by Qyot27 » Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:32 pm
I don't see why this is so surprising; there were lots of things about the first Rebuild that strongly hinted (especially in dialogue, which that screenshot above partially shows) that something a little fishy is going on. The idea of the world being cyclical and all...heck, it's [not really, but suspect] that there's a bit of RE:TAKE in there. Especially the 'two different Asukas' idea. They'd never openly admit that, though.
I think most that had watched the original simply approach Rebuild not as a retelling of the original, but as a totally alternate universe (without the lolwut? factor of the other spinoffs/AUs); whether it ties itself back to EoE is just icing on the cake.