TheArqaApocrypha

#Evangelion lore enthusiast since 2000. Posts original observations, analysis, and content re: NGE & NTE. Makes art, fic, & shitposts sometimes. She/her.

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New article! 🤩

Even though Mark.06 was "autonomous" during Third Impact, it turns out somebody may have been inside it -- maybe even the last person you expected.
https://t.co/oFeh7GAZkn

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(1/7) EoE!Rei vs. Shin!Gendo comparison thread! You probably noticed some of these, but did you catch them all? 😏

Why is Gendo being compared to Rei?
Why is Misato being compared to Gendo?

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#visualparallels

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@Flying_Bil I'm really hesitant about rushing to interpret the final scene since I'm keenly aware of all the elements that go into constructing it which I have not mastered in the slightest. Like, train and train station symbolism in Eva? Doves? The DSS Choker? Etc.

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New article!

My investigation of Mari's presence at Third Impact continues with the origins of the 12th Angel. Please enjoy!
https://t.co/reEVNgh6Xy

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@Flying_Bil There are some really opaque hints about a mechanism for what's "inherited" when one world is born from another (The Book of Life), which might lead to insights about why she is pictured the way she is, but this is all pretty difficult stuff.

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@CreeperBlue7 I got used to using NTE as an abbreviation when it was still pretty ambiguous what the official rendition of "Shin Gekijouban" was going to be. I still don't really like "RoE" because there are multiple "RoE"s and the other ones came first. (Revival, Renewal.)

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On the topic of "sequel defaultism", it's interesting to note that the phrase "Neon Genesis" is used in Rebuild specifically in the context of creating a new world, which is the exact opposite of how many fans think of it (a prior world diagetically influencing NTE). (ctd.-->)

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@Flying_Bil What's the question, though? 😅

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@OktayKl59931624 I would need it in plain English. I can't really think in mathematical notation.

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NGE here is acting as the analogy for the "other possible world" that was in EoTV, except we're also adding on some meta about a Creator, where Rei kind of acts as an Anno surrogate who can interact with Shinji. If you've seen the NHK special, this aspect should be a bit obvious.

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Otherwise why would she have to show it to people? Why would it be on a reel in her studio? Maybe it's because it's something she made there. (But I thought NTE was supposed to be a sequel to NGE? How is that possible if Rei here created it...?)