archer

VISUAL: 6'2", muscular build (breasting boobily). white hair, kept pushed out of his face. mid-20s, but his hair makes him look older. grey eyes, tan skin. firm posture, like he's not easy to knock over. combat gear: stupid butt cape, stupid leg belts, stupid detached sleeves. casual clothing: favors dark colors and tailored, businesslike styling.

AURAL: CV: junichi suwabe. sample.

OLFACTORY: industrial metallurgy. iron. ozone. sometimes soap, or... strong, black tea? the longer he is materialized, the more he starts to reflect his environment — he's a blank slate otherwise.

DEMEANOUR: reserved, blunt, the kind of person who puts aside his personal feelings for the sake of completing the mission. technically polite, but just says the absolute rudest shit with it. (keigo? more like 'kay, go fuck yourself.) sarcastic and distant, ready to pick a fight with laser-targeted criticism, but occasionally kind. observant, self-isolating, has flashes of hot-headedness over silly, immature things. hanging around rin, he gives off an air of looming henchman that is just a little too close to yakuza goon.

MENTAL INFORMATION: what's in his brain? swords. astrology sign? swords. elemental affinity? swords. it's all swords all the way down, swords swords swords swords swords swords. his brain is Not Human, but definitely humanoid and also Definitely a Freak. he processes visual information at a blistering speed and detail thanks to his clairvoyance skill and then proceeds to mentally minmax the hit and dodge probabilities like it's fire fucking emblem. ALSO he's lowkey paying attention to every visible melee weapon in sight, and the amount of innate knowledge he retroactively receives about each one (forging methods, history, usage) can be kind of overwhelming -- but it's a background process in his CPU and he doesn't spend much time thinking about it.

MAGICAL INFORMATION: (sigh) it's fate/. if you know, you know, and if you don't, he's a fragment of an immensely powerful spirit that's been stuffed into a human shaped container, and outclasses human mages by an order of magnitude. he has the manners of a cat, though, and is fairly demure about it when he's not actively in combat or playing the world's most antagonistic beach volleyball game. dogshit magical resistance, equal to that of a standard protective amulet. those with elemental sensitivity may get the impression of fire or metal from his magical presence.

MEDICAL INFORMATION: fit as. peak physical condition, to the point where it's a little noticeably weird. provided he has a stable source of mana and isn't using his abilities, his resting heart rate is very low, normal human exertion doesn't tire him out, and he doesn't need to sleep. without a regular source of mana, [mumble mumble] it gets a little weird. technically farsighted, unless he magically alters his eye functions.

PHYSICAL AFFECTION: ✔️ go for it! he will politely tolerate most affection and invasions of his personal space, but will not reciprocate.

ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS: ⚠️ hey lancer, you up? i'm not SUPER interested in doing ship stuff unless we know each other, but what da hell. most likely it won't happen. but please, feel free rizz him up. he's got the biggest boobs out of all the fsn heroines. i like good chemistry as much as the next person. see ships below for canonmate dynamics i'm interested in.

MANA TRANSFER: i. hm. look, it's. a-anyway.

PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: ✔️ YEAH, but nothing more than comedic slapstick shit unless planned directly with me, please; if i can tell its for a gag i'll try to play along. for serious stuff, i know he gets his ass beat pretty regularly in canon, but he's a nobody with bad stats surrounded by a bunch of freaks from mythology who are at the top of their game, so the fact that he didn't get destroyed immediately and kept up where he did is impressive—even berserker thinks so! i just want to be able to reflect that and have fun with the pretend barbies.

DEATH: ❌ i would like to kill him in some kind of gruesome horrific way for maximum emotional fallout if it's feasible BUT like. narratively, dawg, is it narratively satisfying? it's gotta be narratively satisfying.

MIND READING: ✔️ he is somewhat resistant to magical forms of mind reading due to his (admittedly terrible) magical resistance and by being a mage with a fucked up mental world, but he is not immune: his observations are astute, and he keeps plenty of thoughts to himself and emotionally distances him from situations as much as possible. let me know and i'll add details as need be.

MIND CONTROL ❌ no by default, but maybe. i think it could be really interesting in the right situation, but difficult to achieve due to (gestures at canon mechanics). let's discuss.

IC OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: emiya shirou can fuck himself off a cliff, fuck that guy. but actually, please don't deadname him (read: call him [redacted]). i know fgo uses [redacted] because fgo doesn't believe in anyone getting to experience the big reveal in the source canons organically, but in my PROFESSIONAL OPINION AS A BLORBO ENJOYER that was a mistake, and they should have gone with nameless/mumei if they absolutely had to pick a name. even in settings where he IS called nameless (extella, etc) he still prefers to be called archer, AND since i usually default to fsn/fha for a canon source, using "[redacted]" will absolutely tank someone into negative CR or at least deep suspicion. the only ones who should know in canon (fsn/fha) call him archer anyway.

please dont be fuckign rude

YES lancer (fellas is it gay to make a paradox that forces you to keep running into each other across timelines and realities because if so), saber (the once and future romance), rider (do you remember what happens between them in her route in extella, because BOY do i remember).
MAYBE fgo Versions of the fsn servants (caster cu, lancer artoria, etc.).
NO everyone else.

CONTACT: dm this journal
ACTIVE TIMES/PACE: employed full time & in school full time (read: slow).
BRACKETS/PROSE: brackets.
PLAYER OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: please cw: for disordered eating and the usual content.
CANON CONTENT WARNINGS & TRIGGERS: violence, gore, body horror, sexual assault and abuse, entomophobia. archer's themes deal specifically with dehumanization and suicide attempts. there is one timeline where archer is knowingly complicit in enabling an antagonist to attempt sexual assault -- this is highly atypical behavior in extreme circumstances, but it did happen. i will always cw for these topics if they are explicitly discussed. please use this post to opt out of specific topics or have me not tag you at all, comments are screened.
BACKTAGGING: yes!
THREADHOPPING: if it's public and possible, sure! please use your best judgement on what's appropriate. i love a gag tag, too.
FOURTHWALLING: mythology and swords, yes. fate/ canon, no.
NOT INTERESTED IN: POWERLEVEL DISCOURSE PLEASE.