Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!wasp.rahul.net!blue.rahul.net!not-for-mail From: arromdee@violet.rahul.net (Ken Arromdee) Newsgroups: japan.anime.evangelion,rec.arts.anime.misc,uk.media.animation.anime Subject: Re: Just what is so special about Rei Ayanami? Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 04:21:29 +0000 (UTC) Organization: No relevant one Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.rahul.net X-Trace: blue.rahul.net 1055996489 24978 66.237.72.28 (19 Jun 2003 04:21:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: support@rahul.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 04:21:29 +0000 (UTC) Archive: no X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Originator: arromdee@violet.rahul.net (Ken Arromdee) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.anime.evangelion:5803 In article , Blade wrote: >For starters, let's note that for someone whom you could do anything you >wanted to without being rejected or denied, Rei's awfully uppity, what >with her slapping Shinji, yanking Gendo's glasses from him, telling him >to get off her (but I thought she wouldn't protest!?), and of course >mauling Asuka in several verbal spats (without actually using much >verbiage, granted). Not to mention that whole thing where she decisively >acts whenever necessary, especially when fighting Angels, up to and >including sacrificing her own life. I recall Isaac Asimov's article a long time ago where he pointed out (in comparison to Spock) how unexpectedly attractive his own robot Daneel Olivaw was to female fans.... -- Ken Arromdee / arromdee@rahul.net / http://www.rahul.net/arromdee "How pleasant it would be if only we lived a hundred years ago when it was easy to get servants." "It would be horrible... We'd be the servants." -- Isaac Asimov