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Picking up a SDAT / Being able to telepathically communicate is completely irrelevant because whether or not they are true has no bearing on whether or not Rei Q is Rei.
Here's what matters:
- It's the same person/individual as Rei Ayanami, they are the same character. A copy would still be a similar but separate entity.
- The character is from start to end consistent and has it's own development that is tied well together.
- The character is an actual character and not an attempt to mock an existing character. In our case, Rei Q exists to sabotage Rei Ayanami and can therefore never be Rei regardless of what anyone says.
Rebuild has been permanently soiled and can no longer carry genuinely good characters, only pandering in either direction. Speculation such as the following:
- Rei isn't in EVA01, but she is secretly Rei Q
- Rei will merge with Rei Q somehow
- Rei will return in the next sequel
is completely pointless and only makes the situation worse. Rei in general has become a mockery of the original, as Rei is now ranked down to just a mother-clone along with her retarded sister Rei Q. There never was any "character" in Rei that could actually continue past being a narrative device to strike down on Rei and Rei fans.
Correcting this while also making great characters and a believable story that is more than pandering has been impossible for more than four years now, if not even longer.
