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Fanfic: SOE 2 The Magic Touch

The Magic Touch

is an entry in the Superwomen of Eva 2 fanfic series penned by Mike313, starring Maya Ibuki. As with every other entry in the franchise, the story is a Fusion Fic with a comicbook superhero - in this case, Zatanna.

Currently under construction - please add tropes as you see them!

Tropes present in this incarnation of SOE 2 include:

Action Survivor � Maya and Shinji, temporarily. Being hunted by zombies will tend to do that to you.
Adorkable � As of Chapter 6 (not counting the prologue), Shinji's adopted a bit of this when he's with Maya.
All Men Are Perverts � Maya is beginning to develop this opinion, given that she's almost universally ignored in civvies (except by Shinji, which she appreciates), while she's almost universally sought after as Zatanna, despite (in her words) the only difference being fishnet stockings.
Arch-Enemy: It looks like Klarion the Witch Boy is shaping up to be this.
Ascended Extra: Our protagonist Maya Ibuki, obviously.
Badass Bookworm: Ditto the above.
Bi the Way: Rather than being a Lipstick Lesbian like in canon, Maya is stated to be bisexual in this universe. However, her canon attraction/admiration to/of Ritsuko is left intact.
Boom, Headshot � completely averted in terms of being a One-Hit Kill for zombies.
Brainwashing for the Greater Good: Maya uses Mind Wipe on Gendo, intending to make it at least possible for he and Shinji to patch up their relationship. On the other hand, Gendo's also forgotten everything about his job, and needs Fuyutsuki to counsel him. It's also notable in that Maya doesn't make this decision at all lightly, as she essentially erased Gendo's entire identity in the hopes that he'd create a better one, and it's treated almost like crossing the Godzilla Threshold.
Cant Hold Her Liqour � If not outright stated, then strongly implied.
The Chew Toy � Gendo becomes this in the non-canon omakes. He�s been killed repeatedly by Maya during a talent show, subjected to dominatrix Ritsuko... In the story proper, however, he�s always treated dead seriously.
Cross Over: Notably averted so far. No other heroines appear in this story thus far, nor has Maya as Zatanna appeared in any others barring omakes. Unusual considering the otherwise frequent cross overs of at least one other heroine per story.
- In the omakes, however, this story crosses over with Hand of Fate and, of all things, MythBusters.
Deadpan Snarker � Once the zombies show up, Shinji�s response is jaded annoyance.
Devil in Plain Sight � almost everyone can tell that Klarion isn�t quite right. May overlap with some level of Uncanny Valley.
Extra Strength Masquerade � when Klarion summons a swarm of nightmarish pixies at school, the authorities declare it a mass hallucination.
Gratuitous Japanese � not really enough to be a bother, but the occasional 'hai' or 'gomen nasai' does make it in.
In the Blood: Magic runs in the Ibuki family.
I Was Young and Needed the Money: The entire reason Maya ever consented to being a stage magician in her backstory was so that she could get the funding to pay for college to learn the skills that later landed her at NERV.
Laughing Mad � Shinji has a moment after being attacked by Klarion and saved by Zatanna, although it�s only a giggle.
Magic A Is Magic A
Manic Pixie Dream Girl � Played with. Maya actually invokes the trope, hoping that she can cheer Shinji up enough that he�ll embrace life instead of ever wanting to end it. At the same time, however, she's a strong subversion of the trope's normal character archetype.
Memetic Sex God: Invoked and then Played for Laughs in one of the omakes, wherein Maya uses her magic to make Shinji into one. It promptly backfires - with hilarious results.
The Necromancer � Klarion.
Nice Girl: Maya, natch.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Maya gives Shinji a charm to protect him from magical assaults... which serves to make him a target for Klarion. Thankfully, Zatanna quickly resolves the issue before it gets too far out of hand. Later used again with the Twelfth Angel, when Maya combines magic and particle physics theory to blast the Angel, inverting its AT Field� and inverting the Angel in the process, meaning that now all of Tokyo-3 is inside it. On the other hand, she arguably goes on to subvert the trope, since this changes the situation in a way that she can defeat the Angel and save the day as Zatanna.
Not What I Signed On For � Shinji�s reaction to being magically attacked. Of course, it�s immediately lampshaded. "Then again, he hadn't exactly signed up to pilot EVA either, but that had happened, too."
Red Shirt � lampshaded, regarding the Section Two agents who try in futility to stand up to the undead.
She's Got Legs: Maya's flavor of giving us fanservice.
Shotacon � Maya�s realization that she might be going shota for Shinji leads her to a comical freak out.
Whoa there girl! You might be desperate, but you're not that desperate!
Slasher Smile � Klarion deals one out to Shinji.
Survival Manta � Shinji gets a new one when demonic things start scratching at Unit-01�s armor during the Twelfth Angel incident. �They can�t get in here, they can�t get in here..."
Take a Third Option � Fuyutsuki was finally given one to take when Zatanna wiped Gendo's identity.
Too Dumb to Live: Subverted. Maya deliberately does this (walking down a dark alley in the bad side of the city, in her provacative Zatanna attire) in order to attract thugs, so she can test her magic under threat, carrying pepper spray in case it ended up going south. The lead thug even says that it was like Maya was trying to get herself raped...... before she turns them all into rabbits.
What the Hell, Hero? � during the Twelfth Angel incident, the entirety of Tech Division One is raring to go, ready to work their asses off to save the three Eva pilots... and Ritsuko's rather half-hearted about the entire thing, completely and utterly dismissing any ideas other than the �bomb it� strategy she proposed in canon. When Maya presents her with an alternative that might save the pilots and the Evangelions, she gets rebuffed with bullshit excuses and ends up taking matters into her own hands.
When He Smiles � and it gets Maya like you wouldn�t believe. �Oh, he�s cute when he smiles!�