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Day 3
In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much.
"You Are My King" - Scene from Fate/Zero
Hmmm... there are a lot of things I could go with, and if I tried to be equitable and to share a bit of everything I loved, then I would never finish this post. However, since I have been trying to stop feeling like I have such a strangely traumatic relationship with Fate/Type Moon, and I've been reading a bit of the VN and watching Zero when I can lately, the first thing that came to mind was a scene from Fate/Zero. I can't actually find it on YouTube or anything in full, but I can share the legit CrunchyRoll link and give a timestamp:
About 14:50-through the end of the scene: (Sub) https://www.crunchyroll.com/fatezero/episode-23-the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-world-596235 (Dub) https://www.crunchyroll.com/fatezero/episode-23-the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-world-681051
Throughout the last several scenes Waver and Rider | Iskandar, share, it is so clear that Waver has reached a point of attachment to and admiration of Iskandar that he does not want to let him go. He has become swept up in the majesty and terror of what they have been going through together, and he has learned to see the world through Iskandar's eyes with something he had never known or allowed himself to see before. Then, just knowing that Waver is willing to do that, Iskandar finds a means and an end to save Waver's life and does not shame him for his tears, as he would have before, and my heart is so full and so broken.
This whole episode is just gut-wrench after gut-wrench, but it never ceases to amaze me how much more attached I get to Waver as time goes on. I'm super excited to watch Episode 0 of the Case Files anime that I can't believe is happening - and I've even heard it's good! Waver starts out as a character who is both sympathetic and cocky, and he is the character whom you just know will die. Every moment, every time he does something stupid or impulsive or proud, you're waiting for it. But he doesn't. He survives. And this touching moment with Iskandar and him realizing a higher ideal, just simply not being practical and also finding some kind of passion in this sympathetic exercise makes me tear up every time. I would have to write a full essay on why "You Are My King," makes me DIE INSIDE but also SOAR WITH JOY, but I just... am so proud of Waver for standing there and staying on his feet, watching and knowing that Iskandar's time has come. He doesn't want it, but he accepts it, and I think maybe that is the biggest part of his character development, and there is something just almost ineffable about their relationship. I don't ship it. Some people do, but I don't. It's one of those things that, personally, I think has more meaning if one doesn't see it that way. But either way, it's just beautiful.
And if you don't feel like looking up the video, you can just listen to the score and hear how beautifully evocative it is. It is some of my favorite music ever. I almost tear up right on cue with the scene with the music, not because I've got it fully memorized or anything, but because it is so perfect at conveying this sublime, terrible emotion that is woven throughout the scene itself. Maybe it is because the Ionian Hetairoi has vanished BEFORE that big soaring choir, but I just need to lie down afterward.
In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much.
"You Are My King" - Scene from Fate/Zero
Hmmm... there are a lot of things I could go with, and if I tried to be equitable and to share a bit of everything I loved, then I would never finish this post. However, since I have been trying to stop feeling like I have such a strangely traumatic relationship with Fate/Type Moon, and I've been reading a bit of the VN and watching Zero when I can lately, the first thing that came to mind was a scene from Fate/Zero. I can't actually find it on YouTube or anything in full, but I can share the legit CrunchyRoll link and give a timestamp:
About 14:50-through the end of the scene: (Sub) https://www.crunchyroll.com/fatezero/episode-23-the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-world-596235 (Dub) https://www.crunchyroll.com/fatezero/episode-23-the-ocean-at-the-end-of-the-world-681051
Iskandar: I just remembered. There was something I meant to ask you.
Waver: Huh?
Iskandar: Waver Velvet, would you serve as my retainer?
Waver: You... You are my king. I will serve you, swearing fealty to you. I want to follow where you go! I want to share your dream!
Iskandar: Very well. As king, it is my duty to inspire others to dream. And as a retainer, it is your duty to see my dream through, and to pass tales down to future generations. Live on, Waver. Watch to the end, and then tell the story. Tell them of your king, of Iskandar's charge!
Throughout the last several scenes Waver and Rider | Iskandar, share, it is so clear that Waver has reached a point of attachment to and admiration of Iskandar that he does not want to let him go. He has become swept up in the majesty and terror of what they have been going through together, and he has learned to see the world through Iskandar's eyes with something he had never known or allowed himself to see before. Then, just knowing that Waver is willing to do that, Iskandar finds a means and an end to save Waver's life and does not shame him for his tears, as he would have before, and my heart is so full and so broken.
This whole episode is just gut-wrench after gut-wrench, but it never ceases to amaze me how much more attached I get to Waver as time goes on. I'm super excited to watch Episode 0 of the Case Files anime that I can't believe is happening - and I've even heard it's good! Waver starts out as a character who is both sympathetic and cocky, and he is the character whom you just know will die. Every moment, every time he does something stupid or impulsive or proud, you're waiting for it. But he doesn't. He survives. And this touching moment with Iskandar and him realizing a higher ideal, just simply not being practical and also finding some kind of passion in this sympathetic exercise makes me tear up every time. I would have to write a full essay on why "You Are My King," makes me DIE INSIDE but also SOAR WITH JOY, but I just... am so proud of Waver for standing there and staying on his feet, watching and knowing that Iskandar's time has come. He doesn't want it, but he accepts it, and I think maybe that is the biggest part of his character development, and there is something just almost ineffable about their relationship. I don't ship it. Some people do, but I don't. It's one of those things that, personally, I think has more meaning if one doesn't see it that way. But either way, it's just beautiful.
And if you don't feel like looking up the video, you can just listen to the score and hear how beautifully evocative it is. It is some of my favorite music ever. I almost tear up right on cue with the scene with the music, not because I've got it fully memorized or anything, but because it is so perfect at conveying this sublime, terrible emotion that is woven throughout the scene itself. Maybe it is because the Ionian Hetairoi has vanished BEFORE that big soaring choir, but I just need to lie down afterward.
