You're right. I should have stated as a disclaimer that I don't put any stock in animated character development because, well, they're cartoons, which is why I've always prefered movie versions of anime stories than their televised, OVA releases. Could you imagine if Independence Day was a 30 episode or so series? "Yawn" Give me the story short and quick 'cause it's bloody fiction, not historical analysis.
Besides, I have ADD and can't sit through that stuff anyway.
Also, my idea was to get the newbie up to speed as quickly as possible, and what better way to do that than to watch the DYRL and 'PLUS movies...
As for trading sights on Lucy's womanhood for VF-11 action, did you just finish watching Brokeback Mountain or something? Just kidding. Actually I agree with that too. It pained me to see that stuff cut from the movie version. I had always contended that the final version should have contained the extra action footage of the OVA, while including the tweaks of the movie version and.......Lucy's breasts, but alas.
Oh and don't worry Mowe, Lucy's the type of girl that has plenty of action to go around...