Type-Moon Fanfic Idea Thread

[forumghost]

Except in the 4th HGW.

That's because only Master's get to win in the 4th Grail War.

[warellis]

Saber in a suit is always a winner.

Except in the 4th HGW.

That's because only Master's get to win in the 4th Grail War.

So an AU where Arturia in a suit is a Master & summons LZO or Bedivere or whoever as a Servant or whatever?

[Historia]

So an AU where Arturia in a suit is a Master & summons LZO or Bedivere or whoever as a Servant or whatever?

Yes. Idea time...

Arturia Pendragon, a buxom blonde-haired woman in her 30s and possessing a unique set of mystic eyes, is a freelance magus hired by the Einzberns to keep their Master, Irisviel, protected in the upcoming 4th Holy Grail War. They mean to summon Arthur Pendragon (no relation), greatest king in Britain, King Arthur. Instead, they get Bedivere, the first knight in his Round Table.

[Mattias]

Except in the 4th HGW.

She won Iri's heart at least.

[Leo Novum]

A fanfic in which Shirou gets involved in a mob war in Fuyuki due to his connection to Fujimura Raiga which leads to him using magic to escape which attracts the attention of the Mage Association.

[You]

A fanfic in which Shirou gets involved in a mob war in Fuyuki due to his connection to Fujimura Raiga which leads to him using magic to escape which attracts the attention of the Mage Association Japanese Association.

fixed

[Leo Novum]

I am sorry, You, but I don't understand how you fixed my comment.

[Imperial]

I am sorry, You, but I don't understand how you fixed my comment.

There is a never-seen but vaguely alluded to group of Japanese spell-slingers who are not a part of the Mage's Association. I think they're supposed to be omnyouji. There's also a blurb about the monks of the Ryuudou Temple having been taught magic arts by a dragon at some point or another.

IIRC, Case Files even mentions a Middle Eastern alliance of magi who want nothing to do with the Association.

Then you have a bunch of American magi playing around with their counterfeit Grail in Fate/Strange Fake, regardless of what the Association has to say about any of it.

Long story short, the Clock Tower-centric Mage's Association wants to frame itself as the end-all, be-all of magecraft, but there's plenty of evidence of rival magus groups or groups that don't give a crap about anything the CT or MA has to say in the first place.

I think You is getting at the idea that Shirou attracting the attention of this Japanese mage cabal would be more interesting than the Europeans mucking about in Japan. They don't really seem to care much about Japan anyway. Kayneth saw it as a vacation. Bazett and Gatorade were fairly disposable. I don't think the Association would be too terribly concerned about a Faker getting mixed up in a petty gang war.

[SirGauoftheSquareTable]

Yeah, that makes sense, but what do we know about the Japanese magic cabal aside from a)it's super secretive, and b)it's controlled with an iron fist by a non-Aozaki family?

[Bugs]

Case File:

Waver travels to the California Convention for a sort of Comic-Con but for his magecraft magazines he subscribes to. Possibly investigating the Mystery Spot and having some discussions with local witches about the nature and history of Wicca in relation to Modern Magecraft Theory.

[SirGauoftheSquareTable]

That sounds great.

[Historia]

Yeah but where's Flatt.

[SirGauoftheSquareTable]

Yeah but where's Flatt.

On some other wild goose chase Waver sent him on. Maybe Gray is on Flatt-restraining duty.

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How about a fic where Gray, Saber and Mordred all meet somehow? Not very original, I know.

[Historia]

How about a fic where Gray, Saber and Mordred all meet somehow? Not very original, I know.

No.

[Bugs]

Yeah but where's Flatt.

Flat is most likely with him, since CF never seems to use Waver as the POV. Throw Svin in too, boys week out at magic nerd-gathering.

[SirGauoftheSquareTable]

No.

My point exactly.

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Flat is most likely with him, since CF never seems to use Waver as the POV. Throw Svin in too, boys week out at magic nerd-gathering.

I want to see Waver's POV. Then again, his awesomeness at deduction is best explained by others, much like with Sherlock Holmes. Also, that trip would definitely end in disaster with a trailer of some kind in the roof of some building. Oh, and make it a Hangover style plot.

[Leo Novum]

I think You is getting at the idea that Shirou attracting the attention of this Japanese mage cabal would be more interesting than the Europeans mucking about in Japan. They don't really seem to care much about Japan anyway. Kayneth saw it as a vacation. Bazett and Gatorade were fairly disposable. I don't think the Association would be too terribly concerned about a Faker getting mixed up in a petty gang war.

Thanks, Imperial, that clarified a lot.

So if it is the Japanese Mage Association that gets involved, is that fine?

[Imperial]

It's your baby. Do as you please.

The Association might care enough to send an Enforcer or three if they had some finishing up a job in East Asia. Or maybe the Clock Tower leases the job out to some freelancers and mercenaries like Kairi or the Pentel Brothers. Let the hired help deal with the backwater.

If you do take the Japanese magi route, then you could expand the setting pretty much however you see fit and do it with a distinctly Japanese flair, though you would probably have to invent about 90% of the cast from whole cloth. Depends on your preferences.

The window dressing isn't really all that important. It's what you do with it. And you're a good enough writer that I'm not too worried about the execution. The Laughing Master and Fate/Alter Time (rest in peace) are two of my favorite Fate fics.

[Arashi_Leonhart]

why does the association care about what somebody somewhere in the middle of nowhere that has nothing to do with them does

this is tohsaka's problem

[Historia]

which tohsaka

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well i guess she's the same in every timeline so it doesn't matter...