ElMariachi wrote:Aren't there actually five crosses at 2I ground zero, with the fifth one (presumably representing the "Prime Adam")not visible from space because its toppled? Yet EVA-13 exists, so a cross doesn't necessarily means a pulverized Adam. (then there's the matter of the Key of Nebuchadnezzar, but we don't know if it's an Adam or not)
Yes, the rationale of my argument being that the tilted cross represents a "not quite dead Adams", i.e. the surviving Eva-13.
To clarify, I think there were one "central" and four "lesser" Adams at Antarctica (just as depicted in the Dead See Scrolls you posted). The Katsuragi expedition did something involving 4 of the 6 spears and the 4 lesser Adams, resulting in the loss of the items involved (arguably, the remains of the bodies of the four lesser Adams were later repurposed into the NHG/Wunder ships). One of the remaining spears was blown all the way to the Moon (unclear how it ended up in the Cassius state if Lilith wasn't involved in 2I); the central Adams was spared, and the 6th spear is the one stabbed onto Lilith (whether before or after 2I, we don't know).
But it's all very unclear anyway, we don't know what the crosses are made of, what's the mechanism by which they originated in the first place (i.e., whether it is srtrictly tied to the Adams dying, or just awakening?), whether they're related to the solid red ones seen in the distance in 3.0... So everything is up for debate really.
I also thought Mark.06 had been "dug up" on the Moon previously, but if you look closely it's just a fence built around the Mark.06, which is lying at ground level. The lighting, the incline of the slope where Kaworu stands, and the hills in the background are visually deceiving I think.
Incidentally, that white fence looks exactly like the ones they erect around construction sites everywhere in Japan
Good question. We really don't know what the mechanics of that would be. I don't think a Lilith clone could "stand-in" for Lilith to trigger the third impact Misato mentions...
Side note: The Mark.06 that descends from the Moon has a halo resembling those of the angels (sharp edges and rainbow color), not those of the Adams and other Evas (white and fuzzy edges)... Also, when did the 12th angel get in? Was it put ther eon purpose by Seele, or did it infiltrate the unit e.g. as a means to get to Lilith?
So many unknowns...
The same Lilith does get "javelined" at 3I, but "forked" prior to that...
ElMariachi wrote:, or maybe the function is different: the fork is the "preservation" setting where it maintains the target as it is (that would explain why Lilith is half-rotten in 3.0, since it wasn't preserved by the "fork" anymore), while the javelin mode is either to kill something or to use their function when an Impact is underway.
That makes more sense. But then again, the javelin is preserving Lilith from image collapse in 3.0. This topic deserves some research I think...