Nanashi Ninanai

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I figure that moving on to the next arc would be a worrying part for me because it's a point of no return in a way. So definitely hoping that we have a clear image of who's still around and who's not by that time hits.

Would make proper pairings clearer too I guess after the rounds of characters that are currently inactive or playerless.

Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP)

maybe void is just pretty lazy and cannot be bothered to do that much hence the low agility but idk tbh. I'm still not exactly sure about what exactly is the Void that was summoned as Shiki Saber.

Shifting back the focus to this RP anyway, when do finals usually end for you guys?

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Right, I forgot about Mooncell's condition while I almost write stuffs about the Alter Egos, silly me. Ryougi's not really a servant tho btw, just like Irisviel she's just tagging along with you.

But yeah, they really have little excuse for how they handle Divine Spirits since there's barely even any consistency with it. So yeah that is what will happen if you're a mobage trying to rake in cash.

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@Raineh Daze That was my point. After those, they seem to forget about ME being able to be turned off.

@VitaVitaAR Makes sense for Dantes, Jekyll, Mephisto, and Phantom of the Opera, I guess. Though the weird part is mainly NR/Alice being the first figure that is fully a literary figure that opens the gate for the others to also be around. Iirc it's not only Alice in Wonderland specifically but the whole of children's nursery rhyme so that NR is basically the heroic spirit of childrens everywhere, but her existence is definitely not from a person that could qualify as a HS.

For Divine Spirits, they never bothered to explain why Euryale and Stheno was summonable. Artemis hijacked Orion's summoning to summon herself in a degraded state, Ishtar was summoned like that mainly due to her not being summonable otherwise without her being in a limiting vessel, although why she's summoned as Rin is purely fanservice, and Jaguar Man has the same justification. Quetzal's not really having any explanations on why she was summonable.

It's weird and they doesn't seem to care about it in the end. Oh well.

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Lopsided rarity spread even for literally whos, unjustified character shilling/power wanking, and rampant genderflipping aside, I definitely can agree that their criteria on servant qualifications can get really wonky. Things like allowing proper Divine Spirits to get summoned or the Marie case above, yeah. Oh and why did Onis qualifies as Heroic Spirits, again? Although with how literary characters qualify as HS too for some reasons, in the end I just really stop caring.

For the record not counting the crossover characters or both EMIYAs, the most recent HS so far is Mata Hari and Edison iirc (late 19th to early 20th century). Though personally, I think this is just Nasu softening his stance on HS qualification. I mean despite of everything it's still a project supervised by TM and Nasu in the end.

Mad Enhancement is pretty weird since idk, I think it feels like even TM writers forgot that the steroid itself can be turned on and off in F/SN.

/GO's strength is actually its writing tbh. Rome's awful and really padded with Nerowank and Orleans/London was p'boring, but the orders are mostly have solid writing at worst, while later Orders like Camelot and Babylon was pretty much among Nasu's best writing in my opinion. It's very story-heavy for a mobage (and is pretty much a proper VN by Babylon), and even the zany events (that are mostly barely canon jokes to fill time between order release for the players to have fun) are written competently in a way that's fun.

I'm not that much of a fan of the character writing angle usually used in /GO, although from what I saw it's something that people liked from it too. Some servants having stereotypical character archetype aside, just...I feel like they portray the servants overly positively. While Fate/ in general does that to portray the multiple sides of a figure, in /GO it just feels a lot more forced. The last servant I can recall that didn't get the dindu nuffin treatment was like, Medb.

Designs' hit or miss. Definitely gets better with time but hit or miss regardless. Though for literally bikini designs, swimsuit event servants aside I mainly recall Boudicca and Shuten. Liz Brave is from a joke event and is a walking reference for old bikini armor in DQ, Ushi doesn't even wear enough to count as bikini, Jeanne Lily's top might count, Mary Read wears school swimsuit and bunny ears for some goddamn reasons, and I think I forgot some others. Orite, Mordred 3rd ascension too, it makes barely any sense.

There's definitely good designs there too, and it's not really few.

Though yeah, despite its good sides I do feel that its main issues are mainly tied to the fact that it's a mobage that can't have as much character exploration as in other media (even if /GO does this far better than most Mobages already), and also have to constantly cater to whales and such by doing the things that it do.

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@Slime I'll make a post tomorrow then, in that case.

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Alright, sorry for being very late. Babylonia and Showdown took a lot of my attention lately, and I'm sorry once more for slacking up on the posting.

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Himiko

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Saving up her words, Himiko simply smiled in a polite manner towards Seyrun as she greeted her and her Master, and as she was trying to communicate with Ravel, Himiko's attention went towards Tamamo, who was seemingly also summoned into the same class as her. She noticed that Seyrun was not acting in a way that would suggest she was fully openly accepting the two to be around. While polite, her greeting wasn't necessarily indicating that she would simply accept Himiko and Ravel as an acquaintance, let alone a close ally. A sense of being wary around other magi would be something basic that a magus should possess, after all. They were all in the same side supposedly, but who knew what could happen later down the line. At the very least, Himiko felt that neither Tamamo nor her Master were having any ill wills, although she still felt some worry about how Ravel would act in this situation.

She stared towards the foxy servant for a while through the mirror that covered her face. It was supposedly have the capability to hide what she was thinking underneath it, creating the reserved and grandiose illusion, but perhaps in front of this one Servant, it simply would not work. Still trying her best to not look awkward by staring at Tamamo, Himiko was then surprised when the other Caster explained about her origin. The reveal that Tamamo was primarily a fragment of Amaterasu explained the discrepancies Himiko found regarding her...everything. In a way, it put some relief towards her, now that she didn't have to keep her image too hard before Tamamo, but even then she still felt quite some shame for showing her weakness towards the other Caster. But before Himiko could properly say her reaction to what Tamamo said, the other Caster continued her words and cheerfully asked for the two to get along with each other, complete with Tamamo grasping Himiko's hands.

"I...uh...I..." Himiko stuttered, unable to form a spontaneous answer as she blushed underneath her mirror. It would definitely nice to be in the company of someone that she was familiar with in some way, and during the short time they had interacted, Himiko did feel that Tamamo's presence was quite pleasant to be with. As ashamed as she was about her earlier conducts and displays of weakness, realization slowly dawned on her that there was no way she could still salvage her image in front of Tamamo. It was hard to accept, but there was no other choice she could accept. There was no other choice that she would accept. She grasped the other Caster's hand tight, and for that moment, the empress momentarily showcased the personality of a fourteen-year old girl that never truly grew up.

"L-let's be friends, then!" It was barely audible to anyone except for the one person that was before her, and for that moment, Himiko's voice lost the forced dignified aura that gave it weight. The words that slithered away from her lips were not the direct answer for Tamamo's actual prompt - the words were reflecting what Himiko truly desired from Tamamo. It was childish, it was unfitting for a magus, let alone a queen like her, but for this moment, Himiko found the opening to express the voice of her heart. She was scared that Ravel would see her like this, however, her mind soon drifted away from there. Carried away by her feelings, Himiko noticed that it felt surprisingly nice to be able to speak in this way. Normally, a slip up like this would cause her to retreat to her safe space in her personal chamber, but for once, Himiko felt that it was something that was meant to happen. Still grasping Tamamo's hand, Himiko continued to tell her what was on her mind, gradually discarding her embarrassment and awkwardness in front of the one being that Himiko might be able to be honest to.

"I...I really have no idea about anything regarding what my Master asked earlier, but I don't want to disappoint her. Please, can you help me?"

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Fate/True - A Grail War Role Playing Game

I'll still be interested in this, but the pace is a bit bad right now...

Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP)

by the name of the holiest excrement, holy shit king hassan.

thank god I haven't rolled for this gacha. Who would've thought enkidu would be bait.

Anyway, I'm working on post right now. It seems that activity are plummeting due to finals, yeah. Really hoping that afterwards will be smoother. Though, might take until January for that perhaps, due to holiday season and everything.