- Location
- Canada
Fixed. Thank you for telling me.
Advice and Trust [NGE]
Fixed. Thank you for telling me.
TsukikoHime
CEO of yuri
- Location
- that one gay idol magical girl show
There's way too much I've missed while I've been away from SV, but I absolutely called the context for the "shoot me too?" quote and even though I was totally certain, it's still neat to be right
- Location
- United States
Misato would have needed months for something like this to have gone anywhere remotely well. Considering the current timeframe, i.e SEELE is trying to start their endgame and Gendo is about a week from his, they did not have the time for "subtle" or "delicate." The group probably planned around this because while they didn't know the extent Misato's hate, they do know the source via Kaworu and Yui. All thing said, the response went rather well, since it seems she only fired once.
- Location
- Up A Creek
...I'm not sure that was rage. Or rather, not just rage.
Misato walks in, gets completely blindsided by proof that one of her kids' closest friends is actually an Angel. Which can probably rip the entire building apart with a thought, block all her bullets with a casual laugh.
If she were calmer about the Angels, Kaworu's demeanor here might cause her to pause and reflect. But even without a massive hate-boner for Angels, just seeing that, completely unbraced for it...
Only one chance take the shot fast maybe catch it by surprise BANG.
Reacting the way Misato did doesn't require blind hatred. Just some justifiable paranoia and a sharp poke in the Mama Bear reflexes.
The fact that her hatred probably also caused whatever small section of her mind was working to put together all the pieces to jump to the assumption that Kaworu must have been weasling his way into her kids' confidences just to set them all up, and he's "confessing" to her like this just to gloat... well, that just made her reaction more inevitable.
I've had conversations like this. Well, not this, but... I'm not sure there was a much better way. Trying to take it slow and ease Misato into it... either she's going to get pissed by them beating around the bush when it's late and she's exhausted, or when they're partway there she puts the wrong pieces together and jumps to the worst concluBANG.
Shinji: "Does it affect the safety of the people I care about? B/c otherwise IDGAF."
Yeah. Shinji's getting into that headspace.
There's an old Japanese(?) story I recall hearing once. Short version: the Emperor was old and frail, and the strongest of the warlords who served him was starting to consider himself for the Emperor's replacement. Word got around, and one day the Emperor invited the warlord to the Palace. And there, to take a walk in the garden together. Alone. With no guards.
While they walked, the Emperor professed that he was tired, and asked the warlord to carry his sword for him. Which the warlord did. And returned it at the end of their stroll, went back to his own lands, and was the Emperor's most loyal servant until the end of his life.
Now, I doubt Kaworu has heard this tale. But from my seat in the bleachers, he's in a similar headspace to the Emperor. Letting Misato have a free shot at him? Well, worst case, he dies, which would devastate his friends, but at least their safety would be assured. If he doesn't die, maybe his willingness to put his neck under Misato's sword gets through to her.
Trying to stand up to her, OTOH... at best, it leaves them in an unstable armed truce, with Misato just waiting for a chance to stab him in the back (before he does it to her or her kids first), and leaves the other Pilots (and NERV) with their loyalties divided at the worst possible time, when only a fully united front will give them any chance against SEELE.
"Hey, it worked against Superman!"
- Location
- Apocrypha
I'd be willing to bet that the next chapter is going to open with Asuka charging into the kitchen as fast as she can with an injured foot, brandishing her crutch like it's some kind of club, while screaming something to the effect of "You picked the wrong house, fool!"
And then she'll realize that it wasn't another assassin, just Misato shooting the resident rainbow trout.
Um. I just realized... this means that Asuka is going to walk in on her mother figure trying to kill one of 'her kids.' @Strypgia, are you trying to play bingo with everyone's past and present traumas?
Critian Caceorte
Currently Suffering from Space-Time Narcolepsy
- Location
- Washington State
Stryp: "Yes, yes, now I just need to include Makoto's obscure trauma regarding his dental bills and I'll have my double bingo! Take that Franklin!"
*Irritated Serviceman throws bingo board at Stryp*
Ranma-sensei
Sorcerer
- Location
- Citrix Receiver
- Pronouns
- Weatherdependent
Of course that's assuming that Rei didn't angle the field as to deflect the projectile into the ceiling.
Because, you know, since nobody lives there, it would be the savest place to let it hit.
Wixelt
NGE Fic plan 480 pages and counting...
- Location
- England, UK
- Pronouns
- He/They
Naturally, only then do we find out that someone just moved back in yesterday when there's a shriek of alarm from upstairs.
Ranma-sensei
Sorcerer
- Location
- Citrix Receiver
- Pronouns
- Weatherdependent
Eh, could be Section 2.
Matt R
Giant Robot Pilot
- Location
- North Dakota
"IF I HAVE TO DEAL WITH ONE! MORE! GOTTVERDAMMT..."
Asuka's rage deflated when she saw the scene before her.
She sighed.
"Scheiss, Tabby, how did I tell you that would go?"
"...About like this?"
"Yeah, no kidding. Pay up."
A sheepish Angel pulled a thousand yen note out of his pocket.
"What is the saying... 'Don't spend it all in one place?'" he added, handing it to Asuka.
Asuka huffed. "Small bill like this, it's hard not to."
A groggy Shinji stumbled into the room. "What's going... oh. Right."
"Didn't I tell them this would happen?"
"Yep. Did he pay up?"
Asuka waved the proof in the air.
And an increasingly bewildered Misato Katsuragi gaped in astonishment as the pistol slipped unnoticed from her fingers and fell on the floor.
"...beer?"
A can of Yebisu floated across the room to her, silently, carried on a small orange octagon.
Misato stared at it for a moment before wordlessly popping it open and downing it in one pull.
- Location
- supernatural
JimmyWolk I have this fanfic idea that's somewhat base on your Second Try and I would to like to know your thoughts on it.
I had idea for a post 3I fic that would be a fusion fic between Second Try and... Scar Tissue.
The Premise would be after the TI Asuka and Shinji mindsets are the same as their Scar Tissue versions but unlike Scar Tissue and like Second Try no one came back (at least for the first fourteen years to twenty years) and the fic would center around Aki growing up with a mother who's emotionally abusive to her father and Shinji being a broken man but she has no idea that is not normal due to not meeting any other people and when people come out of the Sea of LCL Aki starts to realize this. (also she would have a romance with Kensuke)
I had idea for a post 3I fic that would be a fusion fic between Second Try and... Scar Tissue.
The Premise would be after the TI Asuka and Shinji mindsets are the same as their Scar Tissue versions but unlike Scar Tissue and like Second Try no one came back (at least for the first fourteen years to twenty years) and the fic would center around Aki growing up with a mother who's emotionally abusive to her father and Shinji being a broken man but she has no idea that is not normal due to not meeting any other people and when people come out of the Sea of LCL Aki starts to realize this. (also she would have a romance with Kensuke)
- Location
- Chicago, IL
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Yeeeesh. I can see somebody maybe making a decent fic out of that, but I can also see myself not wanting to read it due to being too depressing.
- Location
- Germany
Well, I generally don't mind...
Buuut, yeah, kinda echoing @TheDarkFreak here. Could make an interesting story, and I'm usually all for more stories with focus on their kid(s) and in this case the other characters finding themselves suddenly confronted with those (and vice versa), and of course you're free to use the name/likeness...
But I don't know if I'd personally like to imagine "my" Aki in such a drear upringing - if she even could grow up to be a similar character at all then, rather than just mimicking her mother and being hurtful to Shinji because she doesn't know any better. Aki is who she is not the least because of having two (sometimes overly) doting parents showering her with love, after all.
Aaaand, as her spiritual father, I can't say I really want to think about "my child's" love life.
I sure hope the intention is that she's already at his age by the time he comes out of the soup...? >_>- Location
- Chicago, IL
Yeah, that was another thing that put me off, too. I wouldn't mind it so much if it was just Shinji's and Asuka's child. Different name, different universe and all that.
I'd want to read it less if it was Aki. Aki is our prickly idiots' hope-child of miracles, and Auntie Rei ain't gonna let shit happen to her, much less Mama Bear and Papa Wolf themselves.
He mentioned a 14-20 year time period before others start showing up, so most likely yes, although that could ironically wind up hitting the "yikes!" point in the other direction, if their kid winds up older.
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- Location
- Texas
Yeah, that's getting right to the point, really. If he wasn't just being manipulative and meant what he said, then Kaworu has learned from being a human and finds meaning in human life. If you assume at least some of the Angels were trying to communicate, then Kaworu is the first one to succeed.
And it doesn't hurt that as he said, Shinji has had disappointingly few people tell him they love him, and he isn't going to want to lose one of them.
And THERE is the Shinji that makes his Eva go berserk half the time. Asuka's Buddha also kicks butt.
Well, that's pretty much what I expected. You did a fantastic job of setting it up though. When I started the chapter, (and saw that pic) I entertained the notion that the assassin would blab, Misato would be convinced (after being hesitant at first) of her story that Kaworu was the Final Angel, and run to the apartment thinking the kids were in the dark about it. Misato being exhausted and angry, though, and Kaworu being unfortunate enough to be the only one waiting for her when she got home, and in his social ineptitude saying the exact wrong thing works too.
I am concerned Kaworu's death wish is so intense he set that up on purpose, but hopefully now Rei can talk Misato down. Well planned that you cut off Shinji and Asuka from being present, although I do expect them to respond to the gunshot. I can also see an Eighteenth Angel reference coming here, especially since I don't think we're sure how Misato put that together in the canon. (I assume Kaji or Ritsuko told her)
I'll add that with Misato's state of mind and that she has been given no explanation other than "Hi, how you doin', I'm an Angel. Sorry about your dad." Misato is NOT guaranteed to not "shoot Rei too". Which isn't how I took the original line, but promises to be more interesting.
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- Location
- Canada
I don't think I would want to read such a story. It did remind me of an idea I have for a fic. The setting would be post Evangelion that takes inspiration from "Nadesico Prince of Darkness."
BG_Character_592
The Fisherman
- Location
- Australia
The idea does have some intrigue to it. Normality is in the eye of the beholder, after all.
It's certainly a depressing idea, and dark fics aren't really my cup of tea, but develop it a bit more (maybe don't use Aki in name, as has been suggested) and I'd say you got a decent fic on your hands.
I'm not sure if it's good or bad I haven't read Scar Tissue yet, and at this point (after a quick glance at tvtropes) I'm not too enthusiastic in reading it.
...of course, if people vote for it when I open polls again
Wixelt
NGE Fic plan 480 pages and counting...
- Location
- England, UK
- Pronouns
- He/They
From everything i've heard about ST, despite not having read it either, that's... yeah, that's going to be a trauma trip and a half for the Chronicles cast if that gets voted in, isn't it.The idea does have some intrigue to it. Normality is in the eye of the beholder, after all.
It's certainly a depressing idea, and dark fics aren't really my cup of tea, but develop it a bit more (maybe don't use Aki in name, as has been suggested) and I'd say you got a decent fic on your hands.
I'm not sure if it's good or bad I haven't read Scar Tissue yet, and at this point (after a quick glance at tvtropes) I'm not too enthusiastic in reading it.
...of course, if people vote for it when I open polls again
Ultra Sonic 007
Trying to keep things simple~
- Location
- Colorado
The idea does have some intrigue to it. Normality is in the eye of the beholder, after all.
It's certainly a depressing idea, and dark fics aren't really my cup of tea, but develop it a bit more (maybe don't use Aki in name, as has been suggested) and I'd say you got a decent fic on your hands.
I'm not sure if it's good or bad I haven't read Scar Tissue yet, and at this point (after a quick glance at tvtropes) I'm not too enthusiastic in reading it.
...of course, if people vote for it when I open polls again
From everything i've heard about ST, despite not having read it either, that's... yeah, that's going to be a trauma trip and a half for the Chronicles cast if that gets voted in, isn't it.
It's also a heck of a long runner in terms of total chapter/word count, and I think the next Chronicles work should be something shorter (mostly to give @BG_Character_592 and his keyboard a break ;p ).
Of course, in terms of short dark fics, we can grab most anything from Adam Kadmon to meet the criteria.
/my vote would be The Second Other
//because that's a level of horror they've yet to encounter
///and squick
////can't forget the squick
Astray Spiral
Potential Evil Incarnate
- Location
- C:\Windows\explorer.exe
If The Second Other is done, then they would need brain bleach, and to give Shinji a lot of hugs along with a bucket.It's also a heck of a long runner in terms of total chapter/word count, and I think the next Chronicles work should be something shorter (mostly to give @BG_Character_592 and his keyboard a break ;p ).
Of course, in terms of short dark fics, we can grab most anything from Adam Kadmon to meet the criteria.
/my vote would be The Second Other
//because that's a level of horror they've yet to encounter
///and squick
////can't forget the squick
Wixelt
NGE Fic plan 480 pages and counting...
- Location
- England, UK
- Pronouns
- He/They
Luckily, Rei likely has one on hand for... emergencies.
A little context, though. What does The Second Other entail, story-wise?
- Location
- supernatural
Oh god NO!!! If we have to do a dark Adam Kadmon fic I Knew Him When would a "better" choice.It's also a heck of a long runner in terms of total chapter/word count, and I think the next Chronicles work should be something shorter (mostly to give @BG_Character_592 and his keyboard a break ;p ).
Of course, in terms of short dark fics, we can grab most anything from Adam Kadmon to meet the criteria.
/my vote would be The Second Other
//because that's a level of horror they've yet to encounter
///and squick
////can't forget the squick
Also for a non dark adam kadmon fic (yes those do exist) I would recommend
Fanfic: Covenant Red Ch 1, Evangelion | FanFiction
m.fanfiction.net
A world where Kensuke is a pilot... sort of.
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Ultra Sonic 007
Trying to keep things simple~
- Location
- Colorado
Major NSFW spoilers ahead:
It's not found out until near the end, but basically - due to returning from Unit-01's Core after the Zeruel battle - parts of Yui Ikari (in terms of memories, personality, and so on) begin leaking into Shinji Ikari, to the point where even though he's still the same physically, he's becoming more and more like Yui in mind and soul.
Gendo finds this out, and doesn't tell anyone.
He secretly pays shady doctors to begin surgically altering Shinji to become more...feminine.
At the climax of the story, after following the disturbing bread crumbs (but coming to different conclusions than the reality), Misato basically catches Gendo in flagrante delicto with Yui!Shinji. It's not described on-screen as to what's happening, but the implications are quite obvious based on the before and after.
Gendo finds this out, and doesn't tell anyone.
He secretly pays shady doctors to begin surgically altering Shinji to become more...feminine.
At the climax of the story, after following the disturbing bread crumbs (but coming to different conclusions than the reality), Misato basically catches Gendo in flagrante delicto with Yui!Shinji. It's not described on-screen as to what's happening, but the implications are quite obvious based on the before and after.
So yeah.
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- Location
- The Midlands.
Welll... okay, then. Please tell me that Misato's response to this involves putting a bullet through Gendo's head?
Ultra Sonic 007
Trying to keep things simple~
- Location
- Colorado
Now, that would be spoiling! It's only a quick 15,000 word read.
Take a stab at it, if you'd like.
/for mature readers only
//for obvious reasons
///search for Adam Kadmon's FFNet profile if you dare
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