The Round Table (A collaborative fiction thread)

[Cherry Lover]

Yes, lantz, be very glad that it wasn't around when you were in the fandom.

Well, I doubt this fic will have too many deaths, at least of the more heroic characters (and especially non-servants). We'd never come to any agreement on it, and it would limit us for any later stories.

As for the other parts of this thread... when's the first chapter going to be written?  Do we have to decide among ourselves who gets the first shot?

I'd be more than happy to get a chapter written, but I need to know what you guys are expecting for chapter length, if anything.

Yeah, I think we just have to decide between ourselves. We should work out the basic plot first, though, so the guy writing the first chapter doesn't basically decide the nature of the story single-handedly.

[Xamusel]

Very well.  I was just being curious like usual.

[lantzblades]

I do enjoy the heroes succeeding personally.

and yes plot first then one of us writes the opening chapter.

Edit: as for the opening we should plan the plot in tandem

[Cherry Lover]

I do enjoy the heroes succeeding personally.

Well, of course. Not sure what else you expected....

and yes plot first then one of us writes the opening chapter.

Yeah, makes sense.

Edit: as for the opening we should plan the plot in tandem

What?

[Xamusel]

Yeah, I'm confused by that statement as well, planning the plot in tandem.

[lantzblades]

in tandem refers to Tsukihime, fate stay night (and possibly later Extra) in that we plan the plots of both events in tandem instead of planning all of fate and then all of Tsukihime.

[Cherry Lover]

Ah, OK.

Well, I'm unlikely to be able to do that much with the Tsuki part....

[lantzblades]

We'll figure it out, i'm aware we're lacking a ton of tsukihime influence so i'll serve as that for the moment.

[Cherry Lover]

So, anyway, we should discuss what we want to see from this, and how we want to set it up. I assume the FSN side will cover the Grail War mainly. Hmm, although, actually, I wonder if it might be interesting to change some things before the war, to give us a different setting....

I'm not sure exactly what to change, though, probably something Sakura-related. I'd still like her to summon Rider, though, I like Rider.

[lantzblades]

from a canon stand point only a Saber Lancer and Archer need to be summoned class wise, this means the classes of the remaining four servants are up for debate. To canon Cu Culain, Arturia Pendragon and Archer (Heroic Spirit Emiya) must be summoned as Lancer, Saber and Archer respectively.

Summoning Medusa is fine but she doesn't have to be rider.

I'd prefer not to change anything leading up to the fifth war, it creates far too many complications.

[Cherry Lover]

from a canon stand point only a Saber Lancer and Archer need to be summoned class wise, this means the classes of the remaining four servants are up for debate. To canon Cu Culain, Arturia Pendragon and Archer (Heroic Spirit Emiya) must be summoned as Lancer, Saber and Archer respectively.

Summoning Medusa is fine but she doesn't have to be rider.

Well, making her not a Rider does massively complicate things, particularly if you're not changing any of the other masters. Caster is the only class that wouldn't be considerably worse than having her as a Rider, and that means a) losing Rule Breaker and b) having to find someone else for Caster's canon master to summon.
 

I'd prefer not to change anything leading up to the fifth war, it creates far too many complications.

OK, fair enough.

Although, it could potentially make Sakura's situation easier to resolve, which is definitely a good thing. We don't want to focus the entire story around saving Sakura, really, but given that I'm involved saving her is an obvious requirement.

[lantzblades]

Well, making her not a Rider does massively complicate things, particularly if you're not changing any of the other masters. Caster is the only class that wouldn't be considerably worse than having her as a Rider, and that means a) losing Rule Breaker and b) having to find someone else for Caster's canon master to summon.

Caster's original master can change, dude has no name,

not sure why you think changing rider's class is an issue.

we can have duplicate classes after all.

Although, it could potentially make Sakura's situation easier to resolve

it would make everything else more complicated.

[Cherry Lover]

Well, making her not a Rider does massively complicate things, particularly if you're not changing any of the other masters. Caster is the only class that wouldn't be considerably worse than having her as a Rider, and that means a) losing Rule Breaker and b) having to find someone else for Caster's canon master to summon.

Caster's original master can change, dude has no name,

Well, that would be changing the pre-war backstory....

not sure why you think changing rider's class is an issue.

we can have duplicate classes after all.

Well, I'd rather not duplicate the classes, because you're getting on rather shaky ground there. But, regardless, I'm not sure what class would fit her better than Rider....

Although, it could potentially make Sakura's situation easier to resolve

it would make everything else more complicated.

Well, it makes setting the story up to begin with more complicated, but once we've got it going it could make fixing stuff a lot easier.

[lantzblades]

Well, that would be changing the pre-war backstory....

yes to a point although not in the manner of changing causality.

Well, I'd rather not duplicate the classes, because you're getting on rather shaky ground there. But, regardless, I'm not sure what class would fit her better than Rider....

I guess but i'm just saying she can be something else, I'd prefer to have a real seventh hero though in the story

Well, it makes setting the story up to begin with more complicated, but once we've got it going it could make fixing stuff a lot easier.

i'd prefer standard continuity because altering events alters characters.

[Cherry Lover]

Well, that would be changing the pre-war backstory....

yes to a point although not in the manner of changing causality.

Well, yes, true.

Well, I'd rather not duplicate the classes, because you're getting on rather shaky ground there. But, regardless, I'm not sure what class would fit her better than Rider....

I guess but i'm just saying she can be something else, I'd prefer to have a real seventh hero though in the story

What?

Well, it makes setting the story up to begin with more complicated, but once we've got it going it could make fixing stuff a lot easier.

i'd prefer standard continuity because altering events alters characters.

Well, yeah, of course. But, equally, it makes it a lot easier to give Sakura the role she deserves without making the entire story Sakura-centric.