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* NotSoBadassLongcoat: What Touji has taken to wear over his plugsuit during synch-tests or even lead-ups to battle when he is outside the entry-plug. Asuka calls it his 'bathrobe'.
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* WhenYouComingHomeDad: While Kensuke is growing up under far better conditions than the pilots, matters aren't perfect. As the sidestory, Life During Wartime, indicates, his mother is dead, and his father is well off, but basically never around, always staying late at work.
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* WhenYouComingHomeDad: While Kensuke is growing up under far better conditions than the pilots, matters aren't perfect. As the sidestory, Life ''Life During Wartime, Wartime'', indicates, his mother is dead, and his father is well off, but basically never around, always staying late at work.
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* ThwartedCoupDeGrace: Plug Dummy-controlled EVA-01 is beating down on Bardiel-controlled EVA-03, clasping its hands over its head, ready to deliver a hammer strike that would kill the angel, the EVA and probably also Touji inside the EVA... when it suddenly stops. Rei, acting in unison with the 'her inside EVA-00', is using her powers as Lilith's soulbearer on the one Lilithian EVA unit.
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* LossOfIdentity: Poor Rei. [[spoiler:After she has sacrificed herself and EVA-00 against Bardiel, she is resurrected with her soul reunited, but not reintegrated, so to speak. Thus she questions who she is: Rei I? Rei I in the EVA? Rei II? A fully new Rei III?]] Though there is one thing certain for her: "I am not her." (Lilith)
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* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Asuka and Rei have just saved the entire city once again! The angel is dead! They even managed to have it savely explode up a hill, away from the city! Everyone lives! People cheer... except, no. Instead, when the angel exploded it made the two Evangelions land in a less than graceful manner. And apparently that means the pilots did bad. Unlike in canon with Asuka and Shinji, here Asuka calls this out and rants about that nonsense in her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
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*ShamefulStrip: Exactly how the pilots see the upcoming nude synchtest - not as something to laugh about, but as something that would be deeply humiliating. Therefore they (successfully) refuse that test.
** Even before, Gendo has sold Ritsuko out to SEELE in order to protect Rei from them. As in canon, SEELE interrogates her in the nude. Afterwards, Ritsuko feels humiliated and betrayed, and mentally vows revenge to Rei.
** Even before, Gendo has sold Ritsuko out to SEELE in order to protect Rei from them. As in canon, SEELE interrogates her in the nude. Afterwards, Ritsuko feels humiliated and betrayed, and mentally vows revenge to Rei.
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* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: As in canon, Rei sees no problem whatsoever with how she's treated by NERV. [[spoiler: Rei I's influence changes this after the reintegration of her soul; she ''will'' lash out violently if sufficiently provoked.]]
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* WeaknessTurnsHerOn : Well, maybe not ''weakness''. But as Asuka notes after having fallen in love with both Shinji and Rei:
-->Asuka’s palm went to her face. It really did seem like she had a thing for cute puppies.
-->Asuka’s palm went to her face. It really did seem like she had a thing for cute puppies.
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* FistOfRage: Since this is Evangelion, all characters are varying levels of bad at communication. Hence, instead of them articulating their feelings, they often simply ball their hands to fists and say nothing. This happens ''very'' often, seemingly at least once per chapter.
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* PerpetualSmiler: It has been noted, even by Kaji himself, how he is constantly smirking. At one point, Kaji also complains how Kaworu is constantly smiling, something also noted by others.
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* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: After Rei has been swallowed by Leliel, her psychedelic visions begin by seeing herself in a mirror - and her mirror image, wearing a school uniform while she's wearing her plugsuit, talks back. The mirror image represents Rei II.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Shinji blames himself for [[spoiler: Rei sacrificing herself in the fight against Bardiel. In his mind, his inaction due to his fear of injuring Unit-03's pilot forced her take such extreme measures. When an equally grief-stricken Asuka confronts him on it, he breaks down.]]
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* ChildSoldiers: While matters aren't worse for the pilots in that regard than in other fics, the issue is called out more. There is some discussion about the morality of using child soldiers, and a more in-depth background provided on how this all works.
-->'''Kaji''', ''after Ramiel boiled Asuka and Shinji alive'': "That's why so far nobody has said a word. Asuka is right: Officially, she was at Berlin to help in ''researching'' EVA technology, rather than to get combat training as a six year old child. Officially, using the research objects as weapons is an emergency solution. Officially, the children have no military rank, are not part of any armed forces, and could walk away at any time. Hell, that's ''really'' why we're making them go to school, isn't? We're upholding an illusion of normalcy that just isn't there. No, those aren't child soldiers, why, they're just normal students who help out at NERV after school.” He shook his head with an ironic grin on his face. “We've presented the world with a lie that's easy to swallow. And because the world is so dependent on those children to defeat the angels, nobody looks too closely and everyone just upholds the lie."
-->"Of course, it's just three pilots. Just three children. In Africa there are several warlords with entire companies and battalions of child soldiers. But nobody cares about Africa. Half its territory is recognized as being stateless. But the U.N. … they have become a pillar of stability since Second Impact. Maybe ''the'' pillar of global stability. The paragon of virtue that keeps the squabbling nation-states at bay. If people become aware, really aware, how ''a U.N. organization'' is using child soldiers..."
** In fact, the pilots point out several times that ''officially'' they aren't part of a military hierarchy and that hence ''officially'' Misato, Gendo, Fuyutsuki aren't their military superiors. Especially Asuak does so, even though she, having been trained since the age of six, doesn't even fully recognize what is wrong with child soldiery. But sometimes using that argument just is convenient for her.
-->'''Kaji''', ''after Ramiel boiled Asuka and Shinji alive'': "That's why so far nobody has said a word. Asuka is right: Officially, she was at Berlin to help in ''researching'' EVA technology, rather than to get combat training as a six year old child. Officially, using the research objects as weapons is an emergency solution. Officially, the children have no military rank, are not part of any armed forces, and could walk away at any time. Hell, that's ''really'' why we're making them go to school, isn't? We're upholding an illusion of normalcy that just isn't there. No, those aren't child soldiers, why, they're just normal students who help out at NERV after school.” He shook his head with an ironic grin on his face. “We've presented the world with a lie that's easy to swallow. And because the world is so dependent on those children to defeat the angels, nobody looks too closely and everyone just upholds the lie."
-->"Of course, it's just three pilots. Just three children. In Africa there are several warlords with entire companies and battalions of child soldiers. But nobody cares about Africa. Half its territory is recognized as being stateless. But the U.N. … they have become a pillar of stability since Second Impact. Maybe ''the'' pillar of global stability. The paragon of virtue that keeps the squabbling nation-states at bay. If people become aware, really aware, how ''a U.N. organization'' is using child soldiers..."
** In fact, the pilots point out several times that ''officially'' they aren't part of a military hierarchy and that hence ''officially'' Misato, Gendo, Fuyutsuki aren't their military superiors. Especially Asuak does so, even though she, having been trained since the age of six, doesn't even fully recognize what is wrong with child soldiery. But sometimes using that argument just is convenient for her.
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* MuggingTheMonster:In the canon sidestory, Life During Wartime, two thugs try to mug Kaworu, Kensuke and Mana at night, thinking them easy prey. However, Mana has been fully trained by the JSSDF in close quarter combat, and unlike the ''other'' sort of training she has received, that one has always come easily to her. The thugs have no chance.
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* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: During the Israfel training week, one night, Rei notices Asuka in a pretty shaken state, after the redhead just had a nightmare. Without comment, Rei cleans up for her, tells her to sit and prepares a tea for her. Then she promises she won't ever speak of this, not even to Asuka herself. When she in fact keeps her word, Asuka begins to reconsider her.
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* TearsOfJoy: By Shinji, aplenty, when he and Asuka learn that Rei has "survived" the [[spoiler:Bardiel]] fight (or rather, a new clone has been activated, of course).
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* UnableToCry: Even though Asuka has opened up to Rei and Shinji, even though she has admited to herself and even to them that she loves them, even though she knows she is loved... one thing still hasn't changed about her: She hasn't cried in ten years, not even at the funeral of her mother. She won't cry now, no matter what.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Gendo, Fuyutsuki and Ritsuko are merely using the children as tools to be exploited. Misato may also care about them a bit, but her desire for revenge against the angels is stronger, and in any case she's unable to really show affection. Kaji may sympathize with the pilots a bit, but even as a U.N. inspector he can't do much, and he isn't there for Asuka when she would have needed him. The only adult who has some positive influence on the children is [[TheCutie Maya]].
* GlowingEyes: Whenever an Evangelion starts going berserk.
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: The only thing feminine about Rei is her girls' school uniform. And Asuka is loud, brash, enjoys fighting, enjoys rebelling against authority and antagonizing people... Meanwhile, Shinji would like nothing more to step away from fighting, is rather meek and shy, cooks well, can mediate between Asuka and Rei... Misato even calls that out.
-->"“You know, that really isn't what I expected when I took you in. I know you said you'd pilot if you could right now, and I believe you, but let's be honest... you never liked it. This, though... you were positively glowing at the meal. So... a boy who would rather cook than pilot. Yeah, I really wasn't expecting that. But screw that. You want to cook? You're right, it's something you can do. Honestly, without your influence I think the two girls would have clawed each other's eyes out by now. So don't think it's nothing. So, if you'd rather do that than piloting, you'd still be contributing.”
* MindScrew: Rei's visions while inside Leliel. [[spoiler:They help her to 're-integrate' her reunited soul parts.]]
-->"“You know, that really isn't what I expected when I took you in. I know you said you'd pilot if you could right now, and I believe you, but let's be honest... you never liked it. This, though... you were positively glowing at the meal. So... a boy who would rather cook than pilot. Yeah, I really wasn't expecting that. But screw that. You want to cook? You're right, it's something you can do. Honestly, without your influence I think the two girls would have clawed each other's eyes out by now. So don't think it's nothing. So, if you'd rather do that than piloting, you'd still be contributing.”
* MindScrew: Rei's visions while inside Leliel. [[spoiler:They help her to 're-integrate' her reunited soul parts.]]
* OfficialCouple: Official Triad, rather. The whole story is about Rei, Asuka and Shinji coming together and eventually the aftermath of that.
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: During the Bardiel fight.
-->'''Rei''': [[Film/{{Firefly}} "You have always taken care of me. My turn".]]
-->'''Rei''': [[Film/{{Firefly}} "You have always taken care of me. My turn".]]
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* TheStationsOfCanon: The entire basic premise of the fic is to change the chronological order of those around.
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-->This had been the woman who had mistreated her for ten years. And now she’d. ''had''. ''ENOUGH''!
* RagingStiffie: Shinji has a certain problem when in a dual-synch test, Rei is sitting in his lap.
-->Ayanami wiggled slightly. ''Oh gods''. She was wiggling again. Maybe she was sitting uncomfortably, which would be... ''ehem... EHEM''... understandable. Though the wiggling did the exact opposite of helping with that problem. ''Damn it, are those suits thin!''
* SoldierVsWarrior: Asuka sees herself as a warrior, and thus is not particularly happy to have to wear a school uniform, which she equates tosoldiers.soldiers.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Piloting and fighting the angels has already taken its toll on Shinji, as Mana and Asuka acknowledge.
--> There was a certain logic to what Mana was saying. In a way, despite only being fourteen, Shinji was a kind of… injured veteran. Who had done his duty heroically and saved everyone, but had the mental wounds to show for it. That idea fit very well to Asuka’s notions of EVA pilots as an elite fighting troop. It wasn’t that Shinji was weak; rather it was time that others took over for him. And Asuka was definitely up to the task.
-->This had been the woman who had mistreated her for ten years. And now she’d. ''had''. ''ENOUGH''!
* RagingStiffie: Shinji has a certain problem when in a dual-synch test, Rei is sitting in his lap.
-->Ayanami wiggled slightly. ''Oh gods''. She was wiggling again. Maybe she was sitting uncomfortably, which would be... ''ehem... EHEM''... understandable. Though the wiggling did the exact opposite of helping with that problem. ''Damn it, are those suits thin!''
* SoldierVsWarrior: Asuka sees herself as a warrior, and thus is not particularly happy to have to wear a school uniform, which she equates to
* ShellShockedVeteran: Piloting and fighting the angels has already taken its toll on Shinji, as Mana and Asuka acknowledge.
--> There was a certain logic to what Mana was saying. In a way, despite only being fourteen, Shinji was a kind of… injured veteran. Who had done his duty heroically and saved everyone, but had the mental wounds to show for it. That idea fit very well to Asuka’s notions of EVA pilots as an elite fighting troop. It wasn’t that Shinji was weak; rather it was time that others took over for him. And Asuka was definitely up to the task.
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* ShipperWithAnAgenda: Asuka fears "losing" to Shinji and Rei in their romantic triangle. But ah, if she brings them together, that would then be no defeat, right? Also, it would leave her open to pursue Kaji! A master plan... that already crumbles in the very next episode because Shinji is just too damn cute.
* SleepCute : During the Israfel training week, one night, Asuka stumbles into Rei's futon instead of her own. Unlike Shinji in canon, Rei doesn't vacate the futon. Instead the two end up hugging in their sleep. Later, [[spoiler:after Rei's soul had been reunited, ]]Rei comes to Asuka's room after having been frightened by a weird dream. Too tired to do anything else, Asuka offers her to come into her futon.
-->“Hmmm. Teddy bear,” Asuka commented. “Sleep now, Rei.”
* SleepCute : During the Israfel training week, one night, Asuka stumbles into Rei's futon instead of her own. Unlike Shinji in canon, Rei doesn't vacate the futon. Instead the two end up hugging in their sleep. Later, [[spoiler:after Rei's soul had been reunited, ]]Rei comes to Asuka's room after having been frightened by a weird dream. Too tired to do anything else, Asuka offers her to come into her futon.
-->“Hmmm. Teddy bear,” Asuka commented. “Sleep now, Rei.”
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* BullyingTheDragon : Attempting physical coercion against Rei [[spoiler:when Rei's soul had been reunited and she was hence whole again]] was not Ritsuko's best idea. She gets double-whammed by an AT field for her troubles.
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* BullyingTheDragon AfterActionHealingDrama : During the Bardiel fight [[spoiler: Rei sacrifices herself and EVA-00. She is resurrected in a new clone body, but doesn't remember anything. And what she does remember is fragmentary and contradictory, as the part of her soul that was in EVA-00 has also come back to her. And the new soul parts cause her to act impulsively and wildly. For a while, Rei is an almost catatonic person barely recognizing Shinji and Asuka, who have already fallen in love with her, which causes great distress to them both.]]
* AgeLift : Some birthdays were shifted around, as by American/European reckoning Asuka is actually 13, not 14, for most of the show, which the author deemed a bit too young for romantic hanky-panky.
* AllThereInTheManual: Some notes on the story, like the changed birthday and an incomplete chronology of events, as well as a canon sidestory involving another triad, can only be found on the Sufficient Velocity thread, not in the fanfiction.net or Archive Of Our Own versions of the fic.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: While Misato's teasing is ''mostly'' played for laughs like in most fics, things come to a head when a drunk Misato talks too much about the planned nude synch test and teases the pilots about it. Asuka outright insults her and storms off.
* BattleCouple: Asuka ''and Rei''. Not so much Shinji. Shinji never moves past his loathing for piloting and would prefer to just stay the TeamChef and the triad's moral support.
* BetaCouple: Beta Triad, rather: Kensuke/Mana/Kaworu. Their story is detailed in the canon sidestory to the fic, Life During Wartime.
* BiTheWay: Of a pilot corps consisting of five people, Touji is the only one who is ''not'' bisexual (Not that it matters much with Shinj).
* BullyingTheDragon: Attempting physical coercion against Rei [[spoiler:when Rei's soul had been reunited and she was hence whole again]] was not Ritsuko's best idea. She gets double-whammed by an AT field for her troubles.
* CanonImmigrant: Mana Kirishima from the non-canon NGE video game ''Girlfriend of Steel''.
* AgeLift : Some birthdays were shifted around, as by American/European reckoning Asuka is actually 13, not 14, for most of the show, which the author deemed a bit too young for romantic hanky-panky.
* AllThereInTheManual: Some notes on the story, like the changed birthday and an incomplete chronology of events, as well as a canon sidestory involving another triad, can only be found on the Sufficient Velocity thread, not in the fanfiction.net or Archive Of Our Own versions of the fic.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: While Misato's teasing is ''mostly'' played for laughs like in most fics, things come to a head when a drunk Misato talks too much about the planned nude synch test and teases the pilots about it. Asuka outright insults her and storms off.
* BattleCouple: Asuka ''and Rei''. Not so much Shinji. Shinji never moves past his loathing for piloting and would prefer to just stay the TeamChef and the triad's moral support.
* BetaCouple: Beta Triad, rather: Kensuke/Mana/Kaworu. Their story is detailed in the canon sidestory to the fic, Life During Wartime.
* BiTheWay: Of a pilot corps consisting of five people, Touji is the only one who is ''not'' bisexual (Not that it matters much with Shinj).
* BullyingTheDragon: Attempting physical coercion against Rei [[spoiler:when Rei's soul had been reunited and she was hence whole again]] was not Ritsuko's best idea. She gets double-whammed by an AT field for her troubles.
* CanonImmigrant: Mana Kirishima from the non-canon NGE video game ''Girlfriend of Steel''.
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* GirlOnGirlIsHot : Shinji has had some... ''entertaining'' thoughts about Rei and Asuka kissing. Or Asuka atop a naked Rei, as happened in variance to canon in Rei's apartment. He feels rather bad and guilty about this.
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* SurpriseIncest : Shinji and Rei are heading that way, of course.
* TeamChef : Shinji cooks lunch boxes for Asuka and Rei every school day, and dinner for them and Misato every day. And he ''likes'' that role - that way he can contribute without needing to pilot.
* SurpriseIncest : Shinji and Rei are heading that way, of course.
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* StupidSexyFlanders : ShutUpKiss: Rei decides that ''she'' will pilot EVA-01 against Leliel instead of Shinji. She has no problems with piloting and he has [[spoiler:and EVA-00 has been destroyed]], so she should be doing it. When Shinji starts feeling guilty about this and protests, Rei shuts down his protests with a kiss.
* StupidSexyFlanders: Rei is this for Asuka, causing her to mutter "Stupid cute Rei".
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*TeamChef : TeamChef: Shinji cooks lunch boxes for Asuka and Rei every school day, and dinner for them and Misato every day. And he ''likes'' that role - that way he can contribute without needing to pilot.
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* ExpendableClone : Rei sees herself as replaceable, because after all she has clones to back her up (though she never names that reason). Already in chapter 2, Shinji vehemently disagrees.[[spoiler: But later on, Rei's current body does die when she sacrifices herself against Bardiel, and she comes back in a new body. In that way, her clones are in fact expendable.]]
* ForeignCussWord : Asuka is fond of those. ''Gottverdammt, Verfickt, Arschloch, zur Hölle'', etc etc.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot : Shinji has had some... ''entertaining'' thoughts about Rei and Asuka kissing. Or Asuka atop a naked Rei, as happened in variance to canon in Rei's apartment. He feels rather bad and guilty about this.
* GreenEyedEpiphany: Rei is "worried" when she sees "personal bonding" between Asuka and Shinji. She logically deduces that what she is feeling is jealousy, and that hence the "warmth" she has been feeling around Shinji must be love. Of course, as she later also begins to develop feelings for Asuka, that jealousy becomes a non-issue on her end.
* GratuitousGerman: The author is German, and has a bit of fun letting Asuka speak and think in German. Most characters have some level of understanding of the language - Misato and Kaji have each lived in Germany as a guardian to Asuka, and Rei, Ritsuko, Fuyutsuki and Gendo know at least ''some'' German as it is a required language in Metaphysical Biology studies. Rei tries to approach Asuka by speaking German at one point, though she gets the grammar partly wrong.
* ForeignCussWord : Asuka is fond of those. ''Gottverdammt, Verfickt, Arschloch, zur Hölle'', etc etc.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot : Shinji has had some... ''entertaining'' thoughts about Rei and Asuka kissing. Or Asuka atop a naked Rei, as happened in variance to canon in Rei's apartment. He feels rather bad and guilty about this.
* GreenEyedEpiphany: Rei is "worried" when she sees "personal bonding" between Asuka and Shinji. She logically deduces that what she is feeling is jealousy, and that hence the "warmth" she has been feeling around Shinji must be love. Of course, as she later also begins to develop feelings for Asuka, that jealousy becomes a non-issue on her end.
* GratuitousGerman: The author is German, and has a bit of fun letting Asuka speak and think in German. Most characters have some level of understanding of the language - Misato and Kaji have each lived in Germany as a guardian to Asuka, and Rei, Ritsuko, Fuyutsuki and Gendo know at least ''some'' German as it is a required language in Metaphysical Biology studies. Rei tries to approach Asuka by speaking German at one point, though she gets the grammar partly wrong.
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* InsecureLoveInterest : Shinji initially feels quite bad when he discovers he has feelings for both Asuka and Rei. He thinks that shows that he is just an immature pathetic boy who will latch to anyone showing him a bit of friendliness. [[spoiler:He is proven wrong when Mana tries to kiss him. Even though she has been very nice to him, it feels all wrong to him because it isn't with Rei or Asuka.]]
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* IgnoredEpiphany: Ritsuko rants internally over how even Rei has more people who care about her than she does, with Shinji and Asuka being outright in love with Rei. Ritsuko realizes she's pushing everyone out of her life to be with Gendo who even she admits shows her no affection, but insists it's worth it because how obsessed she is with him. Even after Rei starts showing emotions and emotional attachments, she continues to think of her as a thing and blames Rei for all her problems. Eventually, she decides to make Rei pay for all her own pain despite knowing the girl had nothing to do with it beyond Gendo valuing her (as a connection to Yui) over Ritsuko.
* InterServiceRivalry: As part of her TheReasonYouSuck Speech, Asuka calls out NERV for refusing to call on conventional forces for assistance even when it would make battles far easier.
* InterServiceRivalry: As part of her TheReasonYouSuck Speech, Asuka calls out NERV for refusing to call on conventional forces for assistance even when it would make battles far easier.
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* SoldierVsWarrior : Asuka sees herself as a warrior, and thus is not particularly happy to have to wear a school uniform, which she equates to soldiers.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After getting scolded over getting tossed around by Israfel's self-destruct, Asuka rips Fuyutsuki a new one over him criticizing their victory and NERV's deplorable tactics.
-->'''Asuka''': Would you rather an aesthetically pleasing defeat, ''[[ParentheticalSwearing Sir]]''? Whose stupid idea was it anyway, to have us fight an ''active'' Angel? [[StatingTheSimpleSolution A further N2 mine drop would have it enter its passive, regenerative mode again]], but nooo, some people were to embarrassed to request that from the conventional forces. Never mind how tactically sensible it would have been, but hey, can't "lose face"! Rather send out kids to fight! After all, you decision makers will be safe and cushy in your command center several dozen metres beneath the Earth. And the risks to the pilots, well, that's not worth "losing face", right? Better ''they'' be at ''life and death'' risk than ''you'' being maybe a tad embarrassed. Hah, Japanese nonsense. So InterserviceRivalry is more important than the safety of the city? Yes, surely it is better to let the angel ''come to a city with nearly a million inhabitants'', rather than make a tactically sound request of another agency. Who do you even think you ''are''? [[LetsSeeYouDoBetter If you think you can do piloting better, than why don't]] ''[[LetsSeeYouDoBetter you]]'' [[LetsSeeYouDoBetter do it]], ''gottverdammt noch einmal''?
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After getting scolded over getting tossed around by Israfel's self-destruct, Asuka rips Fuyutsuki a new one over him criticizing their victory and NERV's deplorable tactics.
-->'''Asuka''': Would you rather an aesthetically pleasing defeat, ''[[ParentheticalSwearing Sir]]''? Whose stupid idea was it anyway, to have us fight an ''active'' Angel? [[StatingTheSimpleSolution A further N2 mine drop would have it enter its passive, regenerative mode again]], but nooo, some people were to embarrassed to request that from the conventional forces. Never mind how tactically sensible it would have been, but hey, can't "lose face"! Rather send out kids to fight! After all, you decision makers will be safe and cushy in your command center several dozen metres beneath the Earth. And the risks to the pilots, well, that's not worth "losing face", right? Better ''they'' be at ''life and death'' risk than ''you'' being maybe a tad embarrassed. Hah, Japanese nonsense. So InterserviceRivalry is more important than the safety of the city? Yes, surely it is better to let the angel ''come to a city with nearly a million inhabitants'', rather than make a tactically sound request of another agency. Who do you even think you ''are''? [[LetsSeeYouDoBetter If you think you can do piloting better, than why don't]] ''[[LetsSeeYouDoBetter you]]'' [[LetsSeeYouDoBetter do it]], ''gottverdammt noch einmal''?
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* ClosetKey: While initially believing it to be a cause of IfItsYouItsOkay, Rei eventually causes Asuka to realize she's bisexual in Neon Metathesis Evangelion when she checks out some other girls in the locker room and finds herself interested.
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* ClosetKey: While initially believing it to be a cause of IfItsYouItsOkay, Rei eventually causes Asuka to realize she's bisexual in Neon Metathesis Evangelion when she checks out some other girls in the locker room and finds herself interested.
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* NotWhatISignedOnFor: upon learning of the upcoming nude sync test all of the pilots refuse, stating that their job is to pilot the Evas and kill Angels, not prance around naked for all of command to see. While there's some initial fear of punishment, Kaworu points out [[WeirdTradeUnion they'll be fine so long as they present a united front]]; NERV can't afford for it's pilots to quit.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Kaworu is furious over being forced to [[spoiler:kill Lelliel while the latter is retreating.]] After doing so, he [[spoiler:kills the man who ordered him to do so.]]
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* ShipperOnDeck: For a time, Asuka was trying to push Shinji and Rei together, partially because all three have feelings for each other and she wants to solve her dilemma by pairing them up so she can bow out, and none of them had thought of {{Polyamory}} yet.
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* FollowTheLeader: One among several works inspired by AdviceAndTrust
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getting it started with references from trope pages
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* ClosetKey: While initially believing it to be a cause of IfItsYouItsOkay, Rei eventually causes Asuka to realize she's bisexual in Neon Metathesis Evangelion when she checks out some other girls in the locker room and finds herself interested.
* CultureClash: A significant portion of the fic is dedicated or relevant to Asuka's cultural integration (or lack thereof) into the Japanese culture of Tokyo-3.
* FollowTheLeader: One among several works inspired by AdviceAndTrust
* WhatTheHellHero: Despite him apologizing after realizing what he said, Shinji still calls out Misato here for [[spoiler:sending Rei into a volcano after a dormant Angel and sending her Eva not only several hundred meters past the maximum safe depth, but another three hundred meters past the maximum allowed depth, all to kill an Angel. Furthermore, she redeployed both him and Asuka while they were still unconscious after their first sortie with Ramiel.]]
* WhenSheSmiles: Both Shinji and Asuka find Rei beautiful when she smiles and adorable when she shows actual interest in things.
* CultureClash: A significant portion of the fic is dedicated or relevant to Asuka's cultural integration (or lack thereof) into the Japanese culture of Tokyo-3.
* FollowTheLeader: One among several works inspired by AdviceAndTrust
* WhatTheHellHero: Despite him apologizing after realizing what he said, Shinji still calls out Misato here for [[spoiler:sending Rei into a volcano after a dormant Angel and sending her Eva not only several hundred meters past the maximum safe depth, but another three hundred meters past the maximum allowed depth, all to kill an Angel. Furthermore, she redeployed both him and Asuka while they were still unconscious after their first sortie with Ramiel.]]
* WhenSheSmiles: Both Shinji and Asuka find Rei beautiful when she smiles and adorable when she shows actual interest in things.
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When Strypgia's ''FanFic/AdviceAndTrust'' began to get popular, it started inspiring a new wave of Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion fics on the forum Sufficient Velocity. Among them was ''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/neon-metathesis-evangelion-nge.30952/ Neon Metathesis Evangelion]]'', a fic by an A&T fan aimed squarely at satisfying the need for the OneTrueThreesome, known among A&T as the 'Israfel Special.' With a different order among the {{Kaiju}}, events proceed far differently than in canon. A FixFic that doesn't pull its punches.
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When Strypgia's ''FanFic/AdviceAndTrust'' began to get popular, it started inspiring inspired a new wave of Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion fics on the forum Sufficient Velocity. Among them was ''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/neon-metathesis-evangelion-nge.30952/ Neon Metathesis Evangelion]]'', a fic by an A&T fan aimed squarely at satisfying the need for the OneTrueThreesome, known among A&T as the 'Israfel Special.' With a different order among the {{Kaiju}}, events proceed far differently than in canon. A FixFic that doesn't pull its punches.
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that's utterly pointless...hopefully this gets some actual tropes soon or this will end up being cutlisted
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When Strypgia's FanFic/AdviceAndTrust ''FanFic/AdviceAndTrust'' began to get popular, it started inspiring a new wave of Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion fics on the forum Sufficient Velocity. Among them was [[https://forums.''[[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/neon-metathesis-evangelion-nge.30952/ Neon Metathesis Evangelion]], Evangelion]]'', a fic by an A&T fan aimed squarely at satisfying the need for the OneTrueThreesome, known among A&T as the 'Israfel Special.' With a different order among the {{Kaiju}}, events proceed far differently than in canon. A FixFic that doesn't pull its punches.
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* [=TropeTitle=]: List of tropes that are fixtures of the series.
* [=TropeTitle=]: Any tropes in which the show is already cited can be retrieved from the Wiki if you text-search in a separate window on the program name.
* [=TropeTitle=]: Any tropes in which the show is already cited can be retrieved from the Wiki if you text-search in a separate window on the program name.
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When Strypgia's FanFic/AdviceAndTrust began to get popular, it started inspiring a new wave of Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion fics on the forum Sufficient Velocity. Among them was [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/neon-metathesis-evangelion-nge.30952/ Neon Metathesis Evangelion]], a fic by an A&T fan aimed squarely at satisfying the need for the OneTrueThreesome, known among A&T as the 'Israfel Special.' With a different order among the {{Kaiju}}, events proceed far differently than in canon. A FixFic that doesn't pull its punches.
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!! This show provides examples of:
* [=TropeTitle=]: List of tropes that are fixtures of the series.
* [=TropeTitle=]: Any tropes in which the show is already cited can be retrieved from the Wiki if you text-search in a separate window on the program name.
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!! This show provides examples of:
* [=TropeTitle=]: List of tropes that are fixtures of the series.
* [=TropeTitle=]: Any tropes in which the show is already cited can be retrieved from the Wiki if you text-search in a separate window on the program name.
