匿名 sent a message:Do you know/have any theories as to the pills that Ayanami has to take in the series? Are they to stave off flaws in her clone-body, since the AT-Field can't hold her together? To regulate her behavior? I know Ritsuko only implies the answer in the manga, and it's not even touched upon in the anime.
circuitbird replied with:I assume they are to keep her alive somehow. It would be symbolically appropriate, if the A.T. Field is representative of the ego, for Rei’s to be in a state of progressive failure and to require constant maintenance. She has no sense of self beyond that which is dictated to her, and so her identity is prescribed and regimented much like medication.
