>>2872555She (At least if you're referring to Asuka) needs much, MUCH more than a hug. She needs help, but she has to seek it on her own accord, because she just pushes everyone that wants to help away. Asuka's built up an entire crystal cathedral to her own superiority, in an effort to compensate for the fact that she feels so very small and so alone in this world. It looks magnificent on the outside, but it's fragile as spun glass and barren and empty on the inside. That's why she pushes everyone away, because the moment the slightest crack appears in the facade, it all comes tumbling down (Tumbling down, tumbling dowww~wn...sorry, I couldn't help myself); she can't risk anyone fracturing the only thing holding her ego intact. There's a reason I dislike Asuka so much, even as I understand her so well...it's because I used to *be* a male equivalent of her, in my younger years, and am well aware of the process that leads to those psychological defense mechanisms, as well as what they lead to, as an end result.
In the case of Rei, however, I agree. Best girl can get a hug, anytime. Oddly enough, the girl who isn't even, genetically at least, entirely human, is the most well-adjusted and psychologically healthy of them all. Go figure.
