History Fanfic / SuperwomenOfEva2BlueDefiance

Even when she realized that her relationship with Gendo wasn't all she once thought it was, Ritsuko felt powerless to change anything. When she happens to find a certain insect shaped artifact, however, the equation changes. Drastically.

During the Sahaquiel fight, [[MadScientist Dr. Ritsuko Akagi]] realizes her life has reached a dead end. While driving home, she gets hit with a series of minor inconveniences -- including a flat tire, a missing jack, and a malfunctioning lighter -- and finds a damaged [[ClingyMacguffin alien superweapon]] that binds with her overnight. After some thought, and appreciating the power it gives, Ritsuko resolves to stop [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Third Impact]] as the ComicBook/BlueBeetle.

* AlternateSelf: The Scarlet Scarab, an AlternateUniverse version of Ritsuko that got the same powers and was summoned by Leliel to protect itself when Ritsuko charges into the Dirac Sea to kill it. [[spoiler:This version of Ritsuko had overall worse luck than BB-Ritsuko at keeping her identity secret, and was [[ReforgedIntoAMinion lobotomized by Gendo into becoming his personal superhuman weapon]] (even [[HeroKiller killing her own version of Misato/Green Lantern]] when she was ordered to fight her). Ritsuko manages to fix the lobotomy just enough for the Scarlet Scarab to regain her senses and decide to perform a HeroicSacrifice to atone, and the Blue Beetle takes even further steps to try to prevent this from happening to her.]]
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Ritsuko uses [[spoiler:surviving Angel stems cells from Ireul to repair the Scarab.]]
* {{BFG}}: The Scarab claims it ''always'' has a bigger gun, including one stated to be so powerful that it would destroy at least 80% of Japan as ''collateral damage''. And implies that it keeps going up from there.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The Reach is scared off and NERV and SEELE's plans are defused-however, [[ButNowIMustGo Ritsuko is forced to leave]] and become a wanderer because she has become a wanted woman due to her involvement in the Instrumentality Plan and Gendo releasing her identity as the Blue Beetle.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Blue Beetle [[WeaponizedTeleportation teleports Zeruel to Mercury]] but is unable to finish it off. WordOfGod confirmed at the end of that very chapter that we'll be seeing it again.]] Triggered during the final battle.

* {{Cyberspace}}: How Ritsuko deals with [[spoiler:Ireul, with the Scarab's help.]]
* DeadAlternateCounterpart: [[spoiler:Ritsuko finds out that the Scarlet Scarab killed her own alternate version of Green Lantern/Misato Katsuragi (not that she had any other choice, being a lobotomized weapon for Gendo Ikari) and the Scarlet Scarab kills herself on a HeroicSacrifice to destroy Leliel when Ritsuko manages to undo the lobotomy.]]

* DisintegratorRay: The aptly-named annihilator beam "breaks normal organics down into their component atoms."
* DrunkWithPower: Ritsuko's first flight and having the Yakuza afraid of her pushes Ritsuko a little into this territory.
* EvilLaughTurnedCoughingFit: Referenced in one Omake: Ritsuko Akagi breaks into a MadScientist laughter while figuring out a CrazyEnoughToWork scheme and says that because of her smoking habit she used to break into a coughing fit whenever she tried before, but now that the ComicBook/BlueBeetle armor has fixed her body [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatPerks she is able to do it at will]].
* ForWantOfANail: There are strong hints that this story diverges from ''Superwomen Of Eva 2: Emerald Courage'' on the simple fact that [[spoiler:Misato is not going paedophiliac for Shinji. In the other story Misato shows an attraction to Shinji early on and is more fed up with Kaji than in canon, so she ends up using her power ring to slam the elevator doors in his face shortly before the BigBlackout that coincided with Matarael's attack, and she takes that opportunity to defeat Matarael. After proving that her ring can take the fight to the Angels, she resigns her position as Tactical Operations Director. In ''Blue Defiance'', she did not use her ring to slam the doors in Kaji's face and was then trapped in the elevator with Kaji, preventing her from facing Matarael, and because she didn't get the chance to face an Angel, she kept her position as Tactical Operations Director. In that story Kaji replaced Misato and ordered an evacuation when Sahaquiel arrived rather than having the Evas try to catch it; here, Misato used the same plan as in canon, which directly resulted in the Scarab being where it was for Ritsuko to pick it up.]] However, ''Blue Defiance'' has yet to specifically mention [[Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton Power Girl, Supergirl]], or Wonder Girl.
* FugitiveArc: [[spoiler:After the WhamEpisode. And, interestingly, it never truly gets resolved on the story proper--Ritsuko saves the world, sure, but has to remain on the run on the epilogue.]]

** Blue Beetle apparently has determined her situation has crossed this after the WhamEpisode, as she then proceeds to [[spoiler:attack Seele and destroy the Mass Production Evas directly.]]
** The Annihilator Beam is labeled as only to use in this fashion by Ritsuko after hearing how much destruction it would cause as ''collateral damage''. She even refuses to use it against [[TheJuggernaut Zeruel]] on their first encounter because of said potential devastation. [[spoiler:It finally gets used by her to kill Zeruel on the final chapter, because they are in orbit and there will be no collateral damage. The blast can be seen from the ground with the naked eye.]]

* LetsYouAndHimFight: The Scarab and [[spoiler:Misato's Green Lantern ring]] retain their comic book counterparts' animosity toward each other, leading to this trope. Ritsuko also ends up having to fight an alternate version of herself called the "Scarlet Scarab" after Leliel summons her to defend itself.

* MirrorMatch: Blue Beetle versus the Scarlet Scarab within Leliel's Dirac Sea.

* OhCrap: Very, ''very'' [[JustifiedTrope justified]] when Ritsuko realizes she has to face down [[spoiler:Bardiel in control of both [[HumongousMecha Unit 03]] ''and'' Misato's Green Lantern ring, without hurting either [[HumanShield Toji or Misato]] ''and'' without any Evangelion support whatsoever.]]

* ProfessionalKiller: At Seele's urging, Gendo hires [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} Slade Wilson]]]] to dispose of Blue Beetle.

* ReedRichardsIsUseless: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]]. [[spoiler:Initially [[AvertedTrope averted]] when Ritsuko signs up with the JSSDF as Blue Beetle to be their anti-Angel weapon and shares technology from the Scarab, the aversion is then subverted when Deathstroke's attack and the events of the WhamEpisode result in the destruction or grounding of most of the vehicles outfitted with Scarab technology.]]

* SecretIdentity: Ritsuko has a much better grasp ''why'' she needs one than most of the Fanfic/SuperwomenOfEva.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Gendo and Nerv in a particularly notable example, as Ritsuko deliberately attempts to subvert this.

** [[spoiler: [[AlienInvasion The Reach have arrived]].]]
** [[spoiler: Terra and Deathstroke have captured the Blue Beetle and are going to deliver her to Gendo.]]

* {{Yakuza}}: The Blue Beetle debuts against Yakuza who are set to [[MakeAnExampleOfThem make an example of someone]] who ignored their warning that it would be a ShameIfSomethingHappened to him.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: The Scarab and [[spoiler:Misato's GreenLanternRing]] retain their comic book counterparts' animosity toward each other, leading to this trope. Ritsuko also ends up having to fight an alternate version of herself called the "Scarlet Scarab" after Leliel summons her to defend itself.

* OhCrap: Very, ''very'' [[JustifiedTrope justified]] when Ritsuko realizes she has to face down [[spoiler:Bardiel in control of both [[HumongousMecha Unit 03]] ''and'' Misato's GreenLanternRing, without hurting either [[HumanShield Toji or Misato]] ''and'' without any Evangelion support whatsoever.]]
* PhlebotinumBreakdown: The Scarab, at first.

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