>>2473873>I suspect this is simply your bias distorting your view. I resent the idea, it's true that it's a topic for worry since I think Rei is too young and vulnerable, but I think I've managed to be unbiased in this case.
>Rei is a person, a whole person, which includes sex and desire. Rei even says "I want to become one with Ikari" which is both a spiritual and sensual statement.Definitely true, but that statement you quoted is the only thing remotely close to the topic of "sex", and I think you understand that it sounds more spiritual. It's not something that's on Rei's mind for the entire series except for that vague statement.
Another one is the even more vague referral to a woman "who does not bleed", possibly referencing no menstruation.
>If anything, you should want to encourage Rei in exploring her humanity, it's natural to have those feelings. Lord knows she has been denied that her entire life.I don't disagree with a single thing here, and I resent that you think I think that.
But matter of factly, Rei did not explore those things in the series, nor did she think about it. While it'd be a good story if she did, fact is that she didn't. Which is why it's the odd one out in the poem, even if we can easily imagine it becoming a topic for Rei.
10-20 years later after Rei came into existence, a lot of things are unexplored in an 'honest' fashion and the current trend is to consistently pick the lesser option or rewriting the character into something worse. Hence any exploration regarding sex is likely to be only made humiliating instead of empowering.
