Neon Genesis Evangelion/Fanfic Recs/Peggy Sue

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 * Complete - Exactly What It Says on the Tin
 * Ongoing - The fic is being updated on a regular basis, or has received an update after being tagged as Dormant or Dead.
 * Dormant - Either: The author has placed the fic on hiatus; or the fic has gone for several months to a year or more without an update but the author has not pronounced it dead.
 * Dead - The fic has not been updated in several years, or the author has specifically said that it will not be updated.

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Making a Difference by Random Char Clone
 * Recommended by: Inkki Bookman
 * Status: Ongoing
 * Synopsis: Forty years after saving the world from 3rd Impact, Rei, Shinji and Asuka were sent back in time to when Shinji was first picked up by Misato. The twist is that this past is somewhat different in that Shinji lives with Misato at the base instead of the apartment

Taking Sights by Lavanya Six (Link) (Also available in a Russian translation)
 * Recommended by: User:Looney Toons
 * Status: Dormant
 * Synopsis: It's another Peggy Sue, except that this time Gendo goes back. And he's still the same bastard he was when the series ended, but he's manipulating the people around him for a different goal.

The Second Try by Jimmy Wolk (Also on FF.Net, EvaFics.Org and EvaMade, which the author recommends over his own site, although his site also contains his fan art, much of which is hilarious.)
 * Recommended by: Nerdorama
 * Status: Complete
 * Pairing: Shinji/Asuka
 * Synopsis: A combined post-3I/PeggySue fic, detailing both Shinji and Asuka's life after End of Evangelion and their having been returned to the start of the story.
 * There is now a manga/FanWebComic sequel in progress.

Better Luck Next Time by Lavanya Six
 * Recommended by: Cryptic Mirror
 * Status: Complete
 * Synopsis: A brutal Deconstruction of the various "Shinji becomes a badass and effortlessly defeats Gendo" fics.
 * Tags: One-shot

Once More with Feeling, by Crazy-88 (link)
 * Recommended by: User:Looney Toons
 * Status: Dormant (last update: 28 July 2013)
 * Synopsis: During Instrumentality, Lilith asks Shinji one important question. His reply sends him back to the start of the series, where maybe he can make things better than what they were the first time around.
 * Pairings: Shinji x Asuka, Rei x Kensuke (?), Toji x Hikari

Unbroken by Donderkind
 * Recommended by: User:Looney Toons
 * Status: Ongoing
 * Synopsis: After spending a year scratching out a bare survival existence in the frozen post-Third-Impact wasteland of Japan while taking care of a catatonic Shinji, Asuka encounters Rei/Lilith, who has found the effective destruction of the world at Shinji's hands an undesirable outcome to Instrumentality. Rei/Lilith gives Asuka the chance to go back and help Shinji, so that he will choose differently when the power of creation is given into his hands. Asuka agrees and is promptly sent back in time two years. But while her attitudes and intentions may have changed due to her post-Third-Impact experiences, her methods and style haven't—and it seems likely that her impulsive and direct approach may do more harm than good. Worse, Rei has noticed the changes in her, her EVA doesn't recognize her any more, and her warning to Kaji about investigating the Human Instrumentality Project has him worried and suspicious about what she knows and how...

Doing It Right This Time by "Jake"
 * Recommended by: User:Looney Toons
 * Status: Ongoing
 * Synopsis: Shinji goes back to before the Third Angel. So does Asuka.  And Rei.  And Toji.  And Kensuke.  And Hikari.  And Misato.  And... well, you get the idea.  All the pilots.  All their friends.  A few choice adults.  A few psychological issues are taken care of... and Rei gets to belt Gendo before the sixth sentence of the first chapter.  Things stop going according to the Scenario, in interesting and often amusing ways.