Fate/Reach Out (F/SN + SMT:P4 Crossover)
- Thread starter KishouTheBadger
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It's better than fucking San Angelo.
Seriously, fuck that place.
zaiaku
The Ignorant Guru
- Location
- Alamo, Texas
Got to love the Rio Grande Valley.It's better than fucking San Angelo.
Seriously, fuck that place.
KishouTheBadger
Psychic Mech Pilot
Made it to El Paso. For the record though, we took the scenic route down to South Carolina to see some relatives for a day before continuing on. It took five days total. Anyway, back to the chapter...
Serxeid
(Verified Final Boss)
- Location
- Western Canadia
@KishouTheBadger Glad to hear you made it safely!
That's correct. Unshaken Will is a skill unique (i.e. non-transferable) to Asura, the ultimate persona of the Sun Arcana. Other than being too OP (level 86) and kinda far from the Shintoism-based thematic of the rest of the I.T.'s personas, it could be a good match for Taiga.
Looking at the wiki page, I particularly like the fact that different cultures think of asuras differently. They're protector gods in Japanese Buddhism, but others see them as "jealous gods addicted to various malign passions". Nevertheless, asuras are always kicking ass and butting heads with someone (usually devas), which is something I can respect.
Personally, I would like Taiga's initial persona to be tiger-based. Taking something you hate about yourself and turning into your own strength is just too fitting for a Persona 4 fic to pass up. For her Evolved Persona at Rank 10 though...
*puts on geek hat*
Back to Taiga's resistance to hypnosis, there could be other explanations like a natural resistance to thaumaturgy in general, especially as pissed off as she was at the time. IIRC, she managed to resist Rider's Blood Fort Andromeda and keep herself conscious for a lot longer than a non-magi like her should be able to and only seems to get hypnotized in anime adaptations or that Fate/Zero drama CD where Waver Velvet had to use hypnosis to make Taiga stop looking for certain oversided wine thief. Incidentally, Iskander playing interpreter between her and Waver was what later inspired her to ask Kiritsugu for English lessons.
If we assumed that Taiga's immunity to Kirei's spell was a Persona-related skill other than simply awakening hers, then Resist Confuse (available to Berith, Principality and Queen Mab) or Null Confuse (Power, Gorgon, Jatayu) are good candidates if we consider Confusion as the closest equivalent to Hypnosis within Persona 4's game mechanics. Alternatively, something like Fast Heal (rank 3 skill available only by Skill Change in vanilla and to Kaguya-hime and Kanji's rank 4 bike skill in Golden) or Insta-Heal (Norn, Helel) might be an option too, but these passive skills do their thing after falling for the status effect, not before.
Finally, Taiga could be just that lucky. Or rather, Lucky. A high Luck stat goes a long way to prevent the player from falling for a Status Effect or Instant Death skill. It also reminds me of that one (sorta) Shirou×Taiga doujinshi where she's his Servant during the war and shrugs off Gae Bolg because of her EX rank Luck Stat (really).
- Location
- The Grandcypher
That EX rank Luck Stat is actually canon and Fujimura somehow saved the world thrice over in a single night during the Fourth Holy Grail War. This is not a joke.
- Location
- The Grandcypher
Zero Material summing up the events of The Outsiders' Performance:
Zero Material said:
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People overlook it all the time because of...well...Taiga...but she's seriously one of the most badass non-powered characters in the Nasuverse.
Also, Taiga could definitely be a good replacement for the Sun Arcana if Shirou's not gonna do the drama club or music club.
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FoxOnPie
Into the Dojyaaniverse
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- Napkin store
I know. Apparently she's as good as Ryougi with a sword, too.
Not going to happen. Kishou said a long time ago that the Fate cast are going to replace a number of canon Social Link. So Shirou is never going to join any of the clubs or do most of the side Social Links. Instead he plans to have the other members of the IT deal with them.
Here is a friendly little reminder of who is going to be replaced in bold by Word of God. For anyone that is curious.
Fool: Shirou/Investigation Team
Magician: Yosuke
Priestess: Yukiko
Empress: Margaret
Emperor: Kanji
Hierophant: Dojima
Lovers: Rise
Chariot: Chie
Justice: Nanako
Hermit: Fox
Fortune: Naoto
Strength: Issei
Hanged Man: (?)
Death: Sakura/Illya
Temperance: Saber
Devil: Illya/Sakura (still in a toss up to decide who fits better in what)
Tower: Rin
Star: Teddie
Moon: Ayako
Sun: Taiga
Judgement: Seekers of Truth
Aeon: Marie
Jester/Hunger: Adachi
Magician: Yosuke
Priestess: Yukiko
Empress: Margaret
Emperor: Kanji
Hierophant: Dojima
Lovers: Rise
Chariot: Chie
Justice: Nanako
Hermit: Fox
Fortune: Naoto
Strength: Issei
Hanged Man: (?)
Death: Sakura/Illya
Temperance: Saber
Devil: Illya/Sakura (still in a toss up to decide who fits better in what)
Tower: Rin
Star: Teddie
Moon: Ayako
Sun: Taiga
Judgement: Seekers of Truth
Aeon: Marie
Jester/Hunger: Adachi
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Is that Nasu? It does sound like something Nasu would say.
AFAIR, the social link outline is supposed to be a spoiler.
Very well. Fixed.
KishouTheBadger
Psychic Mech Pilot
I can at least assure that Taiga's stats are geared to low magic, moderate stamina/agility, high attack, and REALLY high luck. The identity of her Persona, however, has been a big debate for me that I consulted a few others for suggestions. I got an idea of who to use now, but I'm not sure when will be a good time to reveal the initial Persona's name.
Not exactly sure how to explain her shrugging off hypnotism as either natural defenses or a skill. Unshaken Will sounds like something that would fit Taiga, but not the Persona she'll get.
Not exactly sure how to explain her shrugging off hypnotism as either natural defenses or a skill. Unshaken Will sounds like something that would fit Taiga, but not the Persona she'll get.
- Location
- The Grandcypher
There is a good chance it was written by Nasu himself, but I don't know who else worked on Fate/Zero Material, so it could have been somebody else at Type Moon.
A bit of mix and match is also possible I suppose. Suppose you could potentially work for something of a duality motif with Taiga, similar to how she's an adult yet acts like a child at times for example. Or maybe have a skill that prevents, say, hypnosis for her initial Persona then have it change to Unshaken Will when her Persona evolves.
Hmmm. I know! It might be a bit of a stretch but...
There is a side story from one of the drama CDs called Outsiders' Performance where Taiga met Waver and Rider during the previous Holy Grail War. Maybe we can have it where Rider often said something involving magecraft and the war so Waver had to constantly hypnotize her throughout the encounter and she developed a resistance to it.
- Location
- London
I think Illya would suit the Hanged Man better, with Sakura as Death and Shinji as The Devil (with the link completing if he chooses to redeem him or break if he chooses not to).
Shinji is not going to be a Social Link ever. Kishou said that he and Shirou are going to have a fallout later on. And personally I think that Sakura would handle Devil and Illya should be Death.
As for Hanged Man, he doesn't say who it is but my personal guess is...
Avenger