Musings

So I bought the Unlimited Blade Works movie, which makes me a sucker, apparently.
(But not as much of a sucker as the people who bought Garden of Sinners or F/Z from Aniplex. Yeah, you heard me.)

The picture of the back of the box turned out badly, but the description there is as follows:

Having spent the last ten years of his life studying under a mysterious sorcerer, Shiro Emiya has become a Magi, a sorcerer

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Well, you might remember me from such blog posts as "Where Intimidation Meets Laziness", where I went on a silly tirade about being intimidated by the fanbase and what I figured were the expectations for a good fanfic. I touched upon such issues as stealing ideas (perhaps inadvertently), staying true to canon, and representing certain characters in a way that wouldn't end with me being lynched.

I feel like a large part of the reason that people read fanfic is because they ...

That's where I'm dwelling right now.

Perhaps some introductions are in order, or at the very least a summation - a friend introduced me to Fate/Stay Night in 2010, and my interest blossomed from there. I've read Tsukihime and Fate/Zero, though I haven't had the drive to check out Kagetsu Tohya and I'd rather wait for a 100% patch before I venture into Hollow/Ataraxia. I figure the wiki does a good enough job filling the gaps in my knowledge for now.

I knew of Beast's Lair, ...