QTCHR wrote:What I asked was based on previous knowledge and knowing the outcome in the original series and contrasting it with the rebuild series to speculate the likelihood of such events occurring within the rebuild series and not confining it to the lore of evangelion.
Well, the fact that we can only specualte about things like this shows that no one on the forums has a definitive answer: i mean, who's to say that just because 2.0 was all happy and Wheee!, things can't take a trun for the seriously worse in 3.0/4.0?
Trying to contrast what was shown in Rebuild so far with the original series can't possibly tell us what is to come, cause we just don't know. In fact, i think one of the great attractions of 2.0 is that with the way things played out in it, almost anything is possible in the sequels.
AuraTwilight wrote:I do imagine the two Rei-parts merged together after Unit 00 was nomnommed, and it's pretty clear she's devoted herself to Shinji. There may still be some allegience to Gendo, but as far as I can see, Shinji's the clear winner.
IMHO, things are not that clear: she is still clinging to Shinji's S-DAT by the end, something that was given to Shinji by Gendo.
Hell, Shinji even states that "He threw it away, just like me and i hate him and WAAH!", yet Rei still takes it back to him. Even the composition of the image of Shinji and Rei embracing hints at things not being all clear on the Shinji vs. Gendo front: Rei holds the tape player behind her back, like something she doesn't want for Shinji to see, yet is still valuable to her.
Well, that's my speculation, and i think it could make for some pretty compelling drama if there was still a battle raging in Rei's heart between father and son, or if she at least thought that things could still be mended between them.
Also, another thing: the workings and rules of the universe have been changed around a lot in Rebuild, but as far as we know, if Instrumentality is still to take place in some form or another, Rei has to be at least freed from the shackles of physicality (that's a real word). That doesn't automatically exclude a return to human form for her too and whatnot, but i think it would be just more conclusive if that didn't happen.
Lucretius wrote:Having Rei live happily ever after would feel as forced as that alternate ending tacked onto King Lear in the 17th century where he saves Cordelia from the hangmen using his kung fu skills. (Yes, that exists.)
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