#caster of midrash

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

sheba

#my art #fgo #queen of sheba #caster of midrash #despite this not being a formal piece its something ive been ruminating for uhhhh 2 years at least. #yknow how it is #still a bit nervous tbh

[daykuronuma]

#queen of sheba #fgo #Caster of Midrash

[nu-omicron-alpha-eta]

Fate Grand Order Servant Comparisons

Queen of Sheba

Left - FGO

Right - Konrad Kyser's Bellifortis (c. 1402)

#fate grand order #fgo #queen of sheba #queen of sheba fgo #fgo queen of sheba #queen of sheba fate #fate queen of sheba #caster of midrash

[lunarpleasure]

Wanna play with my tail? Maybe something else...

#Fate Grand Order #fgo #Fate series #fgo fanart #fate servant #queen of sheba #fox girl #caster #dark skinned girl #fate series fanart #kitsune #kitsune girl #fox tail #butt #pin up girl #pin up #pin up artist #pin up art #pin up sexy #caster of midrash #anime style #sexy fanart #sexy art #butt checks #servant #anime style girl

[megashadowdragon]

#fgo #fate grand order #fate/grand order #fgo comic #fgo fancomic #fate grand order comic #fgo queen of sheba #queen of sheba #fgo sheba #caster of midrash

[300iqprower]

I'm actually surprised at how underutilized religious interactions are—to clarify we've got Greek Gods, Jewish people, Christians, Indian Gods not to mention the bullshit Britain pulled as well as Roma i just think it'd be interesting considering what Lakshmibai had to say about the shit Britain did to the east—I just really wanna see some beef without the people who were victims of atrocities being pushed to the side and made out to be jokes like I know Fgo has that thing where they suck the dick of any European passing character considering how big King Author is (which was originally created as an affront to Britain funnily enough) so I really don't expect much but damn.

Yeah that's basically a self answering question. Why dont they build on any of that? Oh it's because they dont care and see it all as a way to just hype up their favorites. Which is why Lostbelt 6 has the greatest of the Norse Gods as an offscreen npc plot device for the most famous of Ireland's heroes to use to suck off the British. That kind of logic, but throughout the entire series. This is also why depsite Solomon's everything, his own fucking father David is such an afterthought of a character. They don't give a shit about representing Jewish religion, same way they have the hassans drinking alcohol all the time, it's all a matter of "oh hey this looks cool, how can I make it fit my exact personal wordlview?"

Like the solomon story is amazing I don't need to even state that, but it has absolutely nothing to do with portraying jewish myth which is why you have David and Sheba basically just...there. In fact the only jewish servant who actually feels representative of Jewish culture is Avicebro (something this amazing speech proves). Like I haven't done salem so I don't know if Sheba is as wasted as David was but you'd certainly fcking think as the last story before part 2 and how important to Chaldea Romani was, she'd carry over. The fact she doesn't just becomes even more baffling when they decide to bring Goetia back for probably no good reason whatsoever. But she isn't, and the move towards things like "all gods are actually aliens from my Evangelion Fanfiction" pretty much drops whatever veil there was of this being a story about collective humanity and not this one very specific thread of logic based on an individual's personal ideas.

That's the issue with Fate Grand Order at it's core (and specifically just Grand Order) and it always has been - it's a story about the collective potential of humanity and the culmination of world history...as written by people who are narrow minded and rewrite history with incredibly broad strokes to fit a fantasy narrative. There's an argument over whether that means it an issue of simply presenting/marketing itself poorly or if the content itself is the issue, but that's undeniably THE key issue.

#fgo #fuck fgo #never thought i'd get an ask #fgo spoilers #avicebron #fgo solomon #fgo david #caster of midrash

[grailfinders]

Fate and Phantasms’ Brute Grail Front Review #7: The Last One

congrats to all the masters who’ve survived up until this point! y’know, it’s super bowl sunday, so I bet we’ve got an easy fight this time ‘round, something we can blast through and get to that fooball!

right?

…why is there boss music?

Know Thy Enemy

ah. I see we’re going full Apocrypha this time around. what is this, a westmarch game? I'm not even going to try to go for a smart intro this time around.

Saber- Nero Bride: Strengths: Support, Social Archer- David: Strengths: Healing, Single-target damage Lancer- Romulus-Quirinus: Strengths: Mobility, Force attacks Rider- Rider of Resistance: Strengths: Burst damage, Tough Caster- Caster of Midrash: Strengths: Control, Social Assassin- Cleopatra: Strengths: Support, Social Berserker- Darius III: Strengths: Mobility, Summons, Defense Extra- Astraea: Strengths: Melee fights, Generalist

Who to Bring?

likewise, we also have a full 8 servants to bring this time around, so we're also doing a speed round here.

Saber- Gilles de Rais- we can afford dead weight this fight and we need to keep costs down Archer- Ishtar- Big blasts to destroy Darius' skeleton army Lancer- Musashibou Benkei- Survivability is a big plus in this fight Rider- Red Hare- We need big damage, and having it at a range doesn't hurt Caster- Charles Babbage- he can take hits and has a bunch of random stuff that might be useful as the fight drags on Assassin- Cursed Arm- He's mobile enough to keep up, and he deals great burst damage Berserker- Nightingale- healer. always tip your healers Extra- Mash- best girl, best tank

#fgo #dnd #hoh my god thats a lotta servant

[wagreb]

What the fuck. I just wanted np2 caster of midrash. Did not except her lol

#I’m not crazy about her character but she’s a great boss killer #so I’m not complaining #fgo

[spiriteyed]

 CASTER OF MIDRASH // QUEEN OF SHEBA - FATE

 Caster class Servant that was summoned by the future lens SHEBA at Chaldea during the Epic of Remnants, particularly when Raum was messing around in Salem

 yes, she is that Queen of Sheba, the one who traveled to see Solomon and ask him three riddles to test his wisdom

half-human, half-djinn, normally she has large fluffy ears like a jackals and a fluffy long purple tail, but she’s capable of changing her appearance to not have such features or even have horns.

no you cannot touch the tails or ears

‘what’s her real name’ no <3

is a...moderately good business woman, she loves money and making money and is willing to do whatever it takes to get a camel. please god give her a camel

despite this, she had a very humble upbringing and isn’t a person to brag about luxuries or the like, as she is someone who cherishes the mundane above the material, enjoying the simple things in life ith a genuine care

comes off as very goofy but fun-loving and while this is true, it’s also a very well-crafted mask she wears, for she can be quite serious and thoughtful when the situation calls for it

Sheba has a clairvoyance that could rival Solomon’s but she is not fond of seeing and reading the future, especially when it came to those she cared for, so she comes across as someone without a deep care or worry in the world due to the weight of this knowing and it’s extremely hard to be able to tell that this demeanor is a mask. she doesn’t like knowing the future of others and will avoid it and any questioning about it when she can, especially with how easily the future can change

she’s just your funny camel loving local queen!! nothing else to see here!!

treasures bonds above all else, thinking them to be the most valuable thing in the world a person can have and there is no treasure greater than that

has three Djinn she normally uses with her NP, they all like to roast her or poke fun at her which is why you shouldn’t believe what they say. at all. it’s all lies

#isola follow #WILL THE TAGS LET ME IN NOW.....will they #touches it with my foot

[isolaradiale]

it's been awhile but, i'd like to reapp caster of midrash [queen of sheba] from fate, please! her original blog was threeriddled, i just moved it to a new one for better organization and her old one is still up for staff to check! app is found under /a and stats under /s

Welcome back to lovely Isola Radiale, Caster!

You’ll be staying in CONDO 417!

You will retain everything you were given in your previous stay.

Enjoy your stay!

– ⋆ canopus.

#isola app #spiriteyed

[hopeled]

ROLEPLAY HISTORY !

The rules are simple ! Post ten characters you’d like to roleplay as, have role-played as and might bring back. Aside from that, please repost instead of reblogging !

CURRENTLY PLAYING

Ritsuka Fujimaru (F) - Fate/Grand Order

Olga Marie Animusphere - Fate/Grand Order

Berserker (Morgan le Fay) - Fate/Grand Order

Saber (Musashi Miyamoto) Fate/Grand Order

Irisviel von Einzbern - Fate/Zero

Sakura Matou - Fate/Stay Night

Ada Wong - Resident Evil

Orihime Inoue - BLEACH

HAVE PLAYED (in group bc there's too many otherwise)

Lin - Saints Row

Shaundi - Saints Row

Lenalee Lee - D.Gray-Man

Rangiku Matsumoto - BLEACH

Rukia Kuchiki - BLEACH

Trish - Devil May Cry

Blake Belladonna - RWBY

Yang Xiao Long - RWBY

Summer Rose - RWBY

Pyrrha Nikos - RWBY

Shenhe - Genshin Impact

Jean Gunnhildr - Genshin Impact

Elaria Lavellan / Inquisitor - Dragon Age: Inquisition

Caster of Midrash ( Queen of Sheba) - Fate/Grand Order

Beast III/L (Kamadeva) - Fate/Grand Order

Lancer (Brynhild) - Fate/Grand Order

Amara/The Doctor - Arknights

Blaze - Arknights

Diana Prince/Wonder Woman - DC

Tsukiyome Abe - Original Character

and more I'm forgetting

WANT TO PLAY

Tifa Lockhart - Finally Fantasy VII

Kikyo - Inu Yasha

Cynthia - Pokemon

Lancer (Arturia Pendragon) - Fate/Grand Order

Elesa - Pokemon

Caster (Tamamo-no-Mae) - Fate/EXTRA

and more I'm like a revolving door

MIGHT BRING BACK

any and everyone you expect me to list Them?????

#ooc tbt. #leans against the wall #maybe I have a fate problem don't worry about it

[solarzilla]

#fate #fate series #fate go #fgo #fate grand order #queen of sheba #caster of midrash #makeda #bilqis #dr roman #romani archaman #both Sheba and Da Vinci take turns pegging him #romani #dr. roman #solomon #fgo solomon

[unit-zero-two]

The Jews of Fate Grand Order

So, as a Jew I’ve got a lot of thoughts on the Jewish Heroic Spirits featured in FGO. The first level is unconditional love for seeing actual Jewish representation and characters in a series I love. King David, King Solomon, the Queen of Sheba and Solomon ibn Gabirol, more commonly known as Avicebron (and not counting Moses despite him having art because he’s just a cameo in Fate/Prototype, although I’d love to see more with him in Fate proper). I love each and everyone of these characters, each for their own unique reasons. My second level of response is annoyance that 50% of the Jewish servants in FGO have an *obsession* with money. Both David and Sheba are dedicated to making and collecting money, with a lot of their appearances and voices lines having to do with this. It should be obvious to anyone who knows anything about anti-Semitism to know why this is an issue. In addition King Solomon is the main antagonist for Arc 1 and Avicebron betrays his master and murders a child in Apocrypha.

But then we get to the third level of thoughts, and things get a lot more complicated and personal. Starting with the easiest first, we have King Solomon. He’s got my favorite Takeuchi design, and every bit of it is fantastic. And of course, he’s not *really* the antagonist of Arc 1, it’s his demons wearing his skin like a suit and having stolen nine of his rings. And the real Solomon has reincarnated as one of, if not the, best characters in Fate Grand Order, Dr. Romani Archaman. A character with so much hidden depth that we get to see slowly revealed and unraveled not just through Arc 1, but through Epic of Remnant and into Arc 2 and the Lostbelts. Discussion on Solomon’s lack of “humanity” as a King and him gaining it as Romani is central to FGO. I’d also say it’s Nasu finally perfecting the story of what it means to be a King that he’s told over and over again starting with Saber back in Fate Stay Night. There is everything to love about FGO’s King Solomon.

Next, we get to Avicebron. A famous philosopher, poet, and teacher of the Kabbalistic arts. A man whose work resonates into the modern era. Whose death has been told in a hauntingly beautiful tale of a fig tree growing from where his body was buried after he was murdered. A story built into the name of his 3rd skill in the game. In Fate he’s rendered as a masked Golem maker who wants to create Adam and bring Eden back to the Earth. And he despises humanity for what it’s done to the planet and each other. To achieve this goal he betrays his Master Roche, a child who trusted and revered him, and uses him as the core of Adam. Misanthropic and a betrayer, it’s not hard to dislike Apocrypha's Avicebron. Although, for those traits I’ve always liked how interesting of an antagonist it made him. How while he was an “evil Jew” it wasn’t in any stereotypically anti-Semitic way. He could care less about money or power. He just wanted Eden on Earth. And then we get him in FGO in Lostbelt 1 and it was hard not to fall in love with him all over again. A soft-spoken man who was the first to answer our call for help when we could summon a servant. He just wants to build golems and help us. He’s a simple man, with simple wants and needs. But later, when offered the chance to betray us and do to us what he did to Roche in Apocrypha, he refuses. He apologizes for his vague memories of what he did to Roche and sacrifices himself to create Adam and give us a fighting chance against Ivan. Even in death, he created something beautiful and powerful.

And now we get to King David of Israel. A big early flaw of King David’s writing in FGO was them playing up his “interest” in Abishag. In the tales of him, she’s a young girl who laid *next* to him to warm up and reenergize the elderly King David. They did not have sex. FGO decided that he’d call any young woman he met Abishag and attempt to flirt with them. This is not a great trait, and understandably made a lot of fans dislike him. And it should. It’s not really a surprise that later appearances have toned back and even removed this trait of his. Which is good. It was a disgusting thing to do, even if it was meant as a joke. We don’t need David flirting with Atalante (who hates him doing so) or with Mash (a minor) and referring to them fondly as a child he knew. To me, this was always this biggest flaw in his characterization, one with no excuse. A flirty David I can see, but this? No thank you. The other complaint about David would be that he is *obsessed* with making and collecting money. He’s got a silver tongue and is always working on some money-making venture. He shares this with many other Servants like Caesar, bit with the added baggage of the anti-Semitic connotations behind it. It’s not a great look. But it works personally for me because of something that is mentioned and implied in all of his appearances but is explicit in his Interlude. He’s not collecting riches and treasures because he loves them, but to build another Temple. David’s dream when he was alive was to build a Grand Temple to the glory of God. He never did this and the deed was done by his son. And as a Servant, he is still as religiously faithful and pious, and that is what motivates his every movement. And by dedicating a glorious temple to God he would be proving himself as a king and cementing his nation as a powerful, rich nation. Because he does this for himself, his god *and* his people. All three are connected and they prosper together.

This brings us to the concept of masks. All of the Jewish Heroic Spirits wear masks. It’s common for many other servants as well, but each one of the four I’ve listed, are masters of wearing masks and concealing their true selves. For Avicebron, this is literal. For King Solomon this was keeping the face of the King, and later the “guise” of Romani. For David, his affect of a flirty, easy-going King is very much a mask. David brushes off his relationship with Solomon when asked because he has nothing he thinks is worth saying at the moment. Nothing that can help the fate that awaits. David flirts with Sanzang during their journey together, gathering all the treasure from the creatures she defeats, but in the end he reveals that he’s stored all of it in a fund for her to use in the future. And he acknowledges in his Valentine’s event the need to understand and adapt with other cultures in globalization to allow his nation and people to survive and flourish. David’s “Jewish greed” is a motivated front. He is quick witted and always planning for the future. In truth he is a King who sees far and is as inhuman in certain ways as his son Solomon is presented. FGO doesn’t always get this right in the moment as they use him to make a joke, but when they do, it’s so good.

The final mask wearer on our list is the fantastic Queen of Sheba. A woman portrayed as many things to many cultures and groups depending on what the political needs of the time were. She’s a mirror that reflects many things. A mystery woman, who matched wits with Solomon and in some tales earned his true love. A nice aspect of her FGO design is that they incorporated some beast designs, ears, and a tail, in a nod to certain depictions of her in myth but in a much more flattering way. Much better than the goat legs, horned head, etc. that have been attributed to her in myth. She’s also a dark-skinned Heroic Spirit, which is great because we need more of those, and I love to see Jews who aren’t just white. As it should be. The problem with her design is everything else. It’s skimpy and needlessly busy in places where it probably shouldn’t be. There was definitely a better design there that didn’t sexualize yet another dark-skinned woman.

The other big complaint about her is how much she loves money and get rich quick schemes. Which is a lot. She appears in several interludes and events trying to make it, arguably by scamming the other servants. She’s even formed an entrepreneur’s club in Chaldea (no Davids allowed). But much like King David, there’s more than on the surface. She wants to buy hundreds of camels with her riches. Because camels are a sign of wealth and a practical animal that can be used for the good of a nation. Because the Queen is also a Ruler, and her thoughts are shaped by that. She came to King Solomon to prove her Kingdom’s wealth and power. This is what drives her, a motivation for wealth because that’s how you show the dominance of your nation. How you prove your worth as a Ruler. And even now, she yearns to meet King Solomon once again, and stand tall before him as an equal as before. Many of Sheba’s voice lines and appearances are super goofy, but there are moments where we get glimpses that that is a mask and there is more beyond. In Salem we see it in how she deals with the crisis around her. In Abigail’s interlude she’s one of the Servants to approach the PC and advise on an incoming disaster they would need to prevent. And in her Bond 5 voice line, her VA’s voice drops the cuteness for a moment, and we get this, “Here’s a riddle: What can’t be bought with money? …The time we have spent together. Even looking into the future, what I see there will only be knowledge. The connection we have is something no one can steal from us… It is our true treasure.” I think about this line a lot. Because as much as she acts about liking the other things, the time and connection she spends with those important to her, that is the treasure she values most.

She also has another line, her 4th Ascension, that I want to bring up, “I am an illusion. I disappear like a mirage in a sea of sand. Even so, I hope that stories of me will be passed down along with your great deeds.” She does not tell you her true name, only titles. First, Caster of Midrash, then the Queen of Sheba. But neither are her name, and none know what her true name is. She is not a being stuck to a name, but one who belongs in glorious tales none the less. She stood beside King Solomon, and she will stand behind the Last Master of Chaldea as we save Humanity. Everything she tells us is tinged with riddles and secrets. But there is no doubt that in the end she stands with us, that we can trust her as we did in Salem. She is an enigma wrapped in a Riddle, and who has yet to truly reveal what is in her heart…

Which is of course why it’s tragic that *so many of her voice lines* are about money. So many of her appearances in events about goofy scams. All of what I said is true, but who has time to look past the layers of disgusting filth even if riches lay below? This also goes back to David as well, and to a degree how some fans who witnessed Avicebron in Apocrypha will always feel. Their first impressions set. And who can blame them? They wear these masks and that makes them fascinating as you learn more, but also obscures them. And it’s not a great look that Sheba and David are both so into money. That’s a fact, and no secret motivations will change that. The presentation was rough, and the lead buried too deep. I love them, but they could have been presented better than they were. These characters are deep, complex and messy. With revulsion and love, I invite them into my Chaldea and my heart.

#solomon (fgo) #caster of midrash #Queen of Sheba #king david #david (fgo) #romani archaman #caster of black #avicebron #fgo #Fate Grand Order

[megashadowdragon]

ceaser goes hey thats my line

#fgo #fate grand order #fate/grand order #fgo comic #fgo fancomic #fate grand order comic #fgo queen of sheba #queen of sheba #fgo caster of midrash #caster of midrash #fgo solomon #cleopatra #fgo cleopatra #fate cleopatra #penthesilea #fgo penthesilea #medea #fate medea #fgo medea #fgo carmilla #carmilla

[300iqprower]

Hypothetical Rank Up No. 4: Moolah

/Caster of Midrash/[Pseudo-Singularity 4 Spoilers]

Eye of the Spirits A -> Key to the Mines A+

Increase own Critical Strength (1 turn) and Apply Ignore Invincible to self (1 turn) + Increase own Critical Star Gather Rate (1 turn) [and Increase own NP Gain (3 turns)].

Really hard to decide how far to go with this one. Consider what’s in brackets up to whether you think a gather isn’t enough. I was gonna say NP battery but not only does that not synergize with her specific kit (namely her third skill), rather it’s just a universally desirable effect, but I also already suggested that for the floofzerker. Eye of the Spirits has its uses but it’s honestly such a random and thus mostly ineffective skill for her. It can boost her damage by a ton but only if you have an overflow of stars since she’s got caster level star gather, and that boost is also only one turn. Plus as a double-buster support hybrid caster she isn’t necessarily your dps for high level content. So for her to get any true use out of it, it usually requires both a ton of stars AND for her to have some combination of 3 of her non-quick cards in your hand. A star-gather at least cuts back on those prerequisites. The Golden Rule is also likely a good choice without going too far. While it makes for a total of 4 effects, the first two, especially null invincible, are INCREDIBLY situational and only last 1 turn, so a single turn gather and a 3 turn Golden Rule dont really overstep. It fits flavor wise for sure being based on the wealth and mythical nature of her mines. [Flavor note: Solomon, if he also had a version with the skill, would have an EX equivalent.]

#caster of midrash #fgo #Hypothetical Rank Ups #fate grand order #positive fate post #i didnt exsctly try to hide her identity but its not really much of a spoiler #artist: cellix1

[averaillisa]

‘I Wish I Could Have Known You’

Pairings: Queen of Sheba/Romani Archaman

Summary: The Queen of Sheba tries to piece together the man she once knew, and the man she once could have known, from the pieces of him that remain. 

- 

It was a difficult thing, to know that she missed him.

They told her it had been a year - just a year since the Restoration of Humanity, since the Resolution of the Grand Order. The journey wasn't quite over and the battles not quite complete, but it had been a year from the Final Singularity to her recent summoning in Chaldea. Just a year for her to appear, only to know that she'd lost him.

She doesn't grieve, at least not outwardly. After all, it is difficult for a servant to not be unfazed by death. But it is difficult not the buckle a bit at the echoes of him that remain - strewn around Chaldea like pieces of a puzzle, a pattern, a riddle to be solved.

When they first show her the pictures, she recognizes him as much as she doesn't. His face is different, his hair shorter, his eyes alight with more life than she remembers in the cold, blank gold of his previous gaze. But she sees her King in the shyness of his smiles, the crinkle in his eyes, the sheepish brush of a hand over his nape whenever something flustered him. She runs a thumb over the pictures; traces the new curves of his face. Registers the flickers of familiarity in this charming, red-headed man who smiles not quite like her husband used to. And she aches for him in a way that is both familiar and not.

"What was he like?" she asks the master sometimes, wanting to bridge the gap between them. To know who he was under his Kingly mantle, to know the life of the man she loved.

"Gentle," they'd say, always with a smile. One dampened by grief and mourning, but with a fondness that made her ache for them as much as herself. "Sweet. Kind. A bit of a dork."

She soaked in the words; let it color the gaps in her memories, the images in her brain. One time she tells them she never actually heard him laugh before - always weighed by his kingly duties, his link to God - and they'd spent the rest of the afternoon describing the soft timbre of his laugh, the sweet lilt of his giggles. She closed her eyes and tried to imagine it, to imagine him. To think of him sitting beside her with their hands intertwined, and his laugh stirring her hair.

"Who was he when they didn't see him?" she asks sometimes, to the servant behind the screen. The one who knew who he was when he didn't have to present that happy, smiling front; the one who'd worked closest to him, knew the human side of him more than anyone else. 

The servant smiles warmly and answers.

"Tired," she says, with a coffee mug to her lips. "Overworked. Guilty, in some ways. He wanted to do what was best."

"Did you love him?" she asks, registering the way she looks when she talks about him; that sad, wistful gaze.

But the servant just smiles and sips her coffee, quietly amused.

"Maybe as a friend," she hums over her mug. "Not in a way a wife loves a husband, even in a new life."

She quiets, slightly embarrassed of how easy she was to read. As a clairvoyant, she was used to the opposite being true.

"Was he different from the person you knew?" she asks his father once, the first time she'd found him seated at the cafeteria with an easy grin. It had faltered a bit at the question, and that small tell was enough to let her know that whatever the relationship had been between them, this was still a man who had lost his son.

"Yes and no," he'd replied, voice soft in a way she hadn't expected. His face was inscrutable; his gaze cast far away. "He laughed more readily, smiled more easily. He showed his emotions far better as a doctor than as a King. But the most intimate, he'd keep close to his heart. He'd still shutter his face and smile his troubles away rather than let others in. That much, I suppose, did not change."

She didn't like to hear that. Wonders how much pain he was hiding, in the shadows where no one could see. How did he feel, how did he cope, knowing that the second life he'd chosen for himself would have to end to pay for the sins of his first?

Around her, Chaldea bustles with activity. The battles go on, the journey continues, and they weed out the few pillars fortunate enough to have escaped the Temple before it had fallen. But there's a strange quality to the staff, to the master, to the young purple-haired girl who manages the comms and was apparently once a servant. Its as though there was a wound in their configuration, a gap where something or someone else was, a scar from a grief not quite healed over. She knows she's not the only one whose dealing with his loss; not the only one who had loved him and grieved him and weathered his death. But now it's as if she feels his absence more acutely; in all the spaces they tell her he should've been, but no longer is.

She wonders about him, in the breaths between. In the sighs between battles, in the quiet of the war. She tries to picture him at the desks, at the cafeteria, bowed over a slice of cake or a cup of coffee or the work they'd told her had absorbed his waking hours. She thinks about how he might have interacted with the Chaldean master, or the Shielder, or the dark-haired Caster. She wonders how he would've felt if she'd been summoned just a year earlier. Would he have been surprised? Happy? Disappointed? Would the Doctor have loved her as much as the King?

She doesn't suppose she'll ever know. The future is a strange thing - amorphous, even to her eyes, distant and ever-changing. She wonders if he'll be in it again; if he'll find a way.

They let her keep some of the pictures. She takes them out sometimes - not to dwell on, but to think. To wonder. To dream.

And to run her fingers over the Doctor who smiles just a bit differently from her King, and whisper:

"I wish I could've known you, Romani Archaman."

#fgo #fate grand order #fate/grand order #Romani Archaman #queen of sheba #fgo queen of sheba #caster of midrash #fate queen of sheba #ritsuka fujimaru #fujimaru ritsuka #fgo da vinci #fgo david #archer david #fgo spoilers #fgo part 1 spoilers #fgo solomon #my writing #this is a pretty sudden thing but I just have a lot of thoughts abt these two ;w;