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- Fri Dec 28, 2018 2:05 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: "A tragedy of the people possessed by Eva. I am also one of them."
- Replies: 16
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Re: "A tragedy of the people possessed by Eva. I am also one of them."
But she also said she loved Kaji and enjoyed finding her father in him. Honestly her instrumentality I found the most confusing over what she really wants. Wants to hurt herself through sex but also doesn't wants to really hurt herself and wants someone to always sleep by her side? Welcome to the w...
- Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:48 pm
- Forum: Completely and Utterly Off-Topic
- Topic: Most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to you?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11117
Most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to you?
We've all had stuff happen to us that really embarrasses us, sometimes immediately and sometimes after the fact. In my first year of University I roomed next door to 2 engineering students in the dorms, and every weekend they would throw parties. One Saturday I went over and they were playing a drin...
- Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:33 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: "What measure is a non-human? ...Or a human? ...Or, uh..."
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2748
Re: "What measure is a non-human? ...Or a human? ...Or, uh..."
Yeah, I was always intrigued by the change in interpretation of Shito between the pseudo-Greek "Apostolo", which is very literal, into the English "Angel", which makes the connection a bit more obscure if you're less versed in Abrahamic religion. Especially if you don't know how ...
- Tue Dec 25, 2018 12:05 am
- Forum: Evangelion General and Chit-Chat
- Topic: Favorite crazy Evangelion theories
- Replies: 511
- Views: 139698
Re: Favorite crazy Evangelion theories
cyharding#883998 wrote:Is this thread for theories that we've heard about the show from time to time or is for theories that we come up ourselves, even if we don't even take them seriously? I'm asking because I have an example of the latter.
Pretty sure both are perfectly valid.
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 1:11 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Does Shinji's personality rub off on some people?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2653
Re: Does Shinji's personality rub off on some people?
Honestly I was about as introverted as Shinji in my younger years, but that's where my similarities to him end. I'm generally considered a very outgoing and confident person, and that's put me into a position where I inspire others. That's why Shinji's character used to frustrate me so much; he spen...
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 1:21 am
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: "What measure is a non-human? ...Or a human? ...Or, uh..."
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2748
"What measure is a non-human? ...Or a human? ...Or, uh..."
One of the more interesting yet under explored (in universe anyway) is the revelation that the Angels are human, or that humans are an Angel, or... Basically they're the same thing. Its a play on that classic twist of tearing down the notion of The Other and actually gives something of an answer to ...
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 12:19 am
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: What's up with Gendo's invitation letter to Shinji?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3493
Re: What's up with Gendo's invitation letter to Shinji?
Gendo is definitely not the type of man to keep a proper letter pad at his desk. He probably did just grab the first slip of paper he found. He always despised son, garbage is the maximum that Gendo would give him. :emogendo: :facepalm: I don't know its necessary true that Gendo despises Shinji. The...
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 12:10 am
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Gendo's relationship with Rei
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2034
Re: Gendo's relationship with Rei
There's a couple factors here, but the important thing to remember is Rei is vital to Gendo's scenario and as such he sees her as being extremely important to him. Rei herself even tells Asuka he doesn't actually care about her, so that outward affection may at least partly be a facade. Beyond that,...
- Thu Sep 20, 2018 10:38 am
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: NGE: Episode 05, EVA-00 accident
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4689
Re: NGE: Episode 05, EVA-00 accident
"Ka" means it's a question, right? So would "Is that so?" have been a little better than "I see"? Really late to the party but I saw this never got addressed. "Sou ka" is one of those Japanese phrases with no 1:1 translation in English and which can mean diff...
- Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:58 am
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Progressive Knife
- Replies: 44
- Views: 18186
Re: Progressive Knife
It can be easy to forget based on their head designs and armour, but the Evas are meant to be human, which informs a lot of their design traits. For a completely mechanical being like a Jaeger or a Cybertronian, sure, integrated blades work. Organic Evas not only have nowhere to store them, but it t...
- Thu Jun 14, 2018 2:48 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Eva Anatomy & Physiology: 2018 Edition
- Replies: 88
- Views: 49669
Re: Eva Anatomy & Physiology: 2018 Edition
VUX#879347 wrote:I was always confused by one subject, do Eva’s have skin, or are they skinless, cause sometimes they look like they have just muscle.
They do have skin, yes, it just appears to be very tightly pulled over their musculature. That I think is just a common stylistic thing with anime.
- Thu Jun 14, 2018 2:40 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: NGE2: First Ancestral Race and Seeds of Life
- Replies: 274
- Views: 159138
Re: NGE2: First Ancestral Race and Seeds of Life
So you’re saying that the angels don’t remember what their “ancestors” look like? More or less. Think of it like that tale of the blind men who each touch part of an elephant and claim to know its entire shape. The Angels don't have a concrete idea of what the FAR looked like, only vague notions, a...
- Thu Jun 14, 2018 2:03 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Eva Anatomy & Physiology: 2018 Edition
- Replies: 88
- Views: 49669
Re: Eva Anatomy & Physiology: 2018 Edition
Than why do they even have nostrils if they don’t need oxygen to live? That's hard to say without more insight into the FAR. Perhaps they're the vestigial remnants of a more sophisticated nasal structure that just hasn't disappeared yet. Perhaps smell was useful to a limited extent but not enough t...
- Thu Jun 14, 2018 1:56 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: NGE2: First Ancestral Race and Seeds of Life
- Replies: 274
- Views: 159138
Re: NGE2: First Ancestral Race and Seeds of Life
I think the reason Evangelions look nothing like their Angel brethren is because Nerv purposely made them that way, to make them less alien in appearance. It's possible, but I have the AT-FIELD idea is the one most likely to be correct. Since the AT-FIELD responds to our perception of self, it's po...
- Wed Jun 13, 2018 11:14 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Eva Anatomy & Physiology: 2018 Edition
- Replies: 88
- Views: 49669
Re: Eva Anatomy & Physiology: 2018 Edition
I know that this is off topic, but why don’t Eva’s possess a prominent nose, since they have just nostrils It's actually not off topic since it is an anatomy question. The reason Homo sapiens has a prominent nose is because we evolved it based on how smell played into our survival. The current theo...
- Wed Jun 13, 2018 9:43 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Eva Anatomy & Physiology: 2018 Edition
- Replies: 88
- Views: 49669
Re: Eva Anatomy & Physiology: 2018 Edition
Maybe the Evsngelions can morph a small amount of their biology at will, such as sharpening their fingernails and extending their teeth, is that a possibility. I mean, they do appear to have a certain level of metamorphic capability given the process necessary for Unit-01 to requisition Zeruel's S2...
- Fri Jun 01, 2018 6:53 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Eva Anatomy & Physiology: 2018 Edition
- Replies: 88
- Views: 49669
Re: Eva Anatomy & Physiology: 2018 Edition
For Eldritch horrors yes. Evas though are meant to be more of a humanoid abomination / uncanny Valley deal, with a lot of features meant for Hammer in that point. It's why they have fingernails, omnivorous teeth and binocular vision despite the lack of actual biological imperatives for any of them.
- Thu May 31, 2018 2:21 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Eva Anatomy & Physiology: 2018 Edition
- Replies: 88
- Views: 49669
Re: Eva Anatomy & Physiology: 2018 Edition
I'm not surprised given everything else wev seen and what I've heard about how the show was written that the metal plates resembling teeth are essentially the result of confusion over an idea that wasn't fully fleshed out yet. Shots like the one in 26' must then be an attempt to weld the two ideas t...
- Thu May 31, 2018 1:22 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Lilith and the MP Evas' "Fusion"
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3869
Re: Lilith and the MP Evas' "Fusion"
I don't doubt SEELE intended to guide the process in some way, but I do wonder if you've maybe got the causality backwards. Episode 19 and Air establish that extremely high Synchro rates result in stronger Evas, especially with AT-Fields. Meanwhile, 18 shows us the Dummy System can't produce very hi...
- Thu May 31, 2018 12:51 pm
- Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
- Topic: Lilith and the MP Evas' "Fusion"
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3869
Re: Lilith and the MP Evas' "Fusion"
[...] Rei's once-lovely face being shown decayed and wounded like theirs. If you're talking about the shot of what appears to be a damaged Lilith face with an eyeball peering out of a brain, I'm fairly certain that's the MP Unit whose upper jaw/cranium Asuka smashed, reformed in a grotesque way due...