>>4385416>>4385428>>4385430The point I think was physical force was insufficient. The force of Will, specifically of Rei's/Lilith's alone, was required to overpower the MPEs, which had no inborn Will, as you cannot 'copy the human Soul.' Asuka was insufficient for obvious reasons, as was Shinji. By this, the MPEs became part of the ritual of Instrumentality. Was that intended by Gendoh? Perhaps, though we see not everything went as he planned.
>>4385442Agreed on your interpretation. That is the draw of Instrumentality. Nobody wants it so long as the individual life is good, seemingly. Because men are individuals, even if that causes issues. We are vain, and demand our vanity.
>>4385589>leaving their parentsWhich we must all do eventually, one way or another. The end of the dream of childhood, regardless of whether we want it or not. A painful, bitter truth. But then at the end we are reunited, either simply in loss of life or in an actual sovereign reunion. But the whole thing is also about the otaku, whether they ought to 'grow up' or not. I say: the world is miserable writ large, so if you carve out a space for yourself and are content, I find that fine. But there is to be balance.
>because they sound coolOne of the most ridiculous assertions ever made by Anno et al.
>>4385612>ANIMAOh, that. I still must read that hot mess.
>>4385640The symbols belong to God, not Christianity, and certainly not the Christianity that predominates over the world. If their 'faith' cannot withstand an old mecha show, they have none. Eva owes much to the Christian tradition, but is also beyond it.
