Genderswap
in Fate/stay night
Hello people, have a nice morning/day/evening/night
depending the time you may be Reading this or accidentally bumped here. The
reason of my post is due to my “controlable” and non addictive hook to
TYPE-moon`s fate franchise, i love all the fate series : Fate/stay night,
Fate/Zero, Fate/hollow ataraxia, fate/extra and even the non canon carnival
phantasm. I really like the series despite the fact that they change some
heroic spirits from the past to pretty girls (note that even when pretty they
can take out Orochimaru`s butt easier tan a Sannin team). This is done for
fan service or to pervs out there to have some fantasies with them(me included
XD) and to have a romance issue in the
series. Without losing the point i hope that with this post i not only do a mediocre
class job but, to create an interest from my viewers on how awesome and cool
the fate franchise is. Without further filler i will start. just for the record i don`t own Fate/stay night or fate/extra or Fate/ Apocrypha these works belong to Type-moon, neither am i the owner of this images they are only used for recreational porpouses.
Since i`m
not going in deep with servant classes, noble phantasms or with magecraft here, i
will do just a brief bio on the original heroic spirit and then a bio on the
fate character. Note this is the beginning of the age i will post so much
Fate/Zero people will troll me to death. Without losing point i will begin
speaking about: “King Arthur”, “emperor Nero”,”Jack the ripper” “Frankestein”
and “Sir Francis Drake”.
King
Arthur/ Arturia Pendragon
What you
think right now:
According
to legend:
King Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early
6th centuries, who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the
defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details
of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and
his historical existence is debated and disputed by modern historians. The
sparse historical background of Arthur is gleaned from various sources,
including the Annales Cambriae, the Historia Brittonum, and the
writings of Gildas. Arthur's name also occurs in early poetic sources such as Y
Gododdin.
What we
get in fate:
According
to fate:
While Arthur is a hero well known as a model for knights, it is said he actually existed as "Dux Bellorum", the king of War, and was a great general who led the twelve kings of Northern England, Gododdin, while preventing foreign invasion from forces such as the Scottish and the Picts. This identity of the real great leader behind the legend of King Arthur has many variations, and it is though that there may have been two people who fit the description of the king. One is the full Briton Arthur, while the other is the Roman Arturius, and their two separate sets of accomplishments are said to have merged into the legend of King Arthur that is known in the present time.
Nero Claudius
What you think right now:
According to myth:
Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus);
15 December 37 – 9 June 68)was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last in the
Julio-Claudian dynasty. Nero was adopted by his great-uncle Claudius to become
his heir and successor, and succeeded to the throne in 54 following Claudius'
death. During his reign, Nero focused much of his attention on diplomacy,
trade, and enhancing the cultural life of the Empire. He ordered theaters built
and promoted athletic games. During his reign, the redoubtable general Corbulo
conducted a successful war and negotiated peace with the Parthian Empire. His
general Suetonius Paulinus crushed a revolt in Britain and also annexed the Bosporan
Kingdom to the Empire, beginning the First Roman–Jewish War.
what we get in fate:
According to myth:
Saber's identity is Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus
Germanicus, the Fifth Roman Emperor. She had the reputation of a notorious
tyrant whose rule was made up of schemes and poison as she oppressed all
religious forces, especially Christians, and the Roman Senate during the period
from 50 to 60 AD. It is believed in one theory that the Book of Revelation was
written as a reaction against said oppression. She was regarded in the same
light as the devil, as the assumed Hebrew pronunciation of of her name as a
emperor, Caesar pronounced as "NRVN QSR", equates with the
"Number of the Beast". This name and the "Beast of Babylon"
refers to Rome itself and it is not an alias given to her as an individual.
Jack the
Ripper
What you think right now :
According to legend:
Jack the
Ripper" is the
best-known name given to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the
largely impoverished areas in and around the White chapel district of London in
1888. The name originated in a letter, written by someone claiming to be the
murderer, that was disseminated in the media. The letter is widely believed to
have been a hoax, and may have been written by a journalist in a deliberate
attempt to heighten interest in the story. Other nicknames used for the killer
at the time were "The White chapel Murderer" and "Leather
Apron".
What we get in fate:
According to fate:
Jack is the
perpetrator of a series of gory murders in 19th Century England. She grew up
without ever having a home, and spent her time living in the streets. She was
extremely thin, and lived outside even during cold weather. She only has
memories of the alleyways shrouded in mist and stench. The areas where she
slept were not places of rest, but rather nests covered in waste and feces
where filthy rats ran about. She was in constant danger of being attacked at
night while she slept, and upon waking up on the morning, someone may have
easily died during the night. She constantly dealt with pitch black smog so bad
that she often couldn't breath properly or even open her eyes. She
eventually reached the point where her mind she could no longer deal with the
conditions. Upon randomly finding prostitutes, she would impose her image of a
mother onto them. After being rejected, she would simply wander the streets
once more without change. If she came into contact with her "Mother"
again, she would slowly approach within the mist, and after saying "I'm
sorry", she would slit their throats. As they were in anguish, she began
to dissect them while in tears. After obtaining a part of the woman, she would
press it against her face and cry while remembering the warmth of her mother's
womb.
Sir Francis Drake
What you think right now:
According to the
legend:
Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral (1540 – 27 January 1596) was
an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the
Elizabethan era. Elizabeth I of England awarded Drake a knighthood in 1581. He
was second-in-command of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588.
He also carried out the second circumnavigation of the world, from 1577 to
1580. He died of dysentery in January 1596[1] after unsuccessfully
attacking San Juan, Puerto Rico.His exploits were legendary, making him a hero
to the English but a pirate to the Spaniards to whom he was known as El Draque,
Draque being the Spanish pronunciation of "Drake". His name in
Latinised form was Franciscus Draco (Francis the Dragon).[2] King
Philip II was claimed to have offered a reward of 20,000 ducats,[3]
about £4 million (US$6.5M) by modern standards, for his life.
What
we get in fate:
According
to fate:
he person who circumnavigated the globe and paved the way for England to
become the dominate superpower in the Age of Discovery through its substantial
earnings. This person was also the one who was given credit for the virtual
destruction of Spain's Invincible Armada, which caused the nation once thought
of as "the kingdom on which the sun will never set" to teeter on the
edge of collapse. She is a person who has dedicated her life to hedonistic
pursuits and sees no difference between a paragon of virtue and a rogue
scoundrel. She revels in all things gaudy, whether they are in war or in her
private life, and is content to chase after ephemeral pleasures and leave
nothing of worth behind, much like the passing of a raging storm. She is
particularly entranced with treasures of gold and sliver, but her true love
lies not with enduring treasure, but those treasures that explode like
fireworks and then quickly fade away. As she so often declares, "I chase
after gold so that I can scatter it like a storm!" It is for this reason
that she is wholly incompatible with the Hero of Legend that symbolizes "an
inexhaustible treasury." She would also be at odds with the fox-eared Caster,
as Caster is the epitome of eternity. As a devoted libertine, all that matters
to her is the inevitable crash at the end of it all. A Legendary Spirit who is
completely indifferent to the frailty of human existence, she is content to
indulge in her own whims and desires until death comes to greet her. She died
of dysentery at the age of 55. Her dying wish was that she be buried in her
full armor.
Sir Mordred
Before i get started i just want to mention something: in TYPE-MOON it is quite unclear whether Sir Mordred`s gender was genuinely swapped or if it is just s BIG misunderstanding. personally i`ll take Mordred as a girl in the fate franchise simply because she/he is a clone of Arturia Pendragon( she calls Arturia "father") made from her blood, another good evidence is the fact that in all dubs she is voiced with a light feminine voice and her armor is somewhat bigger near the chest... still some claim he/she is a boy for some odd reason. you can take it as you want however, i still believe Mordred is a girl.
what you think right now:
according to myth.
Mordred or Modred (/ˈmoʊdrɛd/; Welsh: Medraut, Medrod, etc.) is a character in the Arthurian legend, known as a notorious traitor who fought King Arthur at the Battle of Camlann, where he was killed and Arthur fatally wounded. Tradition varies on his relationship to Arthur, but he is best known today as Arthur's illegitimate son by one of his half-sisters, Morgan le Fay or Morgause. In earlier literature, he was considered the legitimate son of Morgause, also known as Anna, with her husband King Lot of Orkney. His brothers or half-brothers are Gawain, Agravain, Gaheris, and Gareth, along with a few other half brothers or sisters. The name (from either Old Welsh Medraut, Cornish Modred, or Old Breton Modrot) is ultimately derived from Latin Moderātus.[
what we get in fate:
according to fate:
As King Arthur was in fact Arturia Pendragon, it should have been impossible for her to father a child. However, Arturia's sister Morgan enchanted her with sorcery; due to Merlin's subsequent magecraft, Arturia was temporarily transformed into a pseudo-male. Mordred is a homunculus created from sperm extracted from Arturia during that period. He developed within Morgan's ovary and was born as a complete male clone of Arturia. As a homunculus, Mordred had a much higher growth rate and a shorter lifespan than a human.
Morgan raised him as her son, telling him that if he hid his status by never removing his helmet and obeyed the king, he would some day defeat the king and inherit the throne. Despite being a masked knight of unknown origins, his abilities in swordsmanship and straightforward chivalry earned him a place in Camelot; he became one of the Knights of the Round Table on Morgan's recommendation. He bore the obsession placed on him by his mother, but at the same time, his childish innocence caused him to adore Arturia and worship her as the "perfect king." shamed over his twisted birth, Mordred held an unconscious envy towards normal people. He suppressed that emotion in order to strive hard to be an ideal knight that protected the way of the knights in such a way that could only be found in picture books. Morgan eventually shattered his innocence by revealing that he was a child born between her and Arturia, and that the king would never accept such a filthy child. Initially, he was proud to be the son of the king, even thinking it a blessing to be a superior homunculus, capable of succeeding the king in name, mind, and body. Unfortunately, Arturia completely rejected him, and refused to recognize him as an heir. Mordred believed the reason that he was not accepted was due to the hatred Arturia bore Morgan, and that no matter how much he worked to excel over others, he would forever be viewed as a tainted existence. The love he had for the king up until that point was so great that Arturia's rejection made his hatred burn. Mordred exploited the growing distrust of the Round Table towards Arturia and rebelled while she was on an expedition to Rome. Camelot fell under his control. He became the leader of the rebellion, representing the national discontent towards their king and claiming that he was the one fit for the throne. Though Mordred claimed to hate the king, his true wish was for Arturia to call him "son."
Why TYPE-MOON changes their gender?
Fanservice maybe, or maybe they try to bring more heroines to the plot due to the lack of heroines in the mythology and history, still it can be assumed that the writers try to relate them to the rest of the male protagonists in a different way (most people woudn`t like a male Arthur with Shirou).
Final
words
If anyone read until here i`m surprised. I really enjoyed doing this post and i hope that you may like or even better get hoked int fate franchise. It was really fun to do this and i hope you can keep supporting the blog. Have a nice morning/day/night!
