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Forum Name: Neon Exodus Evangelion
Topic ID: 288
Message ID: 15
#15, RE: Exodus 5 annotations
Posted by Offsides on Mar-22-16 at 10:20 PM
In response to message #0
>Croft's grandfather - This was mentioned in annotations, I
>believe, but never explicitly made clear - DJ's grandfather, Sir
>Henshingly Croft, spent most of the late 20th century (and early 21st)
>as "Zed", the head of MIB. After his recovery from a near-fatal heart
>attack in Exodus 3 and the end of the Angel War, he made the decision
>to step down from his position, and was later offered a seat on the
>XCOM Council by King Stephen II.
>
>Does DJ actually know any of this? Probably not, though much as his
>mother accomplished some rapprochement with her father, I'd imagine
>DJ's relationship with Sir Henshingly is a bit more cordial these
>days.

I have to say, I find this one a little hard to believe. After all, One of the major points of Lara's falling out with her father was a lack of common points of reference after her near-death experience. Given MIB's various activities, I think Zed would be at least familiar with that sort of thing happening to the people who reported to him, if not actually having experienced it himself. Unless I'm missing something else, it seems to me that unless he's compartmentalized himself to the point of having multiple personalities, I don't understand how that could have been quite the barrier to their relationship that it was.

Plus, I would have thought that he would have had a much better understanding of DJ and his activities with NERV back in Exodus 1 when he tried to take control of his life yet again...

I have no issues with his presence on the XCOM Council, but having him as Zed just doesn't ring true for me. Just my $0.02.

Offsides

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