Originally Posted by
Huralok
I don’t know if you’re referring to these comments, warellis, but this is what I found on page 17 of the English translation of the HF 1 booklet concerning Archer and Sakura:
By the way, Altima. My memory of the quote is fuzzy, but I believe Nasu said something about Archer in Extraverse and Archer in FSN being the same existence, but different people. IIRC, he made this comment because people complained about Archer being out of character in Extraverse. If my memory of the quote isn’t too far off from what Nasu actually said, and if I’m understanding his meaning correctly, I’m not sure how much of Extraverse Archer’s behavior and values can be used to explain or predict FSN Archer’s behavior and values.
As for Shirou’s blackouts and memory gaps in HF, I’m with SirGau and Rafflesiac. I don’t remember there being any evidence that Archer took over Shirou in those moments. With how Shirou’s mind falls apart in that route, I think it’s more reasonable to conclude his blackouts and memory gaps are related to that. All the same, if you’re still interested in talking about this topic, would you mind expanding on your points to help me better understand where you’re coming from?