It is the Evangelion operation.
The AT field is (in EVA canon) based on the theories of Freud and... damn, can't remember who it was before him who first defined Absolute Terror.
It's a projection into physical reality of the Pilots' inability to relate to others, of their desperate need to push other people away.
In short: Heal the Childrens' fractured minds and the Eva units will become utterly useless. The more fucked up the pilots, the better they are at fighting Angels. Rather a problem, innit?
And on the interpilot relationship front:
Shinji+Rei, even assuming the cousin tweak, doesn't work. No passion.
Shinji+Asuka also doesn't work. She'd eat him alive.
Even Askua+Rei can't work out.
Look at it this way: Each of the Children is so deeply wounded and traumatized that no well-adjusted person would be able to deal with them... and each of them lacks certain qualities that only one of the other two possesses. (Asuka's passion and drive, Rei's calmness and discipline, Shinji's deep-down heroism and willingness to question authority, as just a sampling.)
The only possible stable relationship here is a threesome. All three Children of Eva, leaning on one another, helping one another through the pain and angst. It's not just ecchi, it makes sense... at least to me.
--Sam
"And where were we, chum? In the belly of love!"
The AT field is (in EVA canon) based on the theories of Freud and... damn, can't remember who it was before him who first defined Absolute Terror.
It's a projection into physical reality of the Pilots' inability to relate to others, of their desperate need to push other people away.
In short: Heal the Childrens' fractured minds and the Eva units will become utterly useless. The more fucked up the pilots, the better they are at fighting Angels. Rather a problem, innit?
And on the interpilot relationship front:
Quote:I agree with Dragonflight on nearly all counts here, except for the details on Asuka. I just carry it a little bit further, and only partly because I'm a great big hentai.
As for Rei's genetic similarity to Shinji, the amount of DNA used from Yui Ikari was (depending on where you look) either extremely minimal to no more than 50%. Either Rei was half angel, or mostly angel. The degree of similarity would be no more than a cousin, which although creepy, is usually legal.
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.
Shinji+Rei, even assuming the cousin tweak, doesn't work. No passion.
Shinji+Asuka also doesn't work. She'd eat him alive.
Even Askua+Rei can't work out.
Look at it this way: Each of the Children is so deeply wounded and traumatized that no well-adjusted person would be able to deal with them... and each of them lacks certain qualities that only one of the other two possesses. (Asuka's passion and drive, Rei's calmness and discipline, Shinji's deep-down heroism and willingness to question authority, as just a sampling.)
The only possible stable relationship here is a threesome. All three Children of Eva, leaning on one another, helping one another through the pain and angst. It's not just ecchi, it makes sense... at least to me.
--Sam
"And where were we, chum? In the belly of love!"