...condoms?
Seriously, what would the Catholic Church have against them, anyway?
I think they see it as interfering in God's will (by artificially preventing conception). Of course, if God really wanted a pregnancy I'm sure he is
quite capable of making a condom burst....
Mind Of Steel route ends with Kotomine indeed predicting that Emiya Shirou does indeed win the war, he just didn't know which version would win.
Does Kotomine even know that Archer is Shirou at that point?
Do you really think Archer, who is still very active at this point, would really let Rin kill Sakura? And do you really think Archer would really hold back after Shirou goes Full Retard?
Well, he definitely does in the Geas Bad End, so I can only assume he does here also. He would definitely go after Shirou, though, he has no reason not to at that point.
I disagree wholeheartedly regarding Archer beating MOS Shirou in that ending. The reason being that Archer has not actually discarded who he is (that being emiya Shirou who wants to save everyone) as such MOS would beat him. Sad state of affairs given the situation but it does prove Archer's humanity.
I don't see how that matters. Shirou is indeed more ruthless than Archer, but if anything he'd be more determined to kill Shirou than the converse. Shirou would see it as his reluctant duty, Archer would see it as a personal goal.
Plus the only reason Shirou in UBW was able to win on an ideological level (and thus the fight itself, though there's also the fact that, again, Archer was weakened by that point) was because he was able to convince Archer that there was still something worth fighting for in that ideal. MOS Shirou represents everything that Archer hates by this point, so he'd have no reason whatsoever not to turn him into a pincushion of swords.
Yeah, exactly. Archer in UBW has reason to give in to Shirou, because Shirou is still following his ideal, and has the
potential to turn out a lot better than he is. MoS Shirou is already beyond salvation, and Archer would just kill him without any hint of regret.
Really, the only way he could win is if he kills Rin and then hides and waits for Archer's two days to run out. Either that, or ally with one of the other remaining Servants and use them to win.
What remaining servants? Berserker has no will of his own, Archer is supporting Rin and Rider would rather feed herself into a meat grinder feet-first than ally with the guy who betrayed Sakura.