i know sakurai gets dunked on sometimes and some players especially cant let go of stuff like septem but like... im really thankful for her contributions too. after all, she's the one to give guda the shadow Servant canonical power (shimousa), which changed the REST of the chapters... same as well to olympus where guda's soul has That and its enough to terrify divinities on the spot, and theres Id chapter, which swept away every single player recently...its all amazing... especially when she's the first to bring up the concept of Servants in guda's dreams (see scathach interlude as she's the first to 'clean' guda's malignant remnants before dantes) and when dantes was released, she wrote it that he becomes guda's dream guardian... which then changed the rest of fgo's story as almost every player is elated over the fact that guda's suffering, as their own person, not a POV camera, is acknowledged by the story as players can only infer to what they're feeling through other characters.
so... it started with sakurai on that concept... then we get the rest of the Servants like abby and those who know of guda's dreams like amakusa, i think i saw some posts that sakurai and higashide co-wrote stuff together on some events/chapters? i think somewhere along those lines... but yeah the one who kickstarted stuff like this is sakurai which in turn eventually got us oberon due to guda's suffering and character as their own person, someone who is dantes' opposite in many aspects.
i think i love the thought of a cigarette kiss for edguda but at the same time... kinda not ww as it feels like, that's something Servant: Avenger Class Guda would do... as it means they've truly succumbed to hating just as much as they love. and in hating, that means they've given into their desires to kill those whose killed their loved ones, finally taken true revenge and given into the flame that they had every right to claim, to the flame that would make them the same as the Count of Monte Cristo... so its really fitting that guda remains as someone who 'lights the Count's cigarette' instead of sharing a smoke with him... i still think it would be romantic but nothing beats the classic of "I'll lend you a fire anytime, my Accomplice." and they're the one who lights his cigarette...
not to mention, in the first interlude, he says: then please, my dark flame of vengeance would simply char my precious cigar. and as his flames are strong enough to burn sin itself, he would need a more gentle source of light but no less warm. it still burns hot, it still burns bright, but a different kind of flame... all too similar like a star... and so asks for your light and your strength in this moment where he alone is not enough. and so you respond, with that light in your hands to set that cigar alight