(response to a quote from one of the other threads that I'll post here instead in support of the Mari Threads Instrumentality Project:) Well, even Sadamoto said in an interview that Mari is not meant to be a character from Eva, she's meant to feel like an outsider/from another series...

I dunno, seems like we're slitting out throats with Occam's razor here, there's so many qualifications to make this work. I mean, Eva is at some times complex, but... I don't think the "it's just a memory" thing is as far out as you do. In fact, I think it's the mos...

How would that mean he doesn't care about Rei?

If he DID know about Third Impact, then it's a validation of what his father said about him when he was in handcuffs. He lets the needs of the few outway the needs of the many. He's the anti-Spock!

Stuff like this makes me wanna go through Rebuild one frame at a time.

Will they ever learn?!!?! What kind of missiles don't explode upon crashing into things? Not to mention their crumple zone is impressive considering the speed they have. Is there some nice fanwanky explanation? From the beginning, in episode one, it's been established that missiles in Evang...

Did Shinji even know he was initiating Third Impact? I thought he was concerned only with rescuing Rei and unaware of the consequences.

Souls are clearly retrievable, sure. I think what you're saying is that Seele or somebody could've taken the insane half of her soul post-Mortem and reunited it with the maternal half in the Eva. I suppose that's possible, but I dunno, there are a lot of fences to jump to get to that poi...

Because its Lilith's soul and it exists simultaneously in Unit-00 via Rei 1 and and in Rei 2. There also seems to be a third piece of it in Lilith to welcome Rei home in EOE. You also need soul splitting to explain Kyoko's continued existence. If she lost her entire soul wouldn't she ha...

00 is definitely Rei 1, but I don't see why soul splitting is necessary for her to be there. Why can't it be her entire soul? As far as the "die with me" thing goes, it's not entirely clear what's going on there. I always assumed it was Asuka herself recalling these words, ...

The rule seems to be that Yui can only take direct control of the Eva when it's unconscious (like when she protected Shinji from the debris in episode one). The first time the plug was used, the Eva was activated. But the second time, it wasn't, and she was able to refuse. That's...

I'm wondering if we don't have it backwards... if the plug suits actually inhibit a degree of synchronization. Contamination, and being absorbed into the Eva, seems to be a fairly likely danger to the pilots. Maybe the suits act as a buffer, protecting them from that? After all, when Shinji ...

Heya folks, long time lurker, first time poster. Have really enjoyed reading the discussions, thought it high time I actually contribute. I'm going to jump right into the deep end here with a few concepts I've been playing around with. Let's see if I don't drown. Where to start? Alri...