You're very welcome! And thanks for your interesting thoughts. I assumed his son was dead...there's a feeling of things that have passed and ended in the interactions and dialogue among the living. And there'd be at least mention of a visit (or even a scene) if he wasn't dead.
I realized why I was so surprised that Jack had been married when I read mitethe's comment above...they are so cut off from the real world that it felt odd that they had any kind of normalcy before. Rei certainly didn't. We learned that he was almost always alone and alienated.
I can see your point about Jack's interest in Rei being more fatherly, especially since the original novels are from what I understand more or less hard SF. But...I certainly won't object to any intentional emphasis Gonzo may have added in the relationship. :D In the end though, the OVA and manga (and thus perhaps the novels) seem to have fairly different feels and focuses I don't really tie them that closely together.
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Date: 2005-03-16 07:30 am (UTC)I realized why I was so surprised that Jack had been married when I read mitethe's comment above...they are so cut off from the real world that it felt odd that they had any kind of normalcy before. Rei certainly didn't. We learned that he was almost always alone and alienated.
I can see your point about Jack's interest in Rei being more fatherly, especially since the original novels are from what I understand more or less hard SF. But...I certainly won't object to any intentional emphasis Gonzo may have added in the relationship. :D In the end though, the OVA and manga (and thus perhaps the novels) seem to have fairly different feels and focuses I don't really tie them that closely together.