History FanficRecs / MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny

** Rebelcheese (aka thebigmacattack): The fic is dead, and some of its ideas are being folded into GundamSEEDBloodlines.. I will likely be pulling it from FF.net sometime in 2013. Read it while you can.

** Rebelcheese (aka thebigmacattack): The fic is dead, and some of its ideas are being folded into GundamSeedBloodlines.. I will likely be pulling it from FF.net sometime in 2013. Read it while you can.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3819823/1/Mobile_Suit_Gundam_SEED_DESTINY Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY]]'' by [[=ShadowCell=]]

* ''Comments'': For those that are looking for bringing out the most [[KillEmAll Zeta]] aspects of ''Gundam SEED Destiny'', this is the fic for you. The story is dark and brutal as Shinn struggles with fighting for himself amidst those that would use him merely as a tool. [[=ShadowCell=]] brings a lot of minor characters in for some focus, including the Phantom Pain members from Stargazer and [[GundamSEEDAstray Lowe and Gai occasionally]] along with a few original characters. The stories also paint Shinn as someone who is not so much immature as lacking direction, and have the dubious honor of making this troper start to ''like'' Lacus.
** [[=ShadowCell=]] goes ''far'' into the KillEmAll territory, as well as having just about [[FromBadToWorse everything get worse]], apparently for no reason other than TrueArtIsAngsty.

*** [[=SolidShark=]]: Going to have to concur there. Leaving my own works completely out of the discussion, I'll simply say that I think the author is CompletelyMissingThePoint, both of {{Gundam}} and the problems with GundamSeedDestiny. Point one: {{Gundam}} never shies from showing the dark side of war, that's true; but there's almost always an underlying theme of the struggle being worth it in the end, of ''something'' good coming from the heroes' efforts. Hell, even ''[[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Victory Gundam]]'' gave its protagonist a happy ending, however bittersweet. Point two: it generally seems to be agreed among the parts of the fandom that dislike canon ''Destiny'' that one of the big problems was the returning characters being {{OOC}}... so [[=ShadowCell=]]'s solution is to make at least one of them ''more'' out of character? I'm sorry, but that simply does not make sense to me. Negative recommendation here.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3819823/1/Mobile_Suit_Gundam_SEED_DESTINY Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY]]'' by Shadow Cell

* ''Comments'': For those that are looking for bringing out the most [[KillEmAll Zeta]] aspects of ''Gundam SEED Destiny'', this is the fic for you. The story is dark and brutal as Shinn struggles with fighting for himself amidst those that would use him merely as a tool. [=ShadowCell=] brings a lot of minor characters in for some focus, including the Phantom Pain members from Stargazer and [[GundamSEEDAstray Lowe and Gai occasionally]] along with a few original characters. The stories also paint Shinn as someone who is not so much immature as lacking direction, and have the dubious honor of making this troper start to ''like'' Lacus.
** [=ShadowCell] goes ''far'' into the KillEmAll territory, as well as having just about [[FromBadToWorse everything get worse]], apparently for no reason other than TrueArtIsAngsty.

*** [=SolidShark=]: Going to have to concur there. Leaving my own works completely out of the discussion, I'll simply say that I think the author is CompletelyMissingThePoint, both of {{Gundam}} and the problems with GundamSeedDestiny. Point one: {{Gundam}} never shies from showing the dark side of war, that's true; but there's almost always an underlying theme of the struggle being worth it in the end, of ''something'' good coming from the heroes' efforts. Hell, even ''[[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Victory Gundam]]'' gave its protagonist a happy ending, however bittersweet. Point two: it generally seems to be agreed among the parts of the fandom that dislike canon ''Destiny'' that one of the big problems was the returning characters being {{OOC}}... so [=ShadowCell's=] solution is to make at least one of them ''more'' out of character? I'm sorry, but that simply does not make sense to me. Negative recommendation here.

* ''Comments'': For those that are looking for bringing out the most [[KillEmAll Zeta]] aspects of ''Gundam SEED Destiny'', this is the fic for you. The story is dark and brutal as Shinn struggles with fighting for himself amidst those that would use him merely as a tool. Shadow Cell brings a lot of minor characters in for some focus, including the Phantom Pain members from Stargazer and [[GundamSEEDAstray Lowe and Gai occasionally]] along with a few original characters. The stories also paint Shinn as someone who is not so much immature as lacking direction, and have the dubious honor of making this troper start to ''like'' Lacus.
** Shadow Cell goes ''far'' into the KillEmAll territory, as well as having just about [[FromBadToWorse everything get worse]], apparently for no reason other than TrueArtIsAngsty.

*** Comartemis: Oh ''bullshit''. People say "I think I can do better" or "I'm going to try to do better", not "this entire series sucks balls and I can make it kick ass by killing all the characters and making the setting borderline GrimDark". The author loses points right from the start for using a DiabolusExMachina and an ''extremely'' OOC reaction to turn Kira into one of the bad guys and it never gets better after that point. Destiny did ''not'' have a perfectly happy ending, else Stellar and Meer would've been alive at the end; the fact that [[spoiler: Stellar lives to see the end of the series]] does ''not'', in ''any way'', make up for such angst-ridden bullshit as [[spoiler: Kira murdering Cagalli]]. ''Not ever.'' I'm going to say it again: if you had any fondness for SEED and/or Destiny as they were, ''avoid this series like the bloody plague.'' If, on the other hand, you are a fan of KillEmAll Tomino's work, knock yourself out. I'll stick to Solid Shark's 'fics, thank you.

** {{@/Nitramy}}: In other news, the first chapter of the sequel [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6382337/1/ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED TWILIGHT]] has now been released on ff.net.
*** [=ShadowCell=] has just finished the last part of the trilogy. ETERNITY can be found on his homepage, and it is a fitting end to the DESTINY rewrite he began.
*** Stop sucking ShadowCell just because he's a moderator from that stupid forum! This fanfic is retarded by reasons already stated.

** Shadow Cell goes ''far'' into the KillEmAll territory, as well as having just about [[ItGotWorse everything get worse]], apparently for no reason other than TrueArtIsAngsty.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4809432/1/The_Eden_Disaster The Eden Disaster]]'' by Maderfole

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6024259/1/The_Reclamation_War The Reclamation War]]'' by Maderfole

** Shadow Cell goes ''[[UpToEleven very]] [[BeyondTheImpossible far]]'' into the KillEmAll territory, as well as having just about [[CrapsackWorld everything]] [[ItGotWorse get worse]], apparently for no reason other than TrueArtIsAngsty.

* ''Comments'': If you have ever wanted to know what ''GSD'' would be like if if it weren't [[YourMileageMayVary a steaming pile of crap]] but can't play ''Super Robot Wars Z'' for some reason, look no further than this fic. Solid Shark is in his usual form here and has taken advantage of the opportunity to salvage ''Destiny's'' plot by fixing almost all of the major complaints fans had with the series (as of this post, that includes such things as the Earth Alliance being dangerously competent, Kira and the old crowd having ''damn good reasons'' to get back into the action, and Shinn being beaten mercilessly with the character development stick), making it one of the best {{FixFic}}s this troper has ever read.

** YourMileageMayVary - Shadow Cell goes ''[[UpToEleven very]] [[BeyondTheImpossible far]]'' into the KillEmAll territory, as well as having just about [[CrapsackWorld everything]] [[ItGotWorse get worse]], apparently for no reason other than TrueArtIsAngsty.

** It's already at chapter 75. The war is at full swing, tensions are high, and [[AnyoneCanDie Anyone Can Die]] is in full effect, with a huge bodycount, including OC's and some canon characters. The story's blossomed into a bigger epic than its prequels, with POVs from both sides of the conflict, expositions of different politics, technologies, and plenty of good fight scenes, mixed in with bits and pieces of life after the Eden Disaster. Expect to cry, laugh, be amazed, feel terror, and much more when you read this story.

** In other news, the first chapter of the sequel [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6382337/1/ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED TWILIGHT]] has now been released on ff.net.

** Comartemis: I'm giving this one a negative recommendation. Not only does the author desperately need an ego check (this series is the result of him "proving" that he can do ''Destiny'' better), he also seems to think that the way to "fix" ''Destiny'' is to turn it into ''{{Victory Gundam}}: The Sequel''.

*** [=SolidShark=]: Going to have to concur there. Leaving my own works completely out of the discussion, I'll simply say that I think the author is CompletelyMissingThePoint, both of {{Gundam}} and the problems with GundamSeedDestiny. Point one: {{Gundam}} never shies from showing the dark side of war, that's true; but there's almost always an underlying theme of the struggle being worth it in the end, of ''something'' good coming from the heroes' efforts. Hell, even VictoryGundam gave its protagonist a happy ending, however bittersweet. Point two: it generally seems to be agreed among the parts of the fandom that dislike canon ''Destiny'' that one of the big problems was the returning characters being {{OOC}}... so [=ShadowCell's=] solution is to make at least one of them ''more'' out of character? I'm sorry, but that simply does not make sense to me. Negative recommendation here.

*** ShadowCell has just finished the last part of the trilogy. ETERNITY can be found on his homepage, and it is a fitting end to the DESTINY rewrite he began.

* Recommended by Fenrir

* ''Comments'': At first, this fic seems to want to delve into territory much darker than Shadow Cell's, but quickly pulls out of it. A few awkward sentences (and his misspelling of Waltfeld's last name) aside, the re-imagined DESTINY characters interact well with both the author's OCs (who seem to make up most of the casualties) and the established SEED cast. Kira's a total angstfest though and Lacus gets dragged down with him, but I guess it's more of a YMMV thing in the end. Athrun and Cagalli are on the mark, though, and the redone Shinn and Stellar interact naturally and remind this troper of Shiro and Sayla from The08thMSTeam a bit. Fifty chapters are up, so there's plenty there for people to read.

* ''Comments'': At first, this fic seems to want to delve into territory much darker than Shadow Cell's, but quickly pulls out of it. A few awkward sentences (and his total misspelling of Waltfeld's last name) aside, the re-imagined DESTINY characters interact well with both the author's OCs (who seem to make up most of the casualties) and the established SEED cast. Kira's a total angstfest though and Lacus gets dragged down with him, but I guess it's more of a YMMV thing in the end. Athrun and Cagalli are on the mark, though, and the redone Shinn and Stellar interact naturally and remind this troper of Shiro and Sayla from The08thMSTeam a bit. Fifty chapters are up, so there's plenty there for people to read.

* ''Comments'': At first, this fic seems to want to delve into territory much darker than Shadow Cell's, but quickly pulls out of it. A few awkward sentences aside, the re-imagined DESTINY characters interact well with both the author's OCs (who seem to make up most of the casualties) and the established SEED cast. Kira's a total angstfest though and Lacus gets dragged down with him, but I guess it's more of a YMMV thing in the end. Athrun and Cagalli are on the mark, though, and the redone Shinn and Stellar interact naturally and remind this troper of Shiro and Sayla from The08thMSTeam a bit. Fifty chapters are up, so there's plenty there for people to read.

* ''Comments'': At first, this fic seems to want to delve into territory much darker than Shadowcell's, but quickly pulls out of it. A few awkward sentences aside, the re-imagined DESTINY characters interact well with both the author's OCs (who seem to make up most of the casualties) and the established SEED cast. Kira's a total angstfest though and Lacus gets dragged down with him, but I guess it's more of a YMMV thing in the end. Athrun and Cagalli are on the mark, though, and the redone Shinn and Stellar interact naturally and remind this troper of Shiro and Sayla from The08thMSTeam a bit. Fifty chapters are up, so there's plenty there for people to read.

''Synopsis'': Three years after the end of Gundam SEED, war brews again. The Earth Alliance and ZAFT restart the fight, and the survivors of Gundam SEED and brand-new ones face difficult choices. How will this new war be fought, and who will survive?

** In other news, the sequel [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6382337/1/ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED TWILIGHT]] has now been released on ff.net.

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