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>Dummy plugs are a simple copy of the test subject's neural patterns. [....] This gives a huge crack on the wall that is your dummy plug idea, because what Shinji saw in Unit-00 was NOT just simple neural patterns. Shinji didn't see anything - he felt something. The shot towards Rei in that scene is directorial, the point is that Shinji feels there's something like Rei in there, but quite not like her. This is consistent with there being a simple copy of her neural patterns. The glossary of the official NGE release backs this up with the "Dummy Plug" explanation, that is it uses the same points: "that it is made like Rei, but it's not like Rei at all..." . Same thing Shinji feels.
>Rei's soul never dies at all in the series, save maybe the very end of EOE. Not in EoE either, in fact she as a being at that point transcends time and space.
>You're also missing the fact that soul splitting does not mean that there are multiple souls, just like cutting a cake in half does not give you two cakes. It gives you two pieces of cake, which can be served on two plates.
>And just because someone attempted to use an argument poorly in the past, does not dismiss its proper usage in a modern context. Consider your dummy plug bullshit belonging in the trash over that.You're still arguing it poorly today, and FYI the "dummy rei" is a theory far more consistent with the actual facts from the show, and doesn't rely on literally insane mental gymnastics linking together the color of a womans hair and a giant man monstrosity. You have no right to claim anyone is practicing "mental gymnastics" as long as the strongest argument you have is putting a womans decision to dye her hair under suspicion, despite the fact that it's perfectly in-character to do so. You are insane and probably don't belong in this thread.
The facts remain that EVA00 does not work like the other EVA's. This is made explicit with NGE2. Rei is Lilith, a Seed of Life.
