On Tue, 2 Dec 1997, Chan Wei Lik wrote:

Good, good.
After reading this, I had a nasty idea.
How about Gendo as the unlucky test pilot who got absorbed and Yui as the
head of NERV instead?

SEELE wins. Gendou, despite everyone disliking him, is the only thing that
opposes SEELE's plans. It's even mentioned in a latter episode that SEELE
likes Yui, probably because they consider her naive. 

- Tom