Chapter 11 Planning Notes, 2014
- Location
- National Capital Region, USA
I can't say I expected Rei and Asuka's almost offhand introduction of the idea of AT-Field enabled space expansion to be the main topic of the discussion after that update. 
I guess that means I did alright on the emotional conflict part of it?
Well... I was going to copy out my chapter notes for Chapter 11 tonight, but I just spent the last hour in a cold and muddy bunker due to an alarm here on base. That was annoying.
Let's see if I can copy at least some of it. I wrote these notes out in 2014, when I saw that A&T might go all the way and needed to have more planning to it than the seat-of-my-pants that got me through the prologue and chapter 1-2.
Here we go:
You can see that things changed, though a lot of elements stayed as planned years ago. Rei and Kaworu's relationship wasn't quite as advanced as it has developed now, and Rei IV did not yet exist.
I guess that means I did alright on the emotional conflict part of it?
You should punish these lies with additional kisses. ~evil laugh~
Keep in mind, Unit-03 didn't have an S2 Engine there. That was a 'gift' of Bardiel. The 'new technology' the pilot of the transport was talking about was the Evangelion itself.
Well... I was going to copy out my chapter notes for Chapter 11 tonight, but I just spent the last hour in a cold and muddy bunker due to an alarm here on base. That was annoying.
Let's see if I can copy at least some of it. I wrote these notes out in 2014, when I saw that A&T might go all the way and needed to have more planning to it than the seat-of-my-pants that got me through the prologue and chapter 1-2.
Here we go:
Chapter 11: Cards On The Table
Rei III tells S&A what she is, reveals Gendo's plan. Kaworu tells what he is, how meeting Rei and seeing S&A reconfirmed his desire not to end the Lilim. Asks them to kill him before he can't stop himself from going to Terminal Dogma. S&A don't like that. Rei really, really doesn't like that. Gets angry at Kaworu for even asking. Kaworu confused. Shinji looks at Asuka. "Was I this clueless?" "Yes, you were, baka. I love you anyhow." ~chu~
After R&K tell them all they know, Asuka comes up with the 'End The War' plan. Everyone discusses, gives the veto to Shinji, because he's the one they all trust. Shinji awkward and worried at everyone's trust in him. Asuka reassures him, she believes in him, etc. Positive feedback loop.
The Plan: Asuka points out Gendo's plan involves Adam's body fused to his own Lilim one being merged with Lilith's body, using Rei (half-Lilim, half-Lilith DNA, Lilith's soul) as an intermediary/buffer/control circuit. If they can replicate this under the joint, willing control of Rei and Kaworu, they can short-circuit both SEELE and Gendo's plans, satisfying Complementation enough to make any further Impact Events impossible. Kaworu (Adam's soul + Lilim & Adam DNA) and Rei III (Lilith's soul + Lilith & Lilim DNA) and Lilith's body provide 3/4 of the needed pieces to trigger a controlled Third Impact, where Rei can force a partial Complementation for Kaworu, relieving him of the compulsion to fuse with Adam and erasing the Call. Kaworu is fully on-board, because it lets Shinji and all his (Kaworu's) friends live, and... he's not at all opposed to being with Rei like that. "She's um... really pretty. And stuff." Both of them blushing, etc.
Problems: Gendo has Adam, and none of them know that. Lilith's real body is all the way down in Terminal Dogma. Misato & Rei combined can get them down there, maybe.
'Are you going to shoot me too?' scene with Misato, Rei, Kaworu. Shinji and Asuka explain to Misato what's going on, have to carefully talk her down from insisting that Kaworu die right away. Kaworu annoys Rei by agreeing with Misato about it. Misato realizes the thing Kaji says he brought Gendo from Germany must be Adam. (She remembers/explains that after they got back together, he explained why he ran off when Gaghiel attacked, to apologize to her.) [[Yes, I planned the 'Are you going to shoot me too?' moment that far back. When I told him about it, my first beta described that scene as 'brutal'. He liked it. ]]
Rei and Kaworu unsure if trying the plan will work w/o Adam's body. Rei is mostly sure Gendo can't/won't try his Impact w/o her. (Without Lilith's soul, Gendo would have no control of the process, his own soul being inadequate to the task. No one would have control. Possible desperation move for him, to trigger it anyhow?)
Rei III tells S&A what she is, reveals Gendo's plan. Kaworu tells what he is, how meeting Rei and seeing S&A reconfirmed his desire not to end the Lilim. Asks them to kill him before he can't stop himself from going to Terminal Dogma. S&A don't like that. Rei really, really doesn't like that. Gets angry at Kaworu for even asking. Kaworu confused. Shinji looks at Asuka. "Was I this clueless?" "Yes, you were, baka. I love you anyhow." ~chu~
After R&K tell them all they know, Asuka comes up with the 'End The War' plan. Everyone discusses, gives the veto to Shinji, because he's the one they all trust. Shinji awkward and worried at everyone's trust in him. Asuka reassures him, she believes in him, etc. Positive feedback loop.
The Plan: Asuka points out Gendo's plan involves Adam's body fused to his own Lilim one being merged with Lilith's body, using Rei (half-Lilim, half-Lilith DNA, Lilith's soul) as an intermediary/buffer/control circuit. If they can replicate this under the joint, willing control of Rei and Kaworu, they can short-circuit both SEELE and Gendo's plans, satisfying Complementation enough to make any further Impact Events impossible. Kaworu (Adam's soul + Lilim & Adam DNA) and Rei III (Lilith's soul + Lilith & Lilim DNA) and Lilith's body provide 3/4 of the needed pieces to trigger a controlled Third Impact, where Rei can force a partial Complementation for Kaworu, relieving him of the compulsion to fuse with Adam and erasing the Call. Kaworu is fully on-board, because it lets Shinji and all his (Kaworu's) friends live, and... he's not at all opposed to being with Rei like that. "She's um... really pretty. And stuff." Both of them blushing, etc.
Problems: Gendo has Adam, and none of them know that. Lilith's real body is all the way down in Terminal Dogma. Misato & Rei combined can get them down there, maybe.
'Are you going to shoot me too?' scene with Misato, Rei, Kaworu. Shinji and Asuka explain to Misato what's going on, have to carefully talk her down from insisting that Kaworu die right away. Kaworu annoys Rei by agreeing with Misato about it. Misato realizes the thing Kaji says he brought Gendo from Germany must be Adam. (She remembers/explains that after they got back together, he explained why he ran off when Gaghiel attacked, to apologize to her.) [[Yes, I planned the 'Are you going to shoot me too?' moment that far back. When I told him about it, my first beta described that scene as 'brutal'. He liked it.
]]Rei and Kaworu unsure if trying the plan will work w/o Adam's body. Rei is mostly sure Gendo can't/won't try his Impact w/o her. (Without Lilith's soul, Gendo would have no control of the process, his own soul being inadequate to the task. No one would have control. Possible desperation move for him, to trigger it anyhow?)
You can see that things changed, though a lot of elements stayed as planned years ago. Rei and Kaworu's relationship wasn't quite as advanced as it has developed now, and Rei IV did not yet exist.
