Thought of how Leliel would speak, and considering Leliel's a bit... Non compliant with the laws of 3-space, and wouldn't be understood readily by the denizens of the third dimension.
So, a bit of obfuscated language that no one in that universe could understand would do the trick
Leiliel: "(√-1) 8 Σ π"
So you're saying that, sometimes, the Steve Irwin approach of "Crikey look at that bugger! I'mma poke it with a stick!" is wrong?
Never
wrong, per se. Merely... performed with inadequate safeguards, sometimes.
Big O aka "what if Bruce Wayne had a giant robot?"
I once toyed with the idea that Paradigm City was Gotham, and Norman is actually Bruce Wayne... who, after ending up amnesiac, latched onto his strongest father-figure memories and re-modeled himself in the mold of Alfred Pennyworth....
I've actually been toying with writing a Big O/NGE fusion for years now, one where Roger Smith is the distant relative who Shinji is sent to live with after Yui dies... with, well, consequences.
"My AT Field is
BURNING RED! My mother's babbling tells me to defeat you! BURNING--" what? Oh, wrong giant-robot series, nevermind.
'm more interested in how The Negotiator and his household would influence Shinji... and how they might decide to back up Roger's essentially adopted son once he sends them word about what's going on. If anyone could tear through SEELE, Roger, Norman and Dorothy would. In comparison, Gendo wouldn't stand a chance; especially if they subvert Kaji. Someone like Roger would have tons of contacts with the UN too...
On the one hand, Big O would be like Jet Alone -- better piloted, but no ATF. OTOH... if we look at some of the reveals in the late 2nd season (mini-impact events? Serious reality-fuckery of some kind, certainly), everyone's favorite cast-iron mech might just be less helpless against the Angels than would appear at first glance.
Of course, if we skip the Giant Robot bits and just stick to character interactions, well....
Shinji: "Don't call Rei a doll! She's just like Dorothy-oneesan, and
she's no doll either!"
(really, Rei would be downright comfortable and familiar to Shinji in this context....)
Misato: "Shinji, where did you learn to cook British cuisine?"
Shinji: "Same place I learned to maintain mech-- er, cars! And driving motorcycles, and shoo-- er, shopping! For, ah, the best deals!"
Shinji (seeing MIsato's apartment for the first time): "Alfred-sensei... now I see what Roger-niisan would have been like without you to take care of him. I will do you proud and rise to this challenge, I swear! On my honor as a professional!"
Shinji (on meeting Asuka): "Hm... let me check Roger-niisan's notes. Lessee, 'negotiating with Tsunderes.' Okay: 'never smile at a dere-ing tsundere, it makes them violent.' Good to know...."
"Kaworu-kun! I refuse to accept this solution. There
is an outcome that allows
all of us to live, if we're willing to
negotiate in good faith."
