In article <gFu6b.46075$Zw4.19230@lakeread03>, tenchsama@cox.net says...
>
>Sleeping with your boss who also happens to be your dead mother's lover is
>not a sign of a woman with a healthy self image!

Or someone with too much of a competative urge...

> But that doesnt make her a
>lesbian. Ritsuko admits that she uses people and does not think twice about
>it, She lets Misato risk her life in the Jet alone sequence, though she
>knows that the robot will not explode,

If Ritsuko would tell people what she knows and they don't when
that knowledge would do good, NGE might have turned out quite
differently...

> There is a lot of doubt and confusion in her life and she has used her job
>(and cats) as a substitute. But this does not make her a lesbian. I am also
>sure that her mother's suicide and her own role at Nerv has left her
>somewhat emotionally unstable.
>
>In fact, is anyone in this story emotionally stable? Especailly the second
>impact generation.
>
>ten/mark

Kaji is.  Maya and the other two bridge bunnies appear to be.  Most
of Shinji's schoolmates actually seem normal...

FW