Dum anima, spesFor posterity and in case things like reverse image search do not work, give due credit to those who create Rei's images by indicating author and/or source if known.Discussion always welcome, but offer an image, if available.>Previous thread:>>4319597>General archive:https://pastebin.com/nzPXrU5D
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>>4322515You and I both see it.
>>4323277Why does she wear the sneakers
Rei is mom in a schoolgirls body. And no one can judge you.
>>4323517Rei isn't a mommy (yet) even if she's the clone of an evil scientist milf with the soul of an alien goddess that's the progenitor of humanity.Rei is Rei.I LOVE REI.
>>4323529remembering that Rei I was stuffed inside unit 00 for all that time makes me sad.
>>4323742She could've grown up to be normal if only that seething hag wasn't such a psychopath
She did it again. God I love her.
>>4323855What the Rei doin
>>4323529>Rei isn't a mommy Then explain why every time the name "Rei" is mentioned it gives off the warmth of a mother?
>>4323867Because she is the most impregnatable girl in fiction who deserves to be lovingly pumped full of babies and have heavy milk-filled breasts
>>4323867look at those eyes. no thoughts.
>>4323876A nugget of truth exists in your lust-laden lines, but the hands that wrote this deserve only amputation. Doubly so for selecting an image of the false icon.
>>4323996There are no false Reis (aside from the soulless husks that Ritsuko exterminated) and neither are my words lust-laden. Even in the darkest hours the motherly, nurturing nature of Rei exists and brings us comfort. Every instance deserves happiness and to have their maternal instincts brought to fruition.
>>4324015Ontologically there absolutely are false Reis, the principal example being the one you continue to share and incorrectly categorize alongside the real Rei. It is false precisely because it is soulless, and no different from those husks you refer to. There is only one Rei, and the very fact that the Rebuild abomination posited that there could be more than one, by doing away with the truth of the Soul so fundamentally displayed in the original series, shows how far Anno has fallen from the light he broke through to in the time at the end of the last millennium. You post but a shade, a phantom --- an εἴδωλον that merely resembles in outward appearance the real being.
>>4324242That is simply untrue; Miss Lookalike is the "real" Rei as much as Rei I, Rei II, or Rei III. She exists separated from her soul, but the experiences she has among other people, the many aspects of human existence that she learns of, and the feelings all of this inspires within her prove that she is no mere soulless husk. She is an individual and yet still Rei. This is why she and the soul of Rei II become one in the ending, as absurdly terrible as the rest of Thrice is. Rei is Rei. All of Rei deserves love.
>>4324245>She exists separated from her soul, but the experiences she has among other people, the many aspects of human existence that she learns of, and the feelings all of this inspires within her prove that she is no mere soulless husk.Being separated from your soul is the definition of being "soulless". That she learns and "proves" herself is what makes the "Rebuild Rei" an empty husk, an empty doll, a nobody, and a false "Rei". All Anno did was make a Rei that truly was "empty". That Rei is the "True" version of what Asukafags accused "The Rei" of being.>I hope this Rei isn't too "explicit"
>I truly apologize to "The Rei Community" if I enrage you, but wanted to know if an anon I convered with was here and pic is for referanceYo anon I hope you remember me I was the "anon" that made the wall of text about Rei and Kaworu's fusion resembling Satan from Devilman Crybaby. You here?
>>4324318>That she learns and "proves" herself is what makes the "Rebuild Rei" an empty husk, an empty doll, a nobody, and a false "Rei"Miss Lookalike is not "empty", she is merely a horribly neglected clone with a lot to learn. Much more than Rei II because Gendo was a significantly more evil person after the Rebuild timeskip and didn't even pretend that she wasn't disposable. A nobody would not have desires as she did nor the ability to make meaningful connections with people as she learned. She began as a tool who only existed to follow orders, but discovered her true desires as she experienced more of the world. Being shown what a baby is doesn't inherently instill in her an affinity towards Tsubame. Neither does showing her how to farm make her want to harvest rice. She could've not cared about any of these things if she were truly an empty creature.
>Also to "Blood Smell Anon"Yo Anon! Got any blood on your hands? What'd you make of it? Hope you didn't hurt yourself too bad.
>>4324327Still, having no soul means she isn't "The Rei". Because "The Rei" has soul and that made her the Rei we feel the warmfth of even today. Soul gives off warmfth. An empty husk gives off cold like an empty house in the winter.
>>4324349There isn't anything about Miss Lookalike that's "cold". She's an innocent person full of love for all living things and wants to see Shinji be happy when he's at his lowest point. Without her own "warmth", he likely wouldn't have recovered. She was without Rei's soul, yet she shared Rei's name, became part of the final manifestation of Rei, and saved Shinji just as Rei always does. Rei is Rei. I would hope every Rei lover can find it in themselves to see the value in this Rei as well.
Remember: don't feed the troll, it's a waste of time.
>>4324358No matter. Rei and "Rebuild Rei" are two opposite entities. One has soul and one does not. One is the true form with a soul and one is empty and false. Those emotions she showed have no base for the the base of all emotion be it effection, love, hate, anger, sorrow or even lust have one base: "Soul". So those emotions fall flat because she's doing it because "others do it" and it's the only "human" thing to do. Not doing them out of soul deceives the ones that those emotions have been targeted at. For soul dictates what is true and what is not. For soul is the core the deepest a human being can go to show something emotionally true.The false Rei is a rotten branch on the tree that has the name "Rei Ayanami". It must be amputated with an axe. The hilt: The Rei Community. The blade: being forgetten. >>4324373A sign not for the troll, but for the one's who listen.
>>4324375*ones
>>4324375>she's doing it because "others do it" and it's the only "human" thing to doI cannot agree. Her actions and feelings went far beyond mimicry. Why else would she explain everything that she 'wants' before she died? Just copying something doesn't make it a true desire, yet she unquestionably wanted everything she spoke of in her last moments
>>4324382You don't happen to be my old friend from Russia, do you? You sound quite a bit like him.
>>4324395In the map I may be, but no. Were you replying to>>4324321 or>>4324328. Either way I'm non-pridefully proud of the Rei community being so nationwide.
>>4324398Forgot pic.
>>4324394>Why else would she explain everything that she 'wants' before she died? Just copying something doesn't make it a true desire, yet she unquestionably wanted everything she spoke of in her last momentsA human body without a soul would be like an animal. Going by it's base natural instinct, but now doing it within a human society where humans understand it. Rei Ayanami cannot be compared to the below-animal level shell that is "Rebuild Rei".
>>4324406Can't stop forgetting to add a pic.>Sorry
>>4324406You're being cruel and unfair. There is much more to her than simple instinct; Miss Lookalike has a desire to grow beyond what she was and help others. She wants to see life flourish and expand, taking part in it herself. She is a person like any other. A Rei like any other, even, and deserves love.
