Talk:Sigurd/@comment-35098251-20180719022551/@comment-34041338-20180719061819

The line for where suspension of disbelief ends is always going to very by person, but that doesn't mean there isn't a consistency that can be messed with. Armor that is impractical has always been a thing back to Artoria, Gilgamesh and Cu having all metal shoes, even on the bottom, but there's a nuanced design to character. EMIYA is literally from the future and he looks less stupid and futuristic than this asshole that looks like he walked out of an SAO ripoff. Armor for the waifus are far more unrealistic but for anyone cognizant enough to know this series was started by a porn VN they should realize that comes part and parcel with the territory. The armor is not stupid because it's bad in and of itself (though it's pretty meh here) it's that it clashes with anyone that should be associated with him lorewise (Brynhildr, Valkyrie, Siegfried even) and doesn't mesh well with anything else. Please post another example of armor that is as jarring compared to other servants as this guy. I can only think of Ivan (which doesn't count because that's not a normal Ivan) and Mozart/Florence (not because they're armor's bad but because they're art is offputtingly different). There's going to be some variance since Takuechi isn't doing every single design anymore but that doesn't mean we all can't draw a line somewhere.

I will say I like the Ivan design in context but in wider Fate it looks offputting and strange. If this weren't main timeline Sigurd but alt timeline one I might forgive it as well, but this is Sigurd now.

Also yes Sigurd does take a giant shit over OG Stay Night designs because his sword (while reforged lorewise) looks nothing at all like the original Gram presented in Stay Night. The designer couldn't have even been assed to reference in some way a design that has existed since the original.