Image 1 — If Shirou Emiya had/could acquire a Persona from the Persona series, what do you think it would be like?
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If Shirou Emiya had/could acquire a Persona from the Persona series, what do you think it would be like?

Each of the 3 (current) modern mainline Persona games kind of has a theme.

  • Persona 3 characters, be they members of S.E.E.S./The Shadow Operatives, usually have a Greco-Roman theme. And they are used via the Evoker, as it involves accepting Mortality, fitting Persona 3's theme of Memento Mori
  • Persona 4's Personas are from Shinto-Japanese mythology, and are gained via facing your Shadow, basically a monster made of everything you deny about yourself
    • There is the special case of Labrys from Persona 5 Arena, who gained her Persona the P4 way, but it is a Greco-Roman figure of Ariadne, and she joins up with the Shadow Operatives (the grown-up P3 cast)
  • Persona 5's Personas are all based on Folkloric Tricksters and Rebels in their first forms, then in their Ultimate forms, they become Mythological Tricksters that were either cast from Heaven or went to/are associated with the Underworld. They are gained by accepting the rebel within.

So with all this in mind, what can we come up with for Shirou?

I personally take out Persona 5's method first, because while his Sword + Bow weapons fit the rest of the Phantom Thieves having a melee and ranged weapon combo, and Persona 5 does go into the topic of Justice here and there, fitting Shirou's "Hero of Justice" thing, but "Rebellion" isn't really his thing, or at least it isn't a part of his story.

But in terms of options,

My two ideas were either:

A. King Arthur, referencing his bond with Artoria and Avalon within him. It would have Light (Hama/Kou) as its main element

or

B. Muramasa, referencing Shirou being his Pseudo-Servant vessel in FGO. It would have Fire (Agi) as its main element.

But no matter which one he gets, in terms of stats, I would say he would lean more towards physical moves and high Attack/Endurance stats, like Chie in P4 and Ryuji/Skull in P5

Haven't really thought of what good Ultimate Personas would be, though.

u/Mystech_Master — 3 days ago
▲ 8 r/MyHeroAcademia+1 crossposts

Does anyone else feel like the Hero Agency Internships had more "purpose" in their choices than the Work-Studies?

What I mean by this is that it feels like more thought went into who went where and what they got out of their Internships than their work studies.

  • Izuku went with Gran Torino, as he was All Might's Homeroom Teacher and could help with One for All. Deku learned Full Cowl and NOT to break his bones.
  • Bakugo went to Best Jeanist b/c he was No. 3 in the ranking, and Best Jeanist wanted to try and fix Bakugo's attitude.
  • Ochaco went to Gunhead to work on her combat ability after Bakugo kicked her ass in the Sports Festival.
  • Ida went to Manual to go on his Stain revenge quest
  • Mineta likely went to Mt Lady for obvious reasons
  • Tsuyu likely went to Selkie due to her specialization in water
  • Uwabami chose Momo and Itsuka b/c of their looks (a shallow reason, but still A reason)
  • Jiro with Death Arms is kind of the main outlier, as she was mainly logistical support
  • Hawks chose Tokoyami for the bird theme and also for info gathering about U.A., some for the Work-Studies (although Hawks wasn't likely invented as a character until the Pro Hero arc, so putting him here feels weird)

You see, all of them have a kind of reason for who went where and what they, or the Pro Hero they were under, gained from it.

But then we look at the Work-Studies

  • Izuku has a similar reason for going to Nighteye as he did with Gran Torino; he's a former associate of All Might
  • Ochaco and Tsu went to Ryukyu........why? Because we needed the girl team with Nejire?
  • Eijiro went with Tamaki to Fatgum. Yes, Eijiro and Fatgum both have a kind of Tank/endurance-based style, but I don't know if that's the right reason.
  • We didn't really see anyone else in the first round.

It feels like more thought was put into the logic of who went where or who chose who for the Internships than the Work-Studies. I wish we had more insight into why the specific Work-Study pairings were chosen and what the students gained from them, rather than just generic "experience".

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u/Mystech_Master — 3 days ago
▲ 0 r/MyHeroAcademia+1 crossposts

When people say they wished the Dark Hero Arc was longer, what exactly were they expecting?

I ask this because I see this take a lot, and a lot of the "ideas" I see just feel really vague and just sound like "Make it better"

Like, do they just want more aura farming Deku running around fighting villains instead of waiting for the plot to let him? Because him getting railroaded by U.A.'s curriculum is something I kind of see issue with.

Do people just want stuff like Lady Nagant copied and pasted over and over again? I mean, for one, the talk about "Hero Society good or Bad" feels really weak when A. the HPSC are all dead (they were off-screened by Gigantomachia), and B. That really isn't the main concern right now. The real issue is all the villains running around and AFO/Shig-for-One threatening the world.

Edit: Correction: A Twice Clone of Redestro killed the Head, but still, the HPSC was basically incapacitated at this point in the story.

It's like how in Naruto (an inspiration for MHA), yes, the Ninja/Shinobi system is bad, but our main characters are/should be more concerned with the actual villains ready to destroy the world (The Akatsuki/Paranormal Liberation Front) before they go on to do societal changes (which are nromally off-screen/in a timeskip epligoue b/c this is a Shonen Jump story and they are gonna focus more on an action

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u/Mystech_Master — 5 days ago
▲ 10 r/bleach

How would the whole "Shinigami power transfer thing" work on someone other than Ichigo?

I am not too well-versed in Bleach lore, so please go easy on me

In the first chapters of Bleach, Rukia transfers her power to Ichigo, thus turning him into a substitute Shinigami.

From what I have heard, this should be temporary.

But, because Ichigo was a crazy hybrid being with vast potential, he absorbed most of Rukia's power, leaving her weakened for the first chunk of the story.

I am wondering what this process would be like if it happened to someone other than Ichigo. Still with high spiritual potential, as I know that is a requirement, but without his crazy heritage.

Would it just be temporary, and the Shinigami that performs the transfer would not be as drained as Rukia was?

What about the Zanpakuto? What would be the nature of the Zanpakuto be? Would they technically be wielding a copy of the Shinigami's Zanpakuto, or get a unique one that won't go anywhere, because obviously, a temporary power-up like this would not be enough time to develop an Asauchi into a full Zanpakuto? Not everyone has Ichigo's crazy growth rate, and Ichigo also has his Hollow/Quincy powers. I remember people have compared his Zanpakuto to Hollow Zanpakuto or Quincy Spirit Weapons.

I just want to understand how the process would work with someone who ISN'T as cracked as Ichigo, how it would normally play out.

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u/Mystech_Master — 10 days ago

New character coming to Centralfiction to be revealed at EVO 2026 this weekend, any guesses on who it is going to be?

From the remaining characters in the cast we got:

* Trinity Glassfille, seperate from Platinum sort of similar to Hazama and Terumi

* Torakaka, how would you make her different from Tao though?

* Kajun Faycott

* Linhua

* Homura Amanohokosaka, he was playable in BBADW so there could be some idea for his gameplay.

I think they said it would be someone from the games, meaning we won’t be getting Taro Sasagae, a character from both Remix Heart games and one if Jin’s friends from the military academy

Who do you think it will be?

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u/Mystech_Master — 11 days ago
▲ 7 r/Fate

So Medusa qualifies for Archer and Caster, what about her qualifies her for those classes and what would they be like?

https://preview.redd.it/0hvmzbb9pa9h1.png?width=715&format=png&auto=webp&s=c898aaa4c8b5d8a592f9b3197f90c7a1d6b0f3d6

As of me posting this, we have seen Medusa in four classes:

We have our classic Rider Medusa due to Bellerophon and Pegasus\

Lancer Medusa using the Harpe, both in her child Lily form and an adult alter form in the FGO anime

Avenger Medusa leans into her Gorgon side

Saber Medusa taps into her connection with Chrysaor, with Athena adding a bit in as well.

But what about the remaining classes?

I can't think of any kind of long-range weapon associated with Medusa, and Medusa isn't exactly a spellcaster herself.

I am not asking about Berserker because I am pretty sure that would just be Gorgon, but less.

I feel like these extra class qualifications were just randomly put in a long time ago w/o much thought, but IDK, I still thought it would be fun to speculate on what Archer and Caster Medusa would be like.

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u/Mystech_Master — 11 days ago
▲ 5 r/FGO

What are some ideas you have had for your own FGO novelizations/fanfics?

My friend and I like to talk about story ideas for FGO that are unbound by the shackles of its gacha game format, especi9ally b/c he himself is writing his own FGO novelization.

I myself have had my own ideas

There is one idea I had.

For context, I actually let time pass in my idea: the years pass, we get all the side events, and Ritsuka actually ages/grows older.

Then, once we get to 2018, the first year of the Lostbelt Saga, we have the Apocrypha collab, which introduces Sieg. In Apocrypha, he encountered Gordes Musik, who was Siegfried/Saber of Black's Master, who nearly killed Sieg but seemed to shape up near the end to take care of the Homunculi. Now, here in Chaldea, we have the alternate-timeline counterpart of Gordes' son, Goredolf, who just became the new director of Chaldea, and this is his first year dealing with Chaldea's usual brand of craziness. The idea of the two talking, and Goredolf wondering whether he is living up to his family's example by talking with someone who, in a way, fought alongside his father in a Holy Grail War, is pretty interesting to me. Sieg, remembering how Gordes improved, may also be an advocate for giving Goredolf a fair shot as Chaldea's new director.

IDK, inter-character interactions and character development are something I like to think about with all the servants in Chaldea.

What are some of your ideas you imagine in your own fanfic/novelizations of FGO?

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u/Mystech_Master — 13 days ago
▲ 129 r/FGO

What is a Servant that you would want introduced to FGO solely for the memes/jokes that would come with it?

My idea for such a servant would be Lief Erikson [Rider], a Norse explorer and the ACTUAL guy to discover the Americas * glares at Columbus *

Not only could you have him being pissed at Columbus for taking credit for his achievement, but also you KNOW that some people are gonna be spamming the Spongebob quote:

https://i.redd.it/yr5epvuqit8h1.gif

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u/Mystech_Master — 14 days ago
▲ 0 r/Fate

What are everyone's opinions on the "Fate-isms" that the Fate series does for certain folkloric/mytho-historical figures?

Like, when they add or change the background of a mytho-historical figure to add in something from the Nasuverse.

I mean, you got Raiko being mixed with Ushi Gozen, Murasaki Shikibu also knowing Onmyodo, Minamoto no Tametomo being a robot made from Greek God Space Robot parts, Anastasia knowing some magecraft and having Viy as a familiar, and some others as simple "Let's make them more magical/powerful", especially as FGO servants.

Then you got stuff like making Artemis, the virgin huntress goddess, actually in love with Orion. Iskandar/Alexander the Great being this huge muscle dude instead of a twink. Medusa and her sisters are goddesses of beauty and taking away the Poseidon sexual assault thing.

I understand some of these are made for the sake of being more appealing to the Japanese target audience, especially the Gacha Waifu lovers once we get into FGO, but I am just wondering what kind of balance people like in the servants?

Do people want a Fate servant's description/bio to basically be the wikipedia/IRL description word for word? I mean, this is the Nasuverse, with its urban fantasy secret Moonlit world with all this magic stuff in the background. So I feel like adding a bit of pizazz wouldn't be too out of place to make them cool Servants. It's basically the trope Beethoven Was An Alien Spy, but I do feel like if we just said "This historical figure also knew magic, or fought a Dragon, or whatever " over and over, it might risk being repetitive. So you'd need to make sure to be a bit creative with each one.

A lot of Fate servants do feel like Fate OCs with like 10-20% of their DNA being from the irl folkloric/historical figure. So I was just wondering what people's preference was. Like, what Servant do you think handles the ratio between Nasuverse Fateism anime bs and respecting the irl counterpart?

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u/Mystech_Master — 22 days ago

What would happen if Pochita/Chainsaw Devil were to eat a human instead of a Devil?

Maybe this was asked ages ago, but I am still curious.

So, the Chainsaw Devil eats a Devil, and that Devil is erased from existence. And since Devils are tied to the concepts that birthed them, that means that concept is erased, with reality adjusting itself to the lack of the thing that was erased.

But what if the Chainsaw Devil erased a person? A human? Would they also be erased?

If so, what could happen?

Yeah a human isn't gonna have the same result as erasing a commonly feared item or concept, but humans leave an impact on the world.

Like, even just eating a rando on the street could cause who knows what kinds of butterfly effects

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u/Mystech_Master — 22 days ago

What would happen if Pochita/Chainsaw Devil were to eat a human instead of a Devil?

Maybe this was asked ages ago, but I am still curious.

So, the Chainsaw Devil eats a Devil, and that Devil is erased from existence. And since Devils are tied to the concepts that birthed them, that means that concept is erased, with reality adjusting itself to the lack of the thing that was erased.

But what if the Chainsaw Devil erased a person? A human? Would they also be erased?

If so, what could happen?

Yeah a human isn't gonna have the same result as erasing a commonly feared item or concept, but humans leave an impact on the world.

Like, even just eating a rando on the street could cause who knows what kinds of butterfly effects

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u/Mystech_Master — 22 days ago
▲ 29 r/Fate

If Shirou Emiya were to get a VIsion from Genshin Impact, what element would best fit him?

There is

  • Anemo (Wind)
  • Geo (Earth)
  • Electro (Electricity)
  • Dendro (Plant/Nature)
  • Hydro (Water)
  • Pyro (Fire)
  • Cryo (Ice)

I am personally torn between two options:

  1. Pyro. Because the red-orange color already fits Shirou's main color and matches his forge/sword motif. Plus, if you want to mimic FGO's Muramasa, this is a way to go.
  2. Hydro. In Genshin, Hydro is associated with Justice in Fontaine, the main region for that element, which fits Shirou's "Hero of Justice" thing, and the Water element also aligns with his association with Artoria, with the whole Lady of the Lake granting Excalibur thing. Also would act as a nice contrast.
u/Mystech_Master — 1 month ago
▲ 56 r/Fate

What are some swords/weapons from other media that you think would be interesting to discuss if Shirou/EMIYA could Trace them into UBW and what he could do with them?

I like crossovers, I like characters getting stuff from other franchises to expand their arsenal, and plenty of other franchises have cool swords. So I was trying to think of other weapons and swords from other franchises that would be cool for Shirou to Trace

One idea I had was Dragonslayer from Berserk. Obviously too heavy for Shirou to physically wield himself, he isn't the mountain of muscle that Guts is (although he did wield Nine Lives Blade Works against Berserker in Heaven's Feel but who knows if he can do that level of strength w/o Archer's Arm). But, considering that one use of UBW is just levitating the blades and launching them, imagine him just launching a traced Dragonslayer at high speed.

Some weapons would not be Tracable though, as we know, modern/technological weapons are a no go, as well as ones crafted by gods or beings comparable to them, although I have seen people make arguments about this, considering >!Shirou Traces Vajra in The El-Melloi II !<novels.

So a Lightsaber may be a no-go, it may be a sword made by mortals, but the technological aspects and the kyber crystal may not allow it.

Weapons from franchises whose magic systems highly depend on the setting may also be a problem. Like in Guilty Gear, a lot of weapons are not only some kind of magitech, such as Sol Badguy's Junkyard Dog/Outrage II, so that brings up the tech limit, but the magic of Guilty Gear is all dependent on the Backyard, which is kind of like the source code of reality in the GG-verse. So this weapon's particular magic may not work outside of the GG-verse, where the Backyard isn't a thing.

Then there are the Devil Arms from Devil May Cry. Most of them are demons sealed into the form of a weapon, so IDK if Shirou/EMIYA could trace them, considering they are living beings (weapons with souls are a weird area that isn't covered in canon afaik). But then there are the brothers' swords: Rebellion+ Sparda = DSD, and Yamato. They aren't living beings, but they were made from the power of Sparda, who is a powerful Demon. Kind of skirting the realm of "beings comparable to gods," depending on how much you want to hype up Sparda's power. So it could be seen as debatable. I also don't recall if the swords are only usable by the brothers themselves, or at the very least, only able to show their true power with their true wielders.

Weapons that are cursed/rely on someone being a chosen one/worthy/part of a specific bloodline may also be a problem.

I just think this is a fun thing to discuss.

What are some cool swords/weapons from other franchises that you can think of, and do you think Shirou/EMIYA could Trace them, and if so, what could you imagine him doing with them?

u/Mystech_Master — 1 month ago
▲ 0 r/DCcomics+1 crossposts

Ok, so how exactly does the comic/fictional omniverse work?

So the recent Storm, Earth's Mightiest Mutant comic has gotten everyone talking about the multiverse and stuff as we see

A. Storm apparently end up at DC's source wall

Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #3

and

B. Storm fly by JJK's Shbuya and Gachiakuta's wasteland, among other places

Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant #4

and it just makes me wonder

How exactly do people view the whole fictional omniverse?

I like BS crossover fanfic stuff, so I do like imagining how crossovers work. Yes, DC and Marvel have had crossovers before, but it always seems to be weird with how the two realities exist next to one another.

Like, DC's Multiverse is surrounded by the Source Wall, so I feel like getting past that should be an issue. Although, from what I have been hearing, that thing has been getting smashed a lot recently.

I am not exactly sure about Marvel's cosmology and what lies on the utmost edge of that cosmos, like the White Hot Room, the Outside, House of Ideas, whatever it is. Please inform me, what exactly is at the farthest edge of Marvel's cosmos?

But in one of the old Marvel-DC crossovers, Flash was able to just vibrate over to Marvel, which I feel like shouldn't be a thing.

And for franchises other than those two, usually other franchises have their own cosmology, space between worlds, power systems, and embodiments of concepts, so having them be one of the worlds within Marvel's Superflow or DC's Bleed/Orrery of Worlds usually doesn't stick, unless a world.

Like just to use examples from the comic referenced above, I am pretty sure JJK doesn't have alternate timelines or universal/multiversal altering entities/powers.

Or for another example, Bleach. That franchise has its own cosmology, creator, and way of working that is entirely different from Marvel and DC.

But getting back to the main point, how exactly do people imagine all these fictional universes existing next to one another?

Do we just imagine franchises with less complex cosmologies as like, tiny little bubbles next to Marvel and DC and other complex cosmology franchises, which are like MASSIVE complex superstructure bubbles? Like, imagine comparing a normal high-middle-class house to, say, a mansion or a castle. And then between these cosmos there is just a void of nothingness.

Do we imagine the creator deities just know of each other and just agree not to bother each other, like the Presence and the One Above All have bagel fridays or something every once in a while?

This isn't about powerscaling, I just want to know how people generally view all these cosmologies of various fictional franchises existing next to one another.

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u/Mystech_Master — 2 months ago

Maybe for an AU where he escapes with/instead of Cyan, or wondering if he'll be a hero in the future, or anything like that.

I like to speculate on what his Hero design would be, and how his Bad Luck Jinx could be made into a hero's persona.

Like, I personally try to imagine a hero costume that is equal and opposite to Lucky Cyan's, instead of white and Cyan, it'd be Black and Red (Red being opposite of Cyan on the color wheel), and likely more armored, so he can survive him getting caught up in his own Jinxes. Roller Blades and a Guitar for extra items, much like Cyan, but instead of the Guitar becoming a bow, it'd be a melee weapon, for the sake of differentiating them. Plus, you could imagine some combat synergy between him and Cyan, with him at close range and her at long range. Luo debuffing enemies and Cyan buffing allies, to use video game terms.

As much as I would love for him to have an emblem to parallel Cyan's Clover, I can not for the life of me think of what it could be.

u/Mystech_Master — 2 months ago