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So you’re a troll then. Noted from here on, and this “review” has also been deleted.

Do seek help.

For those with a bit of morbid curiosity: Part I,  Part II

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Assorted Lostbelt Questions

I never can escape getting asked questions, so I’ll just plop them all in one topic.

1) I think the Lostbelts are fine/awesome. Didn’t really dislike anything. I seriously don’t think they’re really lacking in anything. FGO has been doing a great job with story ever since they started taking it seriously after Septem.

2) I feel like a broken record every time I have to say this with every new servant release. Yes, I have plans for Sigurd, but no, I’m not going to reveal them. Check the my room lines, dialogue, etc and you can probably speculate what I’m going to do.

3) Napoleon and Anastasia had been my favorite additions so far, but Valkyrie was a pleasant surprise.

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Definitely Busy (Assorted Answers 10?)

I think this is 10. I’ve lost track already! \o/

Took me until now to finally free some time for Q&A. Let’s get started in case question pile up over the weekend:

1) This is a big one: Someone asked how I feel about the name “Altria”.

I’ve gone over it extremely briefly before, so I’ll actually expand on it. I obviously use Arturia for the story, which can be easily flipped to Artoria for some. However, in all honesty, i’m pretty neutral on Altria (but still obviously prefer the more historically-adept ones).

It stems back to when I first learned about Fate. Reading up on saber gave me my first few glimpses on the name Altria, and I didn’t actually think it was directly naming FSN Saber at first. Honestly? I thought it was talking about Saber Alter. The reason for that is, I see Altria as (Alt)er Artu(ria). So until I saw Altria used on some figures and the like, that’s what I thought.

Probably a next lead up question would be, if Arturia Alter appears, would I dare use that word as her name considering that’s how I see it? Likely case, probably not. I have a few names on the consideration list, so we’ll see what happens. I may even make a poll on it when she appears. Man, this is probably the biggest, flat out hint I do intend to add Saber Alter to FoC’s Chaldea, so enjoy the freebie!

2) There have been a few inquiries on if I rolled on Salem Gacha 2 and if any of the new servants caught my interest. I’ll answer both in one.

I did roll Gacha 2, because one servant in Salem is quickly, and rapidly, making their way through my favorites list. At this rate, Queen of Sheba will likely breach my top five just based on her actions in Salem, interlude, and revealed dialogue. I thought Circe was a nice addition, but Queen of Sheba? So many positive ticks for me as a character, and she’s barely two weeks revealed. That’s pretty cool.

As for what I rolled in the gacha, I will keep that modest and hidden. All I’ll say is I didn’t press the whale button, but the welcome party was not a sham either. Good ending.

Thanks to all who wished me good luck in my career! It can overload at times (like this season), but I do enjoy it thoroughly. 

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Sooner or later, I’m going to lose track of the correct number...

1) Someone asked me how much I whaled on the JP server. I honestly don’t know anymore, except that I’ve paid those bills just fine and that number is far larger than I ever expected it to be. No guilt or shame. I’ve donated happily.

2) Someone actually didn’t know what they wanted to ask me, so they decided to ask me to say random opinions about stuff in Fate/. Since it was rather vague and unique, I thought sure, and so:

GhostXavier’s Random Fate/ opinions

Swimsuit Nero didn’t grab my attention when she first came out. Her hairstyle on the third ascension though? Braids with hair down? I think it looked amazing.

Can Darius get more development in FGO? Like, somehow? I think that’d be nice.

The world cannot get enough of the following: Chibi Nobus, Sphinx Kittens, Fou, and Nitocris wearing her Medjed disguise.

Four Star Fou cards… Mother of god, why?

Last Trivia is long because someone asked about it specifically: Why Drake isn’t anywhere in my top ten favorites yet she seems to tick many high points?

3) Drake hits nearly 100% of my personal favoritism points yet she’s not in my top ten. That’s because she gets a personal title for herself instead called “My Servant.” This should not be confused with a waifu or husbando, which I don’t have. She just gets her own slot above the rest because I’ve rolled for her only once on rate up when she first came out on JP, and I still got her Twelve. Fucking. Times. Significantly more than any other SSR.

She’s responsible for most of my blank saint graphs. If Fate/ were real, I’m convinced that she will be my servant I summon in a grail war, but I would not be upset at all. I’d just mercilessly joke about how desperate she seems to want to swing by.

Bonus point: I’m only rolling for certain servants on my specialized NA run. Been saving my quartz and committed to only doing a ten roll during events with CEs to get some drop efficiency boosts. Guess who sailed up to Chaldea again during Halloween and graciously brought a Halloween Petite Devil with her? Thanks, Drake! As if something as small as the pacific would ever stop you from moving the counter to thirteen.

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We’ll start with EOR4 things because there’s been a bunch of messages about it.

Nezha was not the servant I needed for Fragments. The deadline approaches.

Queen of Sheba, huh? Not too surprised DW has another scantily clad servant. It’s practically a guarantee at this point.

Lovecraft? You’ve got my attention.

I love how everyone went nuts at the Solomon silhouette. 

Someone asked out of a bunch of servants who I’d likely whale for most in an approaching gacha, including Holmes, Nezha, Sita, Ereshkigal, Agravain, and Jason. Technically I already whaled for Holmes shamelessly to get to NP2, so that would only really leave Sita (only if she’s a five star limited and/or story locked). If she’s a four or regular five I’d just let it sit and wait to naturally roll. Ereshikigal honestly doesn’t interest me too much, but Agravain, as a Knight of the Round, would easily take third priority. 

A few asked if I do any other gacha games. Nope, I do not.

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Mid-week Answers and Acknowledgements

First, I’d like to thank those who sent compliments or additional supplemental information. These can range from obscure facts about a servant or background to comments/reviews about the story or supplement. I appreciate them!

Moving on, there’s been a few questions again, and a good chunk are (as usual) due to the new release. Some are FoC related, others are not. I decided to answer all of them on one post.

1) Osakabehime is not story locked and I will not state if she will arrive in Season 3 or not. I find it strange I have to answer this stuff when the conclusion should be fairly identifiable at this point.

2) No comment on what I’m doing with Mecha Liz.

3) As shown in Fragments, events are usually done differently as opposed to what FGO shows. What I will do with Halloween 2017 will be unveiled when the series gets to Halloween again.

4) There’s been an increase in questions regarding my opinion of the Fate/Apocrypha anime. My only response is I’m watching it like an action movie now, which means I’m only there for the action at this point. A shame, really. The LNs had some nice concepts and some glaring weaknesses that could have been improved. I will go into it no further.

5) There’s been a few questions about what my account is like, so I’ll use the JP one as an example. I only roll for who I find interesting since I don’t have a waifu, husbando, or anything of that sort. Whoever I get, I keep and max level/ascend (unless they’re already NP5). Only then will I burn them. I now have 173 servants and I’m not concerned about not rolling who I want because I have 11 blank saint graphs for the free 5 star trade option.

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Hey there! I know you’re super busy and all, but I just wanted to ask a quick question. Aside from Fragments and it’s Supplements, have you thought of writing any stories that aren’t about Fate? I don’t want to seem like a prick because you’re already occupied with your amazing work, but there’s a lot of potential to be had for other series with your outstanding writing.

I’m not sure how you’d be a prick for asking a question, so no worries.

I don’t have any interest writing anything else besides this series. It’s one of the very few IPs I’m actually familiar with, so I can’t write stuff about things I don’t know about. If I did watch/like a series that I felt inspired to write something for, there’d also be the issue with time. Fragments takes up a lot of free time, which includes reading any other fanfiction, or watching new series (etc.). To do anything else would mean to apply even more breaks to this works, which is something I have no intention of doing either.

I appreciate the compliments towards my writing ability, though to try and introduce any other works would probably put a damper on said quality/speed. I’m sticking with the Fragments Series… and that other small joke thing I keep forgetting exists (Of Masters and Servants). How funny that a little entry that only requires 100 words gets placed on the backburner to a 10k~ words-per-entry average series.

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This one’s kinda short.

There were a few “what servants do you think will appear as what if they did pop up” style inquiries. I’ll bullet point them without referencing the real question.

I think Nefertari would possibly be a caster if she qualified... mainly because I don’t know what else she’d be.

I’m willing to bed Sita will be an SSR archer, though if she turns out to be SR like Rama, I definitely won’t complain.

DW may give us hell by making Achilles and Semiramis both limited SSRs and rotate them for the duration of a hypothetical Apocrypha event.

I’m going to place a wild bet Proto-Gil or Muramasa will be the SSR for white day.

One person asked if I’ve watched any Warship-based animes because I like World of Warships. I’ve only seen Arpeggio of Blue Steel, and thought it was cool to see WoWS had a collab with it. That’s about it though. I’ve only heard of High School Fleet because that’s the current collab the game is doing. I didn’t even know about Kancolle until someone explained to me why everyone was spamming ‘poi’ in chat.