天下制覇

  

By wankers, for wankers.

Having some server hiccups this morning. I blame Belgium.

Impressions:

When it began with some random clashing between Saber and Assassin, I thought we’d be gearing up to the same kind of episode as the Berserker one earlier. Instead, it took a much more philosophical approach to the two fights, and by that, I mean they were more philosophical and comprised of both sides wanking off. Nary could 3o seconds of action go by without stopping to have a minute or two of posturing. Or hell, after the little Saber/Assassin thing at the start, it went to the OP and then nearly three more minutes of Archer, Shirou, and Caster glaring at each other. Christ, people. Going back to last week, you’ve been standing in those exact same spots for nearly ten straight minutes, just glowering. This isn’t even a nice shot. Why the hell do we keep using it? Oh right, crappy direction.

So I think it appropriate to conclude this in the spirit of the episode, with my head jammed firmly up my ass. OMG, he said the thing about his sword bone! And then they were standing back to back! That’s symbolic of how their ideals are different and they’re looking at different things! The sheer staggering depth is overwhelming! And that’s not even the end of the depth of the symbolism in that scene! Cause Shirou’s hair is red but Archer’s is white. And he’s dressed in white while Archer’s in red! Even moreso with the bandages! They’re total opposites! And notice how they didn’t look at each other when they talked? Same with Saber and Assy! I… How do people do this? Oh, right. They don’t use exclamation marks. That makes it thoughtful. Onward to something at least somewhat intentionally stupid. …Probably.