Just WHO was Rei III talking to? This question pertains to the scene in EoE where Rei III flies up to Lilith's body and says "I'm home". And then we see a caption that says "Welcome home". Now this phrase is clearly a bookend that reflects the scene from the second episod...

Has anyone said "And All That Could Have Been" by Nine Inch Nails? Here are the lyrics: Breeze still carries the sound Maybe I'll disappear Tracks will fade in the snow You won't find me here Ice is starting to form Ending what had begun I am locked in my head With what I've do...

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REICHU SAID: "Funny you mention Kaworu's maternal associations; I think I'm one of the only people on this forum who's dared make such an observation in the past. It might be interesting to look more deeply into this sometime, and compare "Kaworu as Father" (the more ...

Um... continuation fics are dime-a-dozen and tend to be of average quality at best. What exactly does this one have that the others don't? I want to explore more of the LCL dreams and its after effects. I think it's important to establish that Instrumentality (the joining of all minds, ...

That's precisely what I was saying about Anno's use of artifice because it's artificial to tell the substance of the story. In other words, using the religious symbols as a tool both in design (the window dressing) and allegory or metaphor (story), I don't think at an...

I will kind of admit that you got me on a lot of points. I'm not trying to explicitly say that Shinji and Kaworu are the perfect couple. "Creating new couple shippings, is not on my agenda, what blasphemy!" XD Seriously though, I don't really have an agenda. I'm merely trying t...

This was originally posted in "How did you first get into Eva?" but I want to share it with everyone here as its own post: I first time I saw Neon Genesis was back in 1999. I was ten years old. My oldest brother's friend had the VHSes which had two episodes each on them. The EoE Englis...

I first time I saw Neon Genesis was back in 1999. I was ten years old. My oldest brother's friend had the VHSes which had two episodes each on them. The EoE English dub didn't exist yet. (I didn't even know the movie existed until a year after when that same friend had a copy of the ...

What about the Maya connection?

What about all of the other ways in which the artificiality of religious symbolism is used because it's artificial as a means of telling the actual substance of the story that I mentioned? What is everyone's thoughts on that?

The Rapture imagery fits so well that I'm sure it was intentional. Oddly, though, I can't seem to remember ever making a conscious connection before, which feels really weird -- all of the NGE-related Rapture jokes I could have made! I think there is a missing noun here, but even inserting ...

I kinda see your point. I never said "turned into LCL" I said break down his ego border. But anwyays, that's besides the point. However, the boobs are an indication of "mother" not mere a female. Hence, Shinji wants his mommy, not a sexualized woman. Which is interesting when...

I know about the artificial nature of the religous stuff in Eva. I've read that like 100,000,000,000 etc. times in various places and from the original source. I think that what GNR does with people's souls during 3I and the Biblical Rapture are too similar to ignore that kind of connection....

In regards to this: You seem to be suggesting (as it is often suggested) that GNK is the thing that appears before Shinji to Tang him the same way, say, Yui appears for Fuyu or Ritsuko appears for Maya. However, GNK merely subdues Shinji and Eva-01; he doesn't cause Shinji's reversio...

I think this idea has some merit if you take into account Anno's use of other Biblical references (there are MANY) in NGE. The way the Rapture is depicted in other movies by having all of the Christians suddenly vanish and leave a pile of clothes behind.This is somewhat similar to they w...

That's exactly the type of stuff I'm referring to with the use of psychological devices. I think it's great and have yet to see a show (anime or otherwise) that does stuff like that!

I think the story is interesting. The drama of the characters is great. I like the mysterious nature of the the whole thing. I love the music too. As well as the symbolism used. It's hard to pick just one feature of Evangelion and decide that its; the single greatest component of the show. The s...

This is something I've been wondering since I re-watched EoE the other day (for the millionth time). During the initiation of 3I, Shinji is freaking out while sitting in the cockpit of Eva Unit 01, which is floating in the sky. Then, he suddenly hears a voice say "Is this better?&qu...

This is an idea I posted in an another thread. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get feedback because it buried beneath 24 other pages of other people's ideas. Okay so here's what I wrote: So here's my idea for an Evangelion fan fic. It would be a "serious" fan fic. It would b...