And somewhere around the time of 04/26/2004 06:50, the world stopped and
listened as Frank White contributed the following to humanity:
> In article <6VYic.1412$st3.623@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com>, 
> dcrudy@invalid.pacbell.nospam.net.0123456789 says...
> 
>>And somewhere around the time of 04/25/2004 08:16, the world stopped and
>>listened as zedizdead contributed the following to humanity:
>>
>>
>>>Shez <UseReplyAddress@nospam.invalid.uk> wrote in message 
> 
> news:<i9hWagB4KGiAFwMq@zerex.nospam.co.uk>...
> 
>>>>I just happened upon the Wikipedia entry for Evangelion,
>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion
>>>>and was struck amongst other things by the claim that
>>>>
>>>>"pilots must have lost a mother or a very close loved one, which is then
>>>>used as the soul of the Eva"
>>>>(snip)
>>>>
>>>>-Shez.
>>>
>>>
>>>The resident souls in the EVAs are:
>>>EVA-00 = Rei 01
>>
>>Do you have any evidence to support this?  And as for Nanko Akagi
>>(Ritsuko's mother), if she is not in Unit-00, then where is her soul?
>>The Magi supercomputers?
> 
> 
> That WOULD seem to be the best bet, although - if so - it's
> more along the lines of haunting than EVA syncronization.
> 
> Of course it's possible she's just dead.
> 
> 

But, having Nanko in Unit-00 would explain the beserker issues when
Unit-00 tried to kill both Rei AND Gendo...

>>>EVA-01 = Yui Ikari
>>>EVA-02 = Kyouko Souryu
>>>EVA-03 = Toji's mom
>>>EVA-04 = unknown, since it was destroyed (see ep17) before a pilot was
>>>assigned.
>>>EVAs 05-13 = unknown; piloted by Kaworu dummy plugs
>>>
>>>The case of Rei and EVA-00 is unique, since Rei doesn't have a mother.
>>> Certainly, however, it should be obvious given what we see in EoE,
>>>that Rei (that is to say, Lilith) can exist in in more than one place
>>>at a time (a la 'Quantum Mechanics'), a point which is established
>>>from the first time we lay eyes on her (her mysterious appearance to
>>>Shinji in ep01).
>>
>>And at the end of EoE...
>>
>>Just think, if Rei II didn't blow herself up in eps 23, EoE would have
>>probably ended much much differently...
> 
> 
> For one thing, if the Angel wasn't blown up, the Angels
> might have won...

I just can't help but think there could have been another option.

> But don't forget, Rei II was already coming to the conclusion
> that Shinji was someone she had to protect.  I don't know if
> that would have been enough to overcome the control Gendo had
> over her, but it MIGHT have.
> 
> FW
> 

And with Rei III it did.  She turned against him at the moment she
joined with Lilith.

-- 
Daniel Rudy

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