>>2904747>A good summary of the basic problem. Some people deny reality and would still insist Rei Q isn't Rei even if Anno makes an entire movie proving it. That famous quote "I reject your reality and substitute my own" was not meant to be taken literally.>You can repeat "Rei Q is not Rei" another 50 times and you'll only get agreement from your few Cult members here.This again misses the basic points being made in the post you quoted. You can't just repeat yourself, it's the same as running away from the argument. Instead of you picking one sentence, try reading the whole argument, and maybe consider the bullet points that were listed in the same post you also quoted and I assume, read.
The main point being made in the posts you quoted, and from everyone who has had the displeasure of arguing with you, is that Rei Ayanami is already defined in the original story, and if we limit ourselves to Rebuild, partially in the first two movies. When the third movie or any other spinoff goes too far in changing Rei without there being any form of substance in it, it ceases to be "Rei Ayanami", but something else - a new character. The audience who are familiar with and fans of the original character will not automatically like the new one. It has to be earned all over again, you can't just slap "Rei" on something and expect it to be the same thing. Just like in the series, you can't clone Rei and expect the clone to also be Rei.
To back that point up, let's consider Anno animating a potato, and claiming said potato was Misato. If he did this today, do you not think you would be flooded with Rei fans posting potatoes in the Misato thread (oh wait, there is none..) because "Anno said so" ? The authority fallacy has been dead for a long time. I have to remind you of "The Death of the Author", which is not advocating never trusting the author, but to take his words with a handful of salt.
Especially when Anno holds a grudge against Rei, his new works are suspectt.
