> > I do not think that Rei has any more or less an inclination to
sacrifice
> > herself then anyone else. I think she has a stronger sense of a more
> > communal team effort rather then seeing each pilot as an individual.
You
> > know one of those people who puts the success of the team over the
success
> > of the person. This is most likely fostered by Gendo or could simply
be an
> > attribute of those who have little experience with their own emotions
and
> > random thoughts.
>
> But in episode 24 she /does/ say that she wants to die and return to
> nothingness, and that she can't because Gendou won't let her, because he
> needs her.

Ep24 was rather late in the series. That was most likely when her Lilith
ID was emerging. Because of this it's possible that her interpretation of
Death is also very different from what we might expect it to be. Although
there's probably nothing to directly support this.

> > You thought that Gendo was bad for putting his hand over Rei's heart?
Just
> > cause she was naked and that happened to be where her breast was? His
hand
> > DID do THROUGH her flesh though, not like he was really groping her.
Now
> > what Shinji did to Asuka in the very first scene, I would Shinji
bashing
> > for that if anything.
>
> True, but we just like bashing Gendou. It's nothing against him
> /personally/--oh wait. It is. ^_~ I've always thought the idea of Gendou
> actually using Rei in a way similar to that, because of his obsession
with
> Yui, to be /possible/, but there's no evidence to back it up, really.

Hmmm, indeed, I think you just wanted an excuse to bash Gendo

> Shinji gets bashed for other reasons. Like being pathetic. *nods*
Although
> we did go, "Bad Shinji! Bad, BAD Shinji!"

*Chuckle*
I just sat there looking at the screen thinking, "Is this for real?"
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