[EVA] EoTV vs EoE (again?)

[Rachel K. Clark]

Peter Svensson wrote:

> Why does reality fracture

Shinji wasn't in reality. He was in the closed world of Instrumentality, 
represented by the auditorium. If the auditorium represents Instrumentality, 
then Instrumentality fractured.

> and everyone smile the same smile and say the same words while floating 
> above the world in a blue void above the Earth?

I never thought there was any compelling reason to read anything insidious 
into the former. As for the latter, it seems more like surreal imagery (as 
is typical of the metaphysical EoTV) than anything else.

> Why are dead people hanging out with the living in such a manner?

They'd all been in Instrumentality, so they were all effectively dead. Am I 
missing something?

> Why does Shinji speak via the Tel-op? How is he omniscient in such a 
> manner?

It's a bit arguable that Shinji himself is the one speaking. Is "And to all 
the Children, Congratulations!" something Shinji would really say? Why the 
switch to telop at all?

> Everyone's happy, yes, but they've all lost their identity.

There isn't enough information to make the claim that anyone has "lost their 
identity". If they'd truly lost their identities, they wouldn't be there at 
all.

> And the TV ending , rushed and incoherent as it is, doesn't end the same 
> way as the movie did.

*This* is, in fact, true......


-Reichu