Why, oh why, do we not get magical girl Teach-chan?!
Such as Sabbah, Semiramis, Gilgamesh (probably), JAlter (all Alters, except Nyalter, really), Gilles de Rais, Mordred, Tamamo, EMIYA, Euryale, Stheno, Attila, most berserkers and so on and so forth. A LOT of heroes wouldn't hesitate to kill a child, a cripple or anyone else if they stand in their way....
Your point being?
I'm not sure that it's a bad thing for Ruby to endure something it doesn't enjoy.
For every hero who won't kill kids there are several who will. It should be noted that Herc killed his own kids, Asterios ate several and Ritsuka does NOT qualify as a civilian.
Considering who is controlling most of the servants they'll be fighting it's not likely that they'd even get a choice outside of misinterpreted commands...
We are not talking about random bystanders (although some wouldn't mind going through them), we are talking about targets. Sabbah is an assassin, killing people is what he does, he wouldn't target random bystanders because they are of no importance to his mission - kill his assigned target. And in this specific case, the target would be Ritsuka. As i said, a lot of the servants wouldn't hesitate to kill anyone, if they stood in the way of their objective.
Very debatable. Heracles would point out (if he doesn't have his mind erased) he had to defend himself in the crib. Literally!
.....Well, i suppose cutting of her arm is a better alternative, for Sabbah, than killing her, unless ordered otherwise of course. And, you are indeed correct, plenty of servants, such as Atalanta, Martha and others would be against killing a child, even if compelled by a command seal. But this doesn't invalidate Ritsuka's need for self defence. Remember, she is the daughter of Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka. She most definitely can defend herself....and was probably taught by both her parents and her aunties....
If she's attacking goddesses at the same age, I'd say that she's already at least as trained in some sort of weapon, even if said weapon is mage craft.
ok....have you even played fgo? In the story, the master, you, confront the demon gods to prevent the death of humanity with the help of servants.......it's kinda the entire premise of the game.....well, that and eyecandy/headache.....
While physical conditioning waits until early teens, training in defensive technique should ideally start as early as possible. Please note that samurai started training their kids before they were five typically. While the family aren't samurai, they are in a profession that benefits from the early start and is rife with aggressive competitors.
Good, you played, that means you remember exactly what Lev did to a certain someone. Do you think he or the others would have hesitated to do the same or, somehow, worse to Ritsuka? You can have the best bodyguards in existence, but you will live longer if you, yourself can fight like a berserk chainsaw and, considering her parents, i doubt she would attack to kill anyone, without a VERY good reason...
.....so you're saying that this Ritsuka, the one that went so far as to include Olga(a rather distant and cold person) into her family and genuinely seems to care about others, is akin to Kirei, a disturbed individual, who could only find happiness in the suffering of others?