[Arabesque]

Originally Posted by Thess

Where did you get this information? The interview that comes with the Fate/Zero first volume is completely different. They even asked him to rework lines in a "cool, Urobuchi way." He was completely involved with the scenario writing and supervision.

ANN, but after reading what Archer had posted, it seems that they were mistaken somewhat. In any case, while he had a voice in suggesting and supervising (which I did note at least :P) he still wasn't the chief writer for the anime.

In any case, I've just finished reading through HF again, and I have some more questions about it, in addition to the older ones:

Originally Posted by Arabesque

Spoiler for Q!:

-What was the significance of Saber Alter's helmet? It's clearly not part of her regular armor (she was never summoned with it, and we were never shown her wearing it in any flashbacks), so is it something that the curse gave to her? Like additional protection (or a mask? A blindfold?)

-After Shinji made Sakura go mad in the school with the poison, Rin mentioned that Archer might know a way to stop Sakura, and from the looks of it he had some knowledge about it (good old C-rank Magic Know-how). Now the part that really confused me is that when he is confronting Rider, he tells her he is going to kill Sakura and that will stop her from harming anyone, but after a while from him fighting, Rider mentions that he can't beat her since he isn't using his NP since he doesn't actually want to hurt Sakura ... so what is going on here? If Archer wanted to kill Sakura, why didn't he use his reality marble to draw her into his world and kill her there where he had the advantage (or ''lie'' to get Rider to lower her guard). But if he wanted to save her, why didn't he just explain to Rider that there was another way that could have made sure that no one got hurt?

-Exactly, what are the functions of the Worms that ''trained'' Sakura (both the old version and the RN ones)? Becuase from the description alone, it sounds like no one would be able to survive THAT in the first place for 11 years (or 1 year, like in Fate/Zero) let alone manage to continue to have children, as the Muoto's seem to have been doing ...

Spoiler for More Q!:

-What exactly happens to Saber's personality after Shirou kills her? I mean she hadn't fulfilled the contract with the world, so she would be teleported back to the end of the Battle of Camlann, right? Where she gets another shot (if she wants to) at getting the Grail right? I mean even though she was taken by the Grail, it can no longer hold her after she disappears (since she is King Aurthur, and even if she dies she will still just be shipped off to Avalon to rest there) but what will she be like afterwards? Will she tell Bedivere to sod off when he comes and picks her up? Will she just tell him she had a nightmare?

-How does Sakura manage to survive (or well, just manage) in the Normal End again? I mean in the original game (I have no clue how it's meant to go in RN, anyone kind enough to detail it would get a cookie from me) she and Shirou just do the horizontal mambo every once in a while to help her get rid of the excess energy from her connection and that's after keeping a Servant on the side as well to eat away at the storage, but how is she meant do that in the Normal End? I mean, the impression I got was that she just lives her life in the Emyia household while being the guardian of Fuyuki City after Rin went off to London all alone. Even if she kept Rider around, what about the other energy she's unable to handle? Is she just suppressing it via will power alone?

-Shinji's scene on the bed ... in RN, that was changed from him raping Sakura throughout the years into him revealing that he was physically abusing her and treating her like his personal slave, right? So, I would imagine that the reason why Sakura killed him changed as well, since in the original, she was conflicted between not wanting Shirou to learn about what happened to her and her not wanting to be violated by Shinji after sleeping with Shirou (and all the sacrifices he made for her). Since that is removed in RN, does that mean she kills Shinji due to something else (like him trying to kill her)?