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Artoria Pendragon Pre-Relationship HC's
Content: (Saber) Artoria Pendragon x Fem!Reader
Warnings: None
Notes: I've been on a Fate kick recently and I absolutely love Artoria. If people like this maybe I'll make more...send in requests if you'd like!
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You both likely meet because you summoned her for the holy grail war. Her beautiful green eyes land on you and she takes a knee. "I ask you...are you my master?"
Over the course of the war, you two had gotten close. Your strategy seemed...dull compared to hers. She was in fact the king of Britain and therefore the head of the military for years. So naturally she took the lead into the battles and strategy.
One by one she took out each servant, getting you both one step closer to winning the holy grail war. While she had revealed her identity to you, the others yet did not know her name.
Only at the end when she took out the final servant with her noble phantasm, Excalibur, did people know who she was.
Now as the last remaining servant you, her master, get to make a wish.
You turned from the grail to Artoria. With a smile, you spoke out your wish. "I wish for Artoria Pendragon to have a second chance at life, one where she can live freely as a person without the strain of being king."
Her eyes widened and she dropped Excalibur. She fell to her knees before you and grabbed at your ankles. "Master...you can't possibly mean..."
"Does this not please you, Artoria?" You asked worriedly.
"No...no, it does...but why must you do this for me?" She looks up at you, tears welling in her eyes.
"Because, my dear Artoria," You lightly gripped her jaw. "Over the course of this war my heart grew heavy for you and your past. I wanted you to have a chance to live life as you wanted, not how you needed."
"But master, what of your own life? Your own wish?" Artoria asked.
"This is my wish, Artoria." You smiled, leaning closer to her face. "And my own life was fated to cross with yours. I only ask that you live this life how you want to live it."
As tears streamed down her cheeks, she began to glow. The holy grail was doing its work. Excalibur slowly faded away beside her and her armor returned to her casual dress. Her wounds had been healed, and the grail disappeared along with them. Your command spells faded away from your hand.
"Master!" Artoria stood and jumped into your arms, holding you close. "Thank you...for giving me another chance at life..."
Now with the holy grail war over with, the two of you could start your life together
You instructed Artoria to call you by your given name instead of 'master' from now on, since she was no longer a servant
Artoria found it hard to do so, but eventually got used to it like you asked
She loved trying new cuisine with you, she loves bringing home new things from the supermarket to try, or finding new recipes to make for you and her
She also loves gardening, getting her hands dirty was something she did before becoming king, and she loved growing your own vegetables...though recently shes tried growing flowers. For no reason, of course!
If you ever go abroad, she wants to come with you
The first trip out of the country you two take, she wants to try all the new foods. She likes most of it.
She has a lot of fun with you all the time, and always makes sure to tell you shes having fun with you.
When you two get back, you're exhausted but she goes right to work. She makes your favorite meal, and cuts flowers out from the garden to place in a vase. She presents you with a candlelight dinner and flowers, and watches as you eat what she made
She smiles, reaches for your hand, and confesses her love for you in a long-winded paragraph she memorized while out of the country. She ends it with a big smile, hoping you'll return her affections.
Please read Fate/Stay Night those Artoria hcs are not on point.
LMFAOOO bro, I’ve seen Stay Night
Bold of you to say that behind the anonymous option. Go ahead, say it with your chest instead. ☺️
If those are the conclusions you came to after watching it I completely understand why people call it a terrible adaptation.
My brother in Christ, you will not stop me from writing about Fate. I will not delete my post and your “criticism” is not constructive in any way. Your “opinion” here is the terrible adaptation. Now just block me and leave me alone, thank you. ☺️
Ok so let's get constructive then.
Saber would not let you use the wish that way and even if you managed to do it : 1 she wouldn't be happy about it. 2. The grail doesn't work that way.
You can't make her a character that's like "uwaaaaa no not for me!! ~~" when she is clearly not. Due to her role she has dehumanized herself to the point she sees herself only as a tool. When Shirou sees her naked she doesn't react because she doesn't see herself as human let alone a woman. She wants to use the grail to get a better king destroying everything she's done because that's how self-sacrificial she is.
The fate route is not about her getting feeling but her accepting them. She only smiles at the happiness of others and only at the end of the game does she smile for herself. Her end is not her getting a new life but accepting her death and finally coming to terms that she did what she could and that that was enough.
The other stuff about her becoming a glorified housewife is something I don't find in character but can write off as personal opinion.
I have not watched the anime because I haven't heard good things about it and I see why. I don't want to insult you. I want there to be more Fate writing but it bothers me when the characterization of such an interesting and deep character gets butchered. I can understand not having time to read a VN but please at least read the wiki a bit. I don't expect you to delete the post but I hope you improve your writing in the future.
Alright, I read your whole thing and I wanted to clarify a few things.
1. The whole “wishing her to become someone new” that I wrote was meant to play off her wish in Fate/Zero to destroy everything shes ever done and let her become someone else.
2. It was not my intention to make her a “glorified housewife.” In Grand Carnival theres a joke where she really likes food. I incorporated that as she really likes to cook, and in the original legend she was a peasant before becoming King. She would know how to garden and make her own food and she wanted to share it with the reader/her master.
3. I always actively try to improve my writing. My Artoria piece was my first ever time writing for her so I can understand if I got a few things wrong. I will take what you said into consideration now that it is constructive criticism, but allow me to give some of my own constructive criticism. Maybe lead with your CC instead of just insulting someone, yeah?
4. I encourage you to actually watch the anime and gather your own opinions. I thought it was good. It is definitely NOT the best Fate show, however. I believed Zero was way better.
5. This is FAN fiction. Not all of the rules have to apply to me if I do not want them to. Sure I could make all of them apply to me, as I have done with other fandoms in the past, thats what makes it fun. But if I want to put my own spin on something (that SOOO many other authors do in so many other fandoms) I should be allowed to do so as well.
6. I understand if my writing is not for you. You can give me CC, but please refrain from coming straight for the throat next time, or simply just block me and move on if you do not like me that much.
Hope this helps <3