Gold and Lion | Fate/ Strange Fake Ep 10 Reaction

Not yet pointed out here is that the reason why Saber/Richard Lionheart is that badly injured is cause of he protected the Church in a way that would not be damage by GoB but puts his own body on risk, hence why he is so beaten up.

And see how his Catholic origins comes when he said God with a Capital G, and Gilgamesh answer with "gods" which Richard thinks as Gil being a Polytheist. A good small detail to add.

when are yall doing one piece

Justice for ilyasviel this been coming for Gilgamesh

The King of Jobbers shines again

You know who's not a bum though? My boy John Strange Fake

The thing with John was explained when he made his entrance again after getting slammed. But the anime decided to cut it for some reason. They will probably explain it in the future so just wait for now. Honestly, as an adaptation wise, this is probably the worst episode so far. They really cut a lot content in the anime. John literally threw hands with Alcides and made feel fear for a moment. I was really hyped about that part getting animated but they deadass skipped it 😭

Jester actually was talking about berserker when he said he didn’t know the holy grail could summon something of that caliber, that thing is no joke….

So much cut content.

1. They didn't show how John got revived and the the FGO easter egg.
2. Richard Excalibur spam was too slow and short.
3. They didn't show how Gilgamesh defeated Richard.
4. They didn't show that Gilgamesh was straight up about to overpower Alcides before Ishtar did her thing.

When your GOAT is washed

I think the berserker is Magellan or DaVinci

She realized he was the king it's ,and's , but's and maybe's 😂😂😂😂😂

Bro really left the key to his house in front of the main door thinking "i live in a peaceful neighborhood, surely nothing will happen…….

Gilgamesh really went "I understand it now" 😭

When the ex shows up but she has the key to your garage

Why she didn't use command spell

Well as a mage she's kinda good, as a master? , she is too reliant on gill

She Forget that, this is a war "master and servant" War

btw tiné forgot she's gil master

Fake caster healed Jhon, but for some reason they Just didn't show it

Glad yall enjoyed the episode! I'll answer a couple questions below:

That was the real John. John died, but Caster (Alexander Dumas) has the ability to alter the stories of humans. John is not only revived thanks to this, but also has superhuman strength and abilities. Hydra venom is also very relevant as it is historically what killed Hercules. Unfortunately, this episode left a lot of stuff out because it adapted almost an entire volume of the book, but when John is smacked into the wall he has a 10 hour dream (2 minutes in reality) where he can see Dumas' past. He doesn't just get up and start beating ass with no explanation.

Sheera did well to notice Enkidu helping Gil at the end there. Enkidu is still far away as they don't want to get involved with the curse (tsubaki's servant, the black cloud thing).

Tine didn't rescue Gil with a command spell partially because she was too infatuated with him. She saw herself more as one of his subjects rather than her partner, so she froze up and didn't properly act as a master. Not her fault too much, she is of course, still a child.

Flat is an interesting character. He's one of the most capable mages alive despite his goofy nature. He can really put belt to ass with his magecraft that allows him to mess with the magic circuits inside things. He's considered a genius.

Saber didn't necessarily lose, though he probably would have, but he ended up going down because he was protecting the church/Ayaka. Gilgamesh tells him he's weak because he hasn't found a proper reason for winning the war.

Ishtar is a very relevant character in Mesopotamian lore. I won't talk your ear off, but basically she's the goddess of beauty, and she wanted to court Gilgamesh, but Gil is too much of an incel and rejected her. Ishtar holds a grudge against both Gilgamesh and Enkidu because they killed her divine bull.

The key Ishtar grabbed is from early on in Episode 0. Gilgamesh carelessly threw it away after he got summoned, not thinking anyone would show up that could turn off his gate of Babylon. Unfortunately, Ishtar being a goddess and all, was able to do so. I know it's been a couple years since you guys saw episode 0, so that's why it may not have clicked right away.

Can't wait for next week.

Enkido did more for Gilgamesh than Tine 😂

To give context to everything that happened

John comes back to life BECAUSE of Caster's Noble Phantasm. John expects himself to die, but mysteriously feels no pain and is not losing consciousness. He is then surprised when he sees a vision of a time when False Caster, in his original life as Alexandre Dumas, met Edmond Dantès (this happens after his neck is broken) John is then healed and empowered by "Musketeers' Masquerade" (This NP lets him re write someone's life based on his literary work, usually used to boost someone's overall strength when fighting something far above them, THIS is how John came back to lfie and got the Hydra's venom. AS for when he wrote anything about John, I'm unsure.)

If you have seen the other Fates, then you probably know by now that Gilgamesh losing because of his arrogance is a defining character trait for him, and it usually happens because his taking a fight seriously means the story ends within less than a day. Tine herself is still 12 years old despite being ingrained in mage society, so her not teleporting Gilgamesh simply comes from inexperience. As for why Gilgamesh threw away the key aside from arrogance, it's because that key would genuinely be useless for any creature in existence besides Gods/Gods from his pantheon (Ishtar used her divine authority as a God to shut Gilgamesh's vault.)

Ishtar is special in this Holy Grail War because she is neither Servant nor Master. She is an echo of the real Ishtar from the age of the gods, brought about by a literal curse put upon the Textures of the planet (the condition was if Gilgamesh and Enkidu ever met again). She shut off the Gates by physically closing the vault with her divine authority (aka divine power). I won't get into any of her abilities, as that might spoil future episodes, so I just stuck k to t what she did in this scene.

Lastly, Gilgamesh couldn't move due to Huwawa. Huwawa is a true deity who is the pseudo-parent to Enkidu and was killed by Gilgamesh and Enkidu for the sake of fame and the proof of strength (This is why Huwawa hates Gilgamesh and Enkidu.) Again can't tell you much without it being a spoiler, so I'll stick to what was shown this episode. Huwawa has two abilities that were shown in "Scream of Fear" and "Mana Burst (Calamity)". "Mana Burst (Calamity) " this means Huwawa can replicate any type of phenomon humans perceive as a "calamity" (earthquakes, snow storms etc.), this was used in the form of the rainbow beam that tore holes through buildings and spawned flowers (It was a ray of disease that would normally spread to tine and Enkidu but didn't due to outside play.) AND "Scream of Fear" is simply a scream that paralyzes opponents (Which was used on Gilgamesh)

Laslty thhe Hydra poison used on Alcides did affect him greatly to what extent I can't say, but he did not absorb it like a juice box.

Hopefully this cleared up any confsion, if have any more questions, I can for sure whip up another essay.

Gil kept monologuing so much, the Grail spawned in Ishtar and Huwawa to shut him up😆

Ishtar wasn't summoned by the grail, what Jester was talking about was the sound he heard. That was Berserker's roar, which stunned Gilgamesh to be hit. So the thing summoned by the grail was Berserker.

They should explain John's revival next episode, but Musketeers Masquerade is what revived John. It lets Dumas combine things he has access to and aspects from his literary works and life. When he gave John his arm, he mixed him with the Count of Monte Cristo, who faked his death and was reborn as an Avenger. Their conversation was so focused on revenge at the time because John was meant to be a reverse-Dantes who turns his back on revenge in favor of upholding "justice" like Orlando says. So when John dies, the NP rewrote it as John being reborn following his ideals.

Only drawback is Dumas can't use the Count of Monte Cristo ingredient on anyone else now.

The strongest character was the first to die

15:27 John was already under the effects of Caster's NP when he "died." Yes he did get hit but Musketeer's Masquerade can give him temporary immortality and buffs all his stats which is how he survived getting bent like a twig. Caster put his NP on John when he gave him the arm and signed his name in the air and shit which is also what he did to Flat. Also extra bit: the dagger that John used to stab Alcides was hinted at in a scene in one of the earlier episodes, they were the hydra daggers sent to Caster.

Nothing gives me greater joy in the fate universe then watching that smug asshole getting the smile wiped of his face

It's bothering me that Sheera's using she/hers pronouns for Enkidu. I mean that's valid, just never something I've heard it used before. Usually it's he/him or they/them.