#just.. ugh

making muramasa a shirou-face was a shit idea for the jump, and this was one of the main reasons why.

Like, you can't make a main character a _____-face because then it immediately guts any potential characteration for them. You know why Jinako worked in Lostbelt 4? Because she was allowed to be JINAKO. You know why Waver and Reines worked in the Case Files event? BECAUSE THEY COULD BE WAVER AND REINES.

Literally the only pseudo-Servants they did right that weren't like that were Ishtar and Ereshkigal, and that's because Ishtar had Gilgamesh and Enkidu/Kingu to play off of, and the game literally just forgot Ereshkigal was a Rin-face in the first place??

But if you STICK THE SHIROUFACE next to the SABERFACE, then people will AUTOMATICALLY THINK BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL, POPULAR VISUAL NOVEL, and LOSE ALL READING COMPREHENSION.

MURAMASA ISN'T SHIROU, HE DOESN'T ACT LIKE SHIROU, HE DOESN'T TALK LIKE SHIROU

but guess what??? HE LOOKS LIKE SHIROU. FOR NO REASON.

AT. ALL.

which I GET that the choice had to be some sort of nostalgia pandering but all it did was just induct brainrot into the fanbase.

Which leads to nonexistent ship wars, where NOBODY needs to argue with ANYBODY because Muramasa and Castoria are two completely different characters, and also DIDN'T HAVE A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP DYNAMIC IN THE NARRATIVE.

and even if they did who gives a shit because OF COURSE CASTORIA IS GOING TO FALL IN LOVE WITH RITSUKA, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE MAIN CHARACTER, AND THIS HAS ALL HAPPENED BEFORE SO THIS ISN'T SOME NEW THING THEY'VE DONE