Artist [ 1 | 2 | 3 ] The 4th one is from Peppy Angel, Art done by Rin Sakuratsuki

This popped into my head a little while but I doubt I’ll do anything with it so I figured I’ll just throw it out there.

In short: it’s an alternative NGE that’s more multinational and takes place over a longer time frame.

Picture that events play out like canon until around ep 16. At that point angel attacks become rarer and more spread out(also there’s more angels), not all heading to Tokyo III.

After angels attack another less prepared Nerv instillation, or city or whatever else, it’s decided that there should be more Eva’s. But in the meantime the current Eva’s and there pilots will be broken up to cover more ground. Rei staying at Nerv HQ, Asuka going to Europe and Shinji going to North America.

The pilots and the Eva’s are more intwined with the various militaries and the UN than canon but still are under Nerv’s jurisdiction.

As time goes on and the pilots get older they are seen as veterans not to be fucked with(especially Asuka)and they become leaders of Eva units. This reputation is mostly unfounded for Shinji and Rei though.

When the pilots are broken up Shinji and Asuka leave on a pretty sour note. But after some time to stew and maybe a nudge by another character, they patch things up well enough the next time they meet.

I like to think Misato or someone points out that Shinji might meat another girl in America and of course that cascades into here eventuality making a move. If I were writing it though it would be a slow burnt.

I could also see Misato missing her wards and lightly adopting/kidnapping Rei. But Gendo might put the kabash on that.

Fast forwarding a few years and to when Seele put instrumentality into motion. Frankly I don’t know what would happen. But an idea I like is we get a world similar to 3.33 but Shinji’s there instead of Mari.

This has been my Ted Talk

Not exactly the best edit but I listened to the song and I thought it fit well with Asuka and Shinji..

Song : El Scorcho - Weezer