"No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness."
~Aristotle

Sunday, 17 September 2017

Unlimited Blade Works

Just last night, a friend of mine shared this article. Suffice to say, it's extremely gutting that this isn't a monster of one man's making (pardon the pun). Rather, it is a monster reared, fed, and endorsed by the society. We all know every nation is imperfect, that every government is flawed. To say "Screw it, I'm not gonna do anything because of that", however, is an irresponsible thing to say. Not to mention the laziest way to run a nation.

Then I suddenly recalled something. Namely, Archer. I really like him for a reason. Likewise, the character of Emiya Shirou resonates with me as well. Despite Heaven's Feel being the concluding act to Fate/stay night, it must be stated that the individual routes (i.e. Fate, Unlimited Blade Works, and Heaven's Feel) took place in their respective parallel universe. I know it sounds confusing, but I'm sure Marvel fans would understand what Nasuverse is all about. And speaking of Marvel...


~Jet Li isn't the only one raising eyebrows, trust me~
~Don't believe me? Then check out this vid below~



I'm pretty sure Sir Ian McKellen was more than a tad confused over the whole request. After all, he was just being nice like Gandalf being nice to Hobbit Town (not to be confused with another town named Jewtown made famous by Borat and his Four by Two). Therefore, I decided to select a number of vids highlighting what the knight himself was talking about. Hopefully, the cultured knight himself will also how screwed up reality really is. Also, it's preferable that you first go through this article.

Ready for one hell of a confusing ride?

Once upon a time, there was a boy who once had a dream.



But his father betrayed him.


Followed by reality.



Hence, he betrayed himself.



Perhaps death with regrets would be a better path. Who knows?


The outcome was a tragedy. The only solution was the cruelest lie, a broken man could only further break himself. He was like the blade of a katana. Sharp, yet so brittle. His actions destroyed a city, many souls burnt to ashes.

Then there was a boy. A boy who used to have a family. A boy who lost everything due to the actions of one whom he would eventually call "father". Like Natalia who was a mother to him, Kiritsugu became a father to that orphaned child. Like Emiya Kiritsugu of the yore, Emiya Shirou would soon begin the same journey. It would prove to be a path of falsehood and hypocrisy, an ideal incapable of differentiating one person saved and the salvation of countless lives.

Unlimited Blade Works, this was the inner world of a hero whom no one has ever understood. Atop the hill littered with swords, a lone knight stood tall and broken. He was like that king whom the whole of Britain couldn't understand. As a child, he was saved by the sword. As a boy, he was merged with the sword. As a hero, he lived as a sword.
Destined to fight an eternal battle all by himself, no one was with him. No one was with the heroic spirit named EMIYA. Atop the hill littered with swords, the boy called Emiya was doomed to live alone.










Battles come and go, the boy fought against a hero and a king respectively. The hero was himself, the king representing a world cut adrift from that hill of swords.




The battle at last won, yet the price remained waiting to be paid. The war continued for a hero still unsaved, yet at last finding his salvation. Yes, perhaps even unto now.




Note: Suddenly remembered someone saying "a picture paints a thousand words, hopefully, my drawings can speak more than a thousand pictures." Or something like that...

Okay, now for the songs. It's already bad enough to foresee YouTube entertaining yet another round of copyright claims being filed.



Lyrics


Last time I checked, above vid is still alive. Note the grammar used here, not the vocabulary.



Lyrics



Lyrics


P.S: Can you actually believe this post took me two days? Apparently, it's better for me not to push my focus like Shirou. Then again, I still got the tendency to go Emiya mode.

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