History YMMV / AdviceAndTrust

* CounterpartComparison: Kaworu's [[spoiler:vague awareness of alternate timelines]] has led to comparisons to [[spoiler:Sans]] from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''.

* FollowTheLeader: This story caused a small but noticeable surge of Eva fanfictions appearing on to the forum where it was first posted.

** Since then, another popular ship has emerged in the form of Shinji/Asuka/Rei/Kaworu (otherwise known as the [=PilOT4=]).

** Since then, another popular ship has emerged in the form of Shinji/Asuka/Rei/Kaworu (otherwise known as "Pilot4").

** Not wanting to be deterred by recent story developments, many Israfel Special fans have begun to ship Shinji, Asuka, Rei AND Kaworu together as an Ot4

** Not wanting to be deterred by recent story developments, many Israfel Special fans have begun to ship Shinji, Asuka, Rei AND Kaworu together as an OT4

* IdiosyncraticShipNaming: This story came up with the "Israfel Special" nickname to refer to the Shinji/Asuka/Rei relationship. Rei/Kaworu has been called Impact Shipping and [=TsundeReinbowTrout=]. Shinji/Asuka/Rei/Kaworu is called [=PilOT4=].

* IdiosyncraticShipNaming: This story came up with the "Israfel Special" nickname to refer to the Shinji/Asuka/Rei relationship. Rei/Kaworu has been called Impact Shipping and [=TsundeReinbowTrout=]

* AwesomeMusic:

* FanPreferredCouple: This story has a large and vocal fan contingent that actually quite likes the idea of Asuka and Shinji giving Rei the [[UnusualEuphemism "Israfel Special"]].

* JerkassWoobie: In the first chapter Asuka explains to Shinji that she is rude and overbearing because she lost her mother when she was a child, her father ditched her, and she grew up without friends or people she could trust.

* OneTrueThreesome: {{Defied}}. Although she isn't entirely opposed to Shinji and Rei having some feelings for one another, Asuka is not up for having an [[UnusualEuphemism "Israfel Special"]] any time soon.
** Rei has confessed that she loves both Shinji and Asuka, but she does not want to disturb their relationship.

** SquarePegRoundTrope: The author hasn't explicitly stated the words above. With the generous amounts of Asuka/Rei/Shinji ShipTease he provides, One True Threesome isn't out of the question at all.

** Kaworu also applies for similar reasons. He also has to live with the knowledge that the only way that the world can be safe for sure is if he dies.

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* {{Fanon}}: Nobody knows what kind of pills was Rei taking in the show. It is possible they were emotion-dampeners and suppressors, but it is not canon fact, and Strypgia is aware of it.

* TheWoobie: '''''Rei'''''. She lives in [[ImHavingSoulPains near constant pain]] due to only having part of a soul, she spent most of her life devoid of emotions due to being drugged to the gills, Shinji and Asuka don't return her affection despite being close to her, the one person that has shown romantic attraction to her is a threat to the entire human race just by existing, and she has to keep secrets from her loved ones because [[HeKnowsTooMuch they'd die if she told them anything]]. That's not even factoring in the fact that [[spoiler: she gets {{Mind Rape}}d by Arael]]. No wonder she's constantly asking for hugs, because she ''really'' needs them.

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* AwesomeMusic:
** The battle against Zeruel is accompanied by three songs from Music/TwoStepsFromHell
*** Rei's orignal fight plays [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASj81daun5Q Protectors of the Earth]].
*** During Shinji and Asuka's BigDamnHeroes moment [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2hRTLdvdnk To Glory]] plays.
*** Finally during the last part [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O6Q1OiF6LI United We Stand]] which is the same name of the chapter.
** The battle against Arael has two more songs: [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Libra me from Hell]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhE42Noj1Lw an epic rock cover]] of the ''Film/PacificRim'' theme.
* SugarWiki/BetterThanItSounds: Two socially-inept teenagers and their friend take a level in badass because the former two somehow managed to not totally ruin their FirstKiss.
* CatharsisFactor: Reading this story is very satisfactory to people who thought Shinji and Asuka deserved a better ending or hated they spent the second half of the show hurting each other because they were unable to connect or have a civil talk.
* CounterpartComparison: Kaworu's [[spoiler:vague awareness of alternate timelines]] has led to comparisons to [[spoiler:Sans]] from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''.
* FandomBerserkButton: Don't make any jokes about drugs, especially if it involves Rei.
* {{Fanon}}: Nobody knows what kind of pills was Rei taking in the show. It is possible they were emotion-dampeners and suppressors, but it is not canon fact, and Strypgia is aware of it.
** For the fic itself, it's commonly accepted that Kaworu is a masochist due to him finding Rei attractive when she's angry at him.
* FanPreferredCouple: This story has a large and vocal fan contingent that actually quite likes the idea of Asuka and Shinji giving Rei the [[UnusualEuphemism "Israfel Special"]].
* FollowTheLeader: This story caused a small but noticeable surge of Eva fanfictions appearing on to the forum where it was first posted.
* IdiosyncraticShipNaming: This story came up with the "Israfel Special" nickname to refer to the Shinji/Asuka/Rei relationship. Rei/Kaworu has been called Impact Shipping and [=TsundeReinbowTrout=]
* JerkassWoobie: In the first chapter Asuka explains to Shinji that she is rude and overbearing because she lost her mother when she was a child, her father ditched her, and she grew up without friends or people she could trust.
* MagnificentBastard: Rei is developing into one. She uses her genre-savvyness and new knowledge of emotions to scheme and manipulate people, and her puppets have no idea of what is really going on. For example, using hugs and a bunch of {{Double Entendre}}s she has convinced nearly all her female classmates (except Asuka and Hikari) that geeky, anime-obsessed- Kensuke is some kind of sex god and now Kensuke has a bunch of girls after him. So Rei killed several birds with one stone: stopping her classmates from harassing Shinji, angering Asuka and interfering with their relationship; and getting a friend of hers two girlfriends.
* OneTrueThreesome: {{Defied}}. Although she isn't entirely opposed to Shinji and Rei having some feelings for one another, Asuka is not up for having an [[UnusualEuphemism "Israfel Special"]] any time soon.
** Rei has confessed that she loves both Shinji and Asuka, but she does not want to disturb their relationship.
** The author also said that was his favorite Eva three-ways relationship, but it would not happen in this story.
** Played straight with Kensuke and his two girlfriends [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyouko and Sayaka]], who lately had been revealed to be [[HoYay/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica lovers in secret]]. Their boyfriend is aware of this and approves their relationship.
---> '''Asuka:''' “Huh… I… guess that explains why they don’t mind sharing Kensuke.”
** SquarePegRoundTrope: The author hasn't explicitly stated the words above. With the generous amounts of Asuka/Rei/Shinji ShipTease he provides, One True Threesome isn't out of the question at all.
* ThePornomancer:
** Shinji Ikari's reputation at school. Due to some unfortunate unintentional innuendo from Rei, the rumour mill is running the belief that Shinji is sleeping with both Asuka and Rei, and is so good at it that Asuka is unwilling to get upset that Rei's getting in on it too, just that Rei failed to keep it a secret.
** To a lesser extent, but also in universe: Kensuke. Rei has been using him to experiment with things such as hugging (Rei has had a severe lack of hugs in her life). However, due to more cases of suggestive phrasing in public, the rumour mill believes that Kensuke has to be particularly skilled at ''something'' in the bedroom, for Rei to turn to Kensuke for 'something that only he can provide'. This reputation, however, is being set up by Rei ''intentionally'' to puff up Kensuke's social standing.
* ShipToShipCombat: Impact Shipping (Rei/Kaworu) vs Israfel Special (Asuka/Shinji/Rei).
* VaguenessIsComing: Kaworu's statement of "All this has happened before, all of this will happen again," ''could'' indicate that he knows he's in an alternate timeline that diverged from the original. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that he has vague memories of different versions of himself from multiple timelines.]]
* TheWoobie: '''''Rei'''''. She lives in [[ImHavingSoulPains near constant pain]] due to only having part of a soul, she spent most of her life devoid of emotions due to being drugged to the gills, Shinji and Asuka don't return her affection despite being close to her, the one person that has shown romantic attraction to her is a threat to the entire human race just by existing, and she has to keep secrets from her loved ones because [[HeKnowsTooMuch they'd die if she told them anything]]. That's not even factoring in the fact that [[spoiler: she gets {{Mind Rape}}d by Arael]]. No wonder she's constantly asking for hugs, because she ''really'' needs them.
** Kaworu also applies for similar reasons. He also has to live with the knowledge that the only way that the world can be safe for sure is if he dies.

* AwesomeMusic: The battle against Zeruel is accompanied by three songs from Music/TwoStepsFromHell
** Rei's orignal fight plays [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASj81daun5Q Protectors of the Earth]].
** During Shinji and Asuka's BigDamnHeroes moment [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2hRTLdvdnk To Glory]] plays.
** Finally during the last part [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O6Q1OiF6LI United We Stand]] which is the same name of the chapter.

* TheWoobie: '''''Rei'''''. She lives in [[ImHavingSoulPains near constant pain]] due to only having part of a soul, she spent most of her life devoid of emotions due to being drugged to the gills, Shinji and Asuka don't return her affection despite being close to her, the one person that has shown romantic attraction to her is a threat to the entire human race just by existing, and she has to keep secrets from her loved ones because [[HeKnowsTooMuch they'd die if she told them anything]]. That's not even factoring in the fact that [[spoiler: she gets {{Mind Rape}}d by Arael]].

* TheWoobie: Rei. She lives in [[ImHavingSoulPains near constant pain]] due to only having part of a soul, she spent most of her life devoid of emotions due to being drugged to the gills, Shinji and Asuka don't return her affection despite being close to her, the one person that has shown romantic attraction to her is a threat to the entire human race just by existing, and she has to keep secrets from her loved ones because [[HeKnowsTooMuch they'd die if she told them anything]]. That's not even factoring in the fact that [[spoiler: she gets {{Mind Rape}}d by Arael]].

** Played straight with Kensuke and his two girlfriends [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyouko and Sayaka]], who lately had been revealed to be [[HoYay lovers in secret]]. Their boyfriend is aware of this and approves their relationship.

* VaguenessIsComing: Kaworu's statement of "All this has happened before, all of this will happen again," ''could'' indicate that he knows he's in an alternate timeline that diverged from the original. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that he has vague memories of Kaworus from multiple timelines.]]

* VaguenessIsComing: Kaworu's statement of "All this has happened before, all of this will happen again," ''could'' indicate that he knows he's in an alternate timeline that diverged from the original.

* JerkassWoobie: In the first chapter Asuka explains Shinji that she is rude and overbearing because she lost her mother when she was a child, her father ditched her, and she grew up without friends or people she could trust.

* ThePornomancer:
** Shinji Ikari's reputation at school. Due to some unfortunate unintentional innuendo from Rei, the rumour mill is running the belief that Shinji is sleeping with both Asuka and Rei, and is so good at it that Asuka is unwilling to get upset that Rei's getting in on it too, just that Rei failed to keep it a secret.
** To a lesser extent, but also in universe: Kensuke. Rei has been using him to experiment with things such as hugging (Rei has had a severe lack of hugs in her life). However, due to more cases of suggestive phrasing in public, the rumour mill believes that Kensuke has to be particularly skilled at ''something'' in the bedroom, for Rei to turn to Kensuke for 'something that only he can provide'. This reputation, however, is being set up by Rei ''intentionally'' to puff up Kensuke's social standing.