[EVA] Rei in Eva 00 alone = ineffective

[R_J_N]

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From: "Ray Miller" <rmiller2 at wvu.edu>
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Subject: Re: [EVA] Rei in Eva 00 alone = ineffective


I assumed that at the start of the show, Rei suffers from injuries suffered 
in the synch test we later were shown, when Gendou ran in to open the plug 
and check on Rei.

My assumption at the time of viewing was that either Rei's injuries seen in 
the flashback weren't as obvious at the point when Gendou opened the plug 
(severe internal injuries, broken bones held in place by the plug-suit, 
maybe a later degradation of her condition), or it was just a genuine 
failure of continuity - or revisionism - on the part of the writers.

Either way, I expect the melodrama of the scenes is the important thing, 
rather than the minutia of the details.

- AcroRay

I agree about the melodrama, but Eva is about detail as well.
At the start of 1.01, we see that, different from TV ep.1, the bay is red 
from LCL.  On top of that is the "body was here" white outline of a giant 
figure, also new animation.

I maintain the figure outline & LCL is from Eva 00, after it was beaten by 
the angel.  That would more than account for Rei's injuries.  It took Eva 01 
going beserk & instinctive cunning, i.e. becoming as savage as the angel, to 
beat it in a "wetworks" brawl.

NERV was still learning about angels at the start.  The gentle, but obedient 
Rei was sent out in a prototype Eva, that had rejected her before, to try 
stop a killing machine. She was beaten, the army stepped in & failed, & then 
Shinji arrived & Gendou was ready for his next attack with 01.

Its possible he calculated Rei would fail, as would the army afterwards & 
set up the scene for needing Shinji to win.
RJN