History FanFic / ARSENAL

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Shinji's punishments of Gendo and the Black Bunnies are twelve shades of this.

** Allusions to ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'' when SEELE's members are involved.

** Ghost screaming [[Machinima/RedVsBlue this doesn't seem physically possible]]

* DeathBySex: Mercutio suspects that this is going to happen to him after Satsuki lays him and tries to defy it, but fails.

Starting out as your typical PeggySue fare, ARSENAL dispenses with that notion and wastes no time in establishing that Shinji is an [[AxCrazy insane]], [[MagnificentBastard brilliant]], and [[SociopathicHero completely amoral]] young man with an extensive agenda. Armed with the knowledge of the future, training, and careful planning, he intends to not only avert the future that is canon, but do it in the most violent and [[UpToEleven over-the-top]] fashion possible.

* {{BFG}}: Kensuke gets a 20mm anti-materiel rifle.

ARSENAL is a ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' DeconstructionFic by the Sage of Toads and AndrewJoshuaTalon.

The original version has since been deleted, and a new version was reuploaded on the former's page. As of April 2016, though, Sage of the Toads declared the fic dead.

''Rebuild of Arsenal'' can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8496831/1/Reload-of-ARSENAL here]].

* BlackAndGrayMorality: It would almost be more accurate to say BlackAndBlackMorality, but Shinji's altruistic motives manage to make him half a shade grayer than the people he's fighting. His motives, however, are the ''only'' thing keeping him from being a monster.

* GreyAndBlackMorality: It would almost be more accurate to say BlackAndBlackMorality, but Shinji's altruistic motives manage to make him half a shade grayer than the people he's fighting. His motives, however, are the ''only'' thing keeping him from being a monster.

** ''{{Fargo}}'' is mentioned when Shinji tells Gendo why his plan failed.

The original version has since been deleted, and reuploaded on the former's page with new content to be added and old content to be changed or removed entirely. The revised version of the fic can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8496831/1/Reload-of-ARSENAL here]].

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Gendo is shot repeatedly and left bedridden at the end of the coup. Later on, before he is moved to Terminal Dogma to remove all sense of time from him, Shinji returns and beats his invalid father with a hammer, shattering his jaw and rendering him incapable of speech.]]

* {{BFG}}: [[spoiler:Kensuke gets a 20mm anti-materiel rifle.]]
* BrickJoke: Early into the story, Shinji mentions that he can kill someone with wet paper and a paper clip. [[spoiler: Guess what happens in chapter 10?]]

* DeadFic: The original got discontinued and the rewrite has not been updated since early 2013.
* DeathBySex: [[spoiler:Mercutio]] suspects that this is going to happen to him after [[spoiler:Satsuki]] lays him and tries to defy it, but fails.

* EngineeredPublicConfession: [[spoiler:Pulled on Aoi.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Gendo is disgusted by [[spoiler:Shinji's treatment of Aoi]], and even near-VillainProtagonist Shinji is disgusted by the stuff Gendo and SEELE are responsible for in canon.
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Shinji reveals to Gendo that all three of the Black Bunnies have been infected with nanomachines that play havoc with their nervous systems; each was then subjected to horrific punishments that have completely broken them.]]
* ForTheEvulz: Shinji invokes this occasionally. He's been known to carry a baseball bat to big fight scenes just so he can beat someone to death with it. What he does with [[spoiler:Satsuki]] is even more horrible.
* FreakyIsCool: Touji and Kensuke's opinion on [[spoiler:the eyeball Pen-Pen plucked from a SAS trooper that is now kept in a jar.]]

* FunWithAcronyms: A Really Sadistic Evangelion... Now Action Laser! [[WikiMagic You try.]]

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Shinji's behavior comes down to fighting people ruthless and efficient beyond measure, meaning he has to be willing to hold nothing back in order to win. [[spoiler:The punishments dealt to the Black Bunnies and the petty motives for such (revenge, getting a new bodyguard, etc)]], none of which contribute to stopping Third Impact in any way, push him completely into "monster" territory if he wasn't there already.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Shinji's punishments of [[spoiler:Gendo and the Black Bunnies]] are twelve shades of this.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:The ultimate fate of Kaede. The overwhelming pain caused by the nanomachines leaves her in such a state that she refuses to even try and remember what happened before she became a bodyguard for the Suzuharas.]]

** Shinji's punishments for [[spoiler:the Black Bunnies]]
** His reveal that [[spoiler:the nanomachines had originally been developed by NERV as a means to control the pilots through sensory deprivation]] works as this for [[spoiler:Gendo]].

* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:"Roach" is the sole survivor of the SAS men.]]

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: [[spoiler:Mr. 850 threatens to put Roach in jail on false premises to find out what happened in Tokyo-3.]]

* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:Touji saved Ai from a NearRapeExperience and saves her from Kaede as well.]]
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Cited specifically as the reason for [[spoiler:the Black Bunnies' torturous fates]].

* SarcasticConfession:Shinji, twice:

** Ai is a ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40K}}'' fan.

* TapOnTheHead: [[spoiler:Done to Aoi.]]

** Ghost screaming [[RedVsBlue this doesn't seem physically possible]]

** Gary Sanderson sounds [[ModernWarfare oddly familiar]]

ARSENAL is a ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' DeconstructionFic by the Sage of Toads and AndrewJoshuaTalon on fanfiction.net that is currently in progress. The original version has since been deleted, and reuploaded on the former's page with new content to be added and old content to be changed or removed entirely.

Starting out as your typical PeggySue fare, ARSENAL dispenses with that notion and wastes no time in establishing that Shinji is an [[AxCrazy insane]], [[MagnificentBastard brilliant]], and [[SociopathicHero completely amoral]] young man with an extensive agenda. Armed with the knowledge of the future, training, and careful planning, he intends to not only avert the future that is canon, but do it in the most gloriously violent and [[UpToEleven over-the-top]] fashion possible.

The revised version of the fic can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8496831/1/Reload-of-ARSENAL here]].

!!The original cut version of the fanfic contains examples of:

---> Blood for the blood god!

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* DeconstructionFic: Brutally deconstructs both the PeggySue and FixFic archetypes by just showing just how emotionally and mentally damaged Shinji is for having gone through it once.

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* SamaritanSyndrome: Alluded to; Shinji recognises that he's not God and doesn't let himself be guilt-tripped about it.

* TakeThat: Some, mostly aimed at [[Fanfic/ShinjiAndWarhammer40K one fanfic in particular]].

** "I guess a sense of humor is one that's…" [[CSIMiami In the back of his mind, he wished he had a pair of sunglasses]], "…Evolved." [[strike: YEEEAAAHHHH!]]

* AntiHero: Shinji, an indisputable [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type V]].

* DeconstructionFic

* GreyAndBlackMorality: It would almost be more accurate to say BlackAndBlackMorality, but Shinji's altruistic motives manage to make him half a shade grayer than the people he's fighting. His motives, however, are the ''only'' thing keeping him from being a CompleteMonster.

* MoralEventHorizon: Shinji recognizes that he is dangerously close to crossing this and is prevented largely because his enemies are [[CompleteMonster ''worse'']].

ARSENAL is a ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' DeconstructionFic by the Sage of Toads and AndrewJoshuaTalon on fanfiction.net that is currently in progress. The original version has since been deleted, and reuploaded on the former's page with new content to be added and old content to be changed or removed entirely.

%% No "CompleteMonster" or "CrazyAwesome" subjective examples wanted here, please. Admin request.

* GreyAndBlackMorality: It would almost be more accurate to say BlackAndBlackMorality, but Shinji's altruistic motives manage to make him half a shade grayer than the people he's fighting. His motives, however, are just about the ''only'' thing keeping him from being a CompleteMonster.

!!This fanfic contains examples of:

ARSENAL is a ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' DeconstructionFic by the Sage of Toads and hosted by AndrewJoshuaTalon on fanfiction.net that is currently in progress. The original version has since been deleted when the site recently purged its content for illegal MA-rated stories but a rewrite is in progress and being posted.