What Is Lilith’s Personality?

Hey everyone

I decided to think about one thing that has interested me for a while-what is Lilith’s personality?

spoilers ahead

As we know, Angels have souls. Although the topic of souls in Evangelion is not fully explained, it still exists. We know that Kaworu is the carrier of Adam’s soul, the First Angel.

My theory about Kaworu

You know, I think that Kaworu is Adam. He can control Unit-02, he has an AT Field, and Angels, as we know, control them very well.

My theory is that since Kaworu is Adam, the First Angel, he retained his personality and simply began to study the new world-the world of Lilith’s descendants. We can see how Kaworu fell in love with music. In the original he only talked about music, but in the Rebuild he even played an instrument. I see this as Adam, as a higher being, studying humans and their culture, which Angels don’t have.

Angels have immortality, but they are not very intelligent. Humans have intelligence, but they are mortal. Finding himself in a human body, Adam decided to study them. Maybe it sounds a bit poetic or strange, but God decided to sacrifice himself for the sake of humans. Kaworu sacrifices himself for humans and for Shinji.

I don’t know exactly why Kaworu became so attached to Shinji. Maybe it was pity, or maybe he saw something in Shinji. I’ve heard somewhere that for Shinji, Kaworu was his ideal, his “best version”. And for Kaworu, Shinji was simply a kind person with whom he was able to talk normally for the first time.

What about Lilith?

As for Lilith, I believe that her soul was divided into two parts: one in Unit-00, and the other in Ayanami Rei.

Throughout the original series we see three Ayanami Rei. The first Rei (Rei I) was a child and was quickly strangled by Ritsuko’s mother. Rei II is the one we spend almost the entire series with. Only in episode 23 does Rei II die. Rei II was learning, began to feel, to love, to understand. Shinji was kind to her. Sacrificing himself and destroying Unit-00, we soon see Rei III.

Rei III is quite unemotional, calm, and understands that she is the third. She also has her own AT Field, and as we know, Angels control it better than humans. In addition, Rei III immediately realized that something was wrong with Kaworu. It was as if Adam and Lilith met in human bodies in episode 24, and Lilith was not happy to see Adam.

Adam and Lilith

I think that Lilith and Adam are enemies. Angels are essentially an alternative species. Their ships were not supposed to land on the same planet, but this mistake happened, and the children of Adam (Angels) and the children of Lilith (Lilins) clashed in a battle for survival.

We don’t know what would have happened if the Angels had carried out the Third Impact, but most likely humans would not have died, but would have turned into Angels. Humanity as a species would have perished, and Angels would have become the dominant (and possibly the only) species on Earth.

Conclusion

Sorry, I myself cannot give a precise answer to the topic of this post. Perhaps Lilith is virtue, and that is why she decided to help Shinji in “The End of Evangelion” and rejected Gendo. Lilith decided to give people a choice, and it was up to Ikari Shinji-the one who was kind to her and the one who himself needs kindness-to decide.

I know the post may have turned out strange, but the topic itself is strange and little explored, so it came out this way.

What do you think about this? Share your thoughts and theories-I’ll be glad to read your comments.