I churned through a lengthy thread on the Eyrie board, just to get a feel for it, and I noticed people mentioning the "other" infamous new pilots of EVA fanfics. ("How about Tom Dyron?" "I'll trump that with Raiu!" "Just so long as I'm not reminded of Issei...")
Still, it was sort of interesting to see Eyrie fans in action (although I had faint, occasional thoughts that I was seeing them in denial as well...) I once heard somebody say that Eyrie works amount to well-produced action movies. They may not be successfuly deep, but they're well-made (although you *do* have to face the goofy meter pegging on high...)
As for the occasional comments about wanting to take part in the MSTing of NXE--well, don't we all? My own impressions of the story are ambiguously mixed, ranging between head-shaking and measured appreciation, but even I've thought of riffs in idle moments. I'd be interested in commenting on the somehow less than geopolitically sound treatment of Canada.