Refuge in Audacity/Fan Works: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Shinji and Warhammer 40 K (Fanfic)|Shinji and Warhammer 40 K]]'' starts out rather mellow; a young Shinji Ikari finds a chest of Warhammer 40,000 miniatures and rulebooks, which leads to him having better relationships with his adopted parents and schoolmates, which leads to a self-confidence boost, which leads to many other things that help Shinji buck his numerous neuroses before Eva proper even begins. Once Gendo calls him to Tokyo-3, things start to get kinda cool. Shinji stomps a few angels, makes a few [[Badass Boast|Badass Boasts]], makes some new friends, and starts to have a lasting impact on his surroundings and fellow pilots. At some point, however, the author begins to slowly but surely ratchet up the degree to which the [[Rule of Cool]] factors into the plot, until suddenly the battle with Jet Alone happens and Shinji is holding a nuclear explosion ''in his hand'' and the reader is left looking around for [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|a guy with a sword and pointy orange sunglasses]] and wondering if they're still even reading an Eva fic. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Then]] [[Crazy Awesome|things]] [[Up to Eleven|get]] ''[[Serial Escalation|really]]'' [[Holy Shit Quotient|nuts]].

* ''[[Tiberium Wars (Fanfic)|Tiberium Wars]]'' has this happen multiple times. In fact, half of [[Badass Grandpa|Havoc's]] plans involve them being so ridiculous no one sees them coming, and in Chapter Fifteen, the ruined remains of Lieutenant Wallace's Zone Trooper squad attacks hundreds of Nod soldiers, tanks, beam cannons, and Avatars.