The Wild Horse Thesis

The Wild Horse Thesis

The Wild Horse Thesis by "Calamity Cordite" (AKA "Calamity-Queen of Cordite"; real name Lisa Grey) is a crossover between Ranma ½ and Neon Genesis Evangelion. Making yet another attempt to eliminate Ranma Saotome and free the heart of Akane Tendo, Hikaru Gosunkugi casts a spell from a scroll given to him by a mysterious cowled figure. To his surprise (and the readers'), the attempt succeeds and banishes Ranma into a set of of Evangelion video tapes, where Gosunkugi is sure he will come to a swift and terrible end, along with the rest of humanity.

Three days later, the Tendo household -- thoroughly agitated over Ranma's disappearance -- receives a package containing a set of video tapes entitled Neon Genesis Evangelion ½. Watching them, the Tendos learn what has happened -- Ranma has been inserted into the world of one of his favorite anime, Evangelion, and forced to take the place of Shinji Ikari. Unfortunately for the combined plans of Gosunkugi and Hideaki Anno, Ranma is not Shinji and knows exactly what's coming and why -- and goes to work on derailing the plans of both Gendo Ikari and SEELE.

Meanwhile, the watchers in the "real" world are learning uncomfortable and unpleasant truths, thanks to the third-party omniscient viewpoint of the anime they are watching, a viewpoint that lets them hear Ranma's true, unspoken feelings about the people who surrounded him in Nerima. As more and more members of the Ranma ½ cast join the viewing over the course of several days, they become split between those rooting for Ranma to find what happiness he can and those outraged that he is happier in Tokyo-3, even in the face of the Apocalypse, than he was in Nerima. And then it's revealed that Ranma has a secret patron who has been pulling the strings behind the scenes all along...

It can be read here.


 * Deus Ex Machina: A literal one, when it turns out.


 * Folgers Crossover/Fusion Fic: Ranma of Ranma ½ replaces Shinji Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion.


 * Identical Stranger: Ranma's girl form and Asuka can pass for twins.


 * Shipper on Deck: Kasumi, for Ranma and.


 * Trapped in TV Land: Due to a magical spell, Ranma is trapped inside a series of video tapes which contain Neon Genesis Evangelion. He finds himself replacing the character of Shinji, but has all his abilities and techniques intact. Unlike some of other examples of this trope, though, we see Ranma having his Tokyo-3 adventures from the viewpoint of Ranma's family and fiancees, who are watching the tapes in the "real" world. The best part is seeing Ranma telling people in the show of his "previous" life, thinking no one knows what he's talking about, while the characters in the "real" world are subjected to his honest opinions of them.


 * Twin Threesome Fantasy: Referenced at the end of the story by.

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