yeah, i remember that--the whole "Doug isn't around to the end and doesn't know what's really going on."
Hmm. I suppose this goes to the structural nature of this story.
Now, you can make this thing --and make it work-- as a three or two chapter work. In fact, it might be better this way, as a shorter work would "meld" into the established continuity well.
That is to say, it takes place a little over less than a year in their world and twenty-six episodes plus a movie or two in ours.
Given that, a shorter work may be more attractive.
As the stated goal is "making the pilots happy functional people who are happy together and happy fighting," and making a point of doug NOT knowing what's going on and NOT knowing what anyone's agenda is--
which is a move i applaud, cause who needs more mary-jane-ism?
--there's a distinct lack of big, visceral conflict here.
Well, i'm sure that Mr. Bob would be able to figure it out.
HOWEVER, the point I'm making is that Eva was trying to make big philosophical ideas and conflicts a huge part of its story. By having a different ending than the canon one, aren't we just bypassing the essential dialectical (big word i just learned) nature of Eva?
Because we all know that Doug can, does, and often will bring out the big authoritarian voice to just ramrod his views onto people. And since he's being crafted into a mentor position to the eva trinity, would we see the viewpoint for the "other" side or even the idea of an other side personified in someone that isn't horribly repellent? someone that isn't gendo or seele that's trying to say that, 'all everyone knows is pain and isolation and longing and the only way to fix that is to become jello-brand gelatin'
-murmur
hmm. wonder if that made sense.
Hmm. I suppose this goes to the structural nature of this story.
Now, you can make this thing --and make it work-- as a three or two chapter work. In fact, it might be better this way, as a shorter work would "meld" into the established continuity well.
That is to say, it takes place a little over less than a year in their world and twenty-six episodes plus a movie or two in ours.
Given that, a shorter work may be more attractive.
As the stated goal is "making the pilots happy functional people who are happy together and happy fighting," and making a point of doug NOT knowing what's going on and NOT knowing what anyone's agenda is--
which is a move i applaud, cause who needs more mary-jane-ism?
--there's a distinct lack of big, visceral conflict here.
Well, i'm sure that Mr. Bob would be able to figure it out.
HOWEVER, the point I'm making is that Eva was trying to make big philosophical ideas and conflicts a huge part of its story. By having a different ending than the canon one, aren't we just bypassing the essential dialectical (big word i just learned) nature of Eva?
Because we all know that Doug can, does, and often will bring out the big authoritarian voice to just ramrod his views onto people. And since he's being crafted into a mentor position to the eva trinity, would we see the viewpoint for the "other" side or even the idea of an other side personified in someone that isn't horribly repellent? someone that isn't gendo or seele that's trying to say that, 'all everyone knows is pain and isolation and longing and the only way to fix that is to become jello-brand gelatin'
-murmur
hmm. wonder if that made sense.