What was her endgame?

Bump for interest

>>160980276
To become as gods

>>160980276
Relieve her son of his virginity.

>>160981724
I thought she was looking out for Shinji but I can't tell if she actually wanted to go through with instrumentality or not.

>>160982255
Haaaa

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>>160980276
Give her son whatever world he wanted to live in, preserve a record of humanity no matter what he chose.

>>160982622
How did she know Shinji would ultimately be given the choice? Also, isn't the manga a separate continuity?

>>160982921
Because Unit 1 is necessary and she made Shinji necessary to Unit 1. There's no fucking way she planned everything turning out exactly how it did, but she did make her boy's decisions critically important to it all, and he was making decisions that impacted all of the plot the whole time.

to float through the galaxy forever

>>160983330
That makes sense, but was Eva-1 necessary for instrumentality? There were multiple methods if I remember correctly