I for one am in favor of Archer x Kirikia and Lily x Kirika x Saber.
Rin gets in there somehow.
My Fanfics. Read 'em. Or not.McJon01: We all know that the real reason Archer would lose to Rider is because the events of his own Holy Grail War left him with a particular weakness toward "older sister" types.
I admit I haven't read it properly yet (I really need to get around to actually reading this before it gets too long...), but I've not seen anything with it that is glaringly obviously wrong, unlike with the old version (where she was just outright evil). I don't agree with you that Sakura should be colder, though, she's not that sort of person.
What about Sakura?
I hope she's not going to end up getting totally shafted here....
It's not necessary for every character to get paired up with someone, and pairing 'spares' can actually be boring.
No, true, but it would be nice for Sakura to not get totally and utterly shafted here, especially given that she's already worse off than in canon. Also Rider x Sakura actually does make sense.
Why can't they just be friends? (aside from the excuse that Sakura x Rider is YURI LUV~)
My Fanfics. Read 'em. Or not.McJon01: We all know that the real reason Archer would lose to Rider is because the events of his own Holy Grail War left him with a particular weakness toward "older sister" types.
In the canon, she's not that sort of person, but the whole point of an AU or a fanfic is to be able to portray things differently. In this story, Sakura's been through some rough patches without anyone or anything to support her, unlike in the canon where she admired and fell in love with Shirou from afar, but in this fanfic Shirou/Kirika serves the exact opposite purpose - like salt on an old wound. Sakura could've turned out like a submissive victim, but I'm willing to buy that Kirika's presence as she seemingly replaced Sakura as Rin's pseudo-sister/apprentice - the life Sakura feels she should have had - flamed a host of dark emotions within her. I think Alyeris has written Sakura in a very believable manner. Just because Sakura didn't turn evil in the canon, unless you include her bouts as the Angra Mainyu-induced Shadow, doesn't mean she couldn't turn out that way in a different reality.
I doubt Alyeris is gonna shaft Sakura. I think that's way too early to make such a big jump just because Alyeris has portrayed Sakura as a little cold.
Still, if she's gonna target Kirika, I'd think Sakura should start making plans for grandfather and niisan too.
Saber x Lily?
...
Gross.
Hell yeah....
My Fanfics. Read 'em. Or not.McJon01: We all know that the real reason Archer would lose to Rider is because the events of his own Holy Grail War left him with a particular weakness toward "older sister" types.
He said "gross". We're not bros anymore. D':
I HEAR YOU, BRO!!!!
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READ EET
My Fanfics. Read 'em. Or not.McJon01: We all know that the real reason Archer would lose to Rider is because the events of his own Holy Grail War left him with a particular weakness toward "older sister" types.
Doh.
My Fanfics. Read 'em. Or not.McJon01: We all know that the real reason Archer would lose to Rider is because the events of his own Holy Grail War left him with a particular weakness toward "older sister" types.
how about having it end up with incestuous pairings:
lilyXsaber
rinXsakura
kirikaXarcher(this one goes beyond incest)
and everyone ends happy
OKAY WIT DIS
My Fanfics. Read 'em. Or not.McJon01: We all know that the real reason Archer would lose to Rider is because the events of his own Holy Grail War left him with a particular weakness toward "older sister" types.
No, no. We still haven't found room for Rider or Ayako and it'll be for nothing if we can't see the two of- that's it! Rider molesting Ayako. Everyone wins (except for Ayako but who cares).
I care!
But I think that Ayako secretly would like it, so no problem here.
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