New Fic Recommendations: The Phoned-in Sequel

[M Fnord]

A few years ago, Acadamia Nut made Evangelion fandom history with Thousand Shinji, featuring a Magnificent Bastard Shinji of captital-C Chaos.  This was followed by the unfinished mega-crossover The Open Door.  However, some have argued that the Magnificent Bastards of the first story are more Bastard and less Magnificent in the second.  As a critique from this view point, Iaculus has been writing The Doorstop.

I got to this point:

"Ah, hello," the latter said in a deep, smooth voice. "You are Colonel Yagami, yes? A pleasure to meet you."

"Likewise," Hayate replied. "Sir, we approached you because-"

He cut her off with a gesture and an amused smile. "Don't tell me. You're having problems with a bunch of well-intentioned extremists who are apparently trying to prevent some vast cosmic catastrophe and inflicting far more harm than good in the process. That about cover it?"

She stared at him. "How did you know?"

"We get a lot of those around here. I used to be one myself, in fact." He turned to the clerk. "Hoshino, get our guests something to drink, would you?"

"Of course, President Rossiu."

And I was all


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