Postby Ray » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:14 am
Shinji has a Half Sister.
Fanfic Idea I wanted to tackle but don't have time. Sort've a more deconstructive/creepy take on a less common Fanfic trope. The "Fanon Relative' Idea. Which is basically where a Fanfic author gives a character a sibling. Either through adoption, or if the father is a bad guy or in a morally grey area, from another mother.
That's where this comes into play
Gendo knocks Ritsuko up, and she decides against having an abortion for whatever reason (is this in character for her?) , and that starts a ripple effect that turns the entire plot of Evangelion on it's head.
Shinji comes to the city to find he has a half-Sibling who's also a Candidate for the Eva program, who's only about 7 years old. If Shinji thinks he has issues, he hasn't seen the issues his little sister has. As to be expected with both Cold Clinical Scientist Ritsuko as her mom, and cold calculating literal Supervillain Gendo Ikari as her dad.
I'm thinking her name should be Tohsa Akagi.
Several hurdles to leap though.
1) Ritsuko's Character.
Assuming an accident happened. Is it in character for her to keep the baby? Is she the kind of person who wouldn't get an abortion given she's comfortable helping out Seele and Gendo? Even if it is in her character not to kill a baby. Would she really be a decent mom? Would she really want to aid Gendo and Seele in starting Instrumentality with someone she actually cares about (even on a base Maternal instinct level) someone who will be caught up in it?
2) The character of Shinji's Sister
This idea is a blank slate to draw any Idea you want on her. But you have to write a whole bunch of different things for her. One she's a child character, and one even younger than Shinji so that's a hard thing to write. Two. She has GENDO and RITSUKO as her parents. How would she feel about that? Would she even be old enough to understand? Would she defend Gendo when Shinji calls him out? How would she interact with Rei?
3) The Evas?
If Shinjis Sister is an Eva pilot Given the mothers souls power the Eva then that necessitates killing her off (at least in the story). If I killd Ritsuko off I'd lose how to examine her as a character and how she'd function as a mother. I could NOT make her a pilot. But then the plot of Eva would happen pretty much the same just with an added character.
Or I could go with the Rebuild timeline and say only Shinji has his moms soul in the Eva. . . But then you lose all the juicy character bits from NGE proper/
4)Shinji's Reaction (Jealousy? Anger? Resentment?)
How does Shinji react to finding out he has a little sister? Does he hate her for taking his place in his fathers life? Does he try to get to know her because she's blood? Does he hate Gendo even more than he did because of this?
Theres a bunch of other plot parts that fell off the machine before I decided to junk this idea. But those are the key factors I need to think about before anyone tackles this.
I'm currently working on another Non-Eva Fanfic right now. I don't know if i'll be revisiting this or SIRP anytime soon.
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