[EVA] 1.01 - Miscellany *Spoilers*

[Rachel K. Clark]

To reiterate a recently expressed sentiment: the superfluous quoting in 
these posts is *ridiculous*.


RJN wrote:

> Misato has only recently come to NERV from Germany.

We don't know WHAT she was doing directly before arriving at Tokyo-3. Yeah, 
she was at Third Branch at some point, but it's never stated that it was 
DIRECTLY BEFORE.

> Gendou is an insensitive thug.

Insensitive way to frame his characterization, methinks. Just sayin'.

> What Shinji suffers from is post-traumatic stress disorder just as Misato 
> did.

What trauma are you referring to? Yui's Big Day?

>There is no familiar scent, no indication anywhere in the movie, that there
are traces of Yui (apart maybe from the sub-conscious coach scene) anywhwere
in Shinji's memory or cognizance so far.

They're probably getting to that... The Yui foreshadowing was actually 
pushed forward in the storyline quite a bit. (It's not like 
Shinji-calling-for-"Mother!"-in-manga "bold", but still.)

>So what is on Mars? Adam?

It's the Moon. Nerv's provisional 7th Base, in fact. Not long ago I posted a 
message summarizing various theories about the Giant that have been floating 
around.

>@Mari = Yui or a relative of hers &/or Gendou? Hair & glasses suggest
similarity with each/either.

I really think it's too early to say anything. Although this is rather tame 
compared to some of the speculations about Mari I've had to suffer.


SSD wrote:

> I mostly agree with everything that's been said, but I just wanted to 
> point
> out that it might not have been Terminal Dogma

The name for the catacombs of Nerv HQ is now "Central Dogma" instead of 
"Terminal Dogma". What is "Central Dogma" in NGE doesn't seem to have any 
specific name, far as I can tell.


-Reichu