FGC:Episode 25 Scene 04

The Case of Asuka Langley Sohryu

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Screenshots	Cut #	Description/Dialogue	Commentary
	108	TEXT:“The Second Character”
	109	TEXT:“In the Case of Asuka Langley Sohryu”
	110		Mr. Tines: The real world leaks into the shared nightmare of instrumentality. Dr. Nick: These real world snippets are probably a major reason why this ending was perceived as so unsatisfying when it originally aired. They signal that the show hasn't yet abandoned its surface plot, but then in Episode 26 the real world remains completely absent even though Shinji's final wish is to return to it.
	111	ASUKA:“I don't remember getting on, but I'm back in the Eva again. I was put back in. It's not going to move anyway, piece of junk. No, I'm the piece of junk. They don't need me! No one needs me!”	Mr. Tines: As we don't have an Episode 25' commentary I'll hang this remark here: Without a chain of command getting in the way, Asuka on the rebound fights to the limits of her capability; but unlike the previous time Asuka was in mortal danger Yui declines to assist. UrsusArctos: It seems like the old site had a full set of thumbnails and possibly even background dialogue transcriptions for 25' and 26' but neither of those were ported over. What happened beats me, but EoTV it is. From what I've read of NGE's production, the general idea for what happened in Episode 25 was in place fairly early although Episode 26 was a dark fog, hence we get scenes like Eva-02 under the lake which made their way into End of Evangelion.
	112	ASUKA:“No one needs a pilot who can't control her Eva!” REI (OFF):“So, you're seeking to find yourself in others.” ASUKA:“Shut up!”	midoriyoh: So, you're seeking to find yourself in others.” - something to this effect was said to Shinji already in Episode 16 Cut 204. The fundamental error both Asuka and Shinji make is that they conflate their actual selves with "selves in other people's minds" and therefore, the high or low opinion of other people about those "selves in others' minds" becomes for Asuka and Shinji the measure of their actual selves' worth. Since those "selves in other people's minds" are always out of one's control, anxiety, need for approval and inability to accept oneself follow.
	113	TEXT:“Separation Anxiety”
	114	REI:“You're afraid of becoming alone, aren't you?”
	115	TEXT:“Separation Anxiety”
	116	REI:“Because you disappear along with the people around you. That's why you're afraid, aren't you?”
	117	TEXT:“Separation Anxiety”
	118	ASUKA:“That's why you pilot the Eva!”
	119	TEXT:“Attachment Behavior”
	120	ASUKA:“Shut up!”
	121	TEXT:“Attachment Behavior” ASUKA:“Shut up!”
	122	ASUKA:“Shut up!”
	123	ASUKA:“I don't want to hear that from a puppet like you!”
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