In terms of supporting a servant, she's by far the best master out there, even including Rin and unwormed Sakura.
yes true
Yeah, exactly.
That's my worry, that the Shirou/Ilya team is going to be
extremely powerful. And, since Shirou isn't going to pick a fight with anyone unless forced into it, that means that most people will be smart enough to stay away from him or ally with him, for self-preservation if nothing else.
Well, yeah, that's kind-of what I meant. The point is that he has no desire to fight people, which means he's not going to go out and start picking a fight with Rin, Sakura etc., and he's also a generally very likeable person. Plus, since he's the protagonist, Sakura or Rin going against him means they'd have to be antagonists, which I wouldn't want (particularly in Sakura's case).
i wouldn't call them antagonists
Well, they are by
definition (the antagonist is just someone who opposes the protagonist). The point is, though, that I don't
want Sakura, in particular, to be opposed to Shirou the whole way through, because I want them to be friends (ideally before the story even starts, but if not I certainly want them to be good friends (if not lovers) by the
end). And, I also don't really want her to lose her servant too early on.
