In response to your first question.  Watch that scene multiple times, then
listen to what he says when he talks to Shinji and the answer sits right
there.
"Drinian" <sailracer6@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2dd50ad9.0310111944.407bdf2a@posting.google.com...
> Wow... so I finally did something I had wanted to do since last
> spring:
>
> EVATHON
>
> I watched the entire TV series and both movies within 48 hours
> (Japanese track with sub, if you care). I'm rather teetering on the
> edge of emotional exhaustion right now...
>
> A few thoughts on this, my third series viewing:
>
> 1) Kaoru says "Wait... Lillith? Now I understand!" right before he
> surrenders to Shinji. What is it that he suddenly understood?
>
> 2) Second half of End of Evangelion... my only words to describe are
> "terrible beauty."
>
> 3) If you try something like this, order Chinese delivery, and lots of
> it... and have snacks ready. Also, don't start at nine at night. Had I
> started in the morning, I might have finished within 24 instead of 48
> hours.
>
> On the other hand, I might have gone certifiably insane. My roommate
> probably wouldn't like that.
>
> In all seriousness, watching the series through for the third time is
> an incredibly different experience than the first. The shock is gone,
> even though I have at least one shocking plot revelation I didn't
> notice before every time I watch it. And I still care, immensely,
> about the characters, fictional though they may be. Somehow I'm more
> ready to go on with my own life tomorrow now that I've experienced the
> thing the whole way through.
>
> Who's ready to do it again tommorrow?
>
> --------------------
> Drinian: http://www.duke.edu/~amt13/