Fate/Zero Catch-up
LiveJournal's commenting system is still hella ugly. I'll probably ride things out like I usually do, but once again I'd like to tell websites that they don't need to overhaul their web design if their old designs are perfectly workable and easy to use.
YouTube, your current version is weird to navigate and completely unappealing aesthetically.
DeviantART... actually now that you've fixed the issues V7 had it works really well. Thank you. Please don't overhaul the system again that drastically though.
Anyway, on to my archive binge of Fate/Zero.
Episode 11-
LOLOLOL ISKANDER I LOVE YOU FOREVER. Please continue to be awesome Boisterous Bruiser who likes drinking with his opponents in a friendly fashion.
I love how formally Saber's sitting and how completely confused and perplexed she is by Iskander.
So Iskander basically says that they're going to determine who's most worthy of the Grail by talking politely instead of fighting. He is a smart, sensible man. Why has no one else ever thought about this before?
UGH GO AWAY GILGAMESH. JUST GO AWAY FOREVER. PLEASE STAY SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM SABER AT ALL TIMES KTHANKS.
Aww, and Waver's just hovering off to the side completely clueless as to what to do. And he's scared of Iri. Cute.
I was almost kind of liking Gilgamesh for a second there. But then he goes and says, "To begin with, the Grail should already be mine." and "But that it is a treasure also means that it belongs to me." and I remember EXACTLY why I hate him again. Entitled, self-absorbed...
STOP LYING, TELL THEM ABOUT ENKIDU, AND BE LIKABLE FOR ONCE DAMMIT.
Lol, Waver running in and asking, "Hey wasn't your goal supposed to be world conquest?!"
And then Saber gets all serious-like, explaining her wish. Which is to prevent Britain's destruction by redoing the selection of the king.
SHUT UP GILGAMESH. YOU DON'T GET TO MOCK SABER'S HEROIC IDEALS. Just because you're completely self-absorbed and have no concept of selflessness...
Oh Saber baby you sound so much like Shirou here. But what's in the past is in the past, like Iskander says. Grieve for the end, but then move on.
This debate is amazing. I feel so sorry for Saber here. She's just... SO SO very Lawful Good. She wants to serve and protect and be self-sacrificing. And the other two don't understand that. SABER BABY LET ME LOVE YOU! OH MY POOR LITTLE WOOBIE SABER DON'T CRY!
Iskander, I love you, but seriously. Stop being mean to Saber.
Oh hey! Assassin's here. One of him. Them. All of them.
Aww, Iri clinging to Saber for protection. Cute.
And of course Iskander will invite them to the banquet. Lol. But they reject the offer so he powers up. And takes them all into his reality marble. And I still totally love how Saber and Iri are being adorable sister friends and hugging protectively. Iskander decides to show off his army and ultimate Noble Phantasm.
Holy cheezits this is awesome.
Iskander proceeds to lead a charge with his army and they just DEMOLISH the assassins. Sweet.
WAIT ISKANDER DON'T LEAVE SABER ALONE WITH GILGAMESH! PLEASE?
OH GROSS GO AWAY GILGAMESH. Ick. I knew I'd hate it when he started flirting with her.
Saber angsts and then episode end.
Episode 12-
Tokiomi Tohsaka talks with Kirei Kotomine and they plot together. Tokiomi, stop hanging out with Kirei and go play with your daughter. Seriously.
Mmm. I want that pastry Kiritsugu's eating. It looks yummy. Kiritsugu monologues to himself about the state of the masters and their servants. And continues to be disturbed about Kotomine.
Oh hey, speak of the devil. Kirei's going to have another "talk" with Gilgamesh.
*shudder* Oh gosh I think Gilgamesh is perving on Saber. He picked up a chess knight (or possibly a king) and he's talking about how he's found another form of entertainment. Please don't be talking about Saber you gross sexist-OH JOY HE IS. THE CHESS PIECE IS ACTUALLY A HOLY GRAIL WAR PIECE FOR THE SABER CLASS. Squicked into eternity.
Iri and Saber drive to the new hideout.
...Which looks suspiciously similar to Shirou's house in Fate/Stay Night.
Holy cow it is Shirou's house. I swear it is. *hopeful* Does this mean we can have a Shirou cameo before the end of this? Please? Pretty please?
Saber tells Iri she's noticed that Iri is not touching things today, and asks if she's sick. Iri admits that she's very weak. That her being a Homonculus (a being made out of magic circuits) is making her ill.
Meanwhile with Gilgamesh and Kotomine, Gilgamesh continues to slowly pry into Kotomine's mind and decipher his true character. And basically manipulate him in various creative ways. GOODIE.
The Grail returns his Command Seals. And Gilgamesh monologues about things. Episode end.
Episode 13-
Waver has a dream about Iskander's past. Then the two go out shopping.
OH YAY CASTER AND RYUUNOSUKE, JUST WHO I WANTED TO SEE. I WAS LACKING A DISTINCT AMOUNT OF CREEPY AND DISTURBING IN MY LIFE. NO, WAIT, I TOTALLY WASN'T. And anyway Gilgamesh took up the slack for that the past two episodes.
Gilles tells Ryuunosuke his backstory in an attempt to encourage him, as they've discovered the mess Iskander and Waver left of their foul child-murdering hideout. And Ryuunosuke has weird notions and ideas about God. For real. I think I'd appreciate this theological discussion a lot more if it didn't come out of the mouths of a child-murderer and a madman stalker-murderer. Hearing THEM OF ALL PEOPLE talk about how God loves humans is BIZARRE.
Ahhh "And he loves screams and blood just as much". There we go, that's better. That's you projecting your character and desires onto God there Ryuunosuke.
Oh jeez these two are so creepy. Ugggggghhhh...
Waver, meanwhile, reads up on Alexander the Great. Iskander shows up and LOLOL he bought video games oh Iskander you are too adorable. I'm sorry. I love these two. They make the funniest friends.
Oh joy. Looks like Caster and Ryuunosuke are gonna pull a great big horrible massacre.
Aww, another Iskander and Waver friendship scene. Thanks show. That's nice.
...Can I just "D'aww!" forever at this scene? It is too heartwarming.
Iri and Saber arrive on the scene of Caster summoning... Cthulhu?
HOLY MOTHER OF X'HAL WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE GRAIL?!
Iskander shows up and tells Saber and Iri that he's called all the other Masters and Servants to team up. Awesome. Tag-teaming against Caster once again.
HA HA HA OH WOW SABER CAN LITERALLY WALK ON WATER BECAUSE SHE'S FRIENDLY WITH THE LADY OF THE LAKE. THIS IS AWESOME.
And the episode's going to end right here isn't it?
Dangit. And I have to wait until April for the second season. Draaaaaat.
Ah well. A fun ride nonetheless.
YouTube, your current version is weird to navigate and completely unappealing aesthetically.
DeviantART... actually now that you've fixed the issues V7 had it works really well. Thank you. Please don't overhaul the system again that drastically though.
Anyway, on to my archive binge of Fate/Zero.
Episode 11-
LOLOLOL ISKANDER I LOVE YOU FOREVER. Please continue to be awesome Boisterous Bruiser who likes drinking with his opponents in a friendly fashion.
I love how formally Saber's sitting and how completely confused and perplexed she is by Iskander.
So Iskander basically says that they're going to determine who's most worthy of the Grail by talking politely instead of fighting. He is a smart, sensible man. Why has no one else ever thought about this before?
UGH GO AWAY GILGAMESH. JUST GO AWAY FOREVER. PLEASE STAY SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM SABER AT ALL TIMES KTHANKS.
Aww, and Waver's just hovering off to the side completely clueless as to what to do. And he's scared of Iri. Cute.
I was almost kind of liking Gilgamesh for a second there. But then he goes and says, "To begin with, the Grail should already be mine." and "But that it is a treasure also means that it belongs to me." and I remember EXACTLY why I hate him again. Entitled, self-absorbed...
STOP LYING, TELL THEM ABOUT ENKIDU, AND BE LIKABLE FOR ONCE DAMMIT.
Lol, Waver running in and asking, "Hey wasn't your goal supposed to be world conquest?!"
And then Saber gets all serious-like, explaining her wish. Which is to prevent Britain's destruction by redoing the selection of the king.
SHUT UP GILGAMESH. YOU DON'T GET TO MOCK SABER'S HEROIC IDEALS. Just because you're completely self-absorbed and have no concept of selflessness...
Oh Saber baby you sound so much like Shirou here. But what's in the past is in the past, like Iskander says. Grieve for the end, but then move on.
This debate is amazing. I feel so sorry for Saber here. She's just... SO SO very Lawful Good. She wants to serve and protect and be self-sacrificing. And the other two don't understand that. SABER BABY LET ME LOVE YOU! OH MY POOR LITTLE WOOBIE SABER DON'T CRY!
Iskander, I love you, but seriously. Stop being mean to Saber.
Oh hey! Assassin's here. One of him. Them. All of them.
Aww, Iri clinging to Saber for protection. Cute.
And of course Iskander will invite them to the banquet. Lol. But they reject the offer so he powers up. And takes them all into his reality marble. And I still totally love how Saber and Iri are being adorable sister friends and hugging protectively. Iskander decides to show off his army and ultimate Noble Phantasm.
Holy cheezits this is awesome.
Iskander proceeds to lead a charge with his army and they just DEMOLISH the assassins. Sweet.
WAIT ISKANDER DON'T LEAVE SABER ALONE WITH GILGAMESH! PLEASE?
OH GROSS GO AWAY GILGAMESH. Ick. I knew I'd hate it when he started flirting with her.
Saber angsts and then episode end.
Episode 12-
Tokiomi Tohsaka talks with Kirei Kotomine and they plot together. Tokiomi, stop hanging out with Kirei and go play with your daughter. Seriously.
Mmm. I want that pastry Kiritsugu's eating. It looks yummy. Kiritsugu monologues to himself about the state of the masters and their servants. And continues to be disturbed about Kotomine.
Oh hey, speak of the devil. Kirei's going to have another "talk" with Gilgamesh.
*shudder* Oh gosh I think Gilgamesh is perving on Saber. He picked up a chess knight (or possibly a king) and he's talking about how he's found another form of entertainment. Please don't be talking about Saber you gross sexist-OH JOY HE IS. THE CHESS PIECE IS ACTUALLY A HOLY GRAIL WAR PIECE FOR THE SABER CLASS. Squicked into eternity.
Iri and Saber drive to the new hideout.
...Which looks suspiciously similar to Shirou's house in Fate/Stay Night.
Holy cow it is Shirou's house. I swear it is. *hopeful* Does this mean we can have a Shirou cameo before the end of this? Please? Pretty please?
Saber tells Iri she's noticed that Iri is not touching things today, and asks if she's sick. Iri admits that she's very weak. That her being a Homonculus (a being made out of magic circuits) is making her ill.
Meanwhile with Gilgamesh and Kotomine, Gilgamesh continues to slowly pry into Kotomine's mind and decipher his true character. And basically manipulate him in various creative ways. GOODIE.
The Grail returns his Command Seals. And Gilgamesh monologues about things. Episode end.
Episode 13-
Waver has a dream about Iskander's past. Then the two go out shopping.
OH YAY CASTER AND RYUUNOSUKE, JUST WHO I WANTED TO SEE. I WAS LACKING A DISTINCT AMOUNT OF CREEPY AND DISTURBING IN MY LIFE. NO, WAIT, I TOTALLY WASN'T. And anyway Gilgamesh took up the slack for that the past two episodes.
Gilles tells Ryuunosuke his backstory in an attempt to encourage him, as they've discovered the mess Iskander and Waver left of their foul child-murdering hideout. And Ryuunosuke has weird notions and ideas about God. For real. I think I'd appreciate this theological discussion a lot more if it didn't come out of the mouths of a child-murderer and a madman stalker-murderer. Hearing THEM OF ALL PEOPLE talk about how God loves humans is BIZARRE.
Ahhh "And he loves screams and blood just as much". There we go, that's better. That's you projecting your character and desires onto God there Ryuunosuke.
Oh jeez these two are so creepy. Ugggggghhhh...
Waver, meanwhile, reads up on Alexander the Great. Iskander shows up and LOLOL he bought video games oh Iskander you are too adorable. I'm sorry. I love these two. They make the funniest friends.
Oh joy. Looks like Caster and Ryuunosuke are gonna pull a great big horrible massacre.
Aww, another Iskander and Waver friendship scene. Thanks show. That's nice.
...Can I just "D'aww!" forever at this scene? It is too heartwarming.
Iri and Saber arrive on the scene of Caster summoning... Cthulhu?
HOLY MOTHER OF X'HAL WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE GRAIL?!
Iskander shows up and tells Saber and Iri that he's called all the other Masters and Servants to team up. Awesome. Tag-teaming against Caster once again.
HA HA HA OH WOW SABER CAN LITERALLY WALK ON WATER BECAUSE SHE'S FRIENDLY WITH THE LADY OF THE LAKE. THIS IS AWESOME.
And the episode's going to end right here isn't it?
Dangit. And I have to wait until April for the second season. Draaaaaat.
Ah well. A fun ride nonetheless.