[RadiantBeam]

Originally Posted by Cherry_Lover

although, of course, I would definitely make it Shirou x Sakura, with Saber likely remaining as Shirou's friend/protector like in UBW.

And since I happen to not be horribly inclined towards Sakura/Shirou, I'd probably have a much harder time of it than you would, I admit. At the very most I'd probably end up developing a possible threesome situation, but then that would require forming a deeper bond between Saber and Sakura without sacrificing the feelings she already has for Shirou.

Well, you'd need to finish HF before you had a chance, but even then I suspect your attitude to her is such that you couldn't characterise her reasonably. But, I can't be certain of that....

I've written characters I don't care much for several times and have pulled it off without complaints, so I'm rather certain that I could do it with Sakura if I wanted to. The problem is, IMO, I'm honestly not getting enough development on Sakura in-game at the moment to really feel like I grasp her character.

EDIT:

Spoiler for HF:

Also, the fight with Rider would vary depending. As she's been depicted so far, Saber is extremely worn out from escaping the shadow and probably won't recover from it right away, so even if she wanted to fight Rider she'd have a difficult time of it currently in her condition. She has no real way of replacing the mana she lost from escaping, so she's very weak right now.