Quote:Somehow, I rather doubt that any fourteen year old you chose to ask for -their- opinion would agree in any way, shape, or form. Which, given that they're the ones driving tremendous, Gojira-clobbering robots, would seem to be the more relevant argument.
And remember, they're supposed to be 14! That may be legal in some parts of the world, but it still ain't right!
Quote:Err, Asuka huhWHAT?! Some fundamental aspect of either Evangelion operation (I doubt it) or Gendo's management style (-much- more likely) seems to require that the pilots be emotionally or mentally broken. 'Cause, y'know, all of them save arguably angel-boy -are-. And, as I belive I've said before, it's the same thing for all three of them - brutally low self-esteem.
Anyway, it's all moot. Shinji is such an emotional basket case that no matter *who* he wound up with, he'd be functionally incapable of a normal relationship. That's why I would assume it would be Rei, actually. Asuka's just an extrovert. Give her a normal guy and she'd settle down. Rei needs constant care and attention, and Shinji has so little self-esteem that he'll take whatever she feels ready to give him.
The only thing Asuka really has going for her compared to the others is that her coping mechanism -looks- like something vaguely resembling a healthy persona. That doesn't mean that it -is-. IMHO, a big part of the reason she spends so much time trumpeting her own superiority isn't that she really wants anybody else to belive it, but that she's working desperately to convince -herself-.
I mean, as disgusting as the mindf$@# angel was, I have a hard time believing that someone who wasn't at least a few screws loose wouldn't be able to at least -feed- herself.
And, finally, as to romantic relationships... Well, ignoring the fact that my knee-jerk reaction to questions like that is, "Whee! Poly!", I'd say it's almost certain to be Asuka.
See, the way I read Asuka's view of things, her problems with his confidence issues (namely, that they hit close enough to home that she'd really rather avoid having to think about them much) are the sole and single reason she hasn't actually jumped his bones by the time things start to go really sour. I won't say that there -couldn't- be something there with Rei, but I do think that it could just as easily be entirely platonic - and that, barring orders from Rokubungi or a flippin' -miracle-, Asuka will've already moved in by the time she's come out of her box enough to figure out what's what.
Blessed be.
-n
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