A question about Rei and her status of being sterile and not bleeding.

Is this a fact, or was one of the medications causing it? I mean they REALLY wouldn't want Rei to have a period with hormones, or have the chance to accidentally reproduce.

And them being dicks about it with "Oh, sorry. You're not really a woman." instead of "You're on insane levels of Birth Control" would be very much like what they would do in canon.


it's not like she's been off her meds for 2 months yet, and there have been times that someone who was medicated took months before their cycle started back up properly.


I mean, did we see an x-ray of Rei showing no female parts? Rei 3 had the magic organ replace her womb yes, but this is Rei 2.
 
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A question about Rei and her status of being sterile and not bleeding.

Is this a fact, or was one of the medications causing it?
Based on the various character notes, it is not the medications. They're psychosuppressives, not super-birth control. Otherwise, Asuka wouldn't have recognized them. And Strypgia's mentioned that Rei's got a 'high possibility (of being) completely sterile' before.
EDIT: Or the author could be giving us an in-depth explanation very soon.
 
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She did mention "hormonal contraceptives" in amongst all the assorted tranqullisers etc, though. I'm not sure what would happen if you put a girl who hadn't entered puberty on those, but they are prescribed for irregular periods so they would have some effect.
 
Uh Strypgia? I'm rereading the fic and I have to ask is this:

Asuka ground her teeth. 'Fucking great! Shinji and I finally go all the way once, and now we're going to get cockblocked every waking minute by Wondergirl?! How the Hell are we supposed to find time to be together? Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! At least this isn't a full physical. Even doctor dye-job here would notice I'm suddenly missing a little something since last check! Hmm, on that thought...' "Fine! And you're a doctor, so can I get some damn medicine, then?"

about Asuka not knowing how a hymen works? Or is about Shinji and Asuka humping so much it's unmistakable that she has had sex recently?

Edit: Also I made a mistake of clicking on that piece of music you left in Character Notes #14 and now I want to listen to Braveheart's Main Theme again.
 
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Uh Strypgia? I'm rereading the fic and I have to ask is this:



about Asuka not knowing how a hymen works? Or is about Shinji and Asuka humping so much it's unmistakable that she has had sex recently?

Edit: Also I made a mistake of clicking on that piece of music you left in Character Notes #14 and now I want to listen to Braveheart's Main Theme again.
In all honesty if during a pubic exam(unlikely, she's a teen), or more likely some-kind of advanced scanner, they found that her Hymen had been torn, they'd probably chalk it up to her active life style that involves combat training or her delivering a stunning high to someone who probably doesn't deserve it, rather than sexual activity.
 
In all honesty if during a pubic exam(unlikely, she's a teen), or more likely some-kind of advanced scanner, they found that her Hymen had been torn, they'd probably chalk it up to her active life style that involves combat training or her delivering a stunning high to someone who probably doesn't deserve it, rather than sexual activity.

Because Asuka is in any way stable or reasonable enough to come to this conclusion at that point in time.~
 
Yea, she might not think that girls tear it all the time from other actions....Given that's number one in her mind at that moment. :p

And the hormonal contraceptives comment is why I asked that question.
 
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I have no clue said:
If you love some one, then set them free.
If S/he returns to you then they are yours to keep.
If they find somebody else, then explain to that some body what you will do with this shovel we have given you.
 
Character Notes #75 - Rei's Infertility
A question about Rei and her status of being sterile and not bleeding.

Is this a fact, or was one of the medications causing it? I mean they REALLY wouldn't want Rei to have a period with hormones, or have the chance to accidentally reproduce.

And them being dicks about it with "Oh, sorry. You're not really a woman." instead of "You're on insane levels of Birth Control" would be very much like what they would do in canon.

it's not like she's been off her meds for 2 months yet, and there have been times that someone who was medicated took months before their cycle started back up properly.

I mean, did we see an x-ray of Rei showing no female parts? Rei 3 had the magic organ replace her womb yes, but this is Rei 2.
Based on the various character notes, it is not the medications. They're psychosuppressives, not super-birth control. Otherwise, Asuka wouldn't have recognized them. And Strypgia's mentioned that Rei's got a 'high possibility (of being) completely sterile' before.
EDIT: Or the author could be giving us an in-depth explanation very soon.
She did mention "hormonal contraceptives" in amongst all the assorted tranqullisers etc, though. I'm not sure what would happen if you put a girl who hadn't entered puberty on those, but they are prescribed for irregular periods so they would have some effect.
Ok, let me try to untangle my half-assed planning and the fact I made that scene up on the fly as I wrote it. The entire 'Rei, drugs, and detoxing' plot arc was unplanned.

So, series canon has Rei mentioning in her trippy internal-monologue in Episode 14 that she doesn't bleed:
Blood... The smell of blood. A woman who never bleeds.
It's not really clear what it is referring to. Certainly, Rei has been seen to "bleed" normal human blood from wounds (she doesn't just have LCL running through her veins). So the common assumption is that Rei does not menstruate. I've been writing on that idea, anyhow. My working reasoning is that a combination of clone-body shenanigans and Lilith's genetic material not being fully compatible with Homo Sapiens leaves Rei a mule: Her organs are present and partly functional, but no good as far as being able to bear children. The hormonal contraceptives are unnecessary for that end, but included for regulating the other hormonal surges that go with having a body that is physically 14.

(This is also the monologue where Rei mentions hating the color red. In A&T, this no longer applies, and she's becoming rather fond of it, in one particular shade, at least. :) )

At this point Rei has been off her meds for almost 3 months. Her hormonal levels are pretty much up to where they should be normally. She's also off all the emotion-suppressing and dissociative drugs for the first time in her life. The combination of these things has lead to her previous experiments with Kensuke and her falling in love with Shinji and Asuka. So Rei is utterly awash in intense feelings right now. Hence things like her strong reaction to Kaworu's thought about getting in close to Shinji or Asuka. Rei is a barely-chained goddess as it is. Now she's off her chain, and has a cause: There is nothing in the world as important to Rei right now as 'Protect Shinji and Asuka. Instrumentality be damned.'

Oh, and Rei II or III? Same body, I'm afraid. They're both just clones from the Reiquarium. No significant physical differences. Assuming that even happens here. You think Shinji and Asuka wouldn't move Heaven and Earth to protect their beloved friend? She's not going to be left fighting Armisael alone like in canon, that's for sure.
about Asuka not knowing how a hymen works? Or is about Shinji and Asuka humping so much it's unmistakable that she has had sex recently?

Edit: Also I made a mistake of clicking on that piece of music you left in Character Notes #14 and now I want to listen to Braveheart's Main Theme again.
Never heard that one before? Listen to the rest of The Planets. Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn are fantastic.

In this case, it would mostly be 'Asuka is paranoid that Doctor Akagi would notice her hymen is very gone, and it was there last time NERV gave her a full physical', with some 'It's reeeeeally obvious I've had sex lately'.


Anyhow, next section 95% done. Just needs a couple of closing lines and a beta check, so we should be up sometime in the next 24 hours.
 
In this case, it would mostly be 'Asuka is paranoid that Doctor Akagi would notice her hymen is very gone, and it was there last time NERV gave her a full physical', with some 'It's reeeeeally obvious I've had sex lately'.
lucky for Asuka, there are aparently ways to go around that....
a gap or something....i'm not sure...
 
:wtf:o_O
Never heard that one before? Listen to the rest of The Planets. Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn are fantastic.

In this case, it would mostly be 'Asuka is paranoid that Doctor Akagi would notice her hymen is very gone, and it was there last time NERV gave her a full physical', with some 'It's reeeeeally obvious I've had sex lately'.


Anyhow, next section 95% done. Just needs a couple of closing lines and a beta check, so we should be up sometime in the next 24 hours.
Um Strypgia did you run your hymen statement by Lilith Prime first? Last I checked a hymen is a piece of skin that doesn't cover the whole of a vagina ,can be moved by having sex instead of being torn during it and it grows back if torn.

Also I have heard that music many times. Each time I do I end up on Braveheart Main Theme afterwards.

Edit: Wait did you mean that Asuka thinks her hymen is gone? Because that just makes Asuka's life even more depressing if nobody explained how a woman's body works to her and she has been cribbing her own knowledge on the topic from her environment instead of being taught it.
 
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So far as I am aware, the only way to conclusively prove a girl isn't a virgin is if she's pregnant. Apparently whoever gave Asuka The Talk either didn't know this or kept it to themselves for fear of giving her ideas.
 
@Strypgia
You get a like just for your taste in music. The second movement of Jupiter was my high school's senior night anthem. I still have my trumpet music for it.

And those who insult Mars shall not leave my presence under their own power.
 
At 5'7", I used to feel tall.

Thanks to hanging wth @Strypgia in a chat full of Americans I am now made to feel tiny. :/

(Also holy shit SHinji, I was 5'3" ish when I was your age.)
 
Aside from sex, Hymens can be torn due to various physical activities. Examples are dancing, stretching, yoga, cycling, gymnastics, and equitation (Horseback Riding). Even pap smears are known to break hymens.

So far as I am aware, the only way to conclusively prove a girl isn't a virgin is if she's pregnant. Apparently whoever gave Asuka The Talk either didn't know this or kept it to themselves for fear of giving her ideas.

Depends on your definition of virginity. There are instances of pregnancy occurring even without penetration. Sperm anywhere near the vaginal canal can make their way into the womb and induce fertilization. Sperm cells are tough bastards, able to live 3-5 days within the female body, which depending on the ovulation cycle, can cause pregnancy, hence why natural contraceptive method is generally unreliable.

Who knew that taking up psychology would have us being forced to take a comprehensive sexual education program? My only regret is having teenagers as classmates. Those puerile giggles and snickers were very annoying.
 
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Edit: Wait did you mean that Asuka thinks her hymen is gone? Because that just makes Asuka's life even more depressing if nobody explained how a woman's body works to her and she has been cribbing her own knowledge on the topic from her environment instead of being taught it.
When you think about it, that probably didn't happen anyway. The only person Asuka would have been willing to talk to about that kind of thing committed suicide.

And those who insult Mars shall not leave my presence under their own power.
I hope loving this doesn't count as insulting it.
 
When you think about it, that probably didn't happen anyway. The only person Asuka would have been willing to talk to about that kind of thing committed suicide.


I hope loving this doesn't count as insulting it.

How can it, when they recognize its power?
My high school marching band played the main theme of Mars at least 5 times every football game. Between the trumpet, baritone, and sousaphone, I have played that sunovagun 200+ times.



Feel better, my friend. I'm a five foot tall American.

Ah, a fellow marcher. o7
 
For those who might not understand how hymens work (briefly explained):



Also, Rei/Shinji/Asuka is still my OTP.

I don't care what anyone says, IT COULD HAPPEN!

IT WILL HAPPEN!

GIVE IT TIME!
 
For those who might not understand how hymens work (briefly explained):



Also, Rei/Shinji/Asuka is still my OTP.

I don't care what anyone says, IT COULD HAPPEN!

IT WILL HAPPEN!

GIVE IT TIME!

Was it really necessary to put up an educational video for what a hymen is? Is Sufficient Velocity that bad with sex ed?

PS. Love your profile pic. I wish Legacy of Kain was able to wrap up it's story.
 
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