Dear Mr. Wignall, I realise it was late when I posted my message, so I
will point out what I SAID in my original message, as well as make a
quick correction...

Quote...

Official illustrations of Rei#2 have her drawn with the 6 heads tall
format, & Chibi Rei is about a head, a head & a 1/4 (Rei#2 head sizes)
shorter compared to Gendo's Torso.

Using the info above I checked official illustrations, & standard
Paediatric Growth Charts.  From my calculations, I estimate that
Rei#1's body was too big for a five year old, & is closer to that of
child in the 9-10 year age range.

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Note I said "a head", followed by "a head & a 1/4" - I think I may
have then confused you with the comment in brackets of '(Rei#2 head
sizes)"

I did NOT say 2 head sizes, & I apologise if my wording was confusing,
I SHOULD have said, 'a head', OR 'head & a 1/4'.

By your OWN research, you confirm my observation that a character 1
head shorter than Rei-2 in a plugsuit matches the height of a 10-year
old child.  I allowed the extra 1/4 due to difficulties in measuring,
as a maximum allowable error margin.

If you conduct proportional analysis of the image of Rei-1 standing
beside Gendo, to the image of Rei-2 standing beside Gendo, you will
find my calculations to be near enough to what I have stated.

Now the CORRECTION that another pointed out I should make!

When I made the comment 'Chibi-Rei', I was referring to the Rei first
seen standing beside Gendo when Naoko & Ritsuko meet Rei-1 for the
first time.

As was since pointed out to me, the term 'Chibi-Rei', while actually
meaning 'little-Rei', is more commonly applied to the 'child' Rei seen
in the train car sequences & in people's minds.

I accept I made another error in wording, I apologise.

However, my error reminds me that I should point out that Shinji
himself is drawn at several different stages in 'childhood', as a baby
at his mother's breast, as the 'toddler' unwittingly waving 'bye-bye'
to his mother, as the crying child deserted by his father, & as the
'Chibi-Shinji' on the trains, & in people's minds.

Sorry, but I haven't conducted any sort of in-depth image analysis of
the 'train' version of Chibi-Rei, but *IF* memory serves me correctly,
she IS drawn in a more childish fashion.

I will concede that the 'Chibi-Rei' on the Trains, & in people's minds
may look more childlike than Rei-1 does when first seen with Gendo, &
may actually be of a smaller size than Rei-1 was when first seen with
Gendo.  Whether the drawing of the 'train' version is more 'childish'
looking, or for that matter, smaller in stature, is not something I
feel confident enough to comment on at this time.

However, *IF* the 'train' version of Chibi-Rei *IS* drawn as smaller
or more childish looking than when Rei-1 is first seen with Gendo,
would that have any sort of significance, other than to indicate that
Rei-1 was once a person of that height/appearance, or for that matter,
just an attempt by Gainax to cash in on readily creatable 'public
sympathy' for a character drawn as a child?

Most of my theorising has been over plot development points that could
be used in a Fan fiction I'm writing.  Admittedly, it IS an 'Alternate
Universe' one, but one that I am trying to build a 'consistent' plot
development throughout, a plot development that while it may NOT be to
'exact canon' specifications, would still explain several of the
mysteries of the show to my satisfaction.

Or, at least explain things from the point of view of someone who
realises that since he is NOT Japanese, he will probably never 'get'
all the subtle in-jokes & cultural references that NGE is based on.
Things like 'what's in a name', especially about characters that can
be read as Yui, & how they are used for Genetic Engineering terms.
Things that many Japanese would KNOW at a subconscious level.

Things like Rei's white swimsuit being a favourite 'icon' for
cheesecake photographs of young teenage models - not that I intimate
that this has ANYTHING to do with her popularity.  However, it DOES
make you wonder if Rei was 'pre-packaged' for certain sections of the
consumer market, especially given the 'figures' Rei-2 & Rei-3 were
drawn with.

One thing that bothers me about the AT Fields in Terminal Dogma when
Kaworu came a-knocking...  If Lillith's Soul generates her AT Field,
then it appears to be in two places at once - one generated by the
Lillith construct, the other generated by Rei-3. (Refer previous post
for a 'blow-by-blow' accounting, & for a 'split-soul' theory based on
actual religious teachings that may be of some significance.)

As is the fact that despite not 'having a soul', the embryonic Adam is
still 'alive', & regenerating itself.  As apparently, was Lillith - In
one of the movies (not sure which), Rei removes the Lance from
Lillith, & Lillith instantly regenerates her missing legs.  Since
Lillith already had so many small legs sticking out of her torso, this
raises the question, was the Lance some sort of 'paralytic agent' that
prevented Lillith from regenerating?

One of the things I have been interested in finding out, is the actual
material construction of the Angels & etc - for despite Lillith being
Humanity's progenitor, no human is her size, & it may appear, no human
is composed of exactly the same materials she is.

No Human has the capacity to generate the powerful AT field that
Lillith & the Angels do, & no human has an S2 organ.  Physics also
come into things, with the questions raised by potential differences
in materials used as building blocks for Humanity.

As various religious texts state, Humanity was made from dust/soil.
Meaning that whatever the force BEHIND our creation, we are made of
THIS world's materials.

As proof?  All of the materials in a Human's body are found on Earth,
even surprise, , such 'essential' ingredients as Strontium.

Strontium is used in the immune system, (if memory serves), & it is
for THIS reason, that a 'variation' or 'isotope' of the element is so
dangerous to Humans.  Strontium 90 is the unstable radioactive isotope
of Strontium that is present in A-Bomb fallout.  Because chemically,
it is almost exactly the same as 'normal' Strontium, it can be
assimilated into the body, & cause damage to any cell when it 'decays'
& throws off radiation.

It doesn't stop there.  Chemical compounds may have their atoms
arranged in different orders (isomers) that can cause havoc - one
isomer may be neutral, the other may be toxic.  When this happens to a
person's DNA, it may herald the creation of a cancer.

Matter is affected by the physics involved in its creation, & in the
environment it finds itself.  For example, Hydrogen is a gas at room
temperature, but on Jupiter, Hydrogen may be so condensed &
pressurised in Jupiter's planetary core that the element has
'metallic' properties.

Then again, we speak of 'absolute zero', a point at which atomic
activity stops.  Modern science now theorises the existence of a set
of physics BEYOND 'absolute Zero'.

Have you ever put your hand in boiling water?  If you did you would
always scald yourself, right?  Wrong.  There are circumstances under
which water will boil at temperatures so low that you CANNOT be
scalded by it.  It is a little matter of atmospheric pressure - but
don't take my word for it, just ask any Mountaineer - THEY can tell
you of water that boils yet is only luke-warm.

When Ritsuko tries to analyse the Angels, she keeps getting an 'unable
to analyse' error, indicating that the Angels contain compounds,
elements, isomers or isotopes that are unknown, and/or un-analysable
by her equipment.  This indicates that the materials are NOT of this
world, or at least, if they are of this world, are so rare as to be
unknown & thus un-analysable to the Future Science & Super Computers
of 2015.  Which, judging by the existence of the technology behind the
MAGI, would far exceed our own.

One item of great concern, is the Angel's 'power core', the S2 organ
that Shinji's EVA ate.  SEELE was somewhat upset about that little
matter, & the question arises, were the S2 power organs deliberately
left out of the EVA's for safety reasons?  Or, was the creation of the
S2 power organ too 'complex' at the time of creation of the EVA's?

Then again, there is another explanation...

NERV obtained portions of an S2 power organ when Shinji fought the
'whip-lash' Angel.  Question, did Shinji unwittingly supply NERV with
more than a mere 'biological sample', but perhaps with an organ
containing rare or non-terrestrial (& thus non-analysable) materials?
Materials that were finally available in enough quantity to ALLOW the
creation of NERV's own S2 organ, the one that absorbed/blew up the
American branch?

Adolf Hitler was trying to build an Atomic Bomb using Heavy water, or
H2O where the Hydrogen atoms were an 'isotope' of hydrogen known as
deuterium.  Recently, there was a hubbub about 'cold fusion', where
atoms underwent nuclear fusion in a normal lab, without the need for
the forces found in the cores of stars or hydrogen bombs.

Fact - Many modern earphones make use of 'rare-earth magnets' to
deliver high-fidelity sound.  Something UNAVAILABLE before the alloy
technology became cheap enough & common enough.

I have made comments about 'non-terrestrial' materials, particularly
since Ritsuko with all her equipment COULDN'T analyse some of the
materials found in Angels.  Shinji's EVA ate the S2 power core of an
Angel, supposedly 'assimilating it' as the EVA did the arm it tore off
the Angel...

Hang about?  Tore OFF the Angel?  Either Unit 1 changed the material
of the Angel's arm during assimilation, or else Unit 1, the 'Clone' of
Lillith & the Angels are created of the SAME material.

The same materials that Ritsuko CANNOT analyse!

Yours, dbmacpherson@INHIBITIONSuq.net.au
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