Seriously, 90% of my pageviews come from people wondering what an LCL fetish is. My turn-ons are maids, red glasses (which I found released by GAINAX in Illustrous style), and etc etc, by the way.
An LCL fetish is a sexual affinity for being submerged in the fictional fluid LCL (Link Connect Fluid as described by the manga, but apparently not so by the Red Cross Book), which is a required but dangerous part of piloting the gargantuan EVA units. It gives off the smell of blood, apparently, and is likened to primordial soup, the stuff from which the first life on Earth theoretically sprang. Through it, as the manga anagram suggests, the pilots connect with the EVA by means of something like electromagnetic pulse (I might be thinking of something else) after the entry plug is filled up with it. It’s notably absent in several situations, and is supposedly used to bathe the EVAs in storage. The pilots can breathe through it, see through it, and it seems to not be made of water, otherwise prolonged exposure would perhaps break down the internal cockpit systems by way of gradual corrosion. It does, however, corrode in some sense demonstrated by Shinji’s sudden “evaporation” at the hands of a fully activated EVA-01, and thus represents the danger part. I would think that the life support system the EVAs utilize works through some application of LCL. Mari Illustrious Makinami seems to enjoy the smell of LCL (blood), and is able to distinguish Shinji from the rest due to his constant dousing. I guess that just means she’s constantly horny while piloting.
I thought I’d just address that. Here’s to the shortest post in this blog’s history.
