is that the personal choices that they made HAD a huge impact on the "external" world.
It was Shinji's very personal decision to not be a part of the gestalt humanity that was third impact that brought him and presumably asuka back to individuality and the "real" world.
But there again, one wonders how much of an impact Doug actually would have on any of the characters.
Shinji, for instance, genuinely does not feel loved and accepted until Kaworu--even the affection given him by Misato is useless to him, really. He certainly does not feel better b/c of her loving him.
Misato herself is a bundle of self-loathing. Her litany of being "tired of being clean" and loving Kaji because ultimately he was just like her father shows that even she's not quite all there.
And Asuka . . . good god. She is far too messed up for anything to do much good for her.
So, no matter what kind of advice and support doug tries to give them, they're all set on a course that started a long time ago for them.
-murmur
--asuka, the quintessential ex-girlfriend
It was Shinji's very personal decision to not be a part of the gestalt humanity that was third impact that brought him and presumably asuka back to individuality and the "real" world.
But there again, one wonders how much of an impact Doug actually would have on any of the characters.
Shinji, for instance, genuinely does not feel loved and accepted until Kaworu--even the affection given him by Misato is useless to him, really. He certainly does not feel better b/c of her loving him.
Misato herself is a bundle of self-loathing. Her litany of being "tired of being clean" and loving Kaji because ultimately he was just like her father shows that even she's not quite all there.
And Asuka . . . good god. She is far too messed up for anything to do much good for her.
So, no matter what kind of advice and support doug tries to give them, they're all set on a course that started a long time ago for them.
-murmur
--asuka, the quintessential ex-girlfriend