History Fanfic / ChildrenOfAnElderGod

* HeroesWantRedheads: Although Shinji is attracted to Rei he also likes Asuka [[spoiler:and they get together eventually.]]

* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: In chapter 4 while they are talking, Kaji ruffles Asuka's hair in a paternal, placating way.
-->''Kaji laughed and ruffled her hair.''

-->'''Shinji:''' "So what are your parents like?"\\
'''Asuka:''' (sharply) Dead.\\

--->"... an almost globular torso, with six long sinuous limbs terminating in crab-like claws. From the upper end a subsidiary globe bulged forward bubble-like; its triangle of three staring, fishy eyes, its foot-long and evidently flexible proboscis, and a distended lateral system analogous to gills, suggested that it was a head."

-->"Sometimes you drive me nuts. But then you do something that changes my mind, like dancing wonderfully. I had a lot of fun tonight, Shinji."

'''Touji:''' Damn, Shinji, a lot of guys would kill for a deal like that,"\\

'''Rei:''' We were,"

-->''"You say the sweetest things, Asuka," Kaji said casually.''\\
''Asuka blushed furiously and tightened her embrace just a little bit.''

-->'''Ritsuko:''' Hmm. I see you're busy. When you two are done, I need to see Misato."\\

-->''Rei was staring at Asuka, intensely, her face twisted in anger. Her fists were clenched, shaking slightly. It was hard to tell in the sunlight, but they thought they saw her blood red eyes glow brightly for a moment.''

--->''"So tell me, buddy," asked Touji. "Exactly how far didja... y'know... melt the ice queen, if ya know what I mean?"''

-->"How could you do something like that? That's horrible, going around altering the genetics of babies! How could you do that to my parents?"

-->''"You do know that, like the text of 'The King in Yellow', this material here is Seraphim clearance only?"''\\
''"Yes."''\\
''"So I trust you weren't foolish enough to read it?"''\\
'' 'Of course not' Kaji wanted to snort in reply. "Of course I did."''

-->''"Langley," she replied quietly.''
-->''"Asuka? What about her?"''
-->''"She was with Ikari."''
-->''"With Shinji?"''
-->''Rei nodded.''
-->''"What do you mean, 'with Ikari'?" asked Maya. "Theyweren't..."''
-->''"Ibuki-san," said Rei evenly, "I want to kill her."''

-->''Misato roared through the streets of Tokyo-3 in her car as if all the Angels were chasing her. Asuka laughed with delight while Shinji clung to his seatbelt, shaking. "Faster, faster!" Asuka shouted, while Shinji prayed for engine failure.''\\
''"I'm gonna have to slow down soon, or I'll drive right through our apartment building. I don't think the Andersons would like that." Misato took the corner at about fifty miles an hour without any trouble, thanks to the absence of any traffic. Shinji, on the other hand, was glad he hadn't eaten dinner yet.''
* DualWielding: When [[spoiler: facing Nyarlathotep]], Asuka wields two swords when she fights: one of them is covered with fire and the other radiates light. They're normally very powerful, but considering who she's fighting...
-->''Two swords came out. One was covered with orange-red flame, the other shone with pale moonlight. They rose, dispelling the gloom that had fallen upon the balcony, then sliced down in unison. The Regent caught one with each hand, and the fire and light were snuffed. "Fire dies and light fades." His hands twisted and the flaming sword was wrenched from Asuka's hands, falling at Cassilda's amber-frozen feet. The moon sword simply snapped in his hands, then crumbled away to dust.''

The very ground below it evaported or inverted or became one-dimensional threads which snapped under the weight.

-->''He had looked into the girl's eye. It was red, a bright, vibrant red, but otherwise seemed guileless, straightforward, and void of any particular emotion.''

* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Ritsuko and Maya]] stabbed [[spoiler:Naoko's]] eyes when they killed her.
* FallingIntoTheCockpit: When Matarael and its spawn came along and invaded the city Shinji was dragged along to the Evangelion Unit 01 and ordered to pilot it. Later he describes the episode to Asuka and she is flabbergasted -since he piloted an Eva without prior training- and horrified -since nobody informed him of the risks (most people die or go mad when they try to pilot one)-.

-->''Prince Shinji kneeled before the throne of his father, King Gendo of Tokyo-3, who sat on his great basalt and onyx throne, his gloved fingers pursed to form a triangle.''

-->“The flames of hell are the fires which burn away impurities.”

* FlamingSword: Asuka wielded a flaming sword when she fought [[spoiler:Nyarlathotep.]]
-->Two swords came out. One was covered with orange-red flame, the other shone with pale moonlight. They rose, dispelling the gloom that had fallen upon the balcony, then sliced down in unison. The Regent caught one with each hand, and the fire and light were snuffed. "Fire dies and light fades." His hands twisted and the flaming sword was wrenched from Asuka's hands, falling at Cassilda's amber-frozen feet.

--->''"ICH WILL DIESEN KLEINEN SCHEISSKOPF TOTEN!!!"''

-->''It showed a creature that resembled a huge spider, hundreds of feet tall, lying on its side, its legs working the air feebly. It was surrounded by a charred cocoon of spider silk and the corpses of countless spiders. However, more were erupting up from the ground and forming from its blood, which was puddled around it. Further more, the charred marks on its exterior were fading, and ichor was no longer leaking from it.''

** [[spoiler: Nyarlathotep-possessed Anna got into this, too, openly announcing it to cause rioting and chaos.]]

--->''"For such a dweeb, that Ikari's got chicks all around him, huh?" asked Touji.''\\
''Kensuke nodded, still videotaping.''\\
''Suddenly, his camera died.''\\
''They heard a growl.''\\
''It wasn't just your ordinary growl, from a dog or a wolf. This was a deep growl, the sort of growl that suggested monstrous origins, dark and shadowy nights, and the promise of endless hours of pain. It was accompanied by a blast of cold running down their spines. The two turned around, slowly.''\\
''Rei was staring at Asuka, intensely, her face twisted in anger. Her fists were clenched, shaking slightly. It was hard to tell in the sunlight, but they thought they saw her blood red eyes glow brightly for a moment.''\\
''"Ohshit," whispered Touji. "She's mad."''

-->[There are faint screams in the distance]\\
Home Base (Speaker unidentified): What the hell was THAT?

-->''"Ah, Ritsuko, as beautiful as ever," said Kaji smoothly. He took her hand in his and kissed it.''

* ImagineSpot: In chapter 23, as Rei tries unsuccessfully to persuade Asuka to share Shinji, Asuka can' help to envision it:

--> ''"So tell me, buddy," asked Touji. "Exactly how far didja... y'know... melt the ice queen, if ya know what I mean?"''

-->''One day...one day she would she would make love to him. But not now. She was too young, and so was he, and she had a feeling that was what Nylarathotep wanted.''\\
''Also, she wasn't sure how to do it properly.''

* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Shinji and Asuka became hugely co-dependant throughout the history. At the beginning they were just friends, then they were dating, and then they needed each other to keep their sanity while their world collapsed, their friends died, and their powers corrupted them. At one point Shinji begs Asuka not to leave him, and she answers she'll never, ever, leave him.

-->''"Shinji," she said softly. "I love you."''\\
''He gulped and kissed her again, then said softly, "I love you too, Asuka. Don't ever leave me. Please."''\\
''"I won't," she said. "Never."''

--> ''Asuka blushed furiously and tightened her embrace just a little bit.''

-->''Shinji saw a man [[SelfImmolation setting himself on fire]] to get dozens of spiders off of him.''

-->''His clothing was ripped from him, rough fingers bruising his flesh, and then naked, they lifted him like a sacrifice. They howled incoherently now as they ran towards the lake, while Ritsuko chanted and shouted in a deep voice not her own. "Come, Lords of the Outer Realms! Come and recieve this one into your number!"''\\
''They hurled him into the lake as he screamed, and the lake rose up and pulled him under. It suffused him, leaking in through his pores and sphincters, eating away at him and replacing him with itself. He became LCL and it was him. And the black fluid became a void, and around him, all was filled with the idiot flautings of a dozen mindless tentacled frog-things, which capered and played a dance for the beings who capered about in a great circle, ringing something behind him. The part of him that was still his 'real' self knew something horrible was there, but the god Shinji turned to gaze upon its master, giving a great incoherent cry of soulless joy.''\\
''At the last moment before he would have gazed upon it, the void cracked open, and there was light. And the light burned away the darkness, the void, the gods, and the dream.''

-->''Asuka quickly stepped up to Shinji's side, taking his arm in hers, and strolled along with Kaji and Misato.''

-->''Shinji Ikari was not a people person. He lacked severely in people skills. This went doubly so for girls that showed signs that they liked him. With Asuka's arm entwined with his and her warm tone of voice, his mind turned to mush. "Um, well, you see..."''

-->''"Ohshit," whispered Touji. "She's mad."''

* PlayfulCatSmile: Asuka smirked wickedly after kissing Shinji for first time.
* PlayingWithFire: Fire generation and manipulation is one of the powers of Asuka.

-->'''Asuka''':''"Shinji," she said softly. "I love you."''\\
'''Shinji''':''"I love you too, Asuka. Don't ever leave me. Please."''\\
'''Asuka''':''"I won't, [...] Never."''

-->''Rei was staring at Asuka, intensely, her face twisted in anger. Her fists were clenched, shaking slightly. It was hard to tell in the sunlight, but they thought they saw her blood red eyes glow brightly for a moment.''\\
''"Ohshit," whispered Touji. "She's mad."''

* SeaMonster: In chapter 4 Asuka fought Amaliel, an acuatic, sea-dwelling monster resembling a viscous blob with tentacles and pincers.
-->''"...an almost globular torso, with six long sinuous limbs terminating in crab-like claws. From the upper end a subsidiary globe bulged forward bubble-like; its triangle of three staring, fishy eyes, its foot-long and evidently flexible proboscis, and a distended lateral system analogous to gills, suggested that it was a head."''

** Rei, too. [[spoiler:She commits Heroic Sacrifice while stating that normal life is not for her.]]

* ShowWithinAShow: In chapter 4 Kensuke proposes to go to the cinema to watch Gekiganger-X, a movie based on a SuperRobotGenre show (the name being a homage to ''Anime/{{Gekiganger3}}'' and ''Anime/MazingerZ'').
-->"They've got Gekiganger X down at the movie theatre today."

--->"He told me to be brave, that he was proud I would be an EVA pilot, and he wanted me to do my best to save humanity."

---> ''With the last of breakfast done, he took a seat at the table, took a sip of water, unfolded the morning paper, then nearly spat his drink out.''

-->"How… How can that thing support its own weight?"

* TearsOfJoy: When [[spoiler:Ritsuko woke up from her long coma,]] Maya cried in happiness:
-->''Maya looked to be in her forties now, and she had a long white streak in her hair which rather reminded Ritsuko of a skunk. Her smile was still so bright; she was starting to cry, though she smiled.''
* TearsOfRemorse: After [[spoiler:the lingering, perverted essence of an EldritchAbomination (appropriately titled "the Violator") overwhelms the emotionally stunted Rei and drives her to rape Asuka,]] Rei cries, blaming herself for Asuka's pain since she was unable to stop that cosmic horror.

-->'''Shinji''':''"I love you too, Asuka. Don't ever leave me. Please."''\\
'''Asuka''':''"I won't, [...] Never."''

-->'''Ritsuko:''' Hmm. I see you're busy. When you two are done, I need to see Misato."\\

* WhatTheHellHero: When Gendo finally reveals Asuka what happened to her parents and tells everything about NERV’s genetic experiments she is absolutely furious and asks how they were capable to do such a thing:
-->"How could you do something like that? That's horrible, going around altering the genetics of babies! How could you do that to my parents?"

--> "Look, my offer stands, up until the bitter end, okay? So when you're face down in the dirt and your friends are all dying around you, keep me in mind. Just say the word and you'll be saved, your friends will be saved, your sister and Kensuke will be saved, and everything will be alright."\\
"You're still not taking my soul."

* CatSmile: Asuka smirked wickedly after kissing Shinji for first time.

* SuperFic: The main characters gain powers after killing {{Eldritch Abomination}}s: Shinji controls arthropods and snakes, Asuka wields fire…

* HurtingHero: Shinji, Asuka and their fellow pilots saved mankind. In order to achieve that goal they risked their lives, their souls and their ''sanity'' every time they got into their giant robots, and gradually stopped being humans. And they had already endured their mothers' loss and their fathers abandonment, but in the process of saving their world they saw many people dying, including their families and most their friends.

* TheHero: Shinji fights cosmic horrors to save mankind.

* DualWielding: When [[spoiler: facing Nyarlathotep]], Asuka wields two swords when she fights: one of them is covered with fire and the other irradiates light. They're normally very powerful, but considering who she's fighting...

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'' Children of an Elder God'' is a ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''[=/=]Creator/HPLovecraft FusionFic by John Biles and Rod M, replacing the Angels with [[EldritchAbomination Cthulhu and all the rest of the Great Old Ones]], giving an already mind-screwy stew an entirely new flavor.

''Children Of An Elder God'' is a ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''[=/=]Creator/HPLovecraft FusionFic by John Biles and Rod M, replacing the Angels with [[EldritchAbomination Cthulhu and all the rest of the Great Old Ones]], giving an already mind-screwy stew an entirely new flavor.

* ManOnFire: In chapter, 1 billions of spiders -whose sizes range from tiny to dog-sized- spawned by a massive, spider-alike EldritchAbomination are flooding the city. As Shinji and Misato are running from them--
-->''Shinji saw a man setting himself on fire to get dozens of spiders off of him.''

* TheyDo: Shinji liked Asuka but he did not dare to spit it out. Asuka had a crush on Kaji but she was beginning to like Shinji. After spending a good while dancing around each other, both teenagers got together.

[[folder:A-C]]

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Brought up from time to time, but not in any titillating manner.
** Shinji [[spoiler:relied on this when first overwhelmed by the vile influence of the Violator to keep from forcing his lusts on others]].
** And later it is brought up that [[spoiler:Adam's power had caused his semen to transform into hideous living monstrosities. Fortuantely, he later figures out how to turn the life-producing abilities of Adam off]].

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:After the Children fight the MP-[=EVAs=], Yui seizes the power of the Outer Gods to ascend to godhood and recreate reality according her will.]]
** [[spoiler: Nyarlathotep-possessed Anna got into this, too, openly announcing it to cause rioting and chaos.]]
* AGodIAmNot: The position of the Children over their powers.

->'''Fuyutsuki''':"They gazed into the Abyss and now it lives inside them."

* TriangRelations: Shinji, Asuka and Rei's relationship is a Type 4: Rei likes Shinji but Shinji likes Asuka who likes him back in turn.

* UncannyValley: The main characters creep most of people out because they can tell what those Children may look human but they're something different and very dangerous.

* ThermalDissonance: Touji and Kensuke were standing next to Rei when Asuka mmet the group. When Rei saw the German girl wrapping her arm around Shinji's and dragging him away, the ambient temperature suddenly dropped, and Touji and Kensuke felt a blast of cold hitting them.

* FiveManBand: Shinji (TheLeader), Asuka (TheLancer), Rei (TheSmartGuy), Touji (TheBigGuy), Anna -and later Hikari- (TheChick) and Misato (TheSixthRanger).

The fic's main site is [[http://www.thekeep.org/~rpm/eva/coaeg.html here]], although it is missing the final chapter. It is also located [[http://www.thekeep.org/~wombat/Stories/Cthulhu/ here]] in text-only format, and includes the complete fic, annotated versions of the first three chapters, and a history of the Cthulhu Mythos. The original draft of the final chapter is [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/children-of-an-elder-god-chapter-24-draft-continues.165721/ here]]. A fan-compiled archive of the story is also available [[https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/ttuura/roinaa/coaeg/ here]].

* TheStationsOfTheCanon:
** The first episode of the anime (where Shinji reunites with is father, meets the NERV staff, and the other Children) is reproduced fairly faithfully, but with just enough minor alterations to signal the reader that something is off.
** The canon timeline is then thrown completely out of the window as soon as the first chapter, when Shinji fights Matriel, who is truly Atlach-Nacha (note the name difference from Matarael) in lieu of Sachiel, supported by Rei. The Angels are completely different and so is the story.

* TheStationsOfTheCanon: The canon timeline is thrown completely out of the window as soon as the first chapter, when Shinji fights Matriel, who is truly Atlach-Nacha (note the name difference from Matarael) in lieu of Sachiel, supported by Rei. The Angels are completely different and so is the story.

** Although it's debatable as to whether it actually happened; this is not brought up again, not discussed wit the other Children, she has been shown to be a devout Christian, and she was in an easily-manipulable dreamscape.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: In chapter 21, Anna's hair turns green.

* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: Shinji, Asuka, Rei and -to a lesser extent- their friends, Rei, Touji, Hikari and Anna... could fight and kill Great Old Ones easily, but socializing and fitting in with other people became increasingly hard. After every battle they became more powerful and simultaneously less human. And at the end, Rei knows she can't ever lead a normal life, and Shinji and Asuka don't belong among humans anymore.

[-[[caption-width-right:350:Do NOT gaze too long into it. It is dangerous...]]-]

The fic's main site is [[http://www.thekeep.org/~rpm/eva/coaeg.html here]], although it is missing the final chapter. It is also located [[http://www.thekeep.org/~wombat/Stories/Cthulhu/ here]] in text-only format, and includes the complete fic, annotated versions of the first three chapters, and a history of the Cthulhu Mythos. The original draft of the final chapter is [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/children-of-an-elder-god-chapter-24-draft-continues.165721/ here]].

A Fan compiled archive of the story is also available [[https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/ttuura/roinaa/coaeg/ here]].

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A Fan compiled archive of the story is also availilable [[https://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/ttuura/roinaa/coaeg/ here]].