#fgo finale

[call-me-noa]

The ending credits of Fate/Grand Order, featuring Maaya Sakamoto's new song "Clock".

Through all the ups and downs, thank you for all these years.

[trashybugs]

(MINOR FGO FINALE SPOILER)

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The Kiss

Oberon's pose in the finale was reference to "the Kiss" painting by Gustav Klimt

"Although the position of the man may appear intrusive, the way his hands gently hold her face evoke feelings of tenderness and warmth. The lovers appear in an unbreakable embrace, yet despite the fact they are intertwined on a flowerbed they are also on the edge of an abyss, threatening to disappear forever"

Oberon who has lost the embrace of his lover

[myinternetdragon]

"Man I wonder which Rider I should crown as my Grand."

The ever reliable Captain Nemo tearjerker scene:

[thenotitleoff]

I am hyped, sad, sentimental, anxious and more... FGO finale soon

[thessaliah]

The more I think about it, the more I think Mash Kyrielight is indeed dead and gone, and that look-alike is Nasu's attempt to fool the players she's alive and well (and himself, disregarding his own writing). When....it doesn't work that way.

Think about it, would Emiya Shirou exist without the Fuyuki's Fire? A boy he could have been and used to be would, but he would not be Emiya Shirou.

Other characters like Fujimaru or Gordolf could have a decent chunk of who they are existed before they came to Chaldea, but Mash's soul, body, and heart was defined by Chaldea and the journey, without that, she's no longer Mash Kyrielight, but a complete different person who just happens to have her body.

Edit: Evergreen screencaps from Sima Yi's interlude just to drive this point home:

Reines mentions those two experiences, but Olga's background in Case Files completely changed starting around the same age of Mash's in FGO, 4-5 years old. And Mash, who we knew in FGO had her soul and mind, and body tweaked to become a Demi Servant, so fundamentally, she's as changed as Shirou is when Kiritsugu inserted Avalon while he was emptied by the Grail Mud. Attempting to pass them as "totally interchangeable and the same" is...pretending Mash's entire journey in FGO never mattered and was meaningless, even before being forgotten, and completly ignoring one's own world building and how people's socialization impacts them.

[rosezzzzx]

Slight spoilers for fgo finale

I offer a fgo finale mash to cleanse your dash

I drew this a while ago but all mash is cute mash (also why is her armour so hard to draw)

[sakuraswordly]

[animechaosbean]

FGO SPOILERS

So...while were all processing...everything. i wanted to add something i haven't seen anyone really discuss. Why was Fujimaru in the hallway?

For those who's brains arent an autistic hyperfixation trap, allow me to explain. The very first scene of the game, where FGO begins, is Fujimaru waking up in the hallway in Chaldea to see Fou and Mash. This happens before you choose your name, before you set your appearance, before you meet anyone else. There's some joke at the time that Fujimaru is tired, and you end up being late to the meeting which sets everything off. While we could read into this, initially its just a thing. Game has to introduce you to your self insert and get the plot going.

And then...the anime happened. I believe it was in Babylonia (tho that Lostroom, and First Order blur a bit for me) that it doubles down on it. Fujimaru crumpled up in the hallway before Fou wakes him up. Keep in mind, this was the anime that basically introduced us to Marisbury, that fleshed out Olga as a character, that was the first time Marisburys death was made a major thing. Hell, that was technically the first look we ever got at Daybit! Everything that was seeded there paid off massively by the end of the Lostbelts and yet...

Why the hell was Fujimaru in the hallway? Not one comments on it, no one brings it up, and yet its just...there. Just something to think about for FGOs future, given "Bad End" theory is kinda massive right now.

(PS: I love the idea that Marisbury kills himself with a smile because he knows about Lostbelts and, potentially, knows that Chaldea merely existing means he's won. Its a scene that's super eerie in retrospect.)