"In the beginning, there was the Light. And the light was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld her glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Mother,) full of grace and truth. She was in the world, and the world was made by her, and the world knew her not. She came unto her own, and her own received her not." Rei-centric
All Finwe had ever wanted was a big, happy family. But the result was that all five of his children grew up with whispers behind their backs and doubt in their hearts. Throughout the years, it breaks them all in different ways.
Pilot Childhood Friends AU, Yui & Kyoko live, Shinji grew up with his parents, the devastation of Second Impact was avoided, but none of this will save them when the angels finally arrive. Gradual tone shift - Starts something like the ep 26 AU or SIRP, becomes progressively less silly and more serious/ canon-like. The ReiShin plotfic I wish to see in the world.
"In his very repressed, restrained way, he's clearly as besotted with Clara as he ever was! That line in 'Dark Water' [...] that's about as close to 'I love you' as the Doctor can get." - Steven Moffat, DWM 484. Assorted writings detailing the Doctor's Clara-related monomania and their ongoing struggle to divine each other's meaning. Obviously, Whouffle in all its shapes and forms.
And so, the Titans end just like they began, huddled together in the dark.