>Hunh. I don't know why, but I always assumed that FI starts right
>after the Twilight arc, which, if I stop and think for a second
>doesn't make sense because Days of Miracle and Wonder is definitely
>FI, and (obviously) precedes Twilight.

FI actually celebrated its twentieth anniversary recently, as indicated by my hilariously ill-advised and not-at-all-what-I-intended thread over in the UF General subforum. In fact, Twilight didn't finish up until after the Symphony began, which always weirds me out.

><1> Merc, I *really* wanna read what you have to think about NXE.
>Especially because I think you'll read it all for the first time in
>one go, not pause and read it as it comes out like others from earlier
>had to

AhahahahahaHAhahaHAha.

So yeah, there's a story here. First of all, I was in fact reading that bad boy as it came out back in the day. And eighteen-year-old Merc had opinions on it, yes he did, specifically opinions about the lead male in NXE. I in fact expressed these opinions as part of the Evangelion Fanfic Review Syndicate, whose entire editorial staff also had... opinions about NXE.

EFRS, thank god, has long since been consigned to the dustbin of the Wayback Machine. We did some decent review work but man, did we think well of ourselves. In fact, looking it up again, my stuff doesn't even seem to be saved there anymore; their last scrape of the page predates my membership. I could get people to vouch for me, although I'm not sure anyone really wants me to run down Chris Davies and haul him over here.

Sorry, digression, I'm pretty tired. Anyway. I actually haven't read NXE since... you know, since the Motion Picture came out. I could read it again the next time my internal fanfic chronometer strikes Evangelion O'Clock¹. And I'm a much, much different person than I was when I was younger. So I could do that. And then write about it! I bet Ben would love that, he seems super enthusiastic about it below.

-Merc
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¹Anyone thinking about telling me to read Nobody Dies, please be aware that, yes, I am aware of its existence.