>>4078261I don't follow what you're saying. I have actually wanted to consider the ethics of Rei bringing everyone into Instrumentality involuntarily, but to respond: How exactly have I held Rei to no responsibility for her choices when I specifically identify the reasoning for her actions in EoE, which she directly states in her dialogue with Shinji after she chooses to hand control over Instrumentality to him, which is probably the most direct expression of her own agency ever presented by the series?
As a side note: If we consider Rei and Lilith to be one and the same, then the actions and desires of one must be those of the other. If, however, Rei is somehow distinct from Lilith, somehow has her own will beyond Lilith, then the conversation changes and becomes more complicated. I have seen this argument elsewhere before, that during the Third Impact Rei "took control" over Lilith, which is shown when Lilith's hollow eyes are then replaced by Rei's distinct eyes.
