In article <uijtcvoj5emt6kduvm2hi2pt2p1u3tts3c@4ax.com>, Psaiyan Prince
Vegeta <ppvegeta@hotmail.communism> wrote:

> On Sat, 24 May 2003 01:10:46 GMT, "sanjian" <sanjian@widomaker.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >Psaiyan Prince Vegeta wrote:
> >> On Fri, 23 May 2003 20:38:35 GMT, "sanjian" <sanjian@widomaker.com>
> >> wrote:
> >
> >>> Lipstick lesbian all the way.
> >>
> >> No way. Maya is most definitely Doc Martin's and flannel shirt
> >> material...
> >
> >Bah!  Blasphemer!!!
> 
> I really don't get why Maya has so many followers, considering that
> she has such a small part in the series.
> 
> As Ethan has said, she exhibits the "Boba Fett effect", where a minor
> character seems to somehow aquire cult status by somehow having that
> indescribable "something" that makes him or her 'cool' in the eyes of
> the fans.
> 
> Yes, she's female, she's not bad-looking (except the times when they
> draw her to look like Shinji) and she fancies Ritsuko, so she
> therefore has some hentai potential, but there has to be more to it
> than that.
> 
> Any theories?

My theory (since I like her, it'll at least make sense to me):

Maya is never seen dressing slutty, (like Misato or Ritsuko [not that
there's anything wrong with that, we all need to see the bad girls our
parents warned us about]) which means she's matured emotionally enough
to want a stable, secure relationship.  She may not stand out in the
breast department, but that's mainly because she's secure enough in her
self-image that she doesn't need to pad that area, or go out and get
the expensive surgery just to please the man in her life.  Also,
personality wise, she proves her delicateness when she is physically
sickened by excessive bloodshed.  Almost everyone esle seems like
that's a normal, everyday occurence, but she has an almost child-like
innocence in that regard.  Also we aren't given the backstory for her,
so that presents a mysterious aura around her that almost none of the
other women of Eva have.  It's human nature to want to solve mysteries,
and Maya is one of the few in Eva (person-wise, that is).

As to her looks, if you remember, Nadia also looks a lot like that, as
well.  It could even be said that Shinji and Maya are cousins that
share some common ancestor, and that would explain the reason they look
similar.

And as to the lesbian issue, to me it is a non-issue, since it
resembles hero worship to me.  Maya would only see Ritsuko in the
professional workplace, and it seemed to me that Ritsuko was the only
one that actually took time to bridge the gap caused by the porcupine
complex (or whatever it's called) so Maya naturally formed a strong
emotional bond with her, and their closeness at work (Maya reporting to
Ritsuko, and all) would only serve to further strengthen the bond. 
Therefore it's perfectly normal for her to have seen Ritsuko in EoE,
since she was the one with the strongest emotional bond to Maya.  Of
course, following that explanation, I pity the guy that only saw
Rei/Lilith , as that would mean he had no emotional bond to anyone
there.

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