Evangelion Neon Genesis Persona

[DrTempo]

...First things first....Why has no one thought of this one? Thee two go together quite well.

Basic stuff:
The world is similar to "Neon Genesis Evangelion: Gakuen Datenroku"(in fact, the premise of that spin-off is VERY similar to the Persona series!)...However, instead of Evas, Shinji and co use Personas. This fic's universe is also the same one as Persona 3/4 occur in; as such, those events happened. This means P3 or P4 characters could show up.
-Shinji is, obviously, the Main Character, and thus, the Wild Card. His initial Persona would probably be Odepius(Shinji does seem to have a bit of one.)
-Rei would fill the same role as Mitsuru does in P3 and Teddie in P4: She's initally the support character, but when the new support character(Hikari in this case) is found, she takes the field.
-The Angels serve as the "bosses" of this story. In this fic, they're powerful Shadows sent by God to test mankind; Gendo's goal is to unite all souls a la Third Impact(and as such, is the villain in the manner Adachi was in P4; Gendo is being used by SEELE, who want the world to end.)
-Obviously, Asuka, Rei(as mentioned above)and Toji are Persona-users themselves; how they would get Personas is up to the writer, though I'm partial to the P4 method. Hikari(she was mentioned above,) Kensuke, Mana(from Girlfriend of Steel) are also good ideas for potential Persona-users.


...More ideas, please!

 

[FLCNPNCH]

-Second Impact was YHWH (Possibly being represented by Metatron...or Adam, lol) going 'NO U' at humanity. Why? Who knows - he probably did it coz he could. Or because we got too awesome. He's a colossal dick like that. Second Impact could have also been the events of the first Shin Megami Tensei...
-The Angels are just that - Angels. As in 'from heaven.' Seeing as this is SMT, this changes abolutely nothing, as Angels tend to be unlikable, self-righteous pricks who'll stab you for looking at them wrong, and some upper-echelon Law demons can look pretty wierd.
-Everyone in Shinji's class is a potential Persona user/Demon summoner.
-The Children's Personas are their EVAs.
-Shinji is approached by an especially charming foreigner, who intoduces himself as Louis Cypher. Needless to say, he has very strong links to SEELE (Who are most definely a Chaos-aligned faction). SEELE may or may not be significantly more benevolent, but are even more ruthless.
-Kaworu may or may not be Satan or a similarly high-influence servant of YHWH, sent to judge humanity. He also may or may not be SEELE's version of Rei.
-NERV is a government organization set up to deal with divine or demonic threats. They may or may not be compromised by SEELE. They are unaware of Personas. They're led, as always, by Gendo Ikari, who is as bastardly as ever, but in more of a 'Children of an Elder God' way. He only gets the job when the previous commander, Yui Ikari, vanishes. While he does pay lip service to SEELE, his relationship with them is unchanged from canon.
-NERV have something in their basement, nailed to a cross with the Lance of Longinus itself. This could be anything, from the arch-succubus Lilith to the body of Lucifer. All thats certain - it's very powerful, very nasty and NERV have been developing tech from it for quite a while.
-Yui Ikari is a demon summoner (ala the main characters of the main SMT series). She goes missing soon after the fic starts. She definitely knows quite a bit about the current situation.
-Rei is an experimental clone, who was fused with a demon shortly after her birth. This demon was Jezebel. Soon after, the archangel Remiel also took up residence in her body, unwilling to let such a powerful agent of Chaos remain uncontested. Rei is frequently subjected to the whispers, temptations, and demands of both, but typically ignores them. She's not an idiot, and Yui has fully informed her of the goals of both demons.
-Kaji is ultimately useless, and in the end has absolutely no effect on the plot. But it's not his fault - he's one of Aleph's reincarnations, sentenced to watch events pass while being unable to influence them for the crime of killing God. Depending on how things go, however, he might get free of his curse (and promptly opens up a can of whoop ass).
-Demons invade Tokyo-3 soon after Yui's dissapearance. However, the demons are as confused about this as everyone else, most claiming to have been in Makai at one point and Earth the next. While many demons are understandably pissed off by this, a significant portion just want to lie low until the whole thing blows over.
-According to NERV, in order for everything to return to normal, the 'Seventeen Harbringers' must be banished from the world. And guess who gets the job?
-Philemon's motives and power in regards to this situation are unclear. Does he want everything to return to normal? Or...?

 

[DrTempo]

Good ideas...I thought this was deader than Gendo ends up being in most fics....The EVAs as Personas, though...I'm not all that sure. I think their Personas should be more fitting, a la P3/P4.

 

[nairit]

....could there please be a Noaya!Misato ? Because waging war against God is an awesome scenario that needs to be expanded upon. And EVA as Persona works as does a P3/P4 version. DEaling with SMT you have certain leeway in creating allies.

 

[GenocideHeart]

I'd be interested in a Nocturne crossover, too. Third Impact? Oh, sorry Gendo, you totally fucked up in guessing what it was. Enjoy being eaten by demons after the Conception happens and you become a tasty, disembodied soul.

Bonus points if the Hitoshura role does NOT fall on Shinji, and instead he represents a Reason. Because seriously, he's a prime candidate for the Musubi path - he and Isamu have more than a few things in common deep down.

Asuka, of course, would fit the Chiaki role, what with her being a volatile bitch half the time and arrogant in general. So Yosuga it is for her.

Shijima... I honestly don't see anyone looking for the 'world of silence', besides maybe Rei, and Rei is out since she's the catalyst for 3I/Conception. Um... Kaworu? Nah, if anything he'd push for free choice and/or cover the Futomimi role.

Anyway, uh, tangent, yeah. Feel free to tell me what you think.

 

[ran_hoshino]

I'd be interested in a Nocturne crossover, too. Third Impact? Oh, sorry Gendo, you totally fucked up in guessing what it was. Enjoy being eaten by demons after the Conception happens and you become a tasty, disembodied soul.

Bonus points if the Hitoshura role does NOT fall on Shinji, and instead he represents a Reason. Because seriously, he's a prime candidate for the Musubi path - he and Isamu have more than a few things in common deep down.

Asuka, of course, would fit the Chiaki role, what with her being a volatile bitch half the time and arrogant in general. So Yosuga it is for her.

Shijima... I honestly don't see anyone looking for the 'world of silence', besides maybe Rei, and Rei is out since she's the catalyst for 3I/Conception. Um... Kaworu? Nah, if anything he'd push for free choice and/or cover the Futomimi role.

Anyway, uh, tangent, yeah. Feel free to tell me what you think.

That's a fairly good setup you have there GenocideHeart. Are you going to try your hand at the idea? Because quite frankly you would be one of the few authors I'ld trust to do the idea any justice.

 

[GenocideHeart]

I'd be interested in a Nocturne crossover, too. Third Impact? Oh, sorry Gendo, you totally fucked up in guessing what it was. Enjoy being eaten by demons after the Conception happens and you become a tasty, disembodied soul.

Bonus points if the Hitoshura role does NOT fall on Shinji, and instead he represents a Reason. Because seriously, he's a prime candidate for the Musubi path - he and Isamu have more than a few things in common deep down.

Asuka, of course, would fit the Chiaki role, what with her being a volatile bitch half the time and arrogant in general. So Yosuga it is for her.

Shijima... I honestly don't see anyone looking for the 'world of silence', besides maybe Rei, and Rei is out since she's the catalyst for 3I/Conception. Um... Kaworu? Nah, if anything he'd push for free choice and/or cover the Futomimi role.

Anyway, uh, tangent, yeah. Feel free to tell me what you think.

That's a fairly good setup you have there GenocideHeart. Are you going to try your hand at the idea? Because quite frankly you would be one of the few authors I'ld trust to do the idea any justice.

Er, well... I do have a week of vacation coming up, and was thinking of dedicating it to fanfiction.

Hmm, I'll think about it, but no promises. Anyone else's free to take a crack at it.

The main problem is who would be the main character. Since Shinji is locked up as a Reason representative...

 

[DrTempo]

OK....I'm lost with what you guys are talking about...I've only played P3: FES and P4, so I'm lost.

 

[GenocideHeart]

OK....I'm lost with what you guys are talking about...I've only played P3: FES and P4, so I'm lost.

You never played Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne? HERESY. Go find nao.

 

[dan27]

OK....I'm lost with what you guys are talking about...I've only played P3: FES and P4, so I'm lost.

You never played Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne? HERESY. Go find nao.

Which persona are you basing this on I mean I've played persona 1 and 2 for playstation 1, 3, persaona 3 Fes, the extra game with persona 3 fes, and persona 4

 

[ran_hoshino]

OK....I'm lost with what you guys are talking about...I've only played P3: FES and P4, so I'm lost.

You never played Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne? HERESY. Go find nao.

Which persona are you basing this on I mean I've played persona 1 and 2 for playstation 1, 3, persaona 3 Fes, the extra game with persona 3 fes, and persona 4

Not, Shin Megami Tensai: Persona but Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne. Totally different games, even if both are part of the Shin Megami Tensei Franchise. The Shin Megami Tensai franchise has at least five different series that I can name of the top of my head.

Depending on where you live though if you do try to find a copy of Nocturne be prepared to shell out a decent chunk of change for it. Still I personally feel that most games that have the SMT name attached are worth the price you'll usually end up paying, and if it's one of the older titles boy will you pay for it.

Also GenocideHeart I really do hope you try something out with that fic; but hey, if your dedicating a weekend to your fanfiction then I'll probably be happy to see what ever you put out.

 

[dan27]

OK....I'm lost with what you guys are talking about...I've only played P3: FES and P4, so I'm lost.

You never played Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne? HERESY. Go find nao.

Which persona are you basing this on I mean I've played persona 1 and 2 for playstation 1, 3, persaona 3 Fes, the extra game with persona 3 fes, and persona 4

Not, Shin Megami Tensai: Persona but Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne. Totally different games, even if both are part of the Shin Megami Tensei Franchise. The Shin Megami Tensai franchise has at least five different series that I can name of the top of my head.

Depending on where you live though if you do try to find a copy of Nocturne be prepared to shell out a decent chunk of change for it. Still I personally feel that most games that have the SMT name attached are worth the price you'll usually end up paying, and if it's one of the older titles boy will you pay for it.

Also GenocideHeart I really do hope you try something out with that fic; but hey, if your dedicating a weekend to your fanfiction then I'll probably be happy to see what ever you put out.

I've played nocturne also and either try ebay or gamefly to find the game under PS2 section then sub section role playing games

 

[FLCNPNCH]

Bonus points if the Hitoshura role does NOT fall on Shinji

EASY MODE: Misato.

HARD MODE: He's back, he's bad, and as always, Gendo Ikari is fully prepared ro ruin the Children's shit.

ETNA MODE: Can PenPen really be the hero, d00d?

 

[twin blade]

If it's Gendo, he'd probablly side with Shinji. After all, with Shinji's Reason, he could create a world where his wife never died nor gave birth to Shinji.

 

[DrTempo]

OK....I see about Nocturne...But, I don't have the cash. Anyway, I'd also like to see ideas for a "pure" Persona/EVA xover(AKA only stuff related to the Persona series; as far as I know, each of the game series under the SMT banner are in different universes.)

 

[FLCNPNCH]

OK....I see about Nocturne...But, I don't have the cash. Anyway, I'd also like to see ideas for a "pure" Persona/EVA xover(AKA only stuff related to the Persona series; as far as I know, each of the game series under the SMT banner are in different universes.)

Different continuities, yes, but very persistent rules. It's a safe bet to assume that things that apply to one series will also apply to another.

Also it's fun to stick in little easter eggs that fans of the series will spot and go "Ooooh!"

 

[Shaderic]

Like the school trip!

And the old Raido Kuzunoha film. :snigger:

 

[DrTempo]

I see your point in terms of nods to other SMT series, but I guess I just rather see as pure of a Persona xover as possible.

Possible Personas:
Shinji(He is the Wild Card, obviously): Odepius, Fool Arcana: With the whole Yui thing, this seems to fit. Also, like Odepius, Shinji couldn't escape his fate.
Evolved Persona: Odepius Rex, World Arcana


..I'd love suggestions for Personas and party members.

 

[Serafita]

I see your point in terms of nods to other SMT series, but I guess I just rather see as pure of a Persona xover as possible.

Possible Personas:
Shinji(He is the Wild Card, obviously): Odepius, Fool Arcana: With the whole Yui thing, this seems to fit. Also, like Odepius, Shinji couldn't escape his fate.
Evolved Persona: Odepius Rex, World Arcana


..I'd love suggestions for Personas and party members.

Rei - Aegis/Aigis? Rei being of an artificial nature or some other reason.

Lilith - Elizabeth.

 

[DrTempo]

Not what I was going for...

Anway...My turn.
Asuka: Inital Persona: Valkyrie
Evolved Persona: Freya
Rei: Initial: Yuki Onna
Evolved: Kaguya
...Just a few ideas.

 

[GenocideHeart]

Actually, Rei is more P3 Main Character material than Shinji, since she's closely connected to death - her own, and that of her 'original'.

Shinji, ironically, is more Fuuka-ish. Unfortunately...

(it doesn't help that nearly every idea of this kind I have seen so far tries to cast Shinji as the main character. People, it's called FANFICTION for a reason. You don't have to use the exact same goddamn roles even in your fics. Making a side-character the main is perfectly all right, you know?)

 

[Urdarum]

I agree with GenocideHeart in that Rei has more material to be the Main Character of P3, one could even use the original girl as the mysterious boy. But I believe a story centered about her wouldn't be much fun unless we modify the character a bit as Rei is resigned to her fate as an instrument to control Third Impact and there isn't much you can write about a character that isn't willing to fight for its own and only accepts what comes.

Now taking that into consideration maybe we could make Rei the Main Character of the P3 plot but make the fanfic from a side-character point of view, maybe from Yukari's or Junpei's equivalent.

On a side note, who would take Mitsuru-sempai role?

 

[DrTempo]

OK, GH...You've got a point about Rei being the MC for this. I guess I'm used to Shinji being the hero. Rei could change as time goes on...Anyway, this calls for a Persona change:
Rei's Inital: Persphone: The goddess who became the Queen of the Dead. Fool Arcana.



As for the Mitsuru role, I think Misato would fit into it nicely.

Again, I wanna see Persona ideas(remember, there're two Personas for each character: The one they start with, and the one it eventaully evolves into. In the MC's case, the Evolved one is the one used in the final battle.)

Also, this would take place after P3 and P4, so characters from those games could appear.

 

[GenocideHeart]

It should be noted that Rei does evolve in NGE. She went from totally passive to willing to take action for the sake of the one she wanted to protect - in her case, Shinji.

Having that change adapted to such a fic could be interesting.

Also, consider that due to Rei's... unique... status, she has an excellent excuse for being a multiple Persona user.

Anyway... make Cerberus a Persona. Cerberus used to be the posterboy... monster... thing of SMT way back in the day, along with Jack Frost.

 

[DrTempo]

Too late there, GH. Koromaru(the dog character) in P3 had Cerebus as his Persona. His was the ONLY one of the party members that lived that didn't evolve.


Anyway, here're the party members(so far) that I can think of. Their Personas should match the character's personalities, like they do in the Persona series.

Rei(Main Character)
Shinji
Asuka
Misato
Hikari
Toji
Kensuke
....Actually, that seems like enough characters for a party.