Michael Wignall said:

>"Ramandu" <ramandu1@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
>news:20021018220348.00879.00002225@mb-bk.aol.com...
>> Anyway, what exactly would a Rei/Lilith-based Unit 00 have
>> against Ritsuko? Naoko was the one who killed Child Rei,
>> and she paid for it with her life soon afterward. Why would
>> Unit 00 be filled with rage at the daughter?
>
>Becuase Ritsuko is the daughter of Naoko and Ritsuko is one
>of the only other people that Rei-001 had met at that point .
>You have to consider that this is a berserk rage, it isn't rational,
>it is a wild lashing out. Ritsuko states that this lashing out is
>directed at her, she also states that the first incident was due
>to mental instability in Rei. This is not a logical act.

Yes, in the context of wild rage, it does make sense; you're right.

>> If, however, we consider a Naoko-based Unit 00, her rage
>> at her daughter makes a little more sense. (A lot of other things
>> don't, but this does.)
>
>Why would Naoko rage at her daughter? If you are referring to
>Gendou and Ritsuko getting together, there is no way that Naoko
>would know that. I mean Eva-00 doesn't take part in NERV gossip,
>unless Gendou and Ritsuko actually got down and dirty in front
>on Eva-00 it would have no idea what was going on there.

But is there any chance that Rei II might have known about Gendou and Ritsuko?
If she did, is there a possibility that factual knowledge like that might flow
from pilot to Eva during synchronization?

--R.--