Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!ebi!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.columbus.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.columbus.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Diamon" Newsgroups: japan.anime.evangelion References: <7g9t9.80390$kF.12994217@twister.columbus.rr.com> Subject: Re: Eva-01, Rei, and instumentality Lines: 61 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 21:03:21 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.25.155.150 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.columbus.rr.com 1035320601 65.25.155.150 (Tue, 22 Oct 2002 17:03:21 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 17:03:21 EDT Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online -- Columbus Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.anime.evangelion:3035 "Michael Wignall" wrote in message news:A3at9.18433$Sr6.580389@ozemail.com.au... > > Doesn't someone within NERV ( Fuyyutski I belive ) specifically > > state theat SEELE is using Eva-01 in place of Adam? > > I don't think so. Have you got a quote? I was mistaken. What I was misremembeing was Fuuyutski saying they were planning to use Unit-01 as a medium. > > But the Lance is used to pierce the core of Eva-01, so doesn't that > > blow a hole in the idea of using Eva-01 instead of Lilith because > > the Lance was lost? > > No, because SEELE didn't have the lance originally, they didn't > expect the lance to come back either. They had to use Eva-01 > precisely because they didn't have the lance to start with. But upon the Lance returning Keel comments "At long last, our dreams will be realized." and Seele 04 says "The original Lance of Longinus has been returned to us." Which impled, to me at least, that the Lance was necessary for their plans. > > Interesting, but doesn't the time the Chamber of Gaf opens > > ( and everyone turns into LCL ) the same time as Eva-01 > > enters into Lilith ( who now contains Adam ) ? > > It didn't have to happen that way though. Eva-01 and the MP Evas > were well under way to producing an Anti-AT Field before Lilith > showed up. When Lilith did show up, then she "took over" so to > speak, merged with Eva-01, and then deployed the Anti-AT Field > herself. It's interesting to consider all the variables of: Gendou's plan for complementation SEELE's plan for complementation Complementation as it happened How third impact with the Angels continuing on. > > If all Gendou's version of complementation requires was Rei, > > Adam and Lilith why did Gendou wait so long? I'd think as soon > > as Kaji arrived with Adam that Gendou would start third impact. > > Why would he bother taking the time of getting Adam implanted > > in his hand and then waiting around until SEELE started their version > > of third impact and risk foiling his plans? After all as soon as SEELE > > realized Gendou's plan they tried killing everyone off, Gendou included. > > Becuase all the Angels had to be defeated. He couldn't start it until that > had been done. Also note that there is a defiante count down on this, > the NERV tech crew are sitting around watching it at one point. I hadn't considered that. Thanks, for your time.