Ayanami: Vengeance is a Neon Genesis Evangelion Alternate Universe Fic by GasmaskAvenger, first conceived in mid 2009 and started in January 2010.
Like Nobody Dies, AV presents a world where Yui Ikari wasn't absorbed into Unit 01 during the contact experiment. Unlike Nobody Dies, Kyoko remains dead, Gendo is a less of a Manipulative Bastard and more on the lines of a Bumbling Dad (with some shady skeletons in the closet) and most importantly...Shinji Ikari is not the lead protagonist.
The main character is Rei Ayanami, who unlike many other incarnations, is actually a (mostly) well-adjusted 13 (later 14) year old girl who aspires to form a heavy metal band and simply go on through life without much trouble.
Although a Spacebattles thread
exists, the author considered said thread abandoned.
This fic contains examples of the following:
- Ascended Extra: A good majority of the various EVA characters receive this ranging from Canon Immigrant Mari Makinami (who's Rei's extremely British best friend) to Aoba, the not-so-nihilistic metal guitarist bridge bunny who Rei befriends and forms a band with. The biggest examples are Rei, who's the main character of the story, Shiro Tokita (who's an old friend of Kaji, Misato and Ritsuko from High School and later joins Nerv) and especially Maya Ibuki, who's...kind of a weirdo this time around.
- Canon Immigrant: Mari Makinami from the Rebuild films, :Mana Kirshima from Girlfriend of Steel/SIRP, Mayumi Yamagish from 2nd Impression, the angels and mechs from the various EVA spinoffs and Rebuild, DJ Croft from Neon Exodus Evangelion, Maria Vincennes and Commander Nicholaiev from the EVA Paper RPG
- Demoted to Extra: Shinji Ikari, who's now a secondary character/love interest to Rei, Misato Katsuragi (due to her being not all that a big part of Rei's life outside of ordering her commands during a mission) and especially Fuyutsuki. Unit 01 gets this too due to certain "reasons".
- Expy:
Word of God says that The Burnt Lady Down the Street is essentially the lead character from a horror script he's been working on.
- Original Character: Naomi Mifune, DesuLoli, Rei's parents, the Burnt Lady Down the Street and Misaki Baisotei. Argo and Claire Phoenix are not only OCs, but also canon immigrants due to them being the creations of another author associated with Gasmask.
