Line #18 YMMV/AdviceAndTrust


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The author provides links songs for the reader to listen two during certain fights, including:
2	** The battle against Zeruel is accompanied by three songs from Music/TwoStepsFromHell:
3	*** Rei's original fight plays [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASj81daun5Q Protectors of the Earth]].
4	*** During Shinji and Asuka's BigDamnHeroes moment, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2hRTLdvdnk To Glory]] plays.
5	*** Finally during the last part [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O6Q1OiF6LI United We Stand]] which is the same name of the chapter.
6	** The battle against Arael has two more songs: [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Libera me from Hell]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhE42Noj1Lw an epic rock cover]] of the ''Film/PacificRim'' theme.
7	* 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.
8	* {{Fanon}}:
9	** Nobody knows what kind of pills Rei was 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.
10	---> [[WordOfSaintPaul Powerful benzodiazepines, mostly, with a touch of some neuroleptics.]]
11	** 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.
12	* FanNickname:
13	** Many commenters on Sufficient Velocity have taken to calling the fic's version of Kaworu "Rainbow Trout," due to Strypgia's description of [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/advice-and-trust-nge.8768/page-318#post-5774496 what Rei sees when she looks at him]].
14	** ''Advice and Trust'' Rei has been called [=TsundeRei=] with the resulting PortmanteauCoupleName [=TsundeReinbowTrout=].
15	%%* FanPreferredCouple:
16	%%** 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"]].
17	%%** Lately, though, Kaworu/Rei or Impact Shipping has generated just as many, if not more, fans. The [[BirdsOfAFeather parallels]] between them and the heavy ShipTease certainly helps.
18	%%** Since then, another popular ship has emerged in the form of Shinji/Asuka/Rei/Kaworu (otherwise known as "[=PilOT4=]").
19	* HarsherInHindsight: Lots of jokes have been made about the fic causing diabetes through sheer SugarWiki/{{WAFF}}. Strypgia would [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/advice-and-trust-nge.8768/page-1620#post-12528243 develop diabetes]] while writing the fic.
20	* HilariousInHindsight: Someone commented on the [=SpaceBattles.com=] thread that, if we compare the pilots with the religious mythos, then Shinji is Adam, Asuka is Lilith, and Rei is Eve, Rei having Lilith's soul be damned. In the Literature/EvangelionANIMA, Kaworu reveals that [[spoiler: Shinji is a part of Adam, namely Adam's humanity]].
21	* 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, [=TsundeReinbowTrout=], and (very rarely) The Forbidden Union. Shinji/Asuka/Rei/Kaworu is called [=PilOT4=].
22	* JerkassWoobie: In the second 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.
23	* MemeticMutation:
24	** [[OneTrueThreesome The Israfel Special]][[labelnote:Explanation]]After Leliel, Ritsuko has Shinji, Asuka and Rei spend time together so Rei's synch rate would receive a similar boost to the one Shinji and Asuka's RelationshipUpgrade gave them. When Shinji proposes to Asuka to "do the same thing [they] did", (he was thinking about getting Rei to open up), Asuka's answer to it is: "Pervert. I could hear you thinking it. You are not getting an 'Israfel Special' with me and her!" Since then, the "Israfel Special" became a RunningGag, with the fanbase using it to refer to the Asuka/Shinji/Rei polyship. The term is even used for fanfics that has the polyship, such as ''Fanfic/DoingItRightThisTime''.[[/labelnote]]
25	** Rainbow Trout/Calling Kaworu a fish[[labelnote:Explanation]]When Kaworu makes his debut, Asuka refers to him as "the new fish". Rei, who considered [[{{Tsundere}} Asuka's]] behavior "normal", started calling Kaworu a fish all the time, which becomes an InsultOfEndearment over time. [[WordOfGod Strypgia]] then said in a post that, if Rei's AuraVision allows her to see a number to quantify the strength of someone's light, then the strength of Kaworu's light is "Rainbow Trout". This caused almost ''everyone'' who read the fic call Kaworu "Rainbow Trout".[[/labelnote]]
26	*** ''Rei'' being a Tsundere is this on itself.
27	** This is all Strypgia's fault![[labelnote:Explanation]]The sheer amount of fanfics that Advice and Trust inspired led to people jokingly say that, whenever a new SugarWiki/{{WAFF}} Eva fic is posted, it's all because of Strypgia. They even turned it into a tag on Sufficient Velocity. Strypgia is himself on the joke, having tagged the threads where his fics are posted with the tag.[[/labelnote]]
28	* OneTrueThreesome:
29	** The author also said that was his favorite Eva three-ways relationship, but it would not happen in this story.
30	** 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.
31	---> '''Asuka:''' “Huh… I… guess that explains why they don’t mind sharing Kensuke.”
32	* ShipToShipCombat: Impact Shipping (Rei/Kaworu) vs Israfel Special (Asuka/Shinji/Rei).[[note]]Of course, compared to canon, where every romantic possibility suffered a gruesome fate, there isn't really a ''bad'' option.[[/note]]
33	* TheWoobie:
34	** '''''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.
35	** 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. [[spoiler:And like Rei, he's subject to the MindRape from Arael.]]
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