On 23 Jan 2003 14:38:37 GMT, fwhite*NOSPAM*@colfax.com (Frank White)
wrote:
>In article <3e2fc99a.168130083@news.la.sbcglobal.net>, 
>zatoichi@zatoichi.zatoichi says...
>>
>>Holy crap, great post man.. I'm gonna have to save that one.. You're
>>right though, it really doesn't seem like it is Naoko to me anymore.
>>But that leaves the question of who? The only thing I can think of, is
>>that the eerie smiling-kid-rei reminds me of the '18th Angel' in EoE's
>>somewhat similar smile.. I don't know what that might mean, or even if
>>it means anything.. But it's all I can think of.
>>
>>-Chris
>
>There's lots of speculation on this.
>
>One idea is that it is some aspect of Lillith.  Souls aren't
>supposed to be divisible; but it might be a copy, or perhaps
>Lillith's soul is different and it would be possible for her
>to be in Rei and EVA-00 at the same time.  And Lillith would 
>be able to synch with any human or demi-human because she is,
>after all, the mother of us all...
>
>Another suggestion is that it's MISATO'S mother in there,
>that Misato was originally intended to be one of the
>Children (until they discovered she was too old), and NERV
>- having her mother available and unprotected following
>Second Impact - used her.  The problem is, it is unclear
>why Rei and Shinji would be able to synch with her.  Although
>it DOES give a different interpretation to the scene of Unit
>00 attacking the observation window:  She's not trying to
>get Ritsuko or even Gendo, she's trying to reach her
>daughter and rescue her from what she knows are enemies.
>
>If Yui had any sisters or her mother was still alive (Gendo's
>mother, too, for that matter), I'd be dubious about their
>fate, under the circumstances.
>
>But the bottom line is, we don't know.
>
>FW

I wonder if the manga elaborates on this any further.. But I guess the
manga changes alot of things, so it wouldn't be an 'official' answer
anyway. I suppose having so many mysteries with Eva is part of its
lasting appeal though. It makes sense that they might have wanted to
use Misato as the 'first child' back then though, since she seemed to
look about the right age (at the time after second impact) and having
lost a mother.. It could have been that by the time a working
prototype was finished she was already too old to be a potential
candidate. But it doesn't really make sense that Rei and Shinji would
be able to synch with her.. Or why shinji would see Rei's image inside
of it..

I think it has to be some kind of essence of lillith.. Maybe it has
something to do with episode 23, when the angel is talking to Rei.

-Chris