dumpster4@hotmail.com (Eric Moore) wrote in
news:caecc289.0307281918.22220609@posting.google.com: 

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> Asuka  -> Fire (of course). A hot-tempered redhead, even her plug-suit
> and EVA 
>           are red.

In the context of the Magmadiver Episode, this makes some sense, too...

> 
> Rei    -> Water.  Placid.  Mysterious.  Note that her, and all her
> clone kin 
>           were grown in a tank of liquid in NERV's basement.

Not to mention that she likes to swim.

> 
> 
>      Then there was the 4th EVA pilot (I forgot his name).  I suspect
>      he would 
> have been an "earth" type personality who would have been a
> much-needed stabilizing factor in the team.

Touji.

>      But stability isn't entertaining, so his piloting career was cut
>      short 
> when his EVA was infected by an angel, and he had to face the wrath of
> Shinji's dummy-plug-controlled EVA unit.     Just a thought.
> 

Interesting analysis.  I never thought about it that way before.  Of 
course, I doubt Anno did either (conciously, anyway). =P

-Adrian