>>4078165>Rei says she wants to defeat the angels so Shinji never has to pilot againI don't remember her ever saying anything like this. She's always willing to pilot, of course, but that's because it's her duty, not for Shinji's particular sake.
>he would have fought harder against Armisael.How? Armisael seemed immune to conventional attack, and more importantly had already assimilated with Rei. Perhaps there was a way to kill Armisael without killing Rei also, but if there was, Rei didn't think of it, nor did anyone. Moreover, Armisael was already starting to revive the other Angels somehow, and Eva-01 is a known Impact trigger.
>>4078203>It also appears that she transferred the connection she had to Gendo to Shinji as the series progressed, though I'm still confused and disturbed by her seeing Gendo as she died in Ep. 23.Because, even though it makes Shinji self-inserters seethe and tumblr trannies project, Gendou actually does care about Rei as Rei (since he sees her as his daughter, his child who doesn't run away from him), and Rei loves Gendou (because he's her father who cares about her and, in a samurai sort of sense, her lord to whom she has loyalty). This is shown by many things, including:
1) Gendou's reactions to Rei being hurt (even though he can just reincarnate her if he's only worried about her as a tool!) in episodes 5 and 19.
2) Rei is able to pilot the Eva only after having been assured that Gendou cares about her (the point of her carrying his glasses around).
3) How Rei is the only person Gendou smiles at and how he is one of the two people Rei smiles at.
4) Fuyutsuki says as much and it worries him, even though he's normally the compassionate moralfag of the two Yui simps.
Their break occurs because Rei III is traumatized and disillusioned at dying and being reincarnated yet again, and because Rei realizes that Gendou is keeping her true nature & power from her, trying to use Lilith as a doll for his Instrumentality plan.
