I haven't looked closely at Gendo's sequence yet; my gut feeling is that it won't bolster my argument. If anything, it would seem like Gendo is deliberately justifying himself, since he's at that point still in charge of the whole process. Shinji cannot resolve the ambiguity in Asuka's request unles...

Yeah, it gets complicated because of soul-non-locality. My pet theory is that Rei, in the process of actualizing herself, actually began growing an independent soul of her own; that she was in the process of becoming independent from the "source" soul, which is somewhere else. She's not so...

There's also the interrogant of what happened to the original Shikinami I wouldn't get my hopes up, since Shinji was in charge of that. He failed to see Rei6 as a person in her own right ("Ayanami is Ayanami, I can't think of you any other way" -> gives her no name, Rei6 dies), referring ...

If you are saying that two people cannot establish consent about something by talking to each other [...] No, sorry if that was unclear: I'm saying that they are not talking to each other, and are not establishing common ground or consent, either verbally or non-verbally. Regarding the mind-reading...

@Nerv Bae: No, it doesn't change my mind - I of course took what she says into account when coming up with my interpretation. I'll try to explain my reasoning. For one, the issue of Shinji not getting consent is something that's not impacted by something Asuka says - it's Shinji who has to ask her ...

I guess that's that, then. Very disappointing to see that I didn't misjudge your position afterall.

@Zer0_Stars_DS: Sorry for the snark - for maybe understandable reasons it rubs me the wrong way to be told that I'm not saying anything of substance. @Zusuchan: I apologize for my aggressive tone, and for misrepresenting your position in that one instance. I will however not apologize for the rest ...

Now you're just disregarding blatant evidence just because it's not something you like? Come on, have something of substance to say please :rolleyes: Right back at you. I said I ignore Q-120 because it tells us nothing we didn't already know. Which is the opposite of ignoring evidence, really. It's...

That Moto-Asuka and Shikinami go on to live as a happy couple after the end of Shin.

That's all.

Oh wait, no: that Rei is chewing off her bangs to keep them short while being stuck inside the Eva.

I can only think of Adam Kadmon's "Witness", but I forgot whether or not it was Mana there. It definitely is dark. It's also most likely not the fic you're looking for.

I'm not really sure of the necessity of acting like Anno 100% knew what he was doing 100% of the time and thus everything in NTE is incredibly thought out and detailed to the point of every last interaction being a crucial part of the work without which the whole narrative falls apart [...] I don't...

I mean, you've been consistently arguing that Asuka's consent is not required if Shinji does what she wants anyway, or at the very least that it's not a big deal if he doesn't get it. You've similarly argued that Kaworu, Elder God, manipulating Shinji, traumatize teen, into doing something he didn't...

... We see that using the spears to change the world requires an Impact in Shin. That's the whole point of Gendo starting one, and Shinji taking over. Use spear to change the world = Impact. That's not a theory, that's just what happens. You are right, it is Shinji's decision to not inquire further,...

I'm pretty sure the movie implies that Asuka wants to be normal. I don't think any of the writers would disagree with that. I disagree, and laid out my reasoning previously. "I do not want X" does not mean "Therefore, I want Y." As for Shinji consenting: Does Kaworu tell Shinji ...

But the way you frame it as equally unengaged on Asuka's part is extremely interesting and not something I'd factored in, and just seems exactly what's on the tin. Would you mind elaborating on this? I'm not sure that I understand. Do you mean "unengaged" as in "unaware of what's goi...

If Kensuke actually is a mouthpiece for Shinji, then the whole scene is far from wholesome. He's highjacking Asuka's imagined father figure to push her into a certain direction, while she is emotionally extremely vulnerable and not aware of what's going on. "Asuka is Asuka" is mirroring so...

Same thing as Kaworu. If you're an Angel, you can choose your time of death. Or it was on a timer that just happened to be the exact length of the scene.

As for using Anno's potential influences to understand Eva, that's obviously worthwhile, but has Anno even ever indicated he's a fan of Blake? I don't think he has, no. I can't even tell you off the top of my head how Blake's mythology entered into the picture, as I wasn't there when that happened....

As for NTE's lore being "notoriosly hidden," my personal feeling isn't that it's hidden, but more like obscured to save time. Not trying to be contrarian here, but obscured and hidden are the same thing, aren't they? Your initial point was that it was plainly visible ... Anyway ... I'm no...

@Axx°N N. : Reg. subtletly: Well, that's the problem with subtlety, isn't it? It's by definition something that isn't spelled out, so, you can always say "It isn't spelled out, so it isn't there to begin with, because if it was important, it would have been spelled out, right?" That's als...