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I dunno, I always felt like people being fated to act a certain way always played a big part with the Fate villains.
Kotomine was born basically evil. That's why he identifies with the Grail. He wants to know why someone like him would be allowed to exist (by God). He actually TRIES to fight it and be good, but in the end he gives up and surrenders to his nature.
Sakura gets so warped that she's basically just acting out her madness.
Ilya is raised to basically be a mindless killer.
Even Shirou himself basically confirms that he's just a mirror image of Kotomine, which is why Kotomine rubs him the wrong way. He basically sees that if things turned out just a little different, he could have become like him. He has no sense of self or purpose; he only gets enjoyment from pleasing others, just like Kotomine gets pleasure from hurting others.
That's not necessarily determinism though since they still had to choose to act on their inclinations, and in cases like Shirou and Kotomine they were fully aware of what their actions meant.
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