Whilst flicking through "End of Evangelion" tonight, I came across
something that seemed odd and wondered if anyone here might be able to
come up with an explanation. 

(Do not read on if you've not seen End of Evangelion)


I think we can agree that basically, if something happens to the Eva,
then the pilot feels it.
In other words, if Unit 01 gets hit on the head then Shinji will feel a
blow to the head, right? (Etc, etc...)

**BUT**.....

...If the Eva is shut down, deactivated, or loses power in some way then
this ceases.

The best example of this I can think of is Eva Unit 01's battle against
Unit-03/13th angel.

Unit-03/13th Angel was strangling Unit-01 and you could clearly see that
Shinji himself was feeling strangulation too.

However, on the orders of Commander Ikari, Unit-01 is shut down and
Shinji ceases to feel the strangulation.



This brings me to End of Evangelion and Unit-02's demise...

Unit-02 was struck through the head by the Lance of Longinus just as the
power ran out yet Asuka clearly feels the pain from this.

The Eva series then proceed to disembowel Unit-02, which is now
powerless, yet Asuka *still* clearly feels this!



Can anyone come up with an explanation for these differences?

I wondered if, in Shinji's case, it was because everything had been
switched to the dummy plug. That seemed plausible until I remembered
that there was a good few seconds between shut down and activation of
the dummy plug system.

As for Asuka, I wondered if she continued to feel the pain because Unit-
02 had gone "Beserker!" at that point?


These are my theories and, as it was bugging me, I just wanted to throw
the question open to the whole group and see what other people came up
with.

-- 
Blue-Jackal, 
Space Tourist.