Sorrow wrote:The fact it's Evangelion is certainly a reason you should be more considering of the things you're seeing. A call back in another series might be a poster on a wall, or an iconic item in a character's bedroom; a character repeating a famous line, and other simple little nods that in no way fuel speculations.
The world from the very beginning having similar features to what we last saw at the very end of EoE is instantly striking to anyone who had seen it. So they're explained in-universe and it works. Considering Kaworu's words however, which everyone is aware of and agrees that they imply something that we're currently unaware of, it's logical to reconsider these visual cues because of how they can be used with Kaworu's words to strengthen the theory, and wonder whether the in-universe explanations aren't just ways to currently distract from their actual reason for being. Or maybe not. Perhaps the intention is to work both ways, so even those who haven't seen EoE, or care for it, have an understanding of these things that would otherwise be inexplicable to them.
I'm not trying to convince you of anything; I think someone who insists they absolutely are hints of a sequel are just as stupid as people who insist they absolutely are not. To understand that they might be of significance is the only appropriate position to hold, currently.
yep, but what most people name callbacks have their in universe explanation, given even by creators themselves. So no hidden significance there. They are not hiding anything. Using as an argument not the callback but just its use it's not an argument. Kaworu's words have no explanation, so it can mean something. Yeah, I can accept that.