> > I'm not advocating that Rei does not need love.  However, she seems to
> > be able to live a perfectly normal (for her) life without affection
> > from others.  It's not to say that she doesn't need it, but it's
> > impact of her is far less than it is with Asuka.  It's one of the main
> > reasons why there's more A/S than there are R/S is because of that
> > reason.

The discernible impact perhaps.  That's one of the reasons I'd like such a
fic, to flesh out her character, to open her up a bit.

> > I think that's a far more logical reason to assume why there's more
> > A/S than R/S as opposed to:
> > "A/S fans make better writers"

;;^_o

> > "R/S writers have a higher chance of being abducted by aliens than A/S
> > writers"

;;;;^_o


> > "More people like Asuka than Rei" is not a very (In my opinion, that's
> > blatantly false;  most people I know like Rei more than Asuka.  They
> > don't understand how I can like "that bitch" =D)
>
> Did you JUST get here or something? The majority of People in the JAE like
> Asuka. Whilst I consider that to be a mistake, it's true.

Noooo!  Rei forever! :D

> Rei does NOT lead a normal life, this should be a blatantly painful fact
> to you and should invoke the sympathy required to realize that she needs
> the love more because of this very fact.

I think he meant "normal" to Rei.  To us, clearly no, but to her perhaps.
But I doubt she finds that much joy in life, which is the reason I go nuts
everytime yet another fic I trawl pairs Shinji with Asuka.

> I sincerely hope that you are not, and never do become a doctor of any
> kind or type either in practice or hobby, field or research.

;^_^  Now that's cruel! :P

Z