After a long time procrastinating, I finally threw myself into the rabbit hole of the Fate Series.
FyI, I'm not a professional writer so bear with me. I refuse to use any ai tool, especially ChatGPT.
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Fate has always been present throughout several stages of my life, but not once did I find myself inclined to dive into this world full of historical figures who serve as Servants to Mages that control them, known as Masters. The idea itself sounded intriguing enough though it would take a whole couple of years since its first anime adaptation for me to even watch them. And probably a good thing, too!
When I was first introduced to Fate, I found it tucked into a folder in my uncle's old computer. Opening it I saw Saber and Shirou fighting but the story did not captivate me. I was more into the romance, slice of life, magical, and shounen side of things. Not this serious back and forth jaber that my mind couldn't comprehend back then; However, that red hair protagonist and his dutifully loyal knight would remain engraved in the back of my mind.
I hit play on July. I was feeling the waves of depression and anxieties stronger that month as it was the month my dear grandmother had passed away. Even though it's been over a year, the sadness hasn't left as I believed. I picked up Fate/Stay Night 2006 in remembering those days being in my grandmother house and going to my uncle's room, who used to live with them back then, to watch anime he would leave in a folder for me to watch. Episode 1 started and I was transported back in time for that moment. I also couldn't believe this was what I had procrastinated all this time. I would go through a ray of emotions from scolding Shirou's behavior to cheering on saber, and feeling happy each time Rin would appear in the screen, especially to clean up Shirou's blunders. By the end of it, despite my frustrations towards Shirou, I was content and was curious to know more.
BUT I needed a break from that MC.
Into Fate/Zero, I go!
I read online that it was a prequel to the series. One which Fate fans often recommended to watch last for reasons I'm not sure of aside of it being a consensus among the fans. I decided to against that order and went in anyways as I didn't want to go through another round with Shirou so soon. Plus, I felt it would help me understand things better.
From beginning to end, I was amazed! The way the characters were and how the story was told. It was far better than I expected. What was even more awesome was the fact that the majority of participants were adults, so the tonal shift were darker and the risk levels were slightly higher! It instantly made a fan out of me! The dynamics to the motives were fascinating! The emotions, God...I cried quite a lot. I was moved. By the end of it, it was like biding farewell to a friend and I decided this was the determining point to finish the Stay Night routes and anything else that came with the Fate universe.
It's now August and I'm happy to report that I competed UBW, Heaven's Feel, Apocrypha, and (my 2nd favorite) Case Files Lord El-Melloi II!
Currently I'm going through Fate/Strange Fake and hope to tackle the rest I've yet to watch which are the (hesitant) Kaleid, (anticipating) Grand Order and the other long list that are also Fate which I can't recall.
Hope to see ya all soon on the next post!
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Fun Question Time!
Have you ever watched Fate before or heard about the Fate series?
(And if you watched) What are your thoughts?!
First entry at such a bizarre time! It is super early but I was too excited by the fact that I can access this site by PC! Thank you to the team who made it possible!!
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Lately, I've been getting into traditional art. The journey has been full of ups and downs. I mostly blame myself for not keeping constant practice and dedication to drawing in general. Since stopping digital these past couple of months, I haven't been able to create any major pieces that I could be proud of. I thought that, if I went traditional, I would be able to bring myself back in finding that missing passion within. Well, I sort of.
It's been an awkward experience, but I may have found a solution! I recently joined a TTRPG group with people who are around my age with a few members that are older. Together, we started a campaign using the core book, FABULA ULTIMA. It's a neat ttrpg that encourages both player and GM to create a world together and the character's backgrounds tied to that world. The creative factor of this was what helped me find inspiration. It tickled the side of my brain that begged for the creativity I deprived it from. It was enough to kick myself into gear and begin doodling anything that came from it: my character, my peers' characters, and a tad of the scenarios from the campaign. Though they weren't perfect (most were rushed), they managed to make me smile. As we continued each session, the more inclined I felt to draw something down on paper.
Anyway, I started this traditional journey because I realized I never learned the fundamentals right. I allowed digital to give me the comfort of not "needing them" because of tools that made it easy to "cheat". How so? Well, for example, I would use the lasso tool to create shapes for bodies and objects, or use the symmetry tool to create identical lines and so forth. From a digital perspective, it's not really "cheating" but when you attempt to apply the same thing traditionally, you cannot do so. So I wanted to re-educate myself all over! And, good gawd, did I suck!
But, good news, because I went back to the basics, I gradually been building good habits whilst trying to rid of bad ones. The entire journey has been an eye-opener and one that I do not regret initiating.
So I cross my fingers and hope I keep up. Let us hope procrastination and distractions won't be the end of this journey too soon.
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Note: it's almost 3am. I apologize for any errors, probable ramble, and incoherence.
