Taking Sights

''Don't worry. I have a plan.''

A fanfic by Lavanya Six, which proceeds to turn the entire Peggy Sue trope completely on it's head... by sending Gendo back in time, instead of the usual (i.e. Shinji). Available here

Tropes present in Taking Sights:
"Fuyutsuki: Trust me, Shinji. If there's one thing the commander doesn't get, it's angry.
 * Break the Haughty: started earlier than in canon.
 * Calling the Old Man Out - Fuyutsuki (ironically) and.
 * Creepy Child - Rei, as Hideki Anno always intended.
 * Crowning Moment of Funny - Gendo
 * Rei being mistaken for a computerized answering machine by Asuka when she takes a call for Misato.
 * Dirty Old Woman - Yui and.
 * Dysfunction Junction: Misato's household, even more than the canon version.
 * Evil Detecting Penguin - Gendo: "I was not aware that penguins could growl"
 * Heterosexual Life Partners - Gendo and Fuyutsuki.
 * Important Haircut - Important.
 * And not just that--one flash forward to an EoE sequence sees Misato make a comment about Asuka's shorter hair.
 * It Got Worse - So, so much. And the author is only promising more.
 * Gilligan Cut - Indulged in during the lighter moments.

Thirty Minutes Ago

Gendo: I am going to murder that little shit."

"Fuyutsuki: "THIS! ISN'T! FUNNY!""
 * Love At First Punch - Possibly.
 * Manipulative Bastard - Gendo..
 * NiceJobBreakingItAntiHero:
 * Old Shame: To Lavanya Six, believe it or not.
 * Peggy Sue - Subverted. It's the villain that goes back.
 * Promotion to Parent: Hikari Horaki after her mother's death.
 * Punctuated for Emphasis: In Chapter 4:


 * Schedule Slip: Was once updated on a somewhat regular basis, then slowed down and eventually stopped moving for a while in 2009. Got one more chapter in early 2010, and it's been dormant since then. The author has admitted that she's struggled with the direction the story had taken, and that it was making it difficult to write. She has, however, promised that she will eventually finish it, as she doesn't want to become "one of those authors."
 * Set Right What Once Went Wrong -
 * So Proud of You - Gendo does this.
 * Suspiciously Specific Denial: Done by in Shinji's dream.


 * Title Drop - "I'm glad we've had this chance to take sight of each other"
 * Troubled but Cute: Misato's exact words to describe Shinji in the third chapter.
 * Villain Protagonist - Sort of. Most of Gendo's plans revolves around undoing his own schemes in the original series.
 * Villains Out Shopping - Gendo and Fuyutsuki
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy - Deconstructed at both ends.
 * Who Wants to Live Forever? -