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Foreigner class Mysterious Heroine XX (Alter) for the Archetype Inception Chapter Release in Fate Grand Order.
Illustrator: BUNBUN
Why Berserkers are weak to the Foreigner Class (kinda sorta theory but here me out).
(This was a post originally submitted in my old account, but I want to bring it back because I saved it on my docs. )
Do you know what took me the longest time to realize playing Fate/Grand Order for at least 4-6 years now?
That Berserkers are weak to Foreigner servants because of their lack of sanity.
When you think about it, for a heroic spirit to become a berserker class servant, they got rid of any sanity left in them to gain the power to defeat their enemies in the Holy Grail War.
In some cases, a berserker class can be the weakest and strongest class because they are a power balance to weigh out the war from any other servants that might get a head start to fight them. In FGO, Berserker servants and enemies gain a 2.0x double attacking power against any class of servant..
It’s crazy how the most cracked-out class unit of the game, let alone the Fate franchise, could be the most balanced by just selling the sanity for corn chip and power.
But then Hercules exists.
To this very day, I am baffled that Hercules in his Berserker form is his WEAKEST form. It melts my brain just thinking about it because even in his weakest class, he is a literal war machine, let alone a straight-up beast doing unimaginable feats that question how insane the Greek servants are in Fate.
(Don’t get me started on his list of noble phantasms like his 12 labors, God's Hand, and Maine of the Nameaon Lion because we would be here all day.)
Long story short, the Berserker class is insane (pun intended), which brings us to the Foreigner class and why they upset the power balance of the Berserker class.
Foreigners at the time were a class of servants that made contracts with beings beyond the fabric of reality. They are what we know are the Outer Gods and Elder Gods from the stories of H.P. Lovecraft. These are creatures that no mortal human can comprehend. Just trying to understand the nature of these beings can burn your brain to mush and cause you to lose your mind.
Berserkers are no exception. The Elder Gods, Outer Gods, and The Old Ones all consume chaos and insanity as their drive, berserkers barely lack enough sanity to fight a foreigner. If we’re going by not only the lore of H.P. Lovecraft and Fate lore, chances are the berserkers have a fighting chance, but then lies the problem.
While half of the roasters of berserkers do have sanity left in them to function freely, they are limited by their madness enhancement. Even some of the Foreigner-class servants currently in the fgo roaster are alien life forms from our solar system and universes that aren’t in contact with any Outer God.
MHX, MHX Alter, Mysterious Ranmaru X, Ciel- Servantverse
Voyager- Satellite of Pan-Human History
The Types/Ultimate One, Wandajin, Koyanskya- Alien Life Forms
The Olympians- Gundams
Mesoamerican Gods- Gundams, but if they were spiders
Now we do have the Salem manga in the Epic of Remnant manga series being published, so we might have a chance to see a berserker and a foreigner fight each other. Unfortunately, I don’t know where to read the translated manga online, so I don’t mind waiting for the pages to be translated into English. Let's hope for the best!
(I would also add in the Mooncell since it is also alien in origin, but my brain cells aren’t ready to go back to the Extra lore. I don’t wanna go back, please; it’s too much sometimes.)
Ina’s new years outfit!
Does Hokusai's kind of transphobic remark in the Imaginary Scramble event sucks? Yes.
Does the overall handle of Van Gogh's history of struggles with mental issues could have been handle A LOT better? Absolutely.
However, while the event has these and many flaws, we should talk about the good parts too:
-Xiang Yu.
-Guda having more dialogue that shows how kind, silly, asertive and screwed lose they can be after years of dealing with the grand order.
-Caster Gilles perspective about the Foreigner Class servants.
-The way swimsuit servants were brought into the main story and how half-serious, half-joke is treated.
-Fran's interactions with Goghie and Lambda.
-That one scene where Nemo calls out for Goghie, asking her to choose her own identity and that everyone in Chaldea will accept her no matter what. (I could talk for hours about that scene alone.)
Maybe is just me looking for the shiny amongst the trash but, while not a great event, it did have its moments.
Yay finally I got Hokusai! So I have 2 foreigners now. Just like Abby, she has a mesmerizing np! Her np is actually her drawing the infamous painting called "The 36 views of Mount Fuji" specifically, The Great Wave Off Kanagawa. Compared to Abby, Hokusai can loop! So you can easily access her np better.
Interestingly, the girl is not Hokusai but rather its the daughter Oei. Hokusai is the octopus one next to her. So no gender bend! It also kinda makes sense since they use the same pen names so they are quite synonymous with each other and are great artists.
Also they are the ones that started the tentacle porn. So you're welcome
= w = )
Since they are foreigner class, they are being possessed by Cthulhu (This is visible on her third ascension shown below)
Third Ascension. Note that his father actually merged and took control of Oei's body hence...the alienish appearance.
First Ascension. Oei and his octopus father Hokusai.
I'll send her normal attacks and her noble phantasm!
me working on my essay unpacking the Foreigner Class in FGO but not only do i have to understand fate lore but also the Cthulhu mythos that spans almost 100 years of content with multiple mediums, canons, authors, and layers of reality.
Screw it, the Foreigner Servant Class of Fate is ??? type.
Foreigner Servant Class from Fate are ??? Types!
the concept of fictionalized, grotesque deities who wouldn’t normally give a shit about us, giving a shit about us because their conduits care about us and may be the helping force we need in later story chapters is pretty uplifting. cosmic entities coming to aid a single human out of love and appreciation. exquisite....
