Fate/ Series Q&A

[RadiantBeam]

Originally Posted by Haak

I don't fully remember but I think in HF,

Spoiler for HF:

Ilya used the holy grail to save Shirou, so I think there is a wish

I thought....

Spoiler:

Wasn't that Ilya destroying the Grail and sacrificing herself to save Shirou? I don't think that was a wish she made, I thought that was just something she completely did on her own, and then the jewel Shirou had from Rin was enough to sustain him until Rider found him.

[DragoZERO]

I really think there never was a wish at all. We need a long time expert to chime in here.

[Altima of the Gates]

It's original function was wish granting, because that is how AM came about. It was " a wish from mankind for an absolute evil" that polluted the Grail in the Third War. But yes, the Grail was originally supposed to bring about wishes, but it's main purpose was to punch a hole with the souls of the Heroic Spirits to Akasha to obtain the third Magic from the other side.

[Tenchi Hou Take]

Originally Posted by Altima of the Gates

It's original function was wish granting, because that is how AM came about. It was " a wish from mankind for an absolute evil" that polluted the Grail in the Third War. But yes, the Grail was originally supposed to bring about wishes, but it's main purpose was to punch a hole with the souls of the Heroic Spirits to Akasha to obtain the third Magic from the other side.

Neh the original function of the grail was immortality, materialisation of the soul. Hence why it was called the holy grail. The wish granting was just a ploy by Einzbern to get magi to participate so they could kill they're servants.

The grail itself is a mass of concentrated prana linked to the origin which is why it had the ability to grant wishes. I think it was more of a something that just occured than something designed to grant wishes.

[Altima of the Gates]

That is pretty much what I said. But it does grant wishes with the extra prana.

[DragoZERO]

I think wish is a tough word to employ here. It's just that the grail has to ability to do almost anything but the wish wasn't the original function. But after the third war, the ability to make a wish was null since it was corrupt, right?

[Cherry_Lover]

Originally Posted by Vigilantia

Thanks for the responses both of you ^_^.

Now here's the main part of my question: Saber wished to obtain the Holy Grail to switch the sword choice selection. In essence, she wanted to use the Grail's massive amount of mana to enact the 5th true magic, Time Travel. Was this even possible? I recall Tohsaka mentioning at the end of HF that not even the Holy Grail had the ability to resurrect someone from the dead (which would be considered the 3rd true magic).

Sorry if these have been asked before but I only finished F/SN this year and havent had the 6 years of experience of you guys. (I also searched through most of the pages in this thread but nothing really stuck out >.<)

It's highly questionable if it is possible, actually (for the reasons you suggested), but from Alaya's viewpoint it doesn't matter. Saber merely wished for the Grail, she did not wish to be able to perform any specific action with it.

Originally Posted by DragoZERO

But after the third war, the ability to make a wish was null since it was corrupt, right?

No, it still grants wishes. It just does so in a way which results in the most destruction possible.

[DragoZERO]

Originally Posted by Cherry_Lover

It's highly questionable if it is possible, actually (for the reasons you suggested), but from Alaya's viewpoint it doesn't matter. Saber merely wished for the Grail, she did not wish to be able to perform any specific action with it.

Huh? The whole reason she wanted it was to undo her removing the sword out of the stone.

[Tenchi Hou Take]

Originally Posted by Cherry_Lover

It's highly questionable if it is possible, actually (for the reasons you suggested), but from Alaya's viewpoint it doesn't matter. Saber merely wished for the Grail, she did not wish to be able to perform any specific action with it.

To be quite honest Saber got completely screwed over. If you consider the fact that there is an infinite number of parallel words, it's highly likely at least one of the Sabers didn't pull out the sword in the stone. Sabers wish is in essence to produce a parallel world, through time travel or otherwise (since she can't erase her existence) where that event didn't happen but there's a very good chance that world already exists.

So most likely even if it wasn't possible Alaya would simply show he a parallel world since it's in essence the same as what she wished for.

[Cherry_Lover]

Originally Posted by DragoZERO

Huh? The whole reason she wanted it was to undo her removing the sword out of the stone.

Yes, but she never asked to be allowed to redo the selection of the King, she asked for the Grail. If what she wished for doesn't allow her to do what she intended to do with it, that's her problem, not Alaya's....

[Haak]

It's just that Vigilantia wasn't asking about how it would affect Saber's time breaking contract with Alaya to obtain the Holy Grail and DragoZero probably didn't realise you were reffering to that...

[Vigilantia]

Hmm. I must admit, Saber really got the short end of the stick. So her wish of redoing the selection since the beginning was impossible. And even if she did get the grail (in its pure or corrupted form), it couldn't even "grant" her wish and she would be stuck as a CG; doomed forever to kill the innocent and guilty while growing more and more cynical.

Hmm... This seems like a good premise for a fallen Saber. CG ARTURIA anyone?

[Haak]

We already have Saber, Alter Saber, Lily Saber, Genki NotSaber and Lion Saber. We don't need an Archer Saber.

Anyway, I like to believe she got her happy ending in Last Episode.

[sharingan0619]

Originally Posted by Haak

We already have Saber, Alter Saber, Lily Saber, Genki NotSaber and Lion Saber. We don't need an Archer Saber.

Anyway, I like to believe she got her happy ending in Last Episode.

Speaking of Last Episode, is that where shirou reunites with Saber? There was some stuff about Saber consulting a mage in her time to see if it was possible for her to see Shirou again. And the mage was like NO. In any case though, the ending statement, "welcome back", said by saber means that they DID get to re-united...although i do wonder how...

[bhl88]

Btw... do Servants age (from Shirou with red hair to white hair)?

[sharingan0619]

Originally Posted by bhl88

Btw... do Servants age (from Shirou with red hair to white hair)?

No, the white hair that archer shirou has is a result of his extensive use of trace magic in his lifetime before he became a heroic spirit.

[DragoZERO]

Originally Posted by sharingan0619

No, the white hair that archer shirou has is a result of his extensive use of trace magic in his lifetime before he became a heroic spirit.

Same about his darker skin too.

Clever excuse, huh?

[Cherry_Lover]

Originally Posted by bhl88

Btw... do Servants age (from Shirou with red hair to white hair)?

No. However, Archer is older than Shirou, because he has the age he was at the time he died (or, possibly, when he was at the peak of his power, which would be not long before that).

[sharingan0619]

Originally Posted by Cherry_Lover

No. However, Archer is older than Shirou, because he has the age he was at the time he died (or, possibly, when he was at the peak of his power, which would be not long before that).

Spoiler:

heard he stopped a revolution, but in the end the people accused him of being the one who started the conflicted, and executed him on that hill of swords.I would've thought if he was at the peak of his power, he wouldn't have been so easily defeated. wouldn't u think so?

[Cherry_Lover]

[spoiler]

Originally Posted by sharingan0619

heard he stopped a revolution, but in the end the people accused him of being the one who started the conflicted, and executed him on that hill of swords.

I don't know where you got the "stopped a revolution" bit from. Someone (who he had previously saved) started a war, and then used him as the fall guy, leading to his execution.

I would've thought if he was at the peak of his power, he wouldn't have been so easily defeated. wouldn't u think so?

Well, it's quite possible that he surrendered to prevent further bloodshed.