Gullwhacker said:
That's just the thing. I don't think something happened to her, exactly.
I think she's gone and teamed up with the Hero-devouring Shadow.
Well, she got absorbed by the shadow just like every other servant. It's just that she
asked to be, and since she's already evil, the shadow's corruption probably won't affect her all that much. I do wonder where it's going to go from there, though, and in particular how she'll act towards Sakura (since she should be able to understand Sakura's plight somewhat, since she's been similarly controlled in the past, and Zouken is the one who is to blame for Kuzuki's death).
Watashiwa said:
I know I am. While I despise the mythological Medea, her F/SN counterpart might well end up killing Zouken. Since Shirou and Illya are the main characters, they're pretty well safe. Everyone else can burn, so. B)
What about Sakura and Rin?
Also, I don't think Ilya is
actually the "main character", as such, although she's going to play a bigger role in that story than she does in the canonical FSN, and it
might end up with her in a relationship with Shirou.
I think that the idea of it is to give pretty much
everyone a fair chance, though, so I don't think that Sakura or Rin will end up dead, and the other servants should get at least
some awesomeness.
MTing said:
Seems to me like the shadow gives her enough energy to stay in the world without a master and she gives the shadow...what does she give?
The shadow doesn't have any consciousness, so it's easy to persuade it to eat her. Particularly since it's the subconscious of a fundamentally kind, caring girl who is scared and alone.
daniel_gudman said:
Then she ended up using some kind of magical empathy to contract-Jack Zouken's familiar instead.
She talked to Sakura in her dream-like state and managed to convince her to contract with her.
Remember that the shadow is just Sakura (or, rather, her familiar) in an unconscious and highly suggestible state. Zouken can manipulate her to do his bidding through his connection to her (unless it's something Sakura
really doesn't want to do, like killing Shirou), and Caster seemingly managed to find a way to do the same.
I think Caster just became the strongest and evillest participant in the War.
Strongest, perhaps (depending on how much influence she can exert over Sakura). Evillest, not a fucking chance, unless she starts
seriously fucking with Sakura (and, really, even if she does she has some way to go to beat Zouken...).
Amodelsino said:
The thing is, Caster is not made stronger by being corrupted (no servant is, they're always weaker). She'll be dangerous if (more like when) Sakura fulfills the contract and receives a connection to Akasha, but as it is the Shadow isn't any more dangerous than it would have been originally (plus, Saber >>>>>>>>>> Caster).
Caster with infinite prana? I think that would make her pretty damn strong. And, yes, she
would have infinite prana when Sakura isn't corrupted, because the Dark servants are different from Sakura's regular servant (Rider).
If anything it's less dangerous, because Zouken can't coordinate their movements anymore (if Caster has truly jacked control).
At
best Caster has gained the ability to be a voice in her ear. She can't prevent Zouken from giving the shadow orders. All she can do is attempt to persuade Sakura not to
follow them. Which may well work in some instances (if Zouken told sakura to make the shadow eat Shirou or Rin, for instance, Caster's voice may well be enough to persuade her not to), but probably not in general.