Should Rin from HSR be considered canon to the Fate series?

Should Rin from HSR be considered canon to the Fate series?

Its been a while since the collab(2 collabs i guess), so I figured I'd ask.

Correct me if I'm wrong but since the story got approved by Nasu with even the design being by Takeuchi, wouldn't that mean this Rin is canon? It doesn't seem to retcon any confirmed information to my knowledge. So future debates/discussion involving Rin from Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works(ex: Rin vs Aoko lol) should consider giving her Ishtar's mana and/or Zelritch's sword. For lore reasons of course.

u/321yuGtahT — 10 days ago
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I think Void Shiki might be a Beast.

Currently a theory I'm working on. I'm still not sure, maybe I'm just thinking too much but there's a decent amount of proof.

1.) Independent Manifestation C - A skill that was said to be exclusive to Beast. Merlin and Proto Merlin have it and Proto Merlin is confirmed a Beast. Rank C is a pretty decent Rank compared to some of the confirmed Beast too.

2.) Love for Humanity - One of the important traits a Beast needs is love for Humanity. Thats why Doman couldn't be a Beast and why Koyonskya ended up immature/false. Shiki loves Humanity and she's also a bit envious. As most KnK lovers know, Void Shiki was born with the origin of Emptiness. This gave her a connection to the Root, which basically made her omniscient. She immediately became disinterested in reality and created 2 personalities to live among people. But despite that she has many lines ( anime and games) about how she's jealous/envious of humans. Wishing she could be simple or dream or have desires.

3.) Ominous dialouge - Void Shiki has lines (from her and about her) that shows just how dangerous her powers are. In one of the final Garden of Sinners movies, Shiki says she can fix Kokuto's eye. She then mentions that her only method of doing so would be to rewrite reality and created a timeline where it was never injured in the first place. Wouldn't that basically mean the would destroy everything and the recreate it? Also, in FGO, Archetype Earth (Arcueid) mentions how dangerous it is for her to be waving her sword around all willy nilly.

4.) Those bunny ears are probably horns. Or maybe they're just bunny ears. I'd keep a close eye on them.

5.) I'm thinking that if she actually tries to use her powers to grant a wish, she could become a Beast. Or maybe it would depend on the type wish.

And uh... thats all I got. The Beast skill, love of humanity, and the power. I think its a similar situation to Proto Merlin where she's having too much fun rn to be an actual threat. Maybe I'm tweaking cause I don't have Ciel after 200 pulls.

u/321yuGtahT — 2 months ago

How would you want Sakura Matou represented?

Hypothetically, lets say there is a part 3 of the Fate collab, and that Sakura is one of the limited characters available to be pulled. How would you like her represented? I have a few ideas and I'd like to some more idea cause its fun to think about.

1.) Sakura after Heavens Feel with corrupted grail powers

I'm thinking that the collab is going over the 3 different routes. Part 1 collab Saber, part 2 collab Rin, so the part 3 collab would focus on Sakura. Specially Dark Sakura. She could have animations referencing the Heavens Feel movies/scenes.

2.) Sakura with Parvati powers

3.) Sakura with Kama powers

Its kinda obvious that HSR devs can pull from whatever fate related stuff to make the characters more appealing. We can kinda see that with Rin having Ishtar powers practically for free. We see that the gods can also travel to the HSR verse. I mostly think it would be interesting if both these gods tried to influence her throughout the event.

4.) Sakura with BB powers.

Her Craft Essence in FGO "Imaginary Around" has the same color scheme as BB. This is also supposed to be an older version of her. I think her HSR would have an altered version of this outfit. BB would also be a fun character in the Space comedy, especially since she's technically from the future, but I'm not sure if that part matters in HSR.

In terms of her path and element: I'm thinking she could be Destruction, Harmony, Elation, or Abundance. Elements could be Quantum, Wind, Fire, or Ice.

u/321yuGtahT — 2 months ago

Is the new 4.3 V3 relic set BiS for Acheron? (And Saber?)

Acheron's current BiS gives alot of crit, but maybe the dmg percent is worth? Would it depend on Eidelons/Lightcone investment? Or teammates? Idk. I'm also coping with Saber cause I git her E1S1.

u/321yuGtahT — 5 months ago