"Richard Liang" <rhliang@interchange.ubc.ca> wrote:
> Should add that having watched the series several times, it doesn't seem
> to me that Rei and Shinji have any kind of attraction on either side,
> but they have a familial bond that they don't understand, or at least
> that Shinji doesn't understand.  Even in the "oops, I fell on top of
> you" scene Shinji seems more puzzled than anything.  I don't actually
> think Rei is capable of being attracted to others as it wouldn't be true
> to her Lilith-ness (and in that sense she is EVERYONE's mother).
>
> Plus from a writing point of view it would seem to make sense that Anno
> would just try and steer clear of that whole situation.  Asuka is
> obviously Shinji's kindred spirit.  And for better or worse, Rei is too
> much Yui for that whole situation to not elicit (more) death threats.
>
> Richard

[Copied from "Searching for fanfic!"]

Now then, to continue.

Even though Rei is Lilith in the sense that her Soul is Lilith's, this
does not mean that Rei fully understands that she is Lilith or even if she
does, what Lilith is suppose to be. This is part of the self
identification thing. Rei looks in a mirror and sees a teenager. But this
does not look right to her. Even so it is what she sees thus it is what
she believes. This means that Rei thinks that she is Rei, and that Rei is
a teenager that pilots an Eva and goes to Shinji's school. At least this
is true for the majority of the series.

This opens up the possibility that Rei might become interested in Shinji.
However we also learn that Rei feels as though she has a connection to
every human. A bond of some sort. This tells us that she at least is
suspicious of her original nature and who she really is.

Rei is in to much conflict within herself, trying to find out who or what
she really is to ever become interested in anyone else during the time
that we see her. It's not a selfish thing, it's closer to instinctive.
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