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Anyway, travel between these parallel universes is entirely possible with Evangelion technology, with high level Angels or FAR being able to do so whenever they please, as alternate dimensions are a key part of how Impacts work. However, travel between them for other beings is not possible due to the sheer strength of an AT field that is required to survive the trip with your soul. With this in mind, Kaworu(from Rebuild) could have traveled to plenty of other dimensions and met plenty of other Shinjis before he became involved with the events of 2.0 and 3.0. Theoretically there is even a universe where they 3rd Impact never happened and they built a life together.  This theory also allows for the concept “Quantum Rei” which I believe is meant to explain the momentary appearance of Rei in the anime before Sachiel almost steps on Shinji. There is no evidence to suggest this Rei had a soul, she could have been any one of the thousands of mindless clones from Gendo’s labs, so pushing her through an inter-dimensional portal wouldn’t have affected her in the slightest. All in all, Multiverse Theory is able to explain the Eva Universe in much greater detail than Loop Theory, while still following all the rules of time and space that Loop Theory tends to disregard. As a side note, Japanese forums following Anno’s 3.0+1.0 lantern took special attention to explain to anyone who suggested it how absurd loop theory really is. I feel we’d make much more progress in solving any mysteries left in this fandom if we could collectively abandon Loop Theory, and dedicate more time towards helping others understand the wonders of Evangelion. It’s a beautiful world and I’d hate to see it wasted away by people obsessed with proving Loop Theory.

The Rebuild of Evangelion movie collection contains several remakes of old Angels. The same mighty goliaths we saw in NGE have been reimagined with far greater power, with classics like Sachiel, Ramiel, and Zeruel playing key roles in the plot. After the timeskip of 15 years, following the defeat of Angel #10, the first Angel we encounter in battle is #12 which is promptly eaten. Like a giant jawbreaker. There was no #11 Angel mentioned. Nothing. Everyone seems to assume it's already dead, to which I have one response... I STRONGLY DISAGREE! In 3.0 during Kaworu and Shinji's blastoff to cruising altitude, the Mark 09 is hijacked by an unknown force, Angelic in nature, and proceeds to start pounding it with lasers and fusing it's legs into the ship before Unit 02 intervenes. It proves to be indestructible as it adapts to any damage Asuka is able to perform, eventually forcing her to self destruct to try and kill it. This is not before this "unknown" Angel attempts to hack into the ship and retake control. There is only ONE Angel in NGE with computer skills, and guess what number he is? #11, Iruel! What was it's first method of attack? Using a dummy body without legs or a head, just like the Mark 09 became during it's attack. Then, if you look at the symbols that appear in Rei's hijacked entry plug, mathematical formulas appear, something most closely associated with computer code and machine thinking. Is Iruel dead? God no. If you look at the 4.0 trailer at the end of 3.0 you'll see the hundred billion giant robots (possibly FAR bodies, possible Rebuild MPE's (you can make a lot in 15 years.)) either way, their fighting style consists of working of a collective, and deploying a MASSIVE AT field as a group. These giants are essentially Mega Iruel, with entire MPEs/FAR in place of microchip circuitry. That's pretty scary. Iruel has effectively become the strongest Angel EVER at this point. He has full control of thousands of war machines whereas the country of Japan had THREE. He also has the ability to retake control of the most powerful ship on Earth in a few moments. Rebuild has Iruel, and he will mess you up.

This one is about AT fields, what they're probably made of, and why things like a Prog Knife or the Positron Laser Cannon can penetrate it. After checking my idea with fiendswithbenefits to make sure I wasn't making some kind of ridiculous claim (because I'm not a physicist), I am now able to present you with: The Making of the AT Field. As most of you probably know, the AT Field is a near invincible barrier wielded by Angels and Evangelions, although less extensively by the latter. Explosives and N2 mines are practically useless against the field, requiring an Evangelion Prog knife to penetrate it. Up until now, most of you probably didn't think such a thing was possible with modern technology. Although we lack the ability to form an AT field at this time, we can investigate what it's composed of and why it works as it does. During research for a previous post on pocket dimensions, a unique particle known as a positron was frequently mentioned. Described as the antimatter form of an electron, a positron is a positively charged particle, which upon contact with electrons, destroys both itself and the electron. With this in mind, all materials that are relevant to this contain electrons, including missiles, bullets, N2 mines/bombs, and Evangelion fists. So, when these things collide with the AT field, their electrons are destroyed and they fall apart at an atomic level. The AT field doesn't suffer this effect due to the fact that the Angel's S2 engines most likely produce a constant supply of positrons, rendering these weapons useless due to the small number of positrons they destroy. The Evangelion Prog Knife is a different story, capable of cleaving away layers of positrons with each slash. This is most likely due to the blade being heavily charged with electrons, giving it the "vibrating" effect noted by Kensuke in the early episodes. This is due to the fast movement of the excited electrons, resulting in the very material of the blade appearing as if it's moving. This also applies to the bayonet on Mari's rifle used against Zeruel, and the bolts that particular weapon fires. The Progressive effect doesn't apply to Evangelion standard rifles, miniguns, or various other pointy tools seen in the series and films. The positron rifle was able to penetrate Ramiel's field due to it's blast being made of positrons as well, allowing it to slip through the AT field and anhiallate a chunk of it's S2 engine. The Evangelion AT field is the perfect counter to those used by the Angels, due to them being made of the same substance. Imagine two small soap bubbles combining into one larger bubble, although not a perfect example, it provides a similar image to how Evangelions are able to penetrate most Angelic AT fields. It's interesting that this method was not attempted on Zeruel, as at no point in the fight did Mari attempt to activate Unit 02's field. Whether or not it would have been successful due to the sheer number of positrons in it's field remains a mystery. In the real world, positrons are made by beta decay in laboratory experiments but are usually destroyed almost immediately by surrounding electrons. Experiments with them have been conducted in the Large Hadron Collider, and due to the ways we have discovered in producing positrons, it gives us insight on the type of reactions occurring in S2 engines. The laser weapons are likely projected beams of positrons, explaining how they can rip through things such as the Geofront Pyramid with relative ease. Where the primary weapon of the Angels may have seemed like magic at the time, I hope this sheds some light on how very real some of these concepts are, and the terror they could wreck in the wrong hands. Evangelion is not something to be taken lightly, especially when such technology may already be in our grasp. Even such things as the S2 engine may someday become a reality, and with it the potential for Angels.

As per my crappy norm, there won't be any pictures... Sorry. I'm also not a physicist but I'm trying my best to explain concepts that are probably 3 years ahead of my science class. I am almost guaranteed to get something wrong (concerning the Leliel part. Not the rest.) , so please correct me if I do. I think I'll start with the most well known, and simple example of a pocket dimension, the 12th Angel Leliel. Regarded as a Dirac Sea, an alternate description is simply a pocket dimension that is devoid of matter, and in this case, replaced with antimatter. The reason this is considered a pocket dimension, by my standards, is that it is contained within the shadow of Leliel, and the opening being composed by an inverted AT field indistinguishable from Leliel's body. I'm not confident in this paragraph at all, but I'm putting it here for science. Another example of a more impressive pocket dimension is the one seen in Rebuild 3rd Impact. Prior to reaching Radiant Giant status, Unit 01 began forming the Failures of Infinity from the core of Zeruel. These creatures are artificial FAR, composed entirely out of material from the Fruit of Life, and require only a human soul to ascend to God Status. For those of you whose Eva Archaeology is hazy, each Moon, Black or White, possesses a pocket dimension containing the souls designated to their particular race. Black carries Human souls, White carries Angels. During the process of making the Failures, Unit 01 opened one of these dimensions, and another lies open over the Antarctic desolation. Given that 3rd Impact happened inside the Black Moon, and that Human souls were needed to complete the Failures, we can conclude that Unit 01 opened the human dimension, and the Angel dimension is over Antarctica. Given that Kaworu interrupted 3rd impact by putting Unit 01 in stasis with Cassius, the Failures were not physically completed, no human souls were ever released, and a giant bloody Rei head was left with a bunch of red Unit 01's reaching for it. In 3.0 the process continues again with 3rd Impact part 2. I call it that because, it's just finishing 3rd Impact, it's not doing anything different enough to warrant a new # in my book. As soon as Unit 013 escapes Terminal Dogma, or favorite red portal reopens, Giant Rei Head explodes, and the Failures are completed, immediately screaming their heads off as they float in the vortex around Unit 013. However, once again the Impact is stopped before any human souls can be released, which means giant feral Unit 01 replicas numbering in the hundreds. These can then be seen in the short 4.0 preview being fought by a hodgepodge of Units 02 and 08. The results of 3rd Impact part 2 on Antarctica and the Angel portal are unknown. A final pocket dimension is seen near the end of EOE 3rd Impact, where Reilith draws all human souls into massive holes in her hands, as Shinji had in Unit 01. Given that all humans are being gathered into a giant collective, devoid of individuals, it can be assumed that this is EOE's human portal. With the death of Reilith however, the pocket dimension was left open, and souls spilled into the Orange Sea covering Earth. This allowed any and all humans the chance to reform as Shinji did should they have the will to do so. Getting into the symbolimplosion, the pocket dimension for humans is essentially Heaven, with human souls being recycled as they die. However, you have no mind to think or feel with, and you simply exist. After death and before Rebirth you would be little more than a mindless shade, like the ghosts of Asphodel in Greek mythology. fiendswithbenefits

If you think about it, NGE can kind of be categorized as a religion. We have our messiah (Shinji), our holy book (in visual form no less), and our various factions that more or less despise one another. Example: I support the "Orthodox" faction, meaning literal interpretation, Evascience, and logic. Then there's the religious fanatics who go ballistic if you don't support the symbolism with all your heart. Just an observation.