AsuQa_PsyOp_Langley wrote:That's one bit I was always curious about. Unless I'm mistaken, the editing goes right from an Eva command handle grip being racked inside Eva 13 by Shinji to the Kaworu commands being disengaged, suggesting causation. Kaworu did nothing to wrestle back control or interfere, I'm not sure Shinji would cut him off actively or consciously like that but it's definitely a moment where he's ignoring him and turning himself deaf to his warnings.
I assume that Shinji's strong will simply took all control away from Kaworu. I don't think it was a totally conscious act.
Shinji seemed to have trouble using Eva-13 properly because Kaworu wasn't helping to pilot (implied during the battle with Asuka). Not to mention that Kaworu's warnings and opposition to take the Spears should make Shinji feel that Kaworu will interfere soon.
AsuQa_PsyOp_Langley wrote:Edit : I'd say this is a sequence where we have another exemple of this with Kaworu saying he'll fix things up before Eva 13 impales itself with the spears. The editing suggests there's a causation by virtue of how those events are sequenced but I know it's debated : the impalement seems part of the rite, not something that would stop the Impact -on the contrary- and his commands are deactivated at that point. Doesn't seem Kaworu is doing anything proactive apart from letting himself be neutralised by the DSS choker.
Honestly, I don't think the impalement of Eva-13 in 3.0 is part of the rite since the Spears of Longinus don't dissapear. In the 3.0+1.0, the Black Moon Spear dissapear when it's used for the rite of the Fourth Impact (the Spears of Longinus and Cassius dissapear for the rite of the Another Impsct too).
Also, in 3.0+1.0, the "purification" of souls starts when the Black Moon Spears goes through the Gates of Guff. Before Eva-13 impaled itself, it was rising up with the Spears of Longinus towards the Gates of Guf.
That's why I still think Kaworu control Eva-13 to impale itself trying to stop the Fourth Impact.