[EVA] Gendou - man or monster?

[Dorian Gray]

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Carl Gustav Horn <once at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Yeah, he did fail him. Big time. I don't mean to keep hammering home the
> point, but if he could take time out from his work ethic to mentor Rei and
> bone Ritsuko, surely he could have made some time for his own flesh and
> blood. Gendo is not the only person in the world who ever lost a spouse, for
> Christ's sake--in fact, thanks to a little thing he might know about called
> the Second Impact, there are likely a lot of people on Earth in that
> position. He's a great bastard of a character who keeps his pimp hand
> strong, but he is a great bastard nonetheless.


What evidence do we have apart from a brief scene in the flashback episode
and one or two scenes with Rei and Gendo that Gendo 'mentored' Rei? He may
have felt close to her, yes, but I don't think there's enough to say any
more than that.