Why do so many people hate on Shirou defeating Gilgamesh?

>>146750371
1. It's retarded.

2. Gives canonicity to UBW as the worst route and waste of time

>>146750371
Rule of fiction:
>"Circumstances that gives the protagonist more troubles is exciting. Lucky circumstances however is cheating"
It was a cheap shot; He only won because Gilgamesh was not serious.
No one likes those kind of plot twists where the final boss was unable to unleash his full strength

He only won because of his high ground.

plot shield

Actually I hate on Gil being as wanked in the first place.

>>146750371
Fate is trash. We need a Fate board to get rid of all the Fate fags.

>>146750371
They do not believe a fake can surpass the original.

>>146750658
Gil not being serious is part of his character. For Gil, the moment he decided to draw Ea against a human, he had already lost

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>>14675037
I'm sure some Nasutard will correct the record, but the fact that Gil managed to defeat both Alexader and Heracles makes it even more stupid that a weak ass nigga like Shirou managed to kill him.

>>146750921
>Gil not being serious is part of his character.
Precisely. That's why he is an awful character. He has all the qualifications to be a final boss, except the backbone

>>146750844
kys

>>146750371
They don't read subs

>>146750921
>Gil not being serious is part of his character.

That's not being debated here. The problem is that the main baddie losing because he's not taking the main character seriously just isn't very exciting. Shirou didn't win based on his own merits, he didn't plan a strategy based on what Gilgamesh would do, he just charged in and won because he was lucky enough to be fighting the biggest jobber in fiction.

>>146750844
This we need to purge fatefags.

>>146751096
>kys
Kill yourself

>>146750844
>>146751174
Fatefags were here before you were.

>>146750921
>For Gil, the moment he decided to draw Ea against a human, he had already lost
The thing is, drawing Ea was extremely retarded.
It's even more so retarded in the VN than in the anime, because in the latter they seem to have some distance between them on which Shirou does some retarded acrobatics (which makes even less sense as to how he could win), but in the VN Shirou got Gil to close quarters in a duel of who pulled weapons faster. Trying to take out Ea in that situation was extremely stupid.

It's even worse when you considering Gil could have overwhelmed Shirou by sheer speed only, but it seems Servants tend to forget they're far faster than humans (see Saber vs Kuzuki).

Even if Gil didn't feel like blitzing Shirou, he could have used his speed to make some space and don his armour.

But no, of all his choices, he decided to take Ea out.

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>serious Gilgamesh
EZ frag

>>146750371
Q: Why do so many people hate on Shirou defeating Gilgamesh?
A: One; not only did Shiro have to fuck Rin for the necessary power-up he just had to talk about her butt-hole while doing it
Two: It makes no sense specially if you are familiar with fate Zero.
Three: Makes people realized that Archer could have wiped the floor with Gilgamesh if he took the Grail war Seriously.
Four: Shit writing
Five: The fight was way too easy for Shiro.
Six: POWER LEVELS ARE BULLSHIT
Seven: Tohsaka's Anus

>>146751232
>he could have used his speed to make some space and don his armour.
Looks like another anon don't get this scene. Rewatch Gil vs Berserker. You will notice that Gil don't move. Same in Gil vs Shirou.

>>146751232
>(see Saber vs Kuzuki).
Stopped reading there.

Kuzuki was buffed to Servant-tier by a Servant. That includes his speed and his reaction times.

>>146751170
>>146751073
Flawless villeins are boring.
There is nothing wrong with a flawed final boss.

>Shirou didn't win based on his own merits, he didn't plan a strategy based on what Gilgamesh would do
Using Gil arrogance against his own and pressuring him so he couldn't get a hold of himself after being overwhelm was literally his strategy.

>>146751232
He defeated Herk like that, if he did it with the greatest Greek hero, why shouldn't he do it with a human? That's how he fight, it is spelled out during his fight against Shirou.
Also, Shirou can trace stats of the original owners, there should be no problem keeping up on UBW since the swords do the work for him

>>146751232
Ea is a weapon Shirou can't replicate, meaning that its' a weapon Shirou couldn't have broken by smashing it against a replica. He could have just used it as a club and it would have done a good job to cut Shirou's built-up advantage. The issue is that he didn't have time to pull it out by then.

He couldn't have run, because he tried exactly that and it would have gotten him killed if the Grail hadn't saved him for a few moments longer. That's the whole point, he only realized he was fucked once Shirou had such a big advantage on him that he no longer had time to do anything.

And I have no idea what you're bringing Saber and Kuzuk up for. That doesn't help your argument at all.

>>146751170
>he didn't plan a strategy based on what Gilgamesh would do

He very clearly baited him into the one style of combat that he flat out says he knows Gil can't beat him on. What do you think the whole showmanship bit and insulting Gil's weaponry was for? He did exactly what you're claiming he didn't do.

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>>146751436
>Flawless villeins are boring.
We know.
But a flawless victory against the final boss is just as bad.
Please stop defending it.

An overpowered villain who can defeat anyone but the protagonist is a complete violation of the rules of fiction stories. It insults the viewer's intelligence too

>>146751633
>Please stop defending it.

>>146751633
>But a flawless victory against the final boss is just as bad.
>Please stop defending it.

You're not even making any sense here. What does this even mean?

>An overpowered villain who can defeat anyone but the protagonist is a complete violation of the rules of fiction stories

Gil dies to three different people, two of which deliberately bait him to create an opening and the last who just jumps his ass because he's a careless ass. Again, what you're saying makes no sense.

>>146751356
>>146751436
Yeah, same thing when he fought Saber in Fate.
However, in both circumstances he hadn't been taken in to close quarters by either Saber or Berserker, since he kept them at a distance using his own tactics (be it using his weapons in different ways, or just sword spamming).

>>146751375
No, his abilities when reinforced by Caster are x10 that of a regular human. He's in no way match for a Servant that decided to speed blitz him, which Saber, being of one the most agile Servants, could have done very easily.

>Ea is a weapon Shirou can't replicate, meaning that its' a weapon Shirou couldn't have broken by smashing it against a replica. He could have just used it as a club and it would have done a good job to cut Shirou's built-up advantage. The issue is that he didn't have time to pull it out by then.
That's exactly my point. Taking Ea out under different circumstances might have been a good idea, but when the fight got taken to a very close range it became the worst thing Gil could have done.

>He couldn't have run, because he tried exactly that and it would have gotten him killed if the Grail hadn't saved him for a few moments longer.
I'm not talking about running away, I'm talking about making distance between them to don his armour (which doesn't even takes long to do).

>And I have no idea what you're bringing Saber and Kuzuk up for. That doesn't help your argument at all.
Speed, that's what I'm talking about. Speed.
Gil could have destroyed Shirou through sheer speed only, as Servants as much faster than humans.
Saber could have done the same with Kuzuki but chose to fight him regularly.

>>146751633
>Please stop pointing out I'm wrong

>>146751633
>An overpowered villain who can defeat anyone but the protagonist
Just the route before he was defeated by Saber, and then again by Sakura and the shadow in HF. On the same UBW Medea wins the HGW in a bad end as well.
What are you talking about?

Well its a known fact that Gilgamesh is the strongest Servant.

With EA as EX ranked NP hes already OP but he still has his Gate of Babylon a A++ ranked Noble Phantasm with basically gives him access to only Gilgamesh knows how many A> Ranked NP's

And he has Enkidu unknown Rank but its a A++ or maybe even a EX ranked Noble Phantasm, i mean look at Heracles he couldn't move.

In the Saber route Saber only Won because of Avalon, Emiya just has the "MC" Power.

>>146751727
>No, his abilities when reinforced by Caster are x10 that of a regular human.
You pulled that number out of your ass.

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>>146751720
It is precisely how you read it.
No one wanted to see a match where the final placer won simply because the 1st placers got bad luck.

Unless it's a comedy, no one will take it seriously.

>>146751762
Yup.
Gilgamesh's fate of either winning flawlessly, or losing it all in one strike is everything wrong about him

>>146751849
>Q: This is about Kuzuki-sensei who is physically stronger than regular people. Aside from his fists being strengthened by Caster, are the rest his own strength, or did Caster strengthened other parts of his body as well?
>Nasu: In the anime version, his entire body is strengthened. When the excessively worrying Caster buffed him to ten times that of a normal human, since Kuzuki's base strength is higher than a normal human, he became even more ridiculous, and did the unthinkable during his fight with Saber. Caster was surprised herself: "What the? Isn't my Master a little too strong?!"

How about some Gil humilation?

In a canyon of red clay soil several kilometers north of the cave Gilgamesh had been summoned in, a man was standing on a hill of roughly the same elevation as the top floor of Crystal Hill. He was a lanky man over two meters tall. A bow was gripped in his hands. It was larger than a normal great bow, but because it was being held by the slender man, it felt somewhat small. The man wore something that ought to be described as outlandish rather than strange. What would first attract one’s attention is the long piece of cloth vertically covering his body. It was not resting on his shoulders. Its center was placed over the top of his head, completely covering his face and the back of his head and then hanging down so as to conceal the front and back of his body. What can be seen of his face from the parts not covered by the cloth is at best the area around his ears, and one could not tell if even he could see in front. He had a skirt and undergarment behind the cloth and wore sandals, but he had no other piece of cloth on his upper body, and dark dye stained his exposed skin. There was also some form of pattern drawn in white dye on his body, but it was covered by the aforementioned cloth so its entirety could not be ascertained. The man, who at a glance looked like something that would appear in a horror game chasing after the main character, grinned beneath the cloth covering his face and gently drew the bow without a word. Then his fingers let go of the string, releasing a single arrow. At a speed far beyond the speed of the wind, beyond even the speed of sound.

>>146751958
>since Kuzuki's base strength is higher than a normal human, he became even more ridiculous,
Read your own quotes before you post them.

>>146751910
>either winning flawlessly, or losing it all in one strike
Again, he both, lost and won against Saber in different occasions. Same with Medea.

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>>146751974
Snowfield sky

A blade-like gust of wind hurtled through the city of Snowfield in a straight line. It cut through air and formed shockwaves, and by the time the boom resonated in the surroundings, the wind had already gone. In the center of the wind gust was a single arrow. Where it was heading was the top floor of Crystal Hill, a high-rise building at the heart of Snowfield. The arrow that the mysterious man shot had not decelerated, had not changed elevation, even briefly since he had fired it from the hill in the canyon, and it continued moving forward like a laser beam while ignoring the laws of physics. The arrow had already travelled 20 kilometers, which by itself proved that the bowman was no human being, no normal magus. The shockwave plowed through the city sky, the sound and impact shattering the glass of buildings below its line of fire.
A human, no, even a Heroic Spirit would not be safe from a direct hit. Soon after piercing the top of its target’s head, the rest of the upper body would be blown to smithereens.
The arrow continued straight on course to its target. To the head of the person standing next to Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes who was occupying the top floor of Crystal Hill: his Master, Tine Chelc.

>>146751727
>No, his abilities when reinforced by Caster are x10 that of a regular human.

You're making shit up. No stats are ever given.

>but when the fight got taken to a very close range it became the worst thing Gil could have done.

Then what are you complaining about? There was no good choice there, he was fucked either way. He no longer had any time to do anything at all.

>I'm not talking about running away, I'm talking about making distance between them

So you're not talking about moving away, just moving away? Yes that makes sense. Clearly, the very act of not intending to run all the way would have slowed down time and made it so that he could move away before Shirou hacked him in two, which he can't do otherwise.

>Speed, that's what I'm talking about. Speed.

See above, you're making shit up.

>Gil could have destroyed Shirou through sheer speed only

Not at that point. If he didn't have time to do so much as flex his arm the few degrees needed to pull the weapon out, he had no time to do anything else. He was beyond the point where his speed made any difference, repeating the word "speed" over and over won't magically coalesce it into a valid argument.

>Saber could have done the same with Kuzuki but chose to fight him regularly.

She tried to slash at him to kill him. What the fuck is "speedblitzing" and why would it magically make her attacks faster when she was already swinging for real?

>>146752022
10x his own base, still nowhere close to Servants.
Also, notice that in the quote Nasu said that his full body was reinforced in the anime. In the VN, only his fists were.

>>146752040
Crystal Hill Royal Suite

Tine, who had been facing Gilgamesh, glanced to the window on the north side.
“Eh…?”
The sound hadn’t reached her yet. She simply sensed some strange disturbance in the mana in the air and just looked in that direction without much thought, but –
By the time she noticed that the wind was being shredded, it had been too late. A single point of death was coming from her, already at a distance at which her reflexes could not act in time. However she moved, there were no means for her by which she could avoid the incoming arrow that was moving faster than sound. For her at least.
“…”
Instantly, thunder boomed outside the glass window when the arrow was within 20 meters from the hotel. Bright light dazzled, and innumerous small bolts of lightning ran across the sky. Of those, one had directly hit the arrow and dissipated what should have been a deadly blow in the air. Still, the shockwave shattered the glass, coming at all sides in the room.
“ ”
Tine casted a silent chant, and wind swirled from her hand to become a barrier that deflected the glass shrapnel raining down on herself, Gilgamesh, and her subordinates.
“Are you uninjured?”
She asked Gilgamesh after regaining her breath.
Then the King of Heroes, who remained uninjured, answered unamused.
“I am fine.”
“What was that lightning?”
“The lightning was one of my Noble Phantasms. It seems that it intercepted something.”
Upon hearing this nonchalant reply from Gilgamesh, Tine mumbled something on reflex.
“Intercepted?”
Tine looked outside the window and saw multiple disks floating above the building.
“An autodefensor. There was a chance that my friend would spring a surprise attack in jest, so I had readied it in case, but–“

>>146752093
Gilgamesh shifted his eyes to the north and took out a noble phantasm from his vault. It was a golden ring, which floated in the air, as seems to be the case with such objects, and had a strangely warped lens fit inside. Though it was a single lens, it showed the distant landscape like a telescope.
“I did not think it would deflect an arrow from a mere Archer.”
In the ring was a man boldly drawing a bow in this direction.
“Archer…?”
Questions entered Tine’s mind. Archer was none other than Gilgamesh. So it would have to be a Rider, Assassin, or Berserker-class Servant using a bow for a weapon. Tine looked at Archer through the golden ring and what surprised her first was how high his status values were. If you were to consider his total status points alone, it would appear that he was greater than Gilgamesh.
Then it must be a Berserker?
Gilgamesh muttered without changing his expression before an apprehensive Tine.
“….Will you come with me?”
But the second shot had already been fired.
The bolts of lightning from the autodefensor activated and went to intercept the incoming arrow, but while several bolts had struck it, the arrow managed to slip through the lightning strikes and came for Gilgamesh. The speed at which electricity transmitted through the air, the speed of lighting in other words, is slower than light, but it should have been fast enough to catch a normal arrow. But the speed of the arrow went beyond the limits of humanity. Gilgamesh instantly manifested his armor and knocked the arrow away with his left gauntlet. However, apparently not completely nullifying its force, a portion of the armor broke and chips of gold fell to the floor.

>>146752139
“….Ho.”
Coldly looking at the chips of his armor, Gilgamesh slightly narrowed his eyes, then,
“Impressive bowmanship, however… I will shake off the rust from my treasures with you, you manner-less barbarian!”
An enormous noble phantasm appeared to the side of the top floor, outside of the shattered glass.
“What is this?”
“Tine, get on the back.”
“Are you sure of it?
“If I leave you behind, I cannot protect you from those infernal arrows. Until I fulfill my promise with my friend, I cannot have you die.”

Tine nodded strongly to answer the plainly-spoken words of the King and boarded the rear of the huge noble phantasm. It looked like it was a golden yacht with large fairy wings. It was the noble phantasm Vimana, a small aerial battleship among the noble phantasms of Gilgamesh. The King’s Treasure which is said to include all treasures included not only weapons but the crystallizations of all knowledge produced by man. When Tine was on the rear of Vimana on all fours, Gilgamesh launched the golden vehicle. The sudden acceleration almost caused Tine to be blown off unwittingly, but she managed to regain her balance and breath by using wards against wind and gravity control magic. Gilgamesh stood powerfully on the bow and sent the battleship toward Archer. Sometimes arrows launched by Archer would come but the dozens of interception systems deployed around it completely shot down all of them.
“This is amazing…”
The girl unconsciously exclaimed with emotion after seeing again what it was she was riding on.
“It can even do this…”
Was it awe or was it wonder that was contained in the emotions in the voice of the girl?

>>146752087
What is your point anyway? He didn't beat Saber by moving faster, he beat her because his technique was unpredictable.

>still nowhere close to Servants.

Says who? That's around E anyway, and the text clearly states Kuzuki's base skills bump that even higher.

I liked Gil if fate/zero. He was actually an interesting character there, and he totally would have used Ea against shirou. I like to think that the it was the holy grail that made Gilgamesh into a worse character and a jobber.

>>146752039
I know.
His fate is judged by the demands of the plot instead of his character and powerlevel. His role in the hierarchy is nothing more than an accessory

That's everything wrong about him.

>>146752168
“Ho.”
Looking at the golden ship which managed to arrive before him, Archer exhaled a quiet mumble. A low mumble, which behind it contained shades of frank admiration and slight self-mockery.
“You attempted to take me by surprise. You better not be begging for your life.”
In reaction to Gilgamesh who jumped down from the bow to the hill, Archer, who was about 10 meters away, gradually brought his face up eerily.
“….”
“Do you have any last words?” asked Gilgamesh, but the mysterious Archer did not even attempt a reply. Saying nothing, he silently drew his bow. And then without hesitation, shot an arrow towards Tine, whose head was exposed from the rear seat of Vimana.
“!”
The faster than sound arrow headed towards Tine’s face. She could mitigate the force of the shockwave with a powerful wind barrier, but it wouldn’t be able to completely hold off the arrow. Tine once again recognized the incoming death that was closing in on her, but –
Vimana’s add-on interception noble phantasm shot it down in front of her.
“Fool, did you think it would no longer activate if I was no longer on it?”

>>146751974
How about you stop spamming shit everyone's read already?

>>146752192
His character is 100% the reason he lost to Shirou, Saber, and Sakura.

>>146752231
Or what?

>>146752192
>I know.

So why did you say something completely different before?

>>146750371
>>>/vg/
>>146750844
Most of them are already on /vg/ just redirect them there so hopefully most of the Fate cancer is gone. Glad HF is a movie so it will have only threads when it is released.

>>146750371
They can't believe that rock lost to paper.

>>146752230
“….”
Ignoring Gilgamesh, Archer fired two, three more shots continuously. Tine had already hid herself behind the hull, but he continued drawing his bow with force as if he were to penetrate Vimana’s armor. There was a cracking sound to the side of Gil’s head. Anyone watching should know what he was trying to do. He wasn’t seriously trying to shoot through the ship to get to Tine; he we taunting the hero called Gilgamesh. Either not realizing he was being taunted, or realizing it but being angered by the fact that Archer was continuing to target the girl and ignore him, Gilgamesh continued speaking with anger in his detached tone of voice.
“If victory is all that matters to you, or if you would choose to win painlessly, that is the right decision to make. I might do the same on a whim depending on the circumstance.”
And then, in the next instant –
“But it is because I am the one doing it that it can be tolerated! It is not an act that is allowed for the likes of you!”
Shouting the unreasonable, Gilgamesh fired countless noble phantasms from the Gate of Babylon opening behind him. It seemed that this rain of blades mixed with high rank noble phantasms would leave nothing remaining of Archer. But he waved the bow he was holding with his left hand and knocked aside the noble phantasms that had been fired at a speed that defied the common sense of heroic spirits.
“What?”

>>146751910
>It is precisely how you read it.

Nonsense?

>No one wanted to see a match where the final placer won simply because the 1st placers got bad luck.

He didn't get bad luck, he got outplayed.

What the fuck does this have to do with "flawless victory"? Do you just use words at random based on how they sound or something?

>>146752192
>powerlevel
This is your problem. Powerlevels are not a straight line where things are always the same no matter what.

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>>146752239
Yeah, and his character is the 100% reason he won against so many other heroes that are far stronger.

He has no permanent place and his entire existence is to be a plot device and nothing more.
That's what everyone hates about him

>>146752318
“…”
The Heroic Spirit who deflected dozens of noble phantasms without a scratch silently held out his hand towards Gilgamesh. And then, he turned it over palm side up and curled his fingers back and forth, beckoning for Gilgamesh to come. Gilgamesh narrowed his eyes and had his voice reverberate over the hill with a voice of restrained rage.
“I see that you have nimble fingers. Then….how about this?”
Gilgamesh put on a malicious smile and deployed the Gate of Babylon over a large area around the hill. Deployed over all sides around Archer, the entrance to his vault began to undulate like a tornado. Suddenly, innumerous noble phantasms were blasted out with the momentum of a machine gun, creating a tornado of light and impact high above the hill. Dozens, hundreds, thousands of noble phantasms came raining down onto the man standing in the center of the tornado. At times, they were blades, at times they were knowledge, at times they were pain, at times they were knowledge. There had been a long sword that slayed an oriental dragon. There had been a demonic sword that brought ruin. There had been a spear that killed heroes. There had been lightning without form. The originals of all the noble phantasms humanity had obtained or created were propelled unsparingly. A hellish rain spun by mankind was fired in all directions in 360 degrees. Tine seeing the amazing sight had imagined that not even chunks of flesh would remain of Archer. But once the tornado settled, a spectacle that betrayed Gilgamesh and Tine’s expectations greeted them. In it was Archer, still uninjured, brushing off the dust from the long piece of cloth covering his body, and around him, piles of innumerous noble phantasms.
“It can’t be…” said Tine, her eyes bulging in disbelief, but Gilgamesh ignored her and looked at his foe.
For some time, silence dominated the hill, but that was soon broken by Archer’s chuckling.

>>146751006
>He uses his most special NPs (Ea, Enkidu) for both those opponents
>Only uses his standard rain against Shirou
Well no fucking shit.

Because the author wrote himself into a corner when he made his powerman character and couldn't come up with a clever way for the MC to beat him.

It was awesome to watch Kihara manhandle accelerator with nothing but his understanding of accelerator's powers.

It was too sweet to watch Frenda keep up with Misaka using her cunning.

It's a bore and infuriating to watch Touma beat everyone just because lol imagine breaker.

>>146752358
”Heh….hehheh…..hgh….ha…hahaha…”
An obviously mocking voice emerged from behind the cloth.
“What is so amusing?” asked Gilgamesh with a blank expression, to which Archer replied back, saying very clearly:
“Weak.”
Anyone who had once faced Gilgamesh would question the sanity of whoever said that.
“….”
Tine felt as if the temperature almost suddenly dropped.
“All you do is throw weapons blindly...even hurling sand would have made a better substitute...“
The mysterious Archer continued speaking in the chilly atmosphere he created.
“Such puerile tricks can defeat only weaklings……or non-thinking beasts.”
He spoke softly but it was evident that what he said had strength in it containing not simple derision but some manner of fixation, of tenacity. .
“……Ho?”
The expression on Gilgamesh’s face changed. Tine was worried that Gilgamesh would explode, but to the contrary, a sliver of a smile appeared around his mouth. In that moment the emotion that controlled Gilgamesh transformed from “anger at the mannerless attacker” to “curiosity in this strong warrior.”

>>146751436
Gilgamesh was a flawless villain, but it wasn't him being villain that made him interesting, it was his personality and views. Re-watch Fate/Zero.

>>146752396
Observing the change in the King of Heroes, the mysterious Archer said, “Draw the sword that lies in the deepest parts of your storage. Then we will be equals.”
Perhaps he had learned of it from someone else, or he had noticed the exception presence in the vault from the previous attack, but Archer was telling Gilgamesh to bring his strongest weapon. 　
Gilgamesh gnashing his teeth smiled and returned the taunt in amusement.
“Ea is no less than my other half. It is not a sword to use against a weakling like you.”
And then, instead of the Ea the Sword of Separation, a single sword appeared in Gilgamesh’s hand. Merodach, the sword said to the original model of the legends of swords of selection in the various lands of the world. He must be planning on testing his opponent with this sword, to determine if he merited drawing Ea, his very symbol, on.
“Prove to me that you are worthy of beholding Ea.”
“What foolishness…you could have avoided death had you drawn it.”
Archer muttered and then lowered his right hand, the one not holding the bow, to the side of his body.
A new piece of “fabric” appeared around it upon doing so. It would appear at a glance to be a band with a plain pattern drawn on it, but those who could see from a different perspective would immediately recognize just how abnormal it was.

>>146752192
>>146752351

You sound oddly perplexed by the idea that this might not be DBZ where everything is decided by one universal "powerlevel" stat and that different matchups can create upsets based on abilities.

>>146752351
>his character makes him win against certain people
>his character makes him loss against others or when the same defeated characters come up with a plan
There is no actual problem with this. What are you even saying now?

>>146752434
“That is….a Noble Phantasm for sure….”
To even Tine’s eyes, the magic covering that band was abnormal. Gilgamesh looked at this cloth covered with a thick divine aura like it had been used by a god itself and narrowed his eyes.
“I feel something different from the gods I know of. But it has the same roots…”
It was a bit of a displeasing noble phantasm to Gilgamesh who claimed to hate the gods. But he was interested to see what move this Archer would play. Gilgamesh boldly waited for his foe to make his move while looking at him in half anticipation. Archer laughed behind the cloth and prepared to release the power of his noble phantasm. Then several seconds later, a blow filled with the divine aura rocked the earth.
A blow rich with divine aura shook the earth. But it had not been a blow dealt by the mysterious Archer.
"....Eh?"
Tine, peeking her head from the rear seat of Vimana, could not believe what had transpired. Just as Archer was going to manifest the power of the piece of fabric that seemed to be his noble phantasm, a horse appeared from out of nowhere, and the girl riding on it dismounted behind Archer.
She looked to be from 16 to around 18 years of age, at the very least not over 20. Her long hair was kept neatly bundled to the back of her head, and her lively peach-colored body was dressed in a unique style of clothing of soft cloth and leather. She gave off an energetic impression on whole and approached Archer from behind with a cool face and without making a sound.

>>146752392
The entire VN had been building up the idea that Shirou copies swords.

>>146752471
"....?"
Noticing that Gilgamesh furrowed his brows, Archer was about to turn around when suddenly the girl’s fist deeply dug into the covered part of his face. A sound that could only be from an explosion boomed, Archer's body being propelled like a cannon shell. His body smashed deep into the wall of a different hill, and the small hil in turn then began to collapse.
After a brief silence, a simple fact dominated the air. The fact that the man whom Gilgamesh's volleys of noble phantasms from Gate of Babylon could do nothing to was sent flying by this girl's thin arm.
The girl glared with immense hate at the debris where Archer was buried, then flicking a glance over to Tine and Gilgamesh behind her, she said, "That scum is my prey. Don't interfere."
Some time passed before, Gilgamesh opened his mouth, eyes narrowed.
“…This is exactly what is called spoiling the mood, girl.”

>>146752519
Tine judged that Gilgamesh was clearly displeased from his tone. He had every right to be angry, for the battle that had excited him had been interrupted. Not only that, but it had been the second time since the first day that someone had ruined his fight.
In this precarious situation, Tine thought to at least probe into the girl’s identity. But one thing threw her into deep confusion. The girl in front of her had around her arm the same piece of fabric as the noble phantasm-seeming fabric wrapped around Archer's arm. Not only was the pattern no different, but even the thick divine aura that shook the air was completely the same.
Could it be the same noble phantasm?
While Tine was in confusion and Gilgamesh was quietly fuming, the debris of the collapsed hill flew to all sides like from a volcano eruption following a great thundering sound.

It was a grail war intertwined with true and fake. The strong gathered to this land, and the destiny of the holy grail was about to be further mired in the mud of chaos.

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>>146752429
>Gilgamesh was a flawless villain,

>Re-watch Fate/Zero.

I have no idea what people like about Zero Gilgamesh. His only interesting side is fleshed out on CCC, where it builds up on what he was doing in UBW and his chat with Kirei in HF. His Zero screen-time is chiefly empty grandstanding and playing discount Mephistopheles to Kirei.

>>146752392
>implying
Touma against Othinus was hype as fuck. Carissa battle was also amazing.

>>146750371
Zerofags

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>>146752450
Nay.
I just do not deny that a god being defeated by a single lucky shot is just plain inexcusable

>>146752469
Do not lie.
When everything falls into your favor without so much of a challenge, it is just plain unsatisfying

>>146751633
>But a flawless victory against the final boss is just as bad.
>Please stop defending it.
It's not bad and I can defend it all I like, you aren't the one who rules what is good or not in writing you dumb nerd.

>>146752625
I don't.
Basic common sense does

>>146752616
>by a single lucky shot

What lucky shot?

>When everything falls into your favor without so much of a challenge

What are you even talking about?

Is your entire argumentative strategy to use words and say things at random hoping nobody notices you're saying nothing specific at all?

>>146752663
Again you don't dictate what's good or bad. A flawless victory against the last boss is not a flaw.

>>146752616
>When everything falls into your favor without so much of a challenge
When did this happen?
It was already said various times how Shirou had to create the situation on various ways.

>>146752616
>I just do not deny that a god being defeated by a single lucky shot

He's defeated by three different shots, only one of them was not deliberately engineered by the one killing him.

You are saying things, but they have nothing to do with anything that actually happens in the story. What the fuck is a "flawless victory" and who are you talking about here, because all three times he's defeated it's by the skin of the victor's teeth. Look up a fucking dictionary and try using words that actually mean whatever the hell you're trying to say.

>>146752804
He is just spouting /a/ memes, because that's all that this series amounts to now. A dumb phone game and /a/ memes with cloned discussions.

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>>146752718
Just because you can't understand it does not mean no one does.

>>146752733
Yes it is. It's called "Dues ex Machina" and it is taboo in the literature world

>>146752744
And his plan went too smoothly and unsatisfying. That's what everyone hates about the fight

>omg I got beaten up
>time to use THAT
And the worst part is that the final boss did not even got to unleash his full strength. It's really a cheap victory

Man, my hands are getting tired

>>146750371
Edgy teens who side with Gil as opposed to the morally driven Shirou

>>146751170
>he didn't plan a strategy based on what Gilgamesh would do,
Did you miss the entire point of Shirou learning UBW or something?
Once Gil is inside there, he fucking loses.

>>146752888
>omg
I was giving the benefit of the doubt, but now you are obviously baiting. Fuck off.

>>146752888
>Yes it is. It's called "Dues ex Machina" and it is taboo in the literature world
Are you 13? A flawless victory against the last boss is in no way a Deus Ex Machina. Stop having fun damn it.

>>146752616
>I just do not deny that a god being defeated by a single lucky shot is just plain inexcusable
But it's very possible. Just because Gilgamesh exists doesn't mean he automatically wins over everyone forever and the show should be about how cool and strong he is, that's just powerlevel wanking.

Fact is, Gilgamesh has weaknesses and Shirou exploited them.

>>146752888
>Just because you can't understand it does not mean no one does.

You're down to this already?

>And his plan went too smoothly and unsatisfying.

See >>146752804

>Man, my hands are getting tired

So you're setting up a n excuse why you're running away before explaining anything at all.

>>146752048
>You're making shit up. No stats are ever given.
see
>>146751958
>>146752087

>There was no good choice there, he was fucked either way. He no longer had any time to do anything at all.
What? They were just clashing swords, to which he lost, because he pulled a weapon that took longer than the rest to show up, which allowed Shirou to chop off his arm.

>So you're not talking about moving away, just moving away? Yes that makes sense. Clearly, the very act of not intending to run all the way would have slowed down time and made it so that he could move away before Shirou hacked him in two, which he can't do otherwise.
Running away has other implications.
In this case, all Gil had to do was to make some space, which he did manage to do after Shirou chopped off his arm.

Notice Shirou said he was about to go for the kill when Gilgamesh suddenly retreated, which shows Gil is fast enough to make space between them and don his armour, yet somehow the thought never occurred to him.

>She tried to slash at him to kill him.
She went head on at regular speed, by the time he started to pull his Snake moves she should have overwhelmed him through speed.

>>146752888
>Yes it is. It's called "Dues ex Machina"
No it isn't.

>>146753051
You're acting as is Gilgamesh is a perfectly rational actor when the VN goes to great lengths to establish that he isn't. He's an arrogant motherfucker.

>>146752171
>He didn't beat Saber by moving faster, he beat her because his technique was unpredictable.
Which Saber could have avoided by simply moving faster than he could deal with.
Hell, she shouldn't have even needed to resort to that, as her battle instincts were supposed to be good enough to allow her to avoid Tsubame Gaeshi.

>>146753051
>She went head on at regular speed, by the time he started to pull his Snake moves she should have overwhelmed him through speed.
Is't Saber lost because of her instinct? She eveded his strakes

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>>146752888
>Yes it is. It's called "Dues ex Machina" and it is taboo in the literature world
I think this guy actually believes the shit he's spouting.
The entire UBW route was preparing Shirou to match up against Gilgamesh.
It's not a deus ex machina at all, it's been fully explored and detailed as a plot point and his ability he's been honing for some time.

>>146753021
>having THAT
>villain was full retard
>no way a Deus Ex Machina
Keep smoking

>>146753029
Yup. He wins/loses only when the writer wants him to. Not because of his character suddenly facing against someone naturally stronger/weaker
It's like his entire battle is nothing more than a game of rock, paper, scissors

>>146753031
Wait, I forgot to reply to him

>>146752888
>And his plan went too smoothly

Saber has to spend a whole afternoon getting the shit stabbed out of her before she could bait him into using Ea, and Shirou had basically a choice between Gil taking the bait and winning, or him refusing and killing him. Even then, he failed to give him the coup de grace because the Grail interfered.

The only Deus Ex Machine there was the Grail saving Gil by making Shirou retreat. A smart logical plan working as intended is not Deus Ex Machine, so you can chalk that up with "flawless victory" in the list of expressions you use without having any fucking idea what they mean.

>>146752804
Nay, he never lost because someone was "better"
He lost because he is a retard.

>>146753147
Tsubamegaeshi is still rooted in more traditional swordsmanship. Kuzuki's bullshit is not.

>>146752888
>It's called "Dues ex Machina"
Lmao

>>146753142
I know he's arrogant, which is why he allowed the fight to go to close quarters in the first place.

However, there's such a thing as arrogance (getting to a close range battle against Shirou), and another is to attempt to take out a weapon that would take longer than the rest, even though he's in a duel of who swings faster. That's not him being arrogant, but him being very retarded.

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>>146753170
>>146753200
Surely, you jest.
Being able to win simply because your opponent is so stupid to fall for a 13 year old's tricks is an undeniable comedy.

A complete victory over a hulking mass of Smugy Stu because of THAT is a Dues ex Machina to call

>>146753174
>He wins/loses only when the writer wants him to

The only reason anybody in fiction does anything at all is because the writer wants them to.

>Not because of his character suddenly facing against someone naturally stronger/weaker

He fought against two people who realized they had counters to specific moves that they baited him into using.

>It's like his entire battle is nothing more than a game of rock, paper, scissors

Again, everything you say seems to suggest you understand nothing but DBZ universal single-variable powerlevels. You speaking about "naturally stronger" suggests this as well, as if this were a meaningful thing.

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>>146753289
>but him being very retarded.
He is. Just look at this >>146752434

>>146753174
It can't be a Deus Ex Machina because UBW doesn't just appear into the story for Gil, it was a established power of his that was being developed throughout the story.

>>146753289
At the point where Gil draws Ea he's desperate to win and he goes shamefully for his strongest weapon. That's the whole point. He wasn't thinking rationally. It isn't a Deus Ex Machina if everything in the narrative builds up to something in case you're the idiot insisting that there was one in the fight.

>>146753238
What? Tsubame Gaeshi is absolute bullshit, as it is close to 2nd Magic.
Hell, Saber somehow managing to dodge it makes no sense

>>146753387
That's not canon.

It doesn't matter in this context.

>>146753414
>it makes no sense
But VN/anime show you how to dodge this shit

>>146753221
>Nay, he never lost because someone was "better"

Define "better." Again, you sound like you only understand DBZ powerlevels when you say shit like this. Gil himself is a less capable fighter than a great deal of his opponents, the bulk fighting history is chiefly decided by having nicer toys.s What would mean "better than him"?

>>146753344
Are you saying that any time someone tricks the villain, it's a Deus Ex Machina? Because you hav eno fucking clue what those words even mean then.

>>146753344
Literally the only person that's ever been able to force Gil to actually think on his feet in all of history before is Enkidu. Not the only person who HAS done it, the only person EVER ABLE to do it. That's not because Gil's smart, it's because no one else has ever had the means to effectively challenge Gilgamesh's powers.

He's complacent. Complacent people do stupid things because they aren't used to being challenged. In Gil's case, that was going for his "strongest" thing even though it was clearly useless in that situation.

>>146753365
Nope. A good story sets up borders and limits.
Defeat via headshot is reserved for the red shirts, not final boss.
Otherwise it is just plain bad writting

Also, stop lying.
We all know that Gil has an entire arsenal to counter any Servant. And the fact that he lost to a white knight simply because of his pride is just plain insulting

>>146753344
>Being able to win simply because your opponent is so stupid
As long as Shirou gets up UBW, Gil loses. Rin knows that. Shirou knows that, Saber is wary but trusts them.
You were supposed to realize that as well. It's a total counter to his ability. Everything before that is just Shirou testing the waters and Gil doing his unconcerned King shtick. If you still think that's a deus ex machina, then maybe stories aren't for you.
This isn't a VS Match-up where both opponents go head to head as hard as they can right from the get-go. It's called a personality trait, a weakness as a result of his past experiences.

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>>146753475
>That's not canon.
Strange Fake is not canon?

>>146753522
Some people think that anything that isn't FSN isn't canon.

>>146753522
No, it isn't.

Just like Fate/Extra, CCC, and Prisma Ilya are not. They don't matter in the context of this conversation.

>>146753414
All it is is three attacks at the same time, the fatal flaw is its range and the proper stance required for a complete version, not to mention the third slash have to be slightly slower than the rest. So all you have to do is dodge backward and you'll be out of range even if he have infinite sword slash at the same time.

>>146753522
It isn't.
It literally is fanfiction made by Narita.

>>146753563
Extra/CCC were written by Nasu, though.

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>>146753563

>>146753147
>Which Saber could have avoided by simply moving faster than he could deal with.

How?

Is that your only argument? They are already moving as fast as they can. You seem to have no argument besides claiming that they are all storing unseen accelerators they're not using despite no indication of that.

He's already moving fast enough to catch her blow. Saying "she should have moved faster" is just ransom bullshit if you can't provide any indication that she was holding back.

>>146753599
>fanfiction made by Narita.
Gilfags. Everyone.

>>146753599
Nasu is consulting. Hell, Nasu's been spoiling plot points from Strange Fake in FGO.

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>>146753493
Well, Gil HAS all the best toys that history has to offer.
Yet, he got defeated because he is a retard.

>Are you saying that any time someone tricks the villain, it's a Deus Ex Machina?
Well, are you saying that an all-mighty god falling to the tricks of a meme spouting peasant is not?

>>146753506
Yup. And Gil'sa pride is everything that is unsightly about him
Imagine Superman losing because the villain has a hostage. That's how bad Gil is

Because Shiroufags are mostly huge wanks; who purposefully try to miss the fact that it was rock,paper,scissors, and just try to overwank someone who the author says is a lower tier servant, as they say he's stronger than absolutely any servant and can kill TYPES.

Shirou beat Archer, that must mean he's stronger than any servant and is the strongest. Shirou beat Gilgamesh, that must mean he's stronger than Arcuied.

Shirou wasn't servant tier, people aren't hating on Shirou by saying this. Shirou himself fucking says this during the final battle of UBW, but Shiroufags bypass this fact and say "No no, he can kill them all". Shirou even by the end of UBW says he couldn't beat any other servant, except Gilgamesh due to compatibility. No that's not him being humble.

Shirou wasn't stronger than his future self either, he won that one due to the difference in their hearts, their mentality.

>>146753575
But that's not what Saber did.
Remember, she could only avoid it, because her battle instinct had her trip before the attack could connect. This only worked because they were fighting at the temple stairs. Otherwise, on even ground she would have died.

>>146753695
I see far more people like you than people who actually say what you say people say.

In other words, nice strawman.

>>146753770
No, she did an emergency lunge roll because she was still a battle stance, there's a reason why she was rolling down the stairs.

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I personally just don't get how Gil has this glaring weakness that a 17 year old Japanese kid was able to figure out and yet everyone still boasts about how powerful he is. I'm amazed he was able to even survive the 4th grail war let alone make it to the end of the 5th twice.

Is every Servant just dumber than Gil or something?

>>146752178
Gil got pissy when Tokiomi even suggested using Gae Bolg on Caster's tentacle monster. I doubt a human, especially a novice user of magecraft would warrant pulling out Ea.

>>146753499
>A good story sets up borders and limits

Which this does. We're back to you talking vague nonsense hoping people will just not realize you're saying nothing at all.

>Defeat via headshot is reserved for the red shirts

He gets tricked into a no-win scenario and is only killed by another helper because a lucky event SAVED HIM from dying to the trap he fell on.

He did not get killed by "luck." He lucked into lasting long enough to get killed like he did.

>We all know that Gil has an entire arsenal to counter any Servant

And he's fighting someone who deliberately baited him into a fight style where he could not use any of that.

The more you speak, the more is sound like you're just fucking stupid and didn't even understand what was going on. Explain what was he supposed to pull out of his treasury to sav ehim ehwn he no longer had time to pull anything out of his treasury.

>>146753859
Shirou is a magical sword autist. He just kind of understands those sort of things.

That's actually a fairly legitimate complaint, though.

>>146753859
Gil has NEET type personality. He's like wet dream of some anon from 2ch. That's why his comedy comeo is NEET

>>146753827
pretty much:
She moves her attacking sword into defense, and she repels Assassin's full-power attack…!

"Got it…!"
Even Assassin will have an opening if that attack is repelled.
In the small instant where she tries to slice Assassin's stomach…

"Ah"

In that instant, Saber trusts her instincts and rolls down the stone steps.
she doesn't even soften her landing.
saber spins her body frantically and rolls down the stair without killing her speed.

"Ku-!"
Saber stops rolling and stands back up.
She stares at the swordsman standing calmly


http://lparchive.org/Fatestay-night/Update%2048/
she rolls down as if fleeing.

>>146752040
>I can't see shit

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>>146753898
Well, does the chain ring a bell?
Shirou may not be a divine being but it is enough to buy him enough time to use his THAT

>>146751762
I never got any bad ends.
How the fuck did Medea win the grail war, again?

Wasn't she handicapped because of Shinji or some book or something?

>>146754016
You're confusing Medea and Medusa.

Medusa won the war in HF, though.

>>146753859
Shirou isn't the only one to figure it out, he is just the only one uniquely qualified to actually do something about it.

Being an insignificant nat with the perfect counter to his ability.

>>146754016
You missed Sparks Liner High?

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>>146754016

>Medea
>anything to do with Shinji

>>146754016
Medea's master wasn't Shinji.

Medea didn't have to worry much about a proper master because she uses the land and workshop to gather power. and abused Shirou's 'projection' ability to get the effective weapon against certain servants to allow her the chance to take control of servants, especially with Saber holding the frontline.

>>146753684
>Well, Gil HAS all the best toys that history has to offer.
>Yet, he got defeated because he is a retard.
>Well, are you saying that an all-mighty god falling to the tricks of a meme spouting peasant is not?

He has character flaws and Shirou exploited that exact character flaw.

In case your dumb stupid ass doesn't realize it, a Deus Ex Machina is when something not previously established by the narrative comes out of nowhere to solve problems in ways that did not arise from the narrative flow. Shirou used his extremely well explored skill and baited Gilgamesh's by then very well established personality to execute a perfectly logical trap. None of this is in any way close to a Deus Ex Machina, in the same way that someone winning by the skin of their teeth and dodging death by a hair is not a flawless victory. That's two terms you sued that you seem to have no understanding of.

>>146753684
>Yup. And Gil'sa pride is everything that is unsightly about him
>Imagine Superman losing because the villain has a hostage. That's how bad Gil is


That has nothing to do with what he said and your comparison doesn't make a lick of sense.

>>146753859

Oh right, the other people he fought should have used their own weapon copying ability, or their Ea-resilient shield that everyone has.

>>146754002
You're not making any sense.

Are you saying using a suitable ability is Deus ex Machina?

Again, are you just to stupid to understand anything that isn't linear powerlevels? Because by that logic, Gil winning anything is bullshit since he's entirely reliant on pulling out his suitable resources to fight with, not fighting as a warrior.

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>>146754140
He is a complete Gary Stu who spent all his franchise establishing how perfect he is and how lost because he is a retard.

Spare yourself the dignity of defending a jobber and just admit that any argument about him will amount to nothing more than a play of words

>>146754337
>who spent all his franchise establishing how perfect he is
Except the VN and indeed every story he's appeared in since has gone to great lengths to establish he's an arrogant cock.

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>Gil has plot armor in F/SF as MC
>He will never be rekt again

>>146752556
>>146752519
>>146752471
>>146752434
>>146752396

All of this is incredibly hype, I wish the LN volumes would drop more than once a year.

>>146754337
>he's a Gary Stu
>he's a jobber
Which is it?

>>146750371
Because Shirou is the definition of mary sue.
Its literally "kid who just learned how to walk defeats immortal god".

>>146754502
Both

>>146754337
>He is a complete Gary Stu who spent all his franchise establishing how perfect he is and how lost because he is a retard.

It seems your problems that you're terrible at understanding things. Gil basically wins zero battles because of anything inherent to him, it's all his arsenal. Having, essentially, nothing to indicate he does anything by personal merit (except probably resisting the mud) makes it impossible to consider him a Gary Stu, which is supposed to be a male character with excessive virtues, abilities and never being in the worn. By comparison, Gil is established as being fairly mediocre in skill compared to all the other legendary warriors, having a crippling ego (ironically the source of his aforementioned personal achievement), and winning largely by things granted to him.

So that's a third expression you toss out that has no connection to what you're discussing. A this point, you're either too stupid to be worth talking to, or just a troll, so that's the end of this conversation given you've been doing nothing but posting nonsense for over half an hour.

>>146754527
More like "Kid who just learned to walk in a world of people who levitate defeats a nigh-immortal god who always lays down and is weak to people walking on his face."

>>146754614
Yes, we all know that he is the brainless brute.
No need to point out the common knowledge

>>146754337

Gary Stus don't lose and they're always right. Gil fulfills neither of those categories.

See: Onii-chan

>>146754737
You get the point

>>146754337

Gil didn't spend all the franchise being wanked before losing to Shirou, it's the other way around. He lost to Shirou, and the rest of the franchise has been working overtime to justify it.

You sound like a bitter Zerofag.

>>146754502
Whichever suits his argument

>>146754762
That you throw out buzzwords at random which you don't understand?

>>146754213
To be fair Caster didn't need an Ea-resilient shield because Gil was never gonna use Ea on him anyway.

In fact most people don't need an Ea-resilient shield for that exact reason.

>>146754833
Whatever

>>146754863
Look at this badass

>>146753859

Archer is the one who figured out Gil's weakness and Rin and Saber are the ones who gave Shirou the basis for realizing he could beat Gil in the first place by describing Gil as an 'owner', not a 'warrior'. Shirou never would have thought he'd stand a chance if not for Archer literally giving him the magic stare of 'you can beat him, kid! Use the oxygen in your muscles! Use the 720 degree fourth dimensional Dempsey Blade Works!"

Everyone thinks Shirou's the one who beat Gil, when it was all Archer's plan from the instant he got backstabbed by Gil. If not for Archer, Shirou wouldn't have even tried to fight Gil, let alone managed to figure out how to beat Gil, let alone survived when Gil pulled out Ea for a second to screw with him for a bit and Archer used Rho Aias to block it.

>>146753887
Never thought about using F/Z as a source for secondaries insulted that Gil acts a bit different between F/Z and F/SN. Good idea.

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>>146754789
>bitter Zerofag.

Mfw I see these fucking secondaries whining about how Shirou shouldn't have a Reality Marble "like Iskander" because he's not on his level.

God, Zero was a mistake. Even Urobuchi couldn't write a scenario in GO where Iskander doesn't end up looking like a retard when forced to make him actually face practical matters, instead of hypothetical arguments he could grandstand his way out of.

>>146750371

Hubris cliche is sometimes grating, even with how it's clear that's basically his entire character.

>doesn't bother to finish him at castle
>even observes the fact he's literally young archer, the same fucking skill set
>never dons his armour, plays around too long and dies for it
>archer just somehow decided to lay low right until now, why didn't he help earlier, he didn't need to wait to blow yet another shield during the fight (he should have depleted his mana by then)
>why not throw a sword spam when gils back is turned or something, clearly didn't fucking know archer was there.

The fight is contrived.

>>146755072

To be fair, Urobuchi's writing for that scenario was hamstrung by Nasu demanding a happy ending for the event, instead of what Urobuchi likely desired, which was a horrific and tragic result from Waver screwing everything up thinking that he could fix the war's result with his metaknowledge

Why are Fatefags so defensive about their series? Why can't you guys take any ounce of criticism?

Even Bleachfags, OPfags, Jojofags and Narutofags can laugh at themselves and their series. But everytime someone criticizes Fate, Fatefag lashes on as "SECONDARY BOOGEYMAN" yada2. If your VN is so good and flawless, why afraid of secondaries? What's wrong with getting onto the series from FZ anime, or Deen/UBW anime, or even FExtra PSP game?

>>146754614
Gil is not the best when it comes down to fighting skills, but that doesn't mean he's unskilled.
He does know how to use his weapons, as shown by him being able to keep Saber at bay during their first confrontation during Fate route. All he did was use different weapons to keep her at a distance.

He also managed to beat Lancer (though, sadly, this one battle wasn't shown). In UBW he did the right thing when fighting Berserker.

UBW is a good counter to Gilgamesh's sword spam, but what gave Shirou the victory was Gilgamesh being arrogant enough to allow Shirou to take the battle close to him, and then to be retarded enough to try to pull a weapon he shouldn't have.

On the other hand, Saber beat him fair and square by using the best defence there is (Avalon) - he even took this defeat with grace. In Sakura's case, he got eaten for thinking she had been disposed of.

>>146755524
>Why are Fatefags so defensive about their series?
Because it's a popular target for shitposters.

>Why can't you guys take any ounce of criticism?
Most criticism that gets posted about Fate is based off of false information.

>If your VN is so good and flawless, why afraid of secondaries?
Because no matter how good it may be, plenty of people are illiterate fucks who refuse to read or have shit reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

>>146750371
I don't know,maybe because the first hero in the history of mankind was defeated by a teenage boy

>>146755693
>I don't know,maybe because the first hero in the history of mankind was defeated by a teenage boy

This. Not even through planning and smarts. Straight out hax chunni power. If this doesn't cement Shirou as shit MC, and Fate writing in general as dogshit I don't know what is

>>146755758
>planning and smarts
Read the thread.

>>146755758
>Not even through planning and smarts. Straight out hax chunni power.
Read the thread, shitposter.

>>146755457
It doesn't really matter, because the way Iskander acts is perfectly in character.

The thing is, that in Zero, he's babied by the narrative like no other character. While everyone else gets their face smashed right against a Kobayashi Maru scenario to test out their personal philosophies, Iskander is comfortably kept out of any situation in which he would have to prove that "do whatever the fuck you feel like and hope it'll inspire other people to do great things" is an actual philosophy that has anything to do with being a King, instead of an Underpants Gnome bunch of bullshit that's just an excuse for his hedonism. He even gets conveniently saddled with Waver, a Master who's completely useless at challenging in any way so there's no risk of anyone going "wait, that logic's got massive fucking holes in it".

In Zero Accel, he's simply shown a practical scenario where doing whatever felt right at the time instead of maybe behaving like a rational person for five minutes would risk the destruction of the world. Lo and behold, he stays true to his philosophy and nearly burns down the fucking world because he just had an itch for fighting at that particular moment.

So he's in character, it's just that this time there's no smoke and mirrors to make him look good.

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>Executor vs DA master in F/SF
>Maiya's son
>Van-Fem's "pupil"
Holy shit. lools like SF has best parts from Nasuverse.
>“Against this level of Dead Apostle, you will have to use consecrated specialized weapons, or possess anomalies like mystic eyes or beast transformation, or be a high level magus, otherwise they can’t be dealt with
VN about werewolves when?

>>146750371
UBShit is the worst route with worthless Rin enabling manchild Shirou. That's your explanation for all the crap.

Read HF if you want epicness.

>>146755901
It's written by Narita, what did you expect?

>>146755847
He did at least manage to save Kariya and Sakura.

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>>146755907
Heh. Can't tell which side you're trying to falseflag for here. Well done.

>>146755901
Honestly, that part just sounded cringeworthy as shit.

>"He's the son of THAT character!"
>"Who had nothing to do with mages originally, but he got involved with them somehow throug circumstances unrelated to how his mother got involved with a mage!"
>"And he's connected to a completely unrelated other special character!"

Just have him be Van-Fem's pupil and that's all. Trying to tie him into Maiya for added lore ties is bullshit far-fetched reaching. This is "Prisma Shirou conveniently developed the exact same abilities and personality despite his background having several important deviations" sort of implausibility.

>>146753859
HOW IS FATE THIS HARD TO UNDERSTAND FOR YOU PEOPLE? Gil lowering his guard against a human of this time is perfectly reasonable, and him not lowering his guard as much against other Servants and people of his era also makes sense. It's literally another part of his fucking character for him to wank his past.

>>146756015
Maybe he's just being honest. Fate and UBW are shit, the MC didn't learn/develop his character at all and the writer just encourage Shirou's retardery.

HF is 60% stay in kitchen, love triangle drama and nasty sex. The other 40% are bearable, Is it worth the price of admission of wasting 80 hours of your life? Probably not.

FSN is a mistake. Just slog through it as guilty pleasure and then you can meme on it here

>>146756162

>secondary acting like he's read it

Classic secondary antics, I love it

>>146755847
>do whatever the fuck you feel like and hope it'll inspire other people to do great things
This was proven with Waver though. So it actually worked.

tangentially related, but the whole moralfag-who-can't-do-shit archetype is getting about as bad as the standard beta-power-fantasy MCs

Maybe I'll just too much of an edgelord for popular anime

>>146756162
>the MC didn't learn/develop his character at all
Read it without being illiterate this time.

>>146755803
>>146755811
Implying the whole reason he could use ubw in the first place wasn't a hax chunni power up.
At least in heaven's feel it made some sense.

>>146756269

Having memories, including skills, transmitted psychically between a person from the past and a person from the future if they ever meet isn't chuuni, anon, it's classic sci-fi

>>146756084
There's nothing inconsistent about a child with no connection to magi randomly being a magus. This has been very firmly established even before FSN.

>Prisma Shirou conveniently developed the exact same abilities and personality despite his background having several important deviations
He developed those powers because he literally summoned and merged with EMIYA using himself as a catalyst, and then started to copy EMIYA's abilities much like UBW Shirou did.

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I satisfied with Angelica battle with Shirou in the manga.

>>146756250
Who are you talking about?

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>>146756341
>Having memories, including skills, transmitted psychically between a person from the past and a person from the future if they ever meet isn't chuuni, anon, it's classic sci-fi
>Classic sci-fi
>""""Science""""" fiction

HAHAHAHA Fatebabies.

You know what sci-fi is? Star Trek, Aliens, Star Wars, Cowboy Bebop, GITS, Akira. Those are sci-fi.

You can't seriously look at pic related and say it's not Chuuni "sealed dragon in my right eye" tier power fantasy

>>146756229
>This was proven with Waver though.

The thing the novel tries to pass off as Waver actually doing anything worthwhile for once is him shutting up and holding back his anger in front of Gilgamesh for the sake of surviving.

So basically, doing the opposite of what Iskander's philosophy dictates he ought to do. That's how it all works: the narrative pretends results that in no way can be attributed to Iskander' philosophy arise from it. The actual adult Waver acts nothing like him at all, the whole thing just clumsily pretends his shit makes sense when everyone who actually achieves anything worthwhile does so by doing shit he wouldn't do.

Even his background is used like this: he had successes in life, so his philosophy must be correct. Nevermind that his successes were taken from historical fact and the Urobuchi character was written on top of it. He says Iskander is successful, then writes a personal philosophy, and simply pretends the latter led to the former without ever showing a clear process from one to the other. The one time he's forced to write a situation where Iskander has to follow through all the way to the result chronologically, the result is that Iskander getting his way would have been the worst possible outcome for everyone in the entire history of humanity.

I don't think you get a more conclusive condemnation of his methods than "would help wipe out humanity for shit s and giggles."

>>146756597
Oh god why does this sound so cringeworthy and I am not talking about the pic. Fucking kill yourself.

>>146756597

The chant has nothing to do with how he became able to use UBW. Your post has nothing to do with mine, but nice try.

>>146756597
>Star Wars
>not chuuni shit
It's half High Fantasy, half samurai movie, IN SPAAAAAACE.

And I fucking love it, but calling it sci-fi is bullshit.

Also your taste in sci-fi is pretty fucking entry-level.

>>146756473
Shirou a bitch

>>146756767
I'm saying the concept of UBW's existence in general is chuuni power fantasy

>>146756341
So,you do admit it doesn't make sense regarding the content of the story.
Let's not go to the part of why he can use ubw in the first place,his future self's ultimate technique which he acquired by making a contract with literally god.

>>146756412
>There's nothing inconsistent about a child with no connection to magi randomly being a magus.

I didn't say anything about inconsistency.

This is a random kid who JUST SO HAPPENS to be Maiya's son who JUST SO HAPPENED to have magic circuits and who despite being taken by some random guerilla JUST SO HAPPENED to come into contact with a super important vampire who JUST SO HAPPENED to recruit him and JUST SO HAPPENED to get him involved in a conflict that's vaguely connected with the mother he has no way of knowing anything about.

There's no inconsistency, there's an assload of extremely fucking unlikely coincidences.

>>146756597
>"""""
This is just detector for /v/ shitposters or retards

since we're asking stupid shit that happens in fate

Why couldn't lancer Gae Bolg to victory? Why do they rarely use their noble phantasms at all? Why does shirou of all people get 2 three ways?

>>146755907
Sakura >> the rest, always.

>>146750844
This, they get one of the best looking adaptations of all time and they still fucking complain, we berserk fans would be so satisfied if we had anything like the ufotable adaptations.

>>146756883
He's not Van-Fem's pupil. Francesca was

>>146756693
I don't get where you are even going with this? Iskander followed on his philosophy and Waver became great. I don't remember Waver ever adopting his philosophy.

>He says Iskander is successful, then writes a personal philosophy, and simply pretends the latter led to the former without ever showing a clear process from one to the other
Because Heroes are always right that's kind of the point. You actually think people would have accepted a very cute and very small girl as their King?

>>146756920
The directing was garbage. At least with Berserk, everyone knows it's a shit adaptation. We have to deal with countless Zero Secondaries.

>>146756992
>The directing was garbage
But that's not true. Unless you're cookingpriest

>>146756857
>which he acquired by making a contract with literally god.
Not exactly.

Reality Marbles are generally not something "acquired," they're something "developed." Rare scenarios exist where control of a Reality Marble can transfer from one individual to another, but those individuals seem to need to be VERY closely related on a spiritual level. 99% of the time, a Reality Marble is created just by someone having a strong enough understanding of themselves that their "inner world" is well-developed enough to do anything, and by that person having enough prana to keep it up when Gaia is trying to tear it down.

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>>146756799
>but calling it sci-fi is bullshit
Star Wars is arguably THE biggest sci-fi franchise in 20th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_in_Film:_The_Greatest_Movies_of_Our_Time#Best_Sci-Fi_Film

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_in_Film:_The_Greatest_Movies_of_Our_Time#Best_Sci-Fi_Film

Every motion picture association known to man recognize it as sci-fi. You as a fucking Fatebabby NEET on cambodian basket weaving imageboard doesn't get to redefine the sci-fi genre and call star wars NOT sci-fi while Fate IS sci-fi. This is autism on whole new level.

>>146750371
It's just butthurt Zerobabies who think Gil is unbeatable because their broskander field to beat him.

>>146757081
Why are you here /v/tard?

>>146757081
That was a poll of the general public. The general public doesn't understand the difference between Science Fiction and Science Fantasy.

>>146757081
the only time I've ever heard someone refer to SW as not being scifi was on reddit many years ago. Their argument was that "a long time ago in galaxy far, far away" was synonymous with "once up on a time" and that SW was closer to fantasy than scifi

>>146757157
>muh /v/ boogehman when BTFO

FateBABBY everyone

>>146753414
Saber never dodged a proper TG.

>>146757081
And no one even called Fate sci-fi, they just pointed out that Shirou getting Archer's memories is nothing even close to new in fiction.

>>146755642
Well said. Pretty much summarized typical Fate "criticism".

>>146757183
I'm not even him. Just read your own posts. They're full of buzzwords and """""". What next? t.? kys?

>>146757060
I'm not asking you to explain to me what is what.
The reality marble thing is as close as it gets to the real magic,which is the whole point of why the grail war is taking place,and it was achieved by a boy who's not even a magus through some bullshit means.

>>146757212
>And no one even called Fate sci-fi, they just pointed out that Shirou getting Archer's memories is nothing even close to new in fiction.

What is >>146756341
Name another sci-fi that contains "Having memories, including skills, transmitted psychically between a person from the past and a person from the future if they ever meet" in any sci-fi ever.

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>>146757374
>What is >>146756341
It's pointing to a specific trope and don't you dare fucking link me to TVtropes, that's a legitimate use of the word and calling IT sci-fi.

>>146757470
So name me a sci-fi media with that trope. If it's a sci-fi trope it should be easy right?

Sure sucks when /vg/ Fatefags come back to have a discussion. It's like an Echo chamber of the same shit they discussed 10000X times. You guys should seriously seek some help on this.

>>146757575
/vg/ generals are akin to subreddit, they're massive echo chamber, isolated pool of small fishes.

Fatefags can't accept any criticism from people outside of their Fate bubble who doesn't have a Saber shrine and doesn't jerk off to Rin's anus

>>146756992
>The directing was garbage

Fate fags need to be purged.

What is even the problem with calling something chuuni? I feel that by challenging the assuption that is chuuni instead of challenging the implication that chuuni is inherently bad just gives the high ground to the shitposter.

A lot of that stuff is really bad but because a lot of copy-cats have turned it into a parody of itself and not a problem with the subgenre.

>>146757660
>>146757575
Just because your opinion is different doesn't make it valid, when so many holes can be poked in it that you have to abandon an argument to go right back to the same shitposting bullet points.

>>146756857
>his future self's ultimate technique which he acquired by making a contract with literally god.

What the fuck are you talking about? Are you some retard secondary who thinks the Counterforce is God, and that it gave Shirou his RM? Because you're retardedly wrong on both accounts.

>it was achieved by a boy who's not even a magus through some bullshit means.

Out of curiosity, what are you claiming those means are?

>>146757315
>achieved by a boy who's not even a magus through some bullshit means.
Shirou is a magus though and he got UBW the same way Archer did, through sword autism.

>>146757824
Calm down.

>>146756961
>Because Heroes are always right that's kind of the point. You actually think people would have accepted a very cute and very small girl as their King?

I have no idea what the fuck you're even saying.

Again, when put in a situation where Iskander's actions can actually a have consequences, he literally kickstarts the obliteration of the world. That's pretty fucking good confirmation that his philosophy is nonsense and that anything good that comes out of it it random chance, because his philosophy means jumping straight into causing the Apocalypse if it's necessary to fulfill his current whims. There's no actual logic behind it, just random fucking chance that it sometimes turns out well because other, better people clean up after him.

This is things working out in spite of him, not because of him.

>>146757573
>>146757374
>So name me a sci-fi media with that trope.
Still waiting here Fatebabby

Wait /vg/ Fate Go is still running with fags discussing Fate there? I was sure that by now everyone would have gotten bored of that shit.

>>146758109
Just pointing out the transparent shitposting attempts for all to see.

>>146758170
>>146757824
Not even the same anon

>>146758170
But anyone with half a brain would know that it was shitposting. This hand holding nature is what is wrong with /a/.

>>146758152
Why would you think that? It gets regular updates with both the main plotline and stand-alone event plots.

>>146758228
>anyone with half a brain
You overestimate the average 4chan user in the current year.

>>146756961
>Iskander followed on his philosophy and Waver became great.

Attributing the latter to the former is nonsense, especially when Waver never actually became great by following anything Iskander set forth. In fact, he lives in bitter frustration because he hasn't become great at all, and his one outstanding area is due to his ability to teach following traits he already had. Even as Zhuge Liang he's very specific about half the shit he does even as a planner only being thanks to Zhuge, and that he's still scared shitless of the power he wields since it's completely beyond him.

You're doing the same thing the story does: attributing results to Iskander that he shouldn't be credited with.

>>146758249
Because I was there when translation on that was nonexistent and it didn't seem like it was going to pick up.

>>146758311
Dumb EOP.

>>146758286
Why would you spoonfeed them though? Why are you lowering yourself to their level?

>>146758625
Sometimes being smugly superior isn't worth the potential future shitposting.

>>146751505
>That's the whole point, he only realized he was fucked once Shirou had such a big advantage on him that he no longer had time to do anything.
Pretty sure he could have worn his armor in less time.

Also, what about his shields, submarines, nukes, guns, spaceship, etc?

>>146758308
>attributing results to Iskander that he shouldn't be credited with.
Why not? He showed Waiver actual friendship. Waiver became stronger after his death, that's a fact. Being chaotic is not wrong.

>>146750371
I don't really have a problem with it. Though, that fight was stupid in the anime. Shirou's advantage over Gilgamesh was poorly displayed. Shirou shouldn't have deflected most of the swords with some random swords. UBW was literally the only chance he had to defeat Gil, yet anime made him appear like some S Tier servant who's on part with Lancer when it comes to deflecting projectiles...

CQC version in the VN is far better and more believable.

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GUYS GUYS

Just remember. Servants remember what they did in HGWs sort of like books on a shelf that you can reopen anytime.
And multiple timelines doesn't matter to the Throne of Heroes.

>Gilgamesh will forever remember that he got rekt by a ginger

>>146758741
Are you trolling or just stupid? He didn't have time to bend his arm slightly to pull a hilt.

No, really, give me a good explanation of how using any of that would be quicker than "reaching slightly behind him" and "stepping back beyond the reach of a sword swing", two actions that are conclusively proven to have been too slow to succeed at that point.

>>146758741
No time. Ignoring the anime which simply made it look more fabulous, Shirou forced Gil into a close quarters combat.
It wasn't that Gil didn't, it was that he couldn't.

Dunno about the armor though. Chalk that up as Gil being Gil or some other obscure reason why he didn't.

>MC just happened to have the right power to counter the last boss

>>146759043
What a Servant remembers seems to depend entirely on what Nasu or whoever else is writing wants them to.

Hell, even in FGO Gil doesn't seem to remember any of FSN or CCC.

>>146759165
That's because Fate/GO is trash and completely random.

>>>/vg/

>>146759221
Go be mad somewhere else. FGO is canon.

>>146758904
>Being chaotic is not wrong.

Except when it destroys humanity. Are we clear on that? Given the choice to use his brain, or be a hedonistic retard, Iskander kills everyone that lives, has ever lived or will ever live in this planet. Let me just say that again in case it's not clear: given the very explicit choice to not fight someone who doesn't want to fight him, or pick a fight that will bring no tangible benefit to anyone alive because it will cause there to NOT BE ANYONE ALIVE, he picks the latter because he just felt like fighting.

Twice. Did I mention this happens twice? He does the same thing in Septem, that time only because apparently it was a quicker way of striking a chat with Nero than "sending a fucking messenger."

That's the level of "absolutely none of this is well thought out" we're talking about. He doesn't do what he does because he thinks it's best, that's just bullshit the story spews. He does whatever he feels like and only under very specific circumstances and coincidences that ends up turning out less that horrifyingly. The very fact that Zero pretends that he can debate with Arturia and Gilgamesh is insulting. They have plans to lead to the betterment of people/humanity, he has flimsy excuses for his hedonism.

You have to be a blind fanboy to attribute Waver's vague sense of self improvement to Iskander and say it in any way justifies his philosophy as being a legitimate matter of kingship.

>>146758311
Translations are now more or less common, but it has gone worse on the repetitive shitposting so at the end is probably the same experience as before.

>>146751193
Fatefags are here as long as naruto and bleach fags, whats your point?
It doesnt make fate any better

>>146759252
FGO can fuck off.

>>146759444
Except that contrary to them, Fate was actually a real part of the board like Rozen Maiden or Nanoha were. It has only grown to be this shitpsting mess because it became too popular in the west after Zero anime.

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>>146756015
k-kek

>>146759463
FSN can fuck off too.

For me the canon one is FZ -> FSN Tiger dojo #2 ending 3 hours into Fate route.

>>146759400
To be fair, even the guy who wrote it thinks Septem is garbage.

>>146759444
Type-Moon is up there with Eva as one of the things /a/ has been talking about for as long as /a/ has existed. If you have a problem with that, then you should be the one to leave /a/, not the other way around.

>>146759400
Oh god more Fate/GO shit. Dude that's his personality and it worked for him that's the point, his gut feelings alone got him everything he wanted. He isn't suppose to think but do what his heart tells him. I am not a fanboy but you sure sound mad.

>>146759596
>>146759546
>muh chinese cartoon is older than yours, so you should fuck off my sekrit club

>>146759661
>Waaah waaaaah I don't like thing, so thing needs to fuck off because everything needs to conform to my desires
Fuck off tumblr.

The Gil fight has always felt like the victory lap for me, in UBW at least.

>>146759400
>Iskander kills everyone that lives, has ever lived or will ever live in this planet

I'm not really following FGO's plot, but didn't Solomon destroy everything already?

>>146759596
>>146759546
>this delusion
Fate was always shat upon but fatefags never realized this.
Just look at the shonenfags currently thriving on this board.

>>146759801
It still has the potential to be undone as long as the Singularities get fixed.

There were just less people back then who read fate when it was just a vn.
Fatefags just constantly circlejerked in their threads.
Its nowhere near being a part of /a/

>>146759980
>Its nowhere near being a part of /a/
>He doesn't remember GAR
>He doesn't know a cat is fine, too

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>>146750371
The whole thing was kinda fucked writing wise.

For Shirou to win, Gil had to be restricted to
>Can't have his armor
>Can't use Enkidu
>Can't use any of his special weapons for their abilities
>Can only sword spam from range or swing a sword never both or any creative use
>Can't think of doing any of the above before reaching for Ea
Simply put, even if Gil obeyed the restrictions for arbitrary reasons, when Gil abandoned his pride to reach for Ea, he had numerous options instead or alongside reaching for his ultimate weapon. Enkidu being one. As shown after the fight, Shirou was unable to escape a single chain. Gil could've very easily restrained him once he abandoned his pride, or summoned his armor which Shirou couldn't cut through, he also had the option of shooting swords at Shirou while he grabbed Ea. Or all of the above.

Gil also has the ability to choose where exactly items from his treasury come out, frequently seen when he uses Enkidu, he also has the option of using GoB like that. Shirou wouldn't be able to project enough quick enough if Gil surrounded him at close range.

But despite Gil abandoning his pride to reach for his ultimate weapon, one he would only use on truly worthy opponents, he arbitrarily decided to do none of the above. Instead leaving himself in a state where Shirou could cut his arm off because...why? There is absolutely no explanation for that because at the moment Gil decided to use Ea, he decided to be serious. But it's all waved off with
>He wasn't serious
while like I've mentioned multiple times, trying to pull Ea = Serious full power mode

>>146759801
This is caused by the Singularities imploding, so you go to each one and solve the cause of the implosion.

One of them is caused by the birth of Angra Mainyu during a possible 4th Fuyuki war. Waver deduces that the process will start once less than three Servants are left.

With four Servants left (three, as far as Iskander knows, because he thinks he left Lancelot to die) Iskander decides that he really wants to fight Waver, knowing full well that whether he kills any of you, or you kill him, that'll be one dead Servant too many. Oh, also, you're humanity's last hope regardless of that Singularity, so your death means everything's fucked anyway.

Long story short, an evil corrupted Justeaze with the powers of the Grail ends up emerging and you only just barely manage to kill her and stop Angra Mainyu with the help of an absolutely tip-top shape Arturia fuelled by an Irisviel who herself has Grail-level powers, Diarmuid, Mashu, Zhuge Liang and Counter Guardian Kiritsugu all fighting together.

>>146759980
If Type-Moon was nowhere near being part of /a/ then nothing besides Code Geass, Eva and Yotsuba was ever part of /a/.

>>146760072
>and Counter Guardian Kiritsugu
That part still leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

>>146760032
>when Gil abandoned his pride to reach for Ea, he had numerous options instead or alongside reaching for his ultimate weapon

Which of them would have been quicker than "reach slightly behind him"? Because that was too slow.

>Enkidu being one

How exactly would that be quick enough?

Seriously, al these arguments read like the same missing-the-point pile of retard. Gilgamesh realized he was fucked far too late to do anything whatsoever.

>>146760083
Code Geass, Eva and Yotsuba

Add Azumanga Daioh, TTGL, Berserk.

>>146759629
What part of what you're saying is supposed to matter? You're basically confirming that it's all random gut chance, not the coherent, deliberate philosophy which Zero tries to pretend it is.

>>146760072
>HS doing dumb shit in FGO

Everyone fucking does it in that game.

>>146760292
Who else knowingly triggers the end of existence to fulfill a petty whim while the narrative tries to pretend he's a likeable character?

>>146760223
>deliberate philosophy which Zero tries to pretend it is.
What?

gilgamesh is hot

>>146760335
The story telling in GO is partially comedic, I don't know why are being so butthurt about this specific event like it's a big deal.

>>146760154
Using anything from his treasury he doesn't personally have to reach for would've been quicker. Especially because to reach for Ea he had to be stationary.

We've seen how quick Saber can materialize her armor. We've seen how quick Gil can bring out Enkidu for both Herc and Iskander fights. To stand there and reach for Ea without trying anything else, that is completely retarded writing wise.

If they wanted to make Gil lose an arm, then make him lose an arm before reaching for Ea. The arm loss could be the trigger to him deciding fuck this kid, not before. Gil has too many options ready at a moments notice to become serious but then lose his arm.

>>146760433
That part of the Zero event wasn't comedic (Iri Rangers later on was the silly part) and Septem is part of the main plot.

>>146760341
Iskander is put next to Arturia and Gilgamesh to debate their ways of being a King, as if they were in any way comparable. Except that two of them have actual plans that lead to desired results, while Iskander has excuses for why doing whatever he feels like at any given time is what a king should do. What's more, he completely dominates that entire discussion to the point that it's basically all his show where he declares his belief that by doing what he does, this will lead to greater prosperity as it inspires people.

This all conveniently skips over the fact that it's literally "I do whatever I feel like and other people retroactively make it a good thing" and even then is entirely dependent on someone else coincidentally doing good, which he is then nonsensically credited for. Turns out the whole "this leads to greater good" is wishful thinking reliant on the narrative fiat, not any actual logic, and that he's actually just a wilful retard who causes disasters whenever thing aren't conveniently set up for his whims to lead to good results.

>>146760516
Yes but servants becoming your enermy for stupid reasons is something FGO does in plenty.

>>146760083
Fate is a part of type moon
Some of the the type moon stuff is actually good, but fate is the most popular (now)on top of being shit.
Fatefags are and always were retarded and go to any length cooking up any excuses to cover up the tons of plotholes and asspulls and shirou wankery in general.

>>146760455
>Using anything from his treasury he doesn't personally have to reach for would've been quicker.

Again, "reach behind him / step back" is too slow.

How much quicker are you saying? Because your only argument is that all these things would have been quick enough to stop a swing that was already in progress at the time, based on no real tangible evidence. Gil manifests his armor while Saber is charging at him, not when her sword is already centimeters from hitting him. Whatever he'd have to summon from the Gate would need to reach Shirou in time, and not get knocked off trajectory by Shirou's own barrage.

The easier answer is that all of this was too slow at that point as the situation suggests. But then you wouldn't be able to bitch about it.

>The arm loss could be the trigger to him deciding fuck this kid, not before

What difference does it make? He already felt that when he realized he could not win the melee.

>Gil has too many options

>>146760433
There is nothing at all comedic about that section. If you think the plot is comedy, you have no fucking clue what you're talking about.

>>146760562
Again, who does anything comparable to Iskander? Actually answer the question instead of going in circles.

>>146760025
>cat is fine too
>related to fateshit

>>146760725
It's Type-Moon, bitch.

>>146760538
>Opinions
Cool.

>>146760758
>"I have no rebuttal, say something random."

>>146760609
>and go to any length cooking up any excuses to cover up the tons of plotholes and asspulls
Because shitposters, ESLs, and middle-school dropouts are always complaining about "plotholes" that aren't.

>>146760738
Not fate, faggot

>>146760809
Okay then do you think FSN is perfect?

If not, for the sake of impartiality and since you're such a master in the lore, give us one plothole that's actually a plothole

>>146760809
>shitposters, ESLs, and middle-school dropouts are always complaining about "plotholes" that aren't.
funny, thats the general audience that wanks over fate

Before I bother reading this thread, i'll ask: Is it just self insert-kun fighting everybody again?

>>146760954
Not having plotholes doesn't make a narrative perfect. It's practically the base level of adequacy.

>>146760987
No

It's bad because the anime doesn't explain why he won in the way that the source does, with all the background knowledge and context leading up to it, it comes off as asspull in the anime

>>146760954
A story not having gaping plotholes is basic narrative competence, not perfection. It sounds as if you're just fishing for reasons to bitch about, not actually discussing the work itself.

>>146760954
Not him but plotholes are a terrible metric for judging narratives and stories, surely some can take away from a work when it's pretty bad but when you have a non linear Fantasy narrative like F/SN you're bound to come across some minor continuity errors.

The presence of a plot hole does not make something not amazing nor does the lack thereof make something amazing either.

But if you want one then Shirou tracing Caliburn in the Fate route is one of the worse ones.

>>146761074
>But if you want one then Shirou tracing Caliburn in the Fate route is one of the worse ones.

What. How in cocksucking hell is Shirou exhibiting his trademark ability a plothole?

>>146761105
I think he meant Caliburn killing Herc.

>>146760674
>to stop a swing that was already in progress at the time
Now, it's been many years since I've read the VN, but I'm almost certain the swing wasn't in progress at the time he decided to pull Ea out. The swing started precisely because he started to bring out Ea, which Shirou has no counter to. Considering how fast servants are compared to humans and he could manifest his armor while Saber was charging, he could bring it out before the swing would connect. That would be plenty of time to Enkidu as well, even if it was just a single chain.

That's the problem with it. It wasn't too slow for any of it. He had time to pull Ea out of his treasury and grab it before his arm got cut off. He had time before beginning to draw Ea as well, had he chose his armor or chains, both the smarter and more obvious choice, they had plenty of time.

If he decided to become serious after he lost his arm, then it would be more forgivable. Whether he summoned his armor, pulled Ea out, readied his chains, readied a massive GoB barrage, none of it would matter as he was going to get sucked into his arm, none of his options would matter at that point. He could prepare to fuck the entire world and it wouldn't matter because he's gonna get grailed.

>>146760609
Yeah okay. You probably also think Shirou is a selfinsert.

>>146760987
Yes

>>146761150
Not him but yeah Shirou's a self insert

>>146761150
Not him, but its pretty obvious he's meant to be a self insert

>>146761140
>but I'm almost certain the swing wasn't in progress at the time he decided to pull Ea out. The swing started precisely because he started to bring out Ea

Shirou explicitly says he's swinging nonstop because he can't let Gilgamesh catch any breaks. He's just switching weapons on the fly because he can will them into his hands in an instant.

>It wasn't too slow for any of it

Again, there is absolutely no metric for you to say this, you're just claiming it is. It's all the same thing "the story says it'd be too slow, but I say it wouldn't be because this other thing I cannot accurately measure to compare happened."

>He had time to pull Ea out of his treasury and grab it before his arm got cut off.

No he didn't. His arm got cut off before he even reached the hilt. "Move arm slightly behind him and close hand" was way too slow at that point.

>If he decided to become serious after he lost his arm, then it would be more forgivable.

Why? What difference would it make if he were slightly more of a retard and it had taken him longer to realize he walked into a trap?

>as he was going to get sucked into his arm

His arm getting cut off had fuck-all to do with that, it's because Saber had destroyed the manifested Grail at that point.

You seem to not remember any of the important details and are just saying "these things would have been quick enough because I say so."

Why do only fatefags go to such lenghts in defending their piece of shit?
Other show-fags would just call you a faggot and tell you to fuck off if you shitpost without providing reasons.
Only fatefags call the people disliking fate newfags/ESLs/secondaries to such lengths I've never seen anywhere else.
Is it because their precious vn is actually shit?

>>146761429
Fuck off faggot.

fate/stay night
is garbage

>>146761618
because?

>>146761429
>Is it because their precious vn is actually shit?
It's because they self insert super hard as the MC to go on chuuni adventure and fuck the waifus, hence they take it personally when someone criticize their beloved bible

Fate/Zero is the only good thing in this shitty franchise

>>146761632
Shameless waifu pandering.
Too wordy, too many repetitive monologues.

>>146750371
>>146750371
Yo didn't this fucking series air like 10 years ago, why are people still waiting it? Did a new series come out or something?

>>146761686
Carnival Phantasm and Prisma Ilya are good too

>>146761371
>"the story says it'd be too slow, but I say it wouldn't be because this other thing I cannot accurately measure to compare happened."
The story can't be trusted with what is too slow or not because of how many asspulls there are. Every other situation tells me that Gil had plenty of time to materialize his armor or use Enkidu.
>"Move arm slightly behind him and close hand" was way too slow at that point.
You're disregarding the time it takes to pull Ea from his treasury. Anything he is personally going to wield takes longer than anything he wishes to shoot. It can't launch Ea out of the treasury like it can Enkidu because Gil has to be able to grab Ea. Gil doesn't have to grab the chains.
>What difference would it make if he were slightly more of a retard and it had taken him longer to realize he walked into a trap?
I've explained that multiple times and don't feel like explaining it again.

>>146761632
plotholey fights that relies too much on hax asspuls

>>146761702
unlimited blade works was only 2 years ago.
>>146750371
Because Gilgamesh has all his exp and all the real swords while Shirou lacks in exp and basically makes inferior copies of shit gilga has

>>146761212
>>146761238
>Shirou
>self-insert
Is this what we've come to?

Rome deserves to burn at this point.

>>146761857
>Shirou is not a self-insert meme
Just grow up.

>>146761688
None of those things are bad.
You literally just listed things you subjectively don't like that you think are objectively bad

>>146761789
I'll give you that for the anime but not VN.

>>146761897
But he's not a self-insert.

>>146761686
Zero is worse than FSN.

>>146761938
He is a goddamn self-insert. Even fucking Nasu says so himself.