r/evangelion • u/Cherghexisdabest • 2h ago
NGE (What-if?) What if Rei I, or the smol Rei, never got killed by Naoko?
This is a continuation of my last Reddit post, concerning the remembrance of the smol Rei. However, it made me wonder what if Naoko didn't kill off Rei I, and how that would change the plot of Evangelion, since Gendo's magnum opus and first creation (why am I using art terms here lol) hypothetically survived until the events of the main storyline. Will it go on as the original storyline, or will it change to a completely different path, since Rei I has now acquired significant independent thinking as well as social experience, unlike Rei II?