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** She has an easier time taking charge when she herself is not in the picture. Rin's character has perpetually shown some kind of vulnerability about herself.
*** Her reluctance to taking off most of her clothes lends credence to this idea.
** Actually, that's something else. Rin's spell requires both of them to climax at the same time (which...makes sense, actually). It's one of the funniest moments of that scene when Shirou realizes that they're two virgins trying to reach simultaneous orgasm...[[Oh Crap|and they have one shot at it]]. But there ''are'' other methods of doing that; why oh why did Rin choose full-on intercourse? They'd have been [[PunA Worldwide Punomenon|screwed]] if Shirou's [[Determinator]] abilities didn't apply to both love ''and'' war...
** As the above troper has noted, Rin prefers to normally lead from outside the picture. When she actually gets directly involved in something she tends to make irrational decisions. Heck, when it comes to emotions, Rin's a [[Glass Cannon]]
*** But she ''was'' in the picture in Fate. [[Dissimile|And when I say "picture", I mean "Saber's vagina".]] She was probably thinking like Shirou, that being forced into having sex with your love interest is awkward. Having a [[Mate or Die]] situation with Saber, a neutral friend, was bearable, so she could as well learn to enjoy it, but she '''really, really, really'' didn't want to have sex with Shirou in this way.
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*** Assassin seems to suggest that the actual man named "Sasaki Kojirou" and whoever wielded the sword Monohoshizao were different people, just as he himself was some unknown swordsman who happened to master a technique attributed to Kojirou. But IRL, is there really any doubt about his existence? I [[Did Not Do the Research|didn't spend more than a few minutes checking on this]], but every source I managed to find seemed to treat it as established fact that Kojirou existed and was killed in a duel against Miyamoto Musashi. No doubt legend has embellished quite a bit about the man, but compared to [[All Myths Are True|all the other mythological heroes that are evidently real]], that's nothing. I liked Assassin's dramatic situation too, but ''come on''.
*** If the game is to be believed, one of the sources who ''never'' mentions him is Musashi himself. Other than that...eh, I'm fine with it. There's only [[Samurai Shodown|one Sasaki Kojirou for me]], anyway. Besides, Assassin's Tsubame Gaeshi technique is a lot cooler than what Kojirou's was supposed to be.
*** Well, all this ''[[CompletelyDramatically Missing the Point|was the entire point of this Assassin]]'' - he was improperly summoned via a loophole to be linked to that particular land rather than a master, which meant that an actual Heroic Spirit couldn't be summoned (think multiple layers of degradation in the process/requirements used). There ''was'' a Kojirou at some point in time and there ''was'' that particular technique, but neither were connected until some people used "[[Ass Pull|creative]] [[Did Not Do the Research|licensing]]" to make him a [[Worthy Opponent]] to Musashi. He even admits that he's just a random nameless swordsman from history who had that name thrown together with him, so anything he does will simply go towards Kojirou's name. And yes, there is a very similar doubt (+ theory) about this in real life (probably where Nasu got the idea from, actually - I bet he'd be rather familiar with this stuff).
* Unlimited Blade Works. Specifically, the incantation for it. I can understand the Engrishy-ness of it--in fact, I'm surprised it's as comprehensible as it is. What bugs me, though, is that the Engrish version is ''completely different'' from the Japanese version. Not just in wording, but in the entire meaning of each line (though the overall effect is roughly the same). Where the English goes "Steel is my body, and fire is my blood", the Japanese goes "His body is of iron, his heart of glass" and so on and so forth. (Full version [http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Chants_%26_Incantations#Incantations_by_characters here.] I guess the question is, why are the two versions so different, and which one is the "canonical" one?
** That is pretty strange. If either of them is really the "canonical" incantation, it'd probably be the one that Archer actually uses in combat (whether in the VN, anime, or fighting game), so probably the engrish version.
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*** In Japan, you do need someone else to sign for you if you're underage (when I was there last year, underage was below 20). I don't know if it works differently for emancipated minors, though.
** Magi disapprove of technology and are in general quite disdainful of it. Tohsaka's a little more relaxed about it, but honestly, with her upbringing and focus on 'doing what a magus is supposed to do' would she really use something as high tech as a cell phone? And the only person around to sign up Shirou for a phone is Taiga, who is insane and wouldn't want him calling anyone in private [[Shipper on Deck|unless it was Sakura]]. Apart from them, who else is likely to? Definitely not Ilya.
* Why does no one ever destroy Berserker's [[BFSBig Freaking Sword|rock sword?]] Seriously, even Noble Phantasms can be destroyed and that things just a hunk of rock. It'd be a damn sight easier to kill him if Archer just made a Broken Phantasm and blew it up.
** It ''is'' a Noble Phantasm. One which can survive Berserker's attacks. If he wasn't a Berserker, he could use {{spoiler|Nine Lives}} with it.
** Technically, that's because the Nine Lives technique itself became a Noble Phantasm. The reason no one tries to destroy his sword is because they can't. Partly because the thing is clearly reinforced somehow (it's been used to parry countless actual [[N Ps]]), and partly because regardless of D&D rules, deliberately sundering a weapon is extremely difficult...even when the weapon isn't being wielded by an insanely quick and powerful giant.
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* In the anime, why did Caster change Sakura's outfit before trying to sacrifice her?
 
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