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On Fate/Stay night UBW, DAMMIT, TO THINK I ALL BUT DISMISSED MY "CRAZY THEORY PARAGRAPH" OUT OF HAND WHEN I LITERALLY MENTIONED ARCHER BEING SHIRO AS ONE OF THE POTENTIALITIES! Did I miss something up until this point in the story, either here or even in Fate/Zero, in which a character stated that a heroic spirit could be from the present or future, too? Because thinking otherwise was why I originally said he might be Kiritsugu; that'd be the past, at least, even if it'd be the super-recent past. But then when I started getting carried away, noticing the similarities between Shiro and Archer and wondering if went a step further and they're literally the same person... wow, time paradox stuff, huh? No wonder my friend esurio loved this story so much! I'm looking forward to learning even more about this. I'm also wondering if this Archer even exists in the Saber route! That'd be nuts if he didn't but given how much I've heard Fate/Stay does differing paths well, I wouldn't be totally surprised.

Oh man, oh man, oh man. So much get hype with this reveal. I meant when I said I'd have been fine with Archer just being some guy from another era, but honestly I was really hoping he'd be either Shiro or Kuritsugu. Somehow, given how much I love Shiro ("MEET ME IN THE FOREST.") I'm able to forgive Archer for a lot of his tomfrakkery now just knowing that it's him. I was really getting tired of the guy lately until this twist but now he's interesting again.

I haven't even mentioned the Ilyasviel flashback stuff. Super tragic. Although it's one of those cases where I really wish this were more like a 50-episode anime because it would have given her more build-up within this story instead of dropping it all like an atom bomb on someone I'd care a lot less about if it weren't for Fate/Zero. (Still, 26 episodes. 3 of which are double-length. 29 is pretty freaking sweet for a show with a budget like this one. But that's just me. That's how I always am. I want more. Do more with the world, develop things a bit more slowly, so on, so forth.) Gilgamesh versus Berserker was as good as I'd hoped. Also, Shinji just blurting out Gilgamesh's name, lol. I expect Gilgamesh is going to be this kid's end. I expect he'll enjoy it, too.

And of course there was the showdown with Caster, freeing Saber, Rin's amazing moment where she forges a pact with Saber, Shiro being awesome fighting the good fight against a close quarters combat master, all of it was great. Lancer keeps helping our heroes out but we saw Lancer tied to Kirei earlier. Since I've seen Fate/Zero I know the full extent of how diabolical such a union could be -- and possibly for Lancer himself too if he isn't completely in on this. Does Lancer just have the worst luck or what? I guess I'll find out soon.

I'd been craving a bloodbath and I'm starting to get one but not entirely in the ways I'd expected. Taking poor Ilyasviel out of play already was more than the Caster-and-her-master one-two punch I'd anticipated. Now Shiro and Saber and Lancer are off to rescue Rin. But with Gilgamesh stalking around, and given his ties with Kirei, and considering Lancer... oh man.

Nice dawn panorama outside the church btw!
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