Fate-Foundation

by rhomanion1

A few different choices and a wish in his heart lead to an unexpected end to the Fuyuki Grail War. Cast into an age of war and chaos, Shirou Emiya finds himself cut off from everything he knew. But with danger comes an opportunity, the chance to avert the tragic life of the one he loved most. The question is, can he grow strong enough? And why the hell can't these Britons cook?

14. Vote on Where the New Story Will Go

Hello everyone,

The next story is looking to be starting shortly. I plan on posting May 8. Apologies for the delay, but I needed to scrap an idea and start over at one point, and turns out writing proper story structures takes a while. Part of it was also me spinning my wheels on a potential adjustment to the new story (I'm going with Three Crowns for the title).

The question is whether or not Saber ends up being sent back with Shirou. Before anyone starts talking, note that there are three caveats:

1. The destruction of the Grail wouldn't go as "cleanly" as it did in Fate/Foundation or the vanilla version of Three Crowns. I don't want to outright spoil the twist, but... *Turns off Heaven's Feel soundtrack*

2. They wouldn't end up in the same location in the past. I had the idea of them doing their own things for the first act and finally Saber running into the rest of the group at the first plot point.

3. Let's just say that Saber and her past self would NOT see eye to eye on most things.

Both of the approaches have their pros and cons. With the original (let's call it vanilla):

Pros:

1. Would simplify storytelling, since I wouldn't have to keep track of a rather peeved and disoriented incarnated servant blundering through southern Britain for a while.

2. Would have a lighter tone. Note that the new story would get somewhat grimmer and more complicated than the old story to start with.

3. Would give me more room to focus on Morgan's and Vortigern's POV without essentially a third main character in the story.

Cons:

1. It's been pointed out to me that despite being the same person, just in their past, that expecting Shirou to eventually emotionally bond with them may be unrealistic. I'm a little unsure how to react to that.

Now, for the modified story (let's call it Black Raspberry):

Pros:

1. Would allow the actual Saber from the war to be involved in the story, rather than dying on the hill of Camlann right at the start.

2. Would introduce some interesting options for conflict and tension, as well as interesting character interactions with both the protagonists and antagonists.

3. Would give our main characters some much-needed firepower in what's promising to be a complicated and bloody slugging match once we move into the second act.

Cons:

1. I can already tell this will go ugly places.

2. The first act would be more complicated, and I may need to drop an antagonist POV to make room.

I'm counting on you guys to give me a push one way or the other. I've already posted this question to SB, but results have been inconclusive. Please comment with your thoughts.