[EVA] Gendou - man or monster?

[sean c]

stop > From: once at ix.netcom.com> Subject: Re: [EVA] Gendou - man or monster?> Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 20:00:12 -0700> To: evangelion at eva.onegeek.org> > You're right that someone looking at Rei from the outside would > wonder (even Shinji wondered) about her circumstances. If we consider > the rather industrial, patched-together looking lab where Rei is said > to have grown up, Rei wouldn't think her run-down apartment was > anything abnormal, and being a loner in class, she wouldn't have the > chance to learn otherwise. But nevertheless, she seems happy at least > in her personal relationship to Gendo, which is a big difference > between her and Shinji.> > --C.> > On Jun 9, 2008, at 6:51 PM, Dorian Gray wrote:> > >> > Rei's also not been liked by anyone in her class, by Ritsuko or > > (likely) any> > other of her coworkers, no wonder she's kind of happy when Gendo > > shows up> > being sort of nice to her. Yet she still lives with only a few > > scraps of> > this 'nice' from Gendo, still lives in a run down old apartment, > > etc. Gendo> > might be nice to her in some things we see, but that doesn't mean > > he's nice> > total.> >> > As for Gendo, remember that> > 1) Rei's currently the closest thing he has to his wife,> > 2) she's his meal ticket (his way to beat SEELE to instrumentality and> > getting Yui back), sure he's going to panic when that's threatened.> >> > If Gendo's a true conniving bastard, as you say, we need to accept the> > second reason for his activity.> > -- > > Evangelion mailing list - To unsubscribe, visit> > http://eva.onegeek.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evangelion> > -- > Evangelion mailing list - To unsubscribe, visit> http://eva.onegeek.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evangelion