The Round Table (A collaborative fiction thread)

[lantzblades]

i don't see shirou getting the chance.

[Cherry Lover]

i don't see shirou getting the chance.

What?

[lantzblades]

character wise i see rin going off on her own without telling anyone.

[Cherry Lover]

character wise i see rin going off on her own without telling anyone.

Hmm, yeah, possibly.

Even so, I don't think it should end with Rule Breaker being used on Rider, because that would cut her contract with Sakura. And, since Sakura has no real desire to fight, it's not clear she'd re-make it....

[lantzblades]

why is that a problem?

[Cherry Lover]

why is that a problem?

Because it implies that Sakura has little involvement in the story. And, it also kills off Rider....

[lantzblades]

no to both of those, it unbinds rider, doesn't kill her. and sakura can still be involved even if she doesn't have rider as a servant.

[Cherry Lover]

no to both of those, it unbinds rider, doesn't kill her.

It unbinds Rider and then she dies not long after due to a lack of prana (or because Shirou kills her in order to stop her feeding for prana). Rider would have nothing to live for anyway in that scenario.

and sakura can still be involved even if she doesn't have rider as a servant.

In what way? She can't fight, and Shirou and Rin would both try very hard to ensure she was as uninvolved as possible.

[lantzblades]

It unbinds Rider and then she dies not long after due to a lack of prana (or because Shirou kills her in order to stop her feeding for prana). Rider would have nothing to live for anyway in that scenario.

rather bleak

In what way? She can't fight, and Shirou and Rin would both try very hard to ensure she was as uninvolved as possible.

that could be a story thing.

[Cherry Lover]

It unbinds Rider and then she dies not long after due to a lack of prana (or because Shirou kills her in order to stop her feeding for prana). Rider would have nothing to live for anyway in that scenario.

rather bleak

It's true.

Rider has no master, no desire to serve anyone but Sakura and no real reason to want to live.

In what way? She can't fight, and Shirou and Rin would both try very hard to ensure she was as uninvolved as possible.

that could be a story thing.

Well, perhaps, but I am not sure how you would involve her in any significant fashion.

[lantzblades]

Rider has no master, no desire to serve anyone but Sakura and no real reason to want to live.

I doubt the latter.

Well, perhaps, but I am not sure how you would involve her in any significant fashion.

given that it's a set up she doesn't have to be ridiculously useful, hell the masters usually aren't.

[Cherry Lover]

Rider has no master, no desire to serve anyone but Sakura and no real reason to want to live.

I doubt the latter.

Canonically she doesn't really, and she certainly wouldn't want to live if it meant harming Sakura.

I think it's much better for Sakura to regain control of her.

Well, perhaps, but I am not sure how you would involve her in any significant fashion.

given that it's a set up she doesn't have to be ridiculously useful, hell the masters usually aren't.

I'd like her to have an actually decent role in the story, like Rin and Shirou do.

[lantzblades]

Canonically she doesn't really, and she certainly wouldn't want to live if it meant harming Sakura.

I think it's much better for Sakura to regain control of her.

i don't see how getting another master would hurt sakura.

I'd like her to have an actually decent role in the story, like Rin and Shirou do.

there's the same type of role and there's a decent role, the two aren't always or often the same thing.

[Cherry Lover]

Canonically she doesn't really, and she certainly wouldn't want to live if it meant harming Sakura.

I think it's much better for Sakura to regain control of her.

i don't see how getting another master would hurt sakura.

Well, Sakura is still a master, for one thing, and thus a potential danger to any new master. Also, killing Rin and Shirou would harm her. Even if Rider is willing to do that to protect Sakura's life, I don't think she would do so for her own benefit.

I'd like her to have an actually decent role in the story, like Rin and Shirou do.

there's the same type of role and there's a decent role, the two aren't always or often the same thing.

Perhaps, but in a Grail War the masters are always going to take centre stage.

I really think removing Rider from Sakura's control is a bad idea.

[lantzblades]

and thus a potential danger to any new master. Also, killing Rin and Shirou would harm her.

ok stop with the worst situation assumptions please. there are no masters who would hurt sakura, nor would she kill either of those characters i don't even understand that logic.