>>2240952I don't think anything involving Shinji could be called epic, it would be the most navel-gazing threesome ever 'Why am I here?' 'Are you afraid?' 'No! I mustn't run away.' 'So you do want to be one of mind and body?' 'Y-eah, but why am I the one in the middle of the sandwich?' 'This is the world you wished for'.
Anyway, I don't like to pair them either, it should be either Shinji or nothing, Anything else seems like an ass-pull.