How do you know? Got a time machine, bub???
This is probably what Joan of Arc and Alexander the Great looked like in real life.
http://www.monio.info/2014/10/12/rec...f-joan-of-arc/
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ByRDWGbIcAElYfL.jpg
They definitely did not in way resemble their Nasuverse counterparts.
Trust me, Fate threw away it's historical accuracy the second they made Gilgamesh. Or even probably sooner, if you consider that the original Cu was said to be a Blondie, also the fact he was said to have seven pupils In each eye but that's probably okay to slide over...
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anywhere than here
Not so sure about Alexander but there's like a zillion different fictional depictions of Jeanne as a beautiful blonde, so singling out Fate in particular for that is kind of dubious.
In general, Heroic Spirits are more born from how people perceive and conceptualize a particular mythical figure rather then necessarily what they actually looked like. Iskandar is a giant because of his immensely strong-willed and indomitable nature, while Jeanne is blonde-haired because that's stereotypically associated with purity and virginity. Their actual looks aren't really relevant.
If it bothers you that much, just remember that Nasu's version of history and myth can differ from ours in some cases, like Gae Bolg and its causality-reversal curse.
Iskander wasn't recorded differently in Nasu's (or technically Urobuchi's) version of events it's just that everyone assumed he was short because of the anecdote about his feet not reaching the ground when he sat in Xerxes' throne, but actually Xerxes was just like fifteen feet tall.
Originally Posted by FSF 5, Chapter 14: Gold and Lions IThough abandoned, forgotten, and scorned as out-of-date dolls, they continue to carry out their mission, unchanged from the time they were designed.
Machines do not lose their worth when a newer model appears.
Their worth (life) ends when humans can no longer bear that purity.
Next fanfic exchange:
Prompt #11
- Jeanne gets eaten out by Jeanne Alter.
- Jeanne gets eaten out by Jeanne Alter.
- Jeanne gets eaten out by Jeanne Alter.
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I would be bothered. Except if Type-Moon were historically accurate, we wouldn't have nearly as many cute girls.
Waifu's>>>>>>>>>>>Historical Accuracy.
I'm curious though. Why call them "Iskandar" and Jeanne" instead of Alexander and Joan? What's the reason?
Spoiler:
Alexander is a shota.