the camrip. Fortunately, we have this toy-- erm, adult collectible.

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It, ah... looks like a wand from a magical girl anime. Definitely doesn't look like NGE's Spear of Longinus, in any case.
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Postby Great Genius Shinji-Sama » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:32 pm

RoE is diffferent. They redisgned things, like Lillith, the NERV and SEELE emblems, Unit 02, etc. etc.
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Postby NAveryW » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:33 pm

Great Genius Shinji-Sama wrote:RoE is diffferent. They redisgned things, like Lillith, the NERV and SEELE emblems, Unit 02, etc. etc.
We've also already seen a bunch of spears that look just like NGE's Spear of Longinus. I'm not saying with certainty that this isn't THAT spear, of course.
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Postby THE Hal E. Burton 9000 » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:34 pm

are you sure that collectible is official, not fan made?
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Postby NAveryW » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:41 pm

THE Hal E. Burton 9000 wrote:are you sure that collectible is official, not fan made?
I am. I took it from a site Fuyutsuki linked to in the IRC. It was alongside a bunch of other figures that I know to be official.
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Postby Joseph the PRPD » Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:17 am

Adult collectible? I wonder why.
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Postby Reichu » Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:39 am

The action figure is just a rip-off of the illustration on the front of the 2.0 movie booklet anyway.

http://forum.evageeks.org/viewtopic.php?p=259132#259132

In other words: old news. Also, this thread is gonna get merged. I know you put a lot of effort into that title, NAW. Sorry.
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Postby Synapsid » Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:58 am

Joseph the PRPD wrote:Adult collectible? I wonder why.
I'm sure you know why, :wink: Oneesan said a statue of a nun being speared by an angel was one of the more interesting Baroch art pieces...I'm sure you can guess the significance that comes with being penetrated by something devine :shinji_blush: I can tell you that there's already a huge amount of fanart on that scene by now.I wonder if this means that It constitutes K/S/R/Y?
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