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 A Fate Zero/Ubw rant by a somewhat angry but for surely tired Diarmuid stan. 

Tldr it’s bullshit and comparing Diarmuid to Cu Chulainn is a really stupid, y’all are just not ready for that conversation.

I’m going to preface this by saying that I love both Diarmuid and Cu. They are both iconic in their own way and I will FIGHT for them to get all the love and attention they deserve. (they also don’t deserve to be 3 star servants, TypeMoon, they deserve to be 4 star but I guess if it’s not Gilgamesh it doesn’t matter.)

So, if you are in the fate fandom you’ll know of the memes going around in regards of their deaths. They both died in a similar way, their master ordering them to kill themselves by plunging their respective spears through their hearts.

The difference between them is that while Diarmuid had a breakdown and cursed the entire War while he was dying, Cu took the spear out and killed his master before he died.

And that’s where the memes come in. Cu is a strong badass, while Diarmuid is a weak crybaby. And I’m honestly really annoyed by them.

Yes, I know they are just memes, but I see a lot of people forming this image of Diarmuid being a crybaby just from this meme, and it really hurts me because Diarmuid imo is already an underrated character, that has lot of potential that both the fandom and the creators ignore.  

That comparison is in my opinion invalid. Diarmuid and Cu are vastly different personalities and of course they would react differently in a situation like that. Cu is feral, battle ready and way less emotional than Diarmuid. On the other hand, while Diarmuid is also battle ready, he is quite more emotional and regards his honor and pride as a knight with utmost importance.

This is very important in understanding why Diarmuid reacted the way he did when he died in Zero. His master, Kayneth, after constantly abusing him and reminding him of his regretful past, even blaming him for Sola’s (Kayneth’s wife) misbehavior, forced him to kill himself during a fight with Saber. Furthermore, we see that Kayneth only killed him to buy off his and his wife’s safety from Kiritsugu, Saber’s master, effectively making Diarmuid’s death insignificant for Kayneth as long as his life was secured. In Diarmuid’s eyes, his “honorable” battle with Saber had been nothing more than a trick. He was nothing more than a tool for his and Saber’s master plans, with no regard of his feelings or his honor. In other words, he was betrayed and then shamed by being made to kill himself. 

All of this became apparent to Diarmuid in a few seconds. In a few seconds he was betrayed and shamed by the person he had selflessly devoted himself to. How else was he supposed to react? He could not have reached Kayneth in order to kill him and even if he could, he most likely wouldn’t have since he seems to be very obedient to his higher ups with no intention of harming them, ever. Just look at the 5th singularity, where Diarmuid was reunited with his former king, Fionn. Fionn not only hunted him down when he was alive for something he had no control over, but also let him die after they reconciled, even though they were supposedly friends. And then during the 5th singularly, Fionn kept teasing Diarmuid about his past and making shady comments. Diarmuid however was not only HAPPY to be reunited with Fionn, but also kept serving him as obediently as ever, even with Fionn’s behavior. 

What we can conclude is that Diarmuid is not someone who would easily hurt someone with power over him. Meaning that most likely even if he could hurt Keyneth, which HE COULDN’T, he wouldn’t have.

All of those factors made him react the way he did. And no, he wasn’t just whining. He was angry and hurt, and cursed the Holy Grail as revenge. His death was emotional and heartbreaking and it had to be that way, in order for the viewer to understand the misery of the war, as well as highlight Kiritsugu’s ideologies and show us how far he’s willing to go to achieve his goals.

Now what about Cu Chulainn? His death was well, badass. Everyone can admit that. Cu Chulainn died similarly to Diarmuid, as in he died in order for Kirei, his master, to solidify a deal with Rin. As such Cu Chulainn was ordered to kill himself, but then absolutely destroyed Kirei by killing him too. This was very in character for Cu. He has been characterize multiple times by his spontaneity and of course he would also be probably angry about well, the betrayal. Cu is way more caustic and vindictive than Diarmuid, so it made sense for his first action to be killing Kirei. Not to mention Cu COULD kill Kirei since he was close to him. And as for the “I hate to break it to you, Kotomine, but if a scratch like this instantly did me in, I wouldn’t be much of a Heroic Spirit.” line…

It’s a very good line and it fits his angry and spontaneous nature. He’s always sassy like that, just like Diarmuid’s emotional and prideful nature made him shame them and curse them. There is probably not much factual merit to what he’s saying.

Cu Chulainn’s death doesn’t carry the same emotional gravity as Diarmuid’s. It had to be that way because their death was designed with different things in mind. That means you can’t compare them in the same way, because one will always lack where the other excels in. Diarmuid’s death wasn’t badass but it had heavy emotional gravity and while Cu Cuchulain’s death was badass, it didn’t have the same emotional impact. Does that mean that one’s death is better than the other or that one of them is a stronger servant??? NO??? Absolutely not.

Both their deaths are impressive and well done and the both of them are amazing servants whom I love very much. It is unfair to pit them against each other in that way and we shouldn’t assume Diarmuid’s a crybaby and Cu’s a badass because we are making an unfair judgement.

Was this a waste of time? Am I taking it more seriously than I should? Maybe. That still won’t change the fact that y’all are making biased assumptions against Diarmuid and as a stan I can’t allow that so 💖