History Fanfic / AyanamiVengeance

[[caption-width-right:236:Our Rei wears a leather biker jacket, among many other things...]]

While FanFic/NobodyDies takes a softer Giant Robot anime direction for its reconstruction of Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5636748/1/Ayanami_Vengeance Ayanami: Vengeance]], on the other hand, despite also being a reconstruction (and deconstruction), is a whole different animal.

First conceived in mid 2009 and started in January 2010 by [=GasmaskAvenger=], Ayanami: Vengeance is an Evangelion AlternateUniverseFic that blurs the line between DarkerAndEdgier and LighterAndSofter with little to no regard towards normal conventions.

Like Nobody Dies, AV crafts a tale that 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 ManipulativeBastard and more on the lines of a BumblingDad (with some shady skeletons in the closet) and most importantly...Shinji Ikari is not the lead protagonist.

Instead, AV shines its spotlight on Evangelion Unit 00 pilot 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, but like all takes on Evangelion, it gets worse.

Those who are interested in an Evangelion fic that really isn't interested in being just a lighter take or 100% grimdark, is unpredictable in its twist and turns and simply wants a more unusual, sometimes surrealistic take on the series, AV is the fic for you.

As of May 25th, 2011, the [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5636748/1/Ayanami_Vengeance story]] is currently at a steady 34 chapters (plus a prologue) and according to [[WordOfGod its author]], is still very much far off from its conclusion. The author was under the process of rewriting the early chapters to unify the fic for the sake of consistency but has recently decided to put the reworking project on hold in favor of new material. The reworking process may resume at a later date.

Although a [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=168088 Spacebattles thread]] exists, [[WordOfGod the author]] considers said thread currently abandoned but may come back to life if demand is given.

There's now a [[Characters/AyanamiVengeance character sheet]] for the fic's colorful cast. Like this page it's a major work-in-progress. Other important links are at the top of the page for those interested.

* ActionGirl: All of the female EVA/Mech pilots, especially Rei.
* ArtificialLimbs: Keel's spine and Naomi Mifune's right hand.

* BigBad: [[spoiler:The Dark One.]]

* EarlyBirdCameo: Keel and another member of SEELE in the Prologue. Kaworu in Chapter 32.
* EvilCripple: Keel Lorenz. Kaworu could possible be this too once he becomes more prominent.
* {{Expy}}: [[WordOfGod 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
* {{Gorn}}: Lots and lots of it
* HeroicAlbino: Rei Ayanami
* TheIlluminati: SEELE
* TheMenInBlack: Agent Will and Agent Smith.
* NightmareFace: The Burnt Lady Down the Street, Nightmare Rei from Chapter 8 and some of the angels.

* PrecisionFStrike: Happens quite a few times throughout the fic.
* Creator/WillSmith: Agent Will.

* HugoWeaving: Agent Smith
* Wrestling/HulkHogan: Jet Alone Prime, whose AI was programmed to be exactly like Hogan.

While [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/NobodyDies Nobody Dies]] takes a softer Giant Robot anime direction for it's reconstruction of [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Neon Genesis Evangelion]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5636748/1/Ayanami_Vengeance Ayanami: Vengeance]], on the other hand, despite also being a reconstruction (and deconstruction), is a whole different animal.


First conceived in mid 2009 and started in January 2010 by GasmaskAvenger, Ayanami: Vengeance is an Evangelion [[AlternateUniverseFic Alternate Universe Fanfiction]] that blurs the line between [[DarkerAndEdgier Darker and Edgier]] and [[LighterAndSofter Lighter and Softer]] with little to no regard towards normal conventions.


Like Nobody Dies, AV crafts a tale that 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 [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bastard]] and more on the lines of a [[BumblingDad Bumbling Dad]] (with some shady skeletons in the closet) and most importantly...Shinji Ikari is not the lead protagonist

Instead, AV shines it's spotlight on Evangelion Unit 00 pilot 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, but like all takes on Evangelion, it gets worse.

As of May 25th, 2011, the [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5636748/1/Ayanami_Vengeance story]] is currently at a steady 34 chapters (plus a prologue) and according to [[WordOfGod it's author]], is still very much far off from it's conclusion. The author was under the process of rewriting the early chapters to unify the fic for the sake of consistency but has recently decided to put the reworking project on hold in favor of new material. The reworking process may resume at a later date.

Although a [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/showthread.php?t=168088 Spacebattles thread]] exists, [[WordOfGod the author]] considers said thread currently abandoned but may come back to life if demand is given

* AscendedExtra: A good majority of the various EVA characters receive this ranging from [[CanonImmigrant Canon Immigrant]] Mari Makinami (who's Rei's [[IAmVeryBritish extremely British]] best friend) to Aoba, the not-so-nihilistic metal guitarist [[BridgeBunnies 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.

* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Expy Expy]]: [[WordOfGod 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
* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Gorn Gorn]]: Lots and lots of it

* HulkHogan: Jet Alone Prime, who's AI was programmed to be exactly like Hogan

* TheMenInBlack: Agent Will and Agent Smith

* OriginalCharacter: 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.

* WillSmith: Agent Will

While [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/NobodyDies Nobody Dies]] takes a softer Giant Robot anime direction for it's reconstruction of [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Neon Genesis Evangelion]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5636748/1/Ayanami_Vengeance Ayanami: Vengeance]], on the other hand, despite also being a reconstruction (and deconstruction), is a whole different animal.

Instead, AV shines it's spotlight on Evangelion Unit 00 pilot 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, but like all takes on Evangelion, [[ItGotWorse It Gets Worse]]

* {{MIB}}: Agent Will and Agent Smith