Neon Genesis Evangelion: Creator's Gambit - Foreword
by: Gemini83
Disclaimer: I don't own Neon Genesis or any of the characters...just this story.
Setting: This story follows the movies, Genesis 13, and all the Congratulations.
Before anyone decides to flame me...please read this. Otherwise, you can skip this. Thank you.
Okay, I am aware that NG:E has become a favorite of many across the globe. And I know that everybody and their uncle has his/her own take about Third Impact. This is my humble contribution.
I was rather disappointed with the ending to the series. There, I said it. Yes, it was thought provoking. Yes, it brought a great series to a close, but I was still disappointed. I mean, the people were running short on money towards the end of this series. I even heard that fans actually demanded a more definite end, so the makers had to go back and do a movie to explain what happened during Third Impact. But this is just hearsay.
So they gave us this...this...exercise in psycho-babble and theology instead of a real, clear finish. The end was nebulous...undefined. Anybody who knows me will know that I HATE that. So, I did the only thing I could do...I wrote a new ending, but one that took place after everything else in the series. Sure, I bent the realities of the story just a little, but I like it nonetheless.
Okay, about my writing, in and of itself...
I won't lie to you, I wrote this when I was a freshman in high school. I was really devastated by the ending, so I wrote this, sort of as a gift to my other friends, as well as for myself. Anyway, I forgot about it, then found it the other day when I was looking through some old writing. It is rather simpler than the end of the series, in that there is less actual theological discussion. I still have quandaries about the nature of life and Third Impact, but I don't go in depth (I got enough of that from the series as it is!). This resembles the beginning more closely, with mysterious enemies and real victories. Moreover, it has less of a chance to conflict with others' ideas about the origins of Neon Genesis.
So what would you do, if you found this story that you totally loved, but cringed whenever you looked at the writing style? I can only speak for myself, but I'd revamp the story, make the writing better, and then hope the end product wasn't too bad a story. That's exactly what I did here. SO some of you may find...shifts in the mood of writing throughout the story. Sorry for this...but you'd really rag me if I presented my original spiel. I still have it tucked away, if anyone wants to laugh at it.
One more thing. In the fight scenes, I mix up some old Angels with a couple of new ones. Just use your imaginations to idealize what they'll be like. Personally, I like the idea of scalier, more reptilian variations of the production model Evas, but that could be just laziness. I also have a list of the different Angels in the series in the Afterword.
Anyway, I just wanted to give this rant before you started reading. Because, if it's possible, there's almost as much, if not more, controversy around this series than even the Aeris vs. Tifa debate of Final Fantasy 7 (and that takes some doing)! Note that I said "almost." I've seen some pretty heated debates on either subject! Anyway, enough talking and on to the story. I hope you like it!
by: Gemini83
Disclaimer: I don't own Neon Genesis or any of the characters...just this story.
Setting: This story follows the movies, Genesis 13, and all the Congratulations.
Before anyone decides to flame me...please read this. Otherwise, you can skip this. Thank you.
Okay, I am aware that NG:E has become a favorite of many across the globe. And I know that everybody and their uncle has his/her own take about Third Impact. This is my humble contribution.
I was rather disappointed with the ending to the series. There, I said it. Yes, it was thought provoking. Yes, it brought a great series to a close, but I was still disappointed. I mean, the people were running short on money towards the end of this series. I even heard that fans actually demanded a more definite end, so the makers had to go back and do a movie to explain what happened during Third Impact. But this is just hearsay.
So they gave us this...this...exercise in psycho-babble and theology instead of a real, clear finish. The end was nebulous...undefined. Anybody who knows me will know that I HATE that. So, I did the only thing I could do...I wrote a new ending, but one that took place after everything else in the series. Sure, I bent the realities of the story just a little, but I like it nonetheless.
Okay, about my writing, in and of itself...
I won't lie to you, I wrote this when I was a freshman in high school. I was really devastated by the ending, so I wrote this, sort of as a gift to my other friends, as well as for myself. Anyway, I forgot about it, then found it the other day when I was looking through some old writing. It is rather simpler than the end of the series, in that there is less actual theological discussion. I still have quandaries about the nature of life and Third Impact, but I don't go in depth (I got enough of that from the series as it is!). This resembles the beginning more closely, with mysterious enemies and real victories. Moreover, it has less of a chance to conflict with others' ideas about the origins of Neon Genesis.
So what would you do, if you found this story that you totally loved, but cringed whenever you looked at the writing style? I can only speak for myself, but I'd revamp the story, make the writing better, and then hope the end product wasn't too bad a story. That's exactly what I did here. SO some of you may find...shifts in the mood of writing throughout the story. Sorry for this...but you'd really rag me if I presented my original spiel. I still have it tucked away, if anyone wants to laugh at it.
One more thing. In the fight scenes, I mix up some old Angels with a couple of new ones. Just use your imaginations to idealize what they'll be like. Personally, I like the idea of scalier, more reptilian variations of the production model Evas, but that could be just laziness. I also have a list of the different Angels in the series in the Afterword.
Anyway, I just wanted to give this rant before you started reading. Because, if it's possible, there's almost as much, if not more, controversy around this series than even the Aeris vs. Tifa debate of Final Fantasy 7 (and that takes some doing)! Note that I said "almost." I've seen some pretty heated debates on either subject! Anyway, enough talking and on to the story. I hope you like it!