what I believe about NGE is correct and everyone else is wrong about it, unless they agree with me, in which case I concede that their read is fundamentally correct but lacks a certain nuance I bring to the table
i am just a museum of everyone i've ever loved. the exhibits are in my head and in my heart and on my skin. they are the thoughts that keep me awake at night and the memories that keep me going. we are in the process of building a new wing, and we hope you pardon our progress, and we hope to see you again once it's completed
okay, be ready for a seriously unhinged post inspired by this post, BUT
you could TOTALLY write a barbie/signalis crossover
okay, hear me out the building blocks are there, you have a people (barbie&ken/replikas) who are not real people (dolls/androids), living in a fake world (barbieland/ariane's dream of sierpinski) who are modeled after real people (ehhh kinda? theyre supposed to model women of their respective times/we KNOW the replikas are modeled after people)
there's an original one (the first barbie/the first replika, we can even spin this around to refer to the original Elster, LSTR-512) and there were various new versions that all differed a little in form and/or function (again, newer Barbies/different replika models)
also, imagine Adler refering to Sierpinski as his "Mojo Dojo Casa Mining Facility"
okay this is where my train of thought stops, but I'm sure there's more you can add here