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By Gregg Landsman, the author of ''[[Nobody Dies (Fanfic)|Nobody Dies]]'', ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5528503/1/NGE_Walking_in_the_Shadow_of_Dreams Walking in the Shadow of Dreams]'' once again takes ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' and tweaks one or two things to make an interesting [[What If]]. Using a snippet by the creator of ''[[The Second Try (Fanfic)|The Second Try]]'' as a launching point, Landsman takes us to a world where Third Impact was rejected in a stunning but well-written fashion, and we open with a Shinji and Gendo that actually have some common ground sparring as a lead-in to Gendo offering Shinji a job as NERV's Chief Inspector. His first assignment -- go fetch the new head of Project E.

 

* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Even though Gendo is shown like having been a bastard, Yui is portrayed how being just so bad.

* [[Badass Boast]]: '''Rei:''' I am {{spoiler|Adam.}} I am {{spoiler|Lilith.}} And you are ''screwed''."

* [[Broken Bird]]: Asuka. Hoo Boy, where to start. The events of Instrumentality ripped her pride to shreds and left her an absolute wreak. While the rest of the cast began to pick up and move on with their lives, her bitterness, resentment, and sense of self worth steadily grew worse and worse, culminating in a violent meltdown 4 years later (see [[Freak Out]]). She fled back to Germany after the breakdown and spent the next few years rebuilding her life and recovering from her ordeals. She's mellowed out considerably since then, but still rather bitter towards her old life, and convinced that everyone she knew back in Tokyo-3 hates her guts and/or sees her as a pitiful wreak of a human being.

* [[Crossover]]: The changes in Instrumentality that form the backstory of ''Walking'' are a result of {{spoiler|the [[Butterfly of Doom|butterfly effect]] of the interactions of the canon NGE cast with the characters from ''Nobody Dies'' that were dropped there by that fic's version of Leliel}}.

** {{spoiler|In the rewrite, younger versions of Asuka and Shinji from the end of ''End of Evangelion'' have wound up in this universe alongside their older counterparts, likely for the same reasons.}}

* [[Break the Cutie]]: In hindsight, it probably wasn't the best idea to let a jaded and cynical Shinji guest lecture about his experiences as an Eva pilot. It's quite an accomplishment to make an entire room of trained pilots break into tears.

* [[Everyone Can See It]]: During a conversation, Shinji tells nobody back in high school would have seen coming Asuka and him getting together. Touji replies EVERYONE saw it but the two of them.

* [[Everyone Went to School Together]]: