I don't like the idea that Rei's soul is inherently 'different' and/or 'incompatible' with human life as we know it. For one thing, it implies predestination, which is a loathesome concept to apply to any sort of sentient being. Yes, Rei is biologically a bit, well, wierd, but that doesn't make her some kind of incomprehensible eldritch horror.
A big part of her problem, I think, is that she's been told all her life that it does - that she is a monster, an alien, a clone, a doll.
Bullshit. She's injured, damaged, yes - but she wasn't defective straight out of the box!
Now, the argument that her 'differences' include sufficient changes to biology, developement, and sensorium to produce a very different experience from the standard 'human' mold might have some validity - but in a healthy developemental environment, that wouldn't make any more difference than, say, growing up with six fingers or an extra joint on your thumbs.
Oh, and an assumption everyone else seems to be making - that the act of patterning from a soul is neccessarily destructive to the source-soul. Given the existence of the Eva's synchro systems, this strikes me as a little unlikely.
Why do Evas occaisionally eat their pilots like that? Well, they have their own 'souls', but creating the things requires a bit of a jump start...
Blessed be.
-n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."
A big part of her problem, I think, is that she's been told all her life that it does - that she is a monster, an alien, a clone, a doll.
Bullshit. She's injured, damaged, yes - but she wasn't defective straight out of the box!
Now, the argument that her 'differences' include sufficient changes to biology, developement, and sensorium to produce a very different experience from the standard 'human' mold might have some validity - but in a healthy developemental environment, that wouldn't make any more difference than, say, growing up with six fingers or an extra joint on your thumbs.
Quote:You're assuming that Nerv would -want- them to do more than they already do.
If they did, they'd have managed to shoehorn something into the rest of the Rei-quarium that could at least do more than giggle and look creepy.
Oh, and an assumption everyone else seems to be making - that the act of patterning from a soul is neccessarily destructive to the source-soul. Given the existence of the Eva's synchro systems, this strikes me as a little unlikely.
Why do Evas occaisionally eat their pilots like that? Well, they have their own 'souls', but creating the things requires a bit of a jump start...
Blessed be.
-n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."