Shinoyami65 wrote:does the presence of BM-01 and BM-02 suggest that there have been other, hideously disfigured Shinji/Angel hybrids or Shinji-lookalikes pulled out of the core? (I may be borrowing from Alien Resurrection a bit heavily there, but still). Or possibly BM-01 and BM-02 may be Mari and Asuka, since we don't know if they're really human either.
It seems that the BM classification is used because they don't know who or what they were taking out of the core. If you think about it logically, either Shinji, Yui or Rei could have been pulled out of the core. I think that's the reason why they conducted the various tests when Shinji wakes up -- they wanted to make sure that the body matches the 3rd child, but also that the soul is able to conduct self-identification. Therefore, when they pulled something out of the core that appeared to be Shinji, they labeled him "BM03" since he was the third person to enter the core. The mystery is: If what Ritsuko is saying about "nobody" being in the core anymore is true, then what happened to Yui? Or the other Rei? More specifically, who is the control mechanism of Unit 1 aka The Wunder? Considering the voice of Rei in Shinji's head, which occurs right before he's 'saved' by ReiQ, it could be the case that Yui and Rei are both within Shinji's body as well -- but at this point, it's only a theory. It would explain why he was so traumatized to figure out about Gendo making clones of his mother (not that it wouldn't traumatize somebody regardless.)
As for the 'Curse of Eva', I'm sure that was left obtuse and confusing on purpose. Unfortunately, there's not enough materials in 3.0 that can give us a good indication of what it could potentially be. Using logic, however, the only safe thing we can assume is that people who pilot the Evangelion are no longer human, either that or they are "children" of one of the angels (my guess would be Adam?).
There's an interesting line in End of Evangelion, in a scene that depicts Fuyutsuki and Yui discussing the Evangelion, in which Yui states:
End of Evangelion 1:22:57 wrote:Fuyutsuki: When man created Evangelion, were we trying to create a clone of God?
Yui: Yes. Humans can only exist on this earth, but the Evangelion can live forever... Along with the human soul that dwells within.
Perhaps this is trying to draw parallels between two completely different works, but it seems to me that the idea of the "immortal pilot" may have been in the works for a long time. If you keep that in mind with the ending of EoE, perhaps it also changes the meaning of that scene as well? Just a bit of a thought. It's unclear to me whether she means dwelling physically within the core, or even being associated / inside the evangelion unit. Perhaps synchronizing with the Evangelion unit has a negative (arguably) side effect? I think it's just another case of 'Cursed with Awesome.'
I guess we'll see (or not see) what the deal with this is in 4.0...
