On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Julian Fong wrote:

Rhea Seraph <rhea@ikkoku.maison-otaku.net> wrote:

 Dreams made flesh, or flesh made Dream they
 are, come to renew the ancient cycle.  As before, so it
 happens now.  In the end, they too shall yield to despair as
 did those who came before.  In the end, they shall become
 what they fight.  And the Voice of Endless Chaos will laugh
 with them at the shattered ashes of their faded dreams.]
Hikaru: �Voice of the Endless Chaos� = Nyarlathotep. As for
the rest...... well, the five things �in the visage of men� are
obviously GOOD guys, because it speaks of �Tep turning
them to his side, and if they were already there that�d be
unneccesary. As to WHAT they are...... well, that�s anybodies
guess. Myself, I�m going with the Elder Gods.

There's another way to interpret this, but to say more would be telling :)
The clues are there, though.

Five existing and potential EVA pilots: Shinji, Asuka, Rei, Touji,
Kensuke?  Kensuke's already become Hastur, and we've seen how the
EVAs take on the powers of the GOOs they've defeated.  In this

On the right track :)

episode, Rei herself took on some aspects of Ithaqua.  (Which makes
me wonder: if Rei died and Gendou activated her clone, would the new
Rei have the same powers that her predecessor obtained from the GOOs
she defeated?

That would be telling.
 

I really liked what happened to Kensuke in this part of COAEG.  He's
underused in the canon, and it's refreshing to have something
significant happen to him, even if it is something horrible.

Thanks!  We're trying to breathe more life into the supporting cast, many
of whom largely got to say a few rote lines over and over in the canon. :)


John Biles
Emperor of all He Surveys
http://www.tass.org/~rhea/falcon.html

"He who breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of
wisdom."
     -Gandalf