Xel
The Paladin
look its all might with a lion head
To this day I still have no fucking clue how they thought making Edison a lion was a good idea. How do you even twist his legend to justify that?
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To this day I still have no fucking clue how they thought making Edison a lion was a good idea. How do you even twist his legend to justify that?
simj26
Awful, Terrible, No-good Layabout
He was summoned, i think, by some weird mumbo jumbo america did, basically making him the embodiment of everything American.
also he was the father of cinema, and the most prolific image of cinema is that roaring lion, though this is just assumption on my part
EDIT: The proper name for the lion is the Metro Goldwyn Meyer lion
Xel
The Paladin
Shoulda made him an eagle if he's the embodiment of America.
Imagine: this is your Thomas Edison this evening.
simj26
Awful, Terrible, No-good Layabout
There's actually no reason for it, after digging around. F/GO's weirdness is just like that. Da Vinci manifests as Mona Lisa, because he saw her as the epitome of beauty, and he wanted that. Hans Andersen manifests as a child (and yet has that sexy sexy voice) because he believed that his childhood was his 'prime' in his imagination and creativity. Thing to note is that Vlad and Edison both have the Shapeshift skill, and Vlad (who normally has Innocent Monster) is said to have been twisted into the vampire guy that he is in GO because of what people believe he is, so it is logical to say that Servants with the Shapeshift skill may have been altered by people's views on them. In a similar vein, Edison may have manifested as All Might with a lion's head based on many people's views on him, one of which was that he is the father of cinema. Also, it helps that he is called the 'King of Invention' in-universe, and Kings are apparently a big thing in Fate. The leap of logic here is that 'what is the most iconic cinema thing?' and 'what else can be equated to a King?', and bam, its a lion.Shoulda made him an eagle if he's the embodiment of America.
Imagine: this is your Thomas Edison this evening.
Xel
The Paladin
That's all precisely why I take FGO with a grain of salt when doing Fate-related stuff. I'm more old school and prefer it when everything was based on legend. You can get creative, but it's still all based on legend. Like FSN Lancer wearing blue spandex because in legend he painted himself blue when he went into combat. Or how Atalanta has cat ears and a tail because of her legend. Stuff like that I'm A-OK with. I'm also perfectly fine with Vlad being a vampire because they established very early on that society's perception plays a big role in servants. That's why they get stat boosts when in their homelands. Most of what we see is the grail interpreting legends and beliefs and giving them form. Like Saber didn't shoot giant golden death lasers when she was alive. That's simply the grail interpreting the legend of Excalibur and giving it form. That's all stuff I'm fine with.
It's when you deviate from that and just go "lol cuz I can" that it bugs me. And FGO does that with a lot of it's servants. They have the flimsiest justifications and sometimes none whatsoever. But then there's also servants in FGO that have great designs and abide by all the old rules. So it's always a "pick your flavor" as far as I'm concerned. I, personally, would never use FGO Edison if I used him in a Fate roleplay. But I would use FGO Ozzy. As long as it adheres to the old rules I'm all for it. And going by the old rules Edison shouldn't be All Might Lion, since literally nobody believes he was a lion. For that to work like Vlad's thing people would legitimately need to associate Edison with a lion, like they did with Vlad and Dracula. But nobody does that. So perception shouldn't have influenced his appearance to be a lion.
Xel
The Paladin
That's why you gotta be creative and find cool ways of interpreting legends. One of my favorite examples is Richie. In life dude proclaimed everything to be Excalibur. So what can we do with this? Let's make his NP let him turn literally anything into excalibur and shoot excaliblasts. His chuuni bullshit ends up letting him fire excaliblasts from sticks he picked up off the ground. That sorta thing is hilarious and awesome to me. I don't know the details of Edison's life but I'm sure you could figure something out there. Hell, I'm sure people already have with all those sites that have fan-made servants.
Xel
The Paladin
I'd be perfectly ok if lion all might isn't some default for edison, if he's SUPPOSE to be a normal guy. But because he can shapeshift he went "fuck it, this is what I wanna be". Sorta like DaVinci being a little shit and wanting to be Mona Lisa.
BlueClover
*Jumps Through Window*
I got a special post out but I must be off!
Night everyone! Talk to you all tomorrow c:
Night everyone! Talk to you all tomorrow c:
Strawberraki
Distracted Weeb
Goodnight, Shamrock~! Do rest well, friend :3
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
Gnight Shammy sleep well!
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
oh but speaking of your post
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BlueClover
did Avery get hypnotized?
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
No demon-based characters
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
The party itself wasn't going to take place inside the main building though, it was gonna take place in the PSA entrance, central garden and recess area. These are all considerably large
Xel
The Paladin
You should probably name them differently, then. There's literally a "main building entrance" and in both description and picture it's the shoe locker area. So you explicitly stated we're in the "main building entrance" which is the shoe locker area. Are we meant to be outside in the central plaza/garden/thing?
Chen Gong
Idiot From Ancient China
I think I'mma join the event.
Lemme get a pic for a costume.
Lemme get a pic for a costume.
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
No we are in entrance hall of the main building. We are not where the party was supposed to take place, we were only called there to meet the representative of the company for a moment, after changing into our costumes.
Xel
The Paladin
I see... wouldn't it have made more sense to meet somewhere suited and specifically designed for large gatherings rather than cram us among the shoe lockers? Because I'm legit going to post Toki not being able to see because there's a shoe locker in her way. I will never let that pass me by.
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
If you want to, go ahead. The reason they are meeting in the entrance hall is because it's a location not as easily viewed by outside witnesses that si directly linked to the changing rooms
Idea
The Pun Tyrant
Trombone
All points, no quills, no pillows.
Very barebones post. And I wasn't able to proofread, sorry. My resources are quite limited at the moment. :v
Xel
The Paladin
The One Eyed Bandit
rotworm
good taste
Fate Edison is a wild ride in general. He is also almost definitely True Berserker in Strange Fake who appears Babbage style as a big scary robot man. Personally I like it when Fate goes full buck wild, one of my favorite Servants is Berserker Jack the Ripper for being one of the coolest takes on a legend that Fate has done. Then again Strange Fake in general is great and might beat out Zero as the best entry to the series and I really need to sit down and read the light novels.
