Line #77 Fanfic/ALittleAngelOnMyShoulder


1	-> "'''''WHO THE FUCK CARES, WE'RE DOING THIS [[RuleOfCool FOR THE AWESOME.]]'''''"
2	-->-- [[NoIndoorVoice Zeruel]], [[LargeHam Angel of Might]]
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4	One day, in the Creative Writing section of [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/forumdisplay.php?f=18 Spacebattles.com]], a discussion was had regarding ideas for ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' fanfictions. Among them, a single question was asked.
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6	"What if, when the Angels are killed, they become ''[[GoodAngelBadAngel literal]]'' [[GoodAngelBadAngel Shoulder Angels]] and haunt the pilots?"
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8	A link can be found [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/nge-a-little-angel-on-my-shoulder.175674/ Here]]
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10	Compare with ''Fanfic/MyEnemyMyFriend'', a more serious take by one of the writers of this fic.
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12	A while after the death of the thread one of the contributors started another attempt to turn the idea into a coherent plot: "Little Angel Thesis". The story can be found in [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10739862/1/Little-Angel-Thesis FF.net]]and in [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/little-angel-thesis-nge.313377/ SpaceBattles]].
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15	!!This series contains examples of the following tropes:
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17	!!!General tropes:
18	%%* AbortedArc: Several. Look, if you want a consistent, solid storyline, [[NegativeContinuity you have come to the wrong place]].
19	* AudioAdaptation: One fan plans to do all the snippets. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8QM_MgpRQs Trailer.]]
20	* BigBrotherMentor: Sachiel seems to be acting as this towards Shinji, as strange as it seems.
21	* BigDamnHeroes: [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5296513&postcount=320 One of the takes on SEELE's attack on NERV.]]
22	* BodySnatcher: Bardiel, although it's always temporary. His favorite victim seems to be Kaji for some reason.
23	** In a less literal version, he likes to make Touji look crazy by annoying him to the point of outburst in public. [[JerkAss Not surprising really.]]
24	%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Gaghiel.
25	* CovertPervert: Arael. Emphasis on the Pervert part.
26	** Shinji becomes this as well in some snippets.
27	* CrackFic: If you're looking for serious stories or continuity between different authors... '' '''YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!!!''' ''
28	%%* DefeatMeansFriendship: Whether the pilots want it or not.
29	* DependingOnTheWriter: Ramiel is either [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} an Ork]] or [[Film/{{Tron}} a bit]], the Angels are either [[NotSoImaginaryFriend invisible to everyone else]] or interact with everyone, and Tabris/Kaworu either becomes a Shoulder Angel or returns to his [[AllThereInTheManual old body]], [[ItWasHisSled Adam]].
30	* {{Emo}}: Matariel (the spider) is played as this, but it's always played for {{Moe}} rather then {{Wangst}}.
31	* {{Expy}}: Gaghiel is [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Nappa]], and Asuka is his Vegeta.
32	** Sandalphon (the Lava Monster Angel) is essentially [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Osaka]].
33	** Bardiel shares certain traits with a certain [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} factory bot]].
34	** It seems to be generally agreed that Sachiel is more or less post-timeskip [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Simon]]. He even appears in a lookie-likie (although green haired) human form when Shinji is riding the Mind Screw Train.
35	* {{Fetish}}: Unit-01 (and possibly the other Evas) are this for Sachiel, the Third Angel. One early snip had the [[{{BFG}} Positron Cannon]] that killed her as one for Ramiel.
36	%%* GoodAngelBadAngel: The entire premise, although it's more like BlueAndOrangeMorality Angel.
37	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bardiel, sort of. On one hand he's doing his best to make up for what happened to Toji, on the other he's a complete {{Jerkass}} to pretty much everyone else.
38	* LargeHam: Most of the Angels have had their moments, but Zeruel, Angel of Might, is this pretty much all the time.
39	* LemonFic: Iruel ''loves'' writing these, in fact he thinks he's actually good (not). He also ships everyone/everyone.
40	* MegaManning: The Instrumemory system, which, in the words of Tropers/K9TheFirst1, is "where the Angels merge with the Eva to temporarily give it mix-n-match abilites used for Awesomesauce and Great Justice."
41	%%* MoreDakka: Ramiel. Seriously, DependingOnTheWriter, she's like [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} an Ork!]]
42	%% Clean the above of Fan Myopia
43	%%* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: How Zeruel, [[RunningGag Angel of Might]], introduces himself.
44	%%* PowersAsPrograms: The Instrumemory system again.
45	%%* RuleOfFunny: The end-all be-all reason for ''anything''. See CrackFic
46	* ShoulderTeammate: Angels, when they are killed by the Evangelions, become this.
47	%%* ShoutOut: Oh brother, ''so many''. The title alone is a ShoutOut to [[Film/SongOfTheSouth Zip-a-dee-doo-dah]].
48	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/nge-a-little-angel-on-my-shoulder.175674/page-47#post-5608842 After a phone call,]] Zeruel looks upset and Matarael asks if he is all right:
49	-->'''Zeruel''': "Y-YES. I AM FINE. WE ARE FINE. WE CERTAINLY DID NOT JUST GET A CALL ABOUT OUR IMMINENT DEATHS."
50	* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Sachiel has a thing for the Evas. Bardiel's ghost form is a chibified Unit-03. No prizes for guessing what happened.
51	* WellDoneSonGuy: Zeruel is this to Adam. Subverted in that Adam is the Best Dad Ever. [[FanFic/NobodyDies Yes, really.]]
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53	!!!''Through the Warped Mirror'' tropes:
54	* AlternateUniverse: Nerv gets invade by alternate universe duplicates of themselves who are totally evil.
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56	!!!''The Sohryus'' tropes:
57	%%* AdoptivePeerParent: Rei Ayanami, to the Angels.
58	* AccidentalMarriage: The entire plot [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5533455&postcount=940 gets kicked off]] when Asuka and Shinji [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5537593&postcount=955 get drunk and decide to get married]].
59	* TheBet: Sachiel and Raye make a bet on whether or not Asuka and Shinji will stay together.
60	* FeminineWomenCanCook: Asuka asks Hikari to help her learn to cook to be more womanly.
61	%%* GratuitousNinja: [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=5590885&postcount=1103 "Translator's Note: Hikari Horaki means you're already dead."]]
62	%%* HappilyAdopted: Asuka and Shinji were this before getting married, and now they're not.
63	* InsatiableNewlyweds: No, not Asuka and Shinji, but ''[[EmotionlessGirl Rei]] and [[DissonantSerenity Kaworu]]'', who aren't married, but boy howdy: Do they ever act like it.
64	* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Rei and Kaworu are implied to have done it ''in a dressing booth'' in a clothing store at the mall. As the author quips, 'they aren't allowed in that store anymore.'
65	* MalignedMixedMarriage: [[GreenEyedMonster Raye]] tried to talk Shinji into getting a divorce saying: "[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/nge-a-little-angel-on-my-shoulder.175674/page-46#post-5601564 On top of that, think of the children. I mean, what will they look like?” ]]. It did not work.
66	* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: "[[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/nge-a-little-angel-on-my-shoulder.175674/page-46#post-5597037 But I ''did'' give consent Sorhyu.]] [[RefugeInAudacity Many many times.]]"
67	* ShoutOut: As with all stories in this series there are a lot of shout outs. Here are some of them.
68	** In the first snip, the Angels choose to inform Shinji that he is, in fact, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oECIKVaz5rc now a man]].
69	** UsefulNotes/CalvinCoolidge gets one when Raye quotes the entirety of one of his most famous speeches: "Ash."
70	** The subplot with the Angels at law school contains a lot of shout outs to ''Series/{{Community}}''.
71	** The fic's name is a reference to the ''[[Fanfic/TheSecondTry Jimmy]]'' ''[[Webcomic/AkiChansLife Wolk]]'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheIkaris'', whose marriage plot is kicked off in a similar fashion.
72	** Shinji's nightmare features shout outs to ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'' and ''Manga/InuYasha'', mostly in the characters' styles of dress. However, unlike many other shout outs these are ''not'' PlayedForLaughs.
73	** In an effort to counter Shinji's ideal woman (dominating basically), Asuka asks Hikari to teach her to cook. Complying, Hikari [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showpost.php?p=6668589&postcount=1 gets her]] [[Series/GoodEats Alton Brown]] on.
74	* TookTheWifesName: When Asuka and Shinji get married he changes his surname to Sohryu, hence the name of the story. Asuka mentions it [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/nge-a-little-angel-on-my-shoulder.175674/page-47#post-5607848 here]].
75	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Averted with [[PresidentEvil Prime Minister]] [[Manga/{{Heroman}} Minami]]. His popularity is in the tank, and he wants to get it up by pointing out that no divorces have gone down on his watch, but only because the mind control ray was unfeasible.
76	%%* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: A string of no less then five of these phrases go off in a row at one time.
77	%%* WickedStepmother: Averted or played straight depending on the Angel, but in any case Rei ''is'' their stepmom.

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