"J.C. Bengtson" <golbez@ptd.net> wrote in message
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> Michael Wignall wrote:
> > "J.C. Bengtson" <golbez@ptd.net> wrote in message
> > news:3DAD8850.7156D643@ptd.net...
> > There is absolutely _nothing_ that connects Naoko to Eva-00, that
> > theory is one of the most unsupported pieces of rubbish out there
> > in my opinion.
>
> Aieee.. no reason to get offensive, sheesh. The reasoning for that
> statement is because of things said in the Eva Otaku FAQ (forgot
> the URL, but it's the one with the translation of the 'Red Cross Book'),
>  and also because of EVA-00's reactions everytime it's gone berserk.

www.evaotaku.com and it never says anywhere on that site that
Naoko is in Eva-00. The reason I may sound offensive is because,
as I will show in the rest of this post, the Naoko theory really is
totally unsupported.

> Who did it try and attack each time?

This is really rather irrelevant when you look at how the Evas
actually work. I'll talk about that next.

> Granted, the first three were always the ones standing near
> the observation window, but Ritsuko did muse to herself that
> EVA-00 was "after her" in one case, which demonstrates a
> knowledge of who's actually in there.

Ritsuko states that Eva-00 is after her, "machigai naku" meaning
"without a doubt". Ritsuko says this after hearing Misato suggest
that Eva-00 was attacking Rei. She discounts that possibility and
says it was defiantly after her. Ritsuko is probably the most
knowledgeable person alive at that point when it comes to the
Evas. She had an idea about the first incident, and during the
second she says it was after her without a doubt.

Ritsuko is the target.  More on this later.

I want to now discuss the way the Evas operate. They work
via the A-10 nerve, which is described in the D&R Theatrical
Program as being associated with the bond between parent
and child.

_All_ the potential pilots in Shinji's class have "lost" their mothers.

Shinji's mother is in Eva-01. We know that for a fact.
Asuka's mother is in Eva-02. We know that for a fact.

It is established that the A-10 nerve is vital for the Eva's connection
with the pilot (various sources including a quote from Sadamoto
saying that directly).

The A-10 nerve link is involves the connection between mother and
child.

I shall now post a couple of passages from episode 14:

-----------------
The first mutual compatibility test.
Examinee: Ayanami Rei

Ritsuko:The synchro-ratio is almost the same as that with Unit Zero.

Maya:   A similar personal pattern is shared between Unit Zero and Unit One.

Ritsuko: That is why synchronization is possible.
-----------------

Here they state that the reason Rei can pilot Eva-01 is that Eva-01
and Eva-00 share a similar personal pattern. It is the Eva's that are
similar. Remember it has already been established that Yui is in Eva-01.

The Evas work on the A-10 nerve link, that works with mother and child.
How can Rei pilot Eva-01? Well because Rei is effectively Yui's child.
She is a clone of Yui, out of everyone we see in Eva she is the closest
to Yui that there is.

Next later in the episode when Shinji is in Eva-00.

-----------------
Ritsuko: A10 Nerve connection started.

Announce: Harmonics Level plus 20.

Shinji: Ah, what's this?
        Something's directly entering my mind. What is it?
        Ayanami? Ayanami Rei? It's Rei, this impression is hers.
        Ayanami? Isn't it?

Misato: What's wrong?

Announce:Pilot's nerve-pulse is irregular.

Maya:   Psychological contamination taking place.

Ritsuko:Impossible! This plug depth could not trigger that.

Maya:   No, it's not from the plug. The invasion's from Eva.
----------------------

Here the A-10 nerve connection is made between Shinji and
Eva-00, and as soon as it is made, Shinji is "contacted" by
something within the Eva. Something which is recognises
as "Rei-like". Maya confirms that this contact isn't coming
from the plug, it is coming from the Eva itself. Ergo, it is coming
from the soul of Eva-00.

So if Rei can pilot Eva-01 because Yui acts like a mother to
her. Well then who could be in Eva-00 that is similar to Yui
as to allow Shinji to connect via the A-10 nerve as if to a
mother.

Well Shinji says it himself. He is contacted by something like Rei.
Rei, who is a clone of his mother.

So where does Naoko fall into all of this?

The fact is that Naoko really had no connection to Eva-00 at all.
Naoko was a computer scientist, she was at Gerhirn to work
on the Magi. That is what she didn't, she wasn't an Eva scientist
like Yui or Kyouko. She didn't participate in any "contact
experiments" with Eva-00. They really is nothing connecting her
to Eva-00 at all... Except that fact that if Rei's soul is in Eva-00,
in particular if a copy of Rei's soul from the time it resided in
Rei-001 was in Eva-00, well then it would have plenty of reasons
to be made at the daughter of it's killer.

And yes of course Rei has Lilith's soul, but that isn't to say that
Rei doesn't make that soul her own, that she doesn't have an effect
on it. When Rei returns to Lilith, Lilith takes on Rei's shape, she
takes on Yui's shape in effect. This is evidence enough to show
that the soul can change and grow.

Anyway there are plenty of threads on this discussed in the past.
Go check out google groups if you want to read up on some of
them.

--
Michael Wignall
"Tomorrow's just an excuse away..."