eal 2,039 Posted September 24, 2018 Problem with a TVTropes page is it lays out everything about a character across an entire franchise in one spot. There are like 20 thousand variants of Saber across every game and show in the franchise. My opinion is formed based solely off the main story as adapted by the anime, including Zero. The issue is that, while she does have a goal of her own, aside from Zero, in almost every alternate variantion of her, the way she pursues her goal is by helping other people pursue their goals while hers are kept a mystery. Her issues are perpetually unimportant in the context of the series and they don’t matter aside for the very ending of the various endings of the main series.This is because all of these details about her (who she is and her goals) are kept under wraps as a surprise and her identity is revealed as King Arthur when she unleashes her Nobel Phantasm Excalibur towards the tail end of a series. The most interesting she has ever been is in Zero, where her identity is known pretty much from minute one, and also where she is completely overshadowed by the two other kings in that series. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JaybirdC 249 Posted September 24, 2018 That doesn't make her a bad character, that just means she's trapped in a bad story. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eal 2,039 Posted September 24, 2018 The story of Fate/stay night is perfectly fine. But if you need to Frankstein together dozens of alternate versions of her to make someone interesting, you don’t have a good character. At least Sakura Matō has all of Heaven’s feel to make her more interesting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodus 1,305 Posted December 14, 2018 Socialed this out today, hearing the 'Happy Holidays' song I always here the lyric in my head this way 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cprmauldin 157 Posted December 24, 2018 ^^^^😂😂 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duran 67 Posted January 3 (edited) When did this turn from Maribel hate to Fate hate? Edited January 3 by Duran Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eal 2,039 Posted January 3 8 minutes ago, Duran said: When did this turn from Maribel hate to Fate hate? I don’t hate Fate. I just ain’t gonna rate Saber that great, mate. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheKingOfTheDragovians 303 Posted January 3 3 hours ago, eal said: I don’t hate Fate. I just ain’t gonna rate Saber that great, mate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duran 67 Posted January 4 23 hours ago, eal said: I don’t hate Fate. I just ain’t gonna rate Saber that great, mate. On 9/24/2018 at 8:09 AM, eal said: The story of Fate/stay night is perfectly fine. But if you need to Frankstein together dozens of alternate versions of her to make someone interesting, you don’t have a good character. At least Sakura Matō has all of Heaven’s feel to make her more interesting. She actually is genuinely a good character. The reasoning behind the dozen different versions is not to "make her more interesting," but rather the studio capitalizing off her immense popularity. That same studio even points it out in a lot (among their other tropes) whenever they're given a chance to have fun and be more comedic. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eal 2,039 Posted January 4 6 hours ago, Duran said: She actually is genuinely a good character. The reasoning behind the dozen different versions is not to "make her more interesting," but rather the studio capitalizing off her immense popularity. That same studio even points it out in a lot (among their other tropes) whenever they're given a chance to have fun and be more comedic. Maybe I worded it wrong but I never said the millions of variations is to make her more interesting, but that it takes dozens of variations of her to make her an interesting character. Vanilla Saber in Fate/stay night is not that interesting to me, personally. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fates 241 Posted January 6 Maribel is awesome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Plattym3 1,873 Posted January 6 Maribel is awesome Points to topic title. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YangustheLegendaryBandit 2,510 Posted January 6 1 minute ago, Plattym3 said: 8 minutes ago, Fates said: Maribel is awesome Points to topic title. Maybe autocorrect messed up what he meant to say. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marrowfrost 31 Posted January 7 I find it hilarious that this thread has being going on for a little bit over 2 years. But as for Maribel herself, she's not my favorite DQ character any more (ahem that title is tied between Gabo/Ruff and Alena excuse mE), but I do rather like her flaws and strengths. Okay but I am writing a DQ7 AU fic so I'm a little biased anyways. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Billy MK 20 Posted January 17 (edited) Queen Maribel-SAMA is awesome. You guys just can't appreciate real woman. PLEASE MARIBEL BELITTLE ME MOAR Serioulsy though, I like her, I like any character that can make me laught. Everything bad about her is what makes her funny to watch Edited January 17 by Billy MK Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
