>Ouch! i know that it's true that you shouldn't give away everything in
>a story up front but honestly in Eva there are a few constants that
>are observed and when those constants are removed or changed without
>reason it leaves the reader with out drive to find out in most cases.
>
>The two biggest ones being Shinji and Tokyo 3. While i don't hate on
>strong ACC's (Or in this case DJ himself like most of my peers seem
>to) i would have had an impossible time attempting to read this work
>without the clarification given to me in this thread.
>
<rant>
There you go again, attempting to equate NXE with NGE. If you want to read the novelization of NGE, go find one. This isn't it. Gryphon & Co. took the parts of NGE they wanted to, added other stuff they liked and though would work well, tossed them all in a blender and came out with NXE. It's not Eva, it's not supposed to be Eva, and if you don't like that, don't read it.
</rant>

My suggestion is that you should try reading it all the way through, making a list of questions for yourself and answering them as you go along. If you get to the end of Apotheosis Now and still have unanswered questions, then go ahead and post them. Same thing with comments and criticism about the stories, as long as they stand on their own. It's one thing to compare and contrast 2 unique creative works that are similar, or to say "I liked X better than Y", it's another (unreasonable, IMHO) to say "you messed up" or "that's not right" because the authors decided to change things.

The above is my own opinion alone, but I have a feeling that I'm not the only one who feels this way...

Offsides

[...] in order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.
-- David Ben Gurion
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