Reichu wrote:Well, I don't see how you can deny the fact that he DOES do "whatever he wants". This is his world; he makes up the rules. This is true with plenty of types of fiction, as relatively little fiction adheres to the rules of reality (because that would just be boring). Part of what we do by immersing ourselves into these worlds is observe how they work -- how they are the same as our own, how they are different, etc. If a fictional world is carefully, deliberately constructed, it will (generally speaking) adhere to its own rules and function within the diameters set by the story.
All right . I'll agree to this (bolded section). And what I'll set out to argue is that in the case of the soul issue, Anno doesn't make up rules about the soul being able to be in multiple places at once (and, on the same token, as for evidence that he does, should people feel that this is in fact the case).
But a lot of that discussion can take place in the Rei thread (which, since I guess it's there, I should try to start piecing together my Defense of Rei ... *opens up WordPad to start a document* O, woe to the hours that these deed will eat up — but necessary it is to justify Rei's existence and thereby justifying existence of all life [that sounds grandiose, don't it ]).
Originally posted on: 15-Nov-2004, 23:46 GMT