Posted on 2026-08-22 20:34:11
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If you can't tell what the fuck is happening here...I do not blame you\ < - > /

It's fate, don't worry about it

Explanation might ruin the joke for you. If you want to enjoy it, go watch Heaven's Feel, it's very good

Otherwise:

In the original Fate trilogy, Rin and Sakura, independently and on separate occasions, fall in love with Shirou at first sight as they watch him try and mess up a jump at the school gym.
This makes sen-... This is par for the course in universe, the two of them are just weird like that. But it also sounds very stupid out of context.
And so, as Fate fans tend to do, they memed and flanderized this to the point where, in fanworks, Shirou has a magic power that causes people to instantly fall in love with him by seeing him fail at athletics.

Muramasa he inherits this ability by virtue of Shirou acting as his host body.
In kmvt's headcanon, it apparently originates from the Dharmic god of love running support for him. That's their chibi version kicking the love into their hearts on panel two.
You may pick up those brain cells you dropped now.

Posted on 2026-08-22 21:54:23
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I appreciate the attempt, but this makes even less sense after the explanation.

Posted on 2026-08-22 22:47:26
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I Completely understand.

Posted on 2026-08-22 22:57:17
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Don't worry. *I* understand.

Posted on 2026-08-22 23:28:18
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I am sorry, but even with the explaination this does not feel like hypno.

Posted on 2026-08-23 00:09:56
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The explanation was to provide the context. It was not to justify mind control being present.


That does not need justification.
A cupid pierced the two women's hearts and they instantly decided to be all over the guy< w > We have dozens of that here already. The flag is silly and so are you.

Posted on 2026-08-23 01:14:53
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This is so weird and hard to understand. And I can barely comprehend Archer. Like I get his despair, but he looks nothing like Shiro. Not to mention if he's always summoned, Archer knows Shiro will find a way to talk him out if it. Heck if everything is because Caster stole Artoria, wouldn't killing Caster be more efficient?

Posted on 2026-08-23 03:20:46
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He does kill Caster, though.

Posted on 2026-08-23 03:58:14
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before she can use her dagger to steal Artoria away

Posted on 2026-08-23 06:32:16
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Okay, fine, I'll give you a real argument, Hammer< w >

First of all, Archer and Shirou do not always get to have "the talk". There are bad ends in the Visual Novel where Archer kills him, or the trouble Archer puts him into ends up killing him.
Bad ends are still valid timelines, just not the ones the story is interested in elaborating on(usually. Spark Liner High gets a lot of fanfare compared to the rest for example).

With that in mind.

Losing Artoria means Shirou is just a guy with no Servant, and eventually, no protection from Avalon. The benefit of this is obvious.

After Caster is killed, Rin becomes Artoria's master:3

That makes it so
1. Artoria has no Vested interest in protecting Shirou. She still Might, since she has a history with him, but the Grail War is a dangerous time, and if she had to choose, she would opt to protect the person keeping her alive, which could still open a window Archer can use.

2. If Shirou does die, Archer does not have to risk killing Artoria at the same time, whom he really likes, or at least used to.

3. Rin has Artoria on her side, and having Artoria on your side is a pretty great way to win a war, so he is assuaging his guilt of leaving her side in that way.