[EVA] 1.01 - Miscellany *Spoilers*

[RJN]

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From: "Rachel K. Clark" <rachel.k.clark at comcast.net>
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Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 2:49 AM
Subject: Re: [EVA] 1.01 - Miscellany *Spoilers*


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

@Mailing lists are not forums though. Enough previous posting is necessary 
in mailing lists so that a poster's reply to a previous comment/paragraph 
does not seem detatched & the points being replied to are there as reference 
for other/non-participating readers. MLs also don't get new posts exactly in 
the order they are made.

Having said that, irrelevant parts should be "snipped" out, however, 
sometimes they too are better retained if their context is more general or 
related for comparison & general better reading for the individual email as 
a whole.
>
>
> 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.

@Due to her (TV) chats with Asuka, I assumed it as being most likely.  If 
any show needs spinoff/side story OVAs, its Eva!
>
>> Gendou is an insensitive thug.
>
> Insensitive way to frame his characterization, methinks. Just sayin'.

@I stand by both words :)  I was also being kind. Selfish, sadistic, 
arrogant are also apt.
>
>> What Shinji suffers from is post-traumatic stress disorder just as Misato 
>> did.
>
> What trauma are you referring to? Yui's Big Day?

@After his experiences in Eva 01 & injuries fighting mainly, the shock of 
being in NERV, encountering his father, being beaten up by Toji etc all 
compounding to a kind of shell shock.
>
>>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.)

@It will be interesting to see how changed/unchanged they might be. And the 
effect they will have on Shinji.
>
>>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.

@Thanks. The red made me think Mars. Is your post on Evamonkey?
>
>>@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.

@When I first heard glasses, I thought the girl in 2nd Impression.  Of 
course Mari could be another "sleeper" angel ^^  I wonder if the power-down 
& "Lilliputian" angel stories will be kept. How the former happened has 
always intrigued me, & I've always believed it was an inside job. A 
different new/replacement angel would be very cool & a real shot in the 
<bodypart> for Rebuild - sales, merchandise & fandom!

(See Reichu, I've kept my original points & your replies, as both are 
relevant to my new thoughts above.)
RJN