>>2337545>Rei is a slave to other's commands, in particular Yui.You misread it, I guess.
Yui was telling Shinji about the snow and that it's beautiful
Shinji WANTED to see the snow, it was his dream to see the snow.
Rei granted him his wish.
Snow was not Yui's command, but Shinji's dream. So I find it to be romanticly flavoured EOE. Yes, EOE is still better but it's not so offensively bad as you say it is.