In two separate scenarios, you find yourself in the shoes of both Shiki Tohno and Shirou Emiya in their respective stories.
How will you fare? Which girl/route are you most likely to take? Will you have a Normal, Good, or Bad End?
In two separate scenarios, you find yourself in the shoes of both Shiki Tohno and Shirou Emiya in their respective stories.
How will you fare? Which girl/route are you most likely to take? Will you have a Normal, Good, or Bad End?
Any answer is going to be, "I die when confronted by Nrvnqsr/Lancer and nothing happens after that because I'm dead."
Localizationing stuff
Yeah, we're not VN protagonist material.
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I'm socially awkward enough but lack the hidden skills and superpowers.Originally Posted by GhostDIGIT
If I constantly keep my hair wet I can manage the VN protag bangs.
Well, alright.
Now I'm assuming that I get the courtesy of their physical bodies, because this is pretty essential to a lot of the plot hooks.
Now, for Fuyuki, erhm, I'm giving the win to Angra Mainyu because I can't for the life of me portray Emiya well enough to achieve a Good End.
As for Tohno, with the wonderful combination of ninja muscle memory and anemia, I suppose I'd just wander over to SHIKI's cell and take him out when he's done with Kohaku. Then it'd be best to cling to Akiha so that she can keep me safe against any secondary troubles.
Yep, it sure is easier handling that plot. Though Nrvnqsr might do something silly and then Arcueid would have to deal with it on her own. Because, after all, I never had a mind to cut her up.
Next would follow the crushingly nihilistic implications of existing in a universe that I believe to be the craft of a human mind, along with a strange disconnection with the memories of my current life. How do I know that I'm not simply insane? I'd have to somehow plunge myself into fantasy, a diverting dream from which I shan't ever wake.
Anyway it's pretty important that I get access to Shirou's trained body and magic circuits, and Tohno's killing eyes.
Without that assumption then I'm a normie, OP.
I die, sooner rather than later.
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Thanks mate it's not been long enough (Read: less than forever.) since I've indulged in a proper bit of self insert keikaku fantasy.
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I'd like to dispute this. If you end up in Emiya's position you have the option of taking all his money out of the account, and surely Raiga wouldn't refuse you, and go off to a nice resort town to live it up until Angra Mainyu's puddle of curses enveloped you.
As for Tohno, you have the wonderful option of just going back to the Arima house to play fight Miyako until Roa gets destroyed by a properly powered up Arcueid.
Last edited by Frostyvale; August 23rd, 2016 at 10:54 PM.
As Shirou, I convince/trick Taiga into giving me money, then leave Fuyuki and never return
Then I go to London and hope I randomly stumble into some cute noble magus girl because of my VN protag powers, and we end up getting married
If that doesn't work I just kill myself I guess.
Are Taiga's dojo and Ciel-sensei's classroom actual metaphysical staging grounds accessible to protagonists that give them unlimited chances to succeed? Because that changes things.
Replace the OP with "You are a Dark Souls Protagonist"
BL:Zero
No kidding that sounds like a CG yaoi doujin.
This is actually really interesting.
For one thing, I'd have the advantage of knowing all about future events (albeit limited to a general outline since I haven't actually read the source material). Using F/SN as an example (since that's the one I know most about) I'd know about Avalon, Kirei's true nature and that I have an embittered time-travelling alter-ego trying to whack me. Would certainly give me a leg up, in that regard. On the other hand, as much as I fancy myself a Shonen protagonist, I doubt I'd have the nerves to do things like fling myself in front of Herc's sword to save Saber. Even assuming I knew I'd survive (which I wouldn't, since even me being in Shirou's body is already a diversion from 'canon') it'd still take nerves of steel to even force your body to do something like that.
In general, I doubt I'd be able to act as much like a self-sacrificing idiot as Shirou Emiya, which is be pretty much necessary to get any kind of good ending. I'd probably end up cowering under a pillow somewhere from all the nightmare fuel inducing Bad Ends that one can run into. Ideally though, I'd probably try to play very cautiously, ally myself with strong people like Rin and Illya as quickly as possible (before the latter gets knocked off by Gil if we're going by UBW route), hone my magic specialties and in general exploit my knowledge of canon to Hell and back. As much as I'd like to imagine myself running in swords blazing to play the Ideal Hero, this is more likely how I'd (and I reckon most people here) would react if honestly faced with that kind of situation.
As well as, y'know, the requisite questioning of my sanity contractually obligated to accompany finding myself in a fictional animeverse.
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Hey, at least the girls would be cute, though! Being surrounded by Saber, Rin and the like would definitely make all the likely horrible painful deaths well worth it...
Future knowledge ruins the drama, and no drama means no reason for the plot to keep you alive, you dead bro
Well, future knowledge is the only way this kind of thing makes any sense. If I was summoned with exactly the knowledge and memories of Shirou Emiya, then... I'd act exactly like Shirou Emiya.
Also presuming for the sake of the question this is an actual alternate universe, there presumably wouldn't be a 'plot' to worry about appeasing.
No man my dude Zelretch will sort everything out for me and then I can have a picnic with Aoko in that one Melty Blood stage.
Yeah why can't I be Alice shit topic OP
Thinking about it, do we have a 'What if you were selected in a Holy Grail War' type of thread? Just curious.
Would die, but in the unlikely event that I didn't: would choose Rin.
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Or get in good with the Archery Club, get close to Ayako, and...
I guess I'd 'pick' UBW route since that's the one I (having watched the anime) know most about, so my knowledge of canon would be most useful. That said, if I were to act as a hero at all I'd pretty much have to try and save Sakura somehow. Can't exactly enjoy my happy ending knowing that a girl is literally being tortured by rapeworms next door...
What happens in any good Self Insert fanfic.
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