Talk:Nero Claudius (Bride)/@comment-70.48.38.98-20180120201708/@comment-31203222-20180128134416

@FGOHikaru:Isn't the whole point of Innocent Moster is that the stories and legends told about the spirit twist their manifestation to correspond to that image? We have a prime example of this in the two Vlads, one is the more historically correct devout christian king (he was a Vajda, which is kind of a governor and a warlord rolled into one, but that's beside the point) with a well-intentioned extremist mindset, while the other (and more powerful) version is Dracula, a character created by Bram Stoker based on Vlad who then became the archetypal vampire.

We have a more extreme version with Elizabeth Bathory, where one version of her is closer to the historical version (though not by much, aka, she is half-dragon when if anything, her family got their dragon-tooth crest because their ancestor was a dragon-slayer), while Carmilla is a fictionalized version of the same character once again turned into a vampire.

By the same logic, there being a separate version of Nero who is the manifestation of all the Revelations-based christian propaganda would be entirely in line with the above examples. I would say she would either be a Berserker, a Rider (on the beast, not the beast itself), or even a false Beast taking on the mantle without truly being the manifestation of it, the same way Kojirou is capable of manifesting as an assassin despite not really existing in F/SN.

As for gender confusion, do note that in various interpretations, the "whore" was already equated with Rome, the papacy, Nero, and about two dozen politicians and leaders over history, regardless of gender. Also note that 'whore' is one reading of the hebrew word. It can also be read as "idolator", aka someone who worships idols. In the ancient hebrew texts and the old testament, the writers considered idol worship one of the worst things possible, and in their eyes the Roman emperors, with their giant statues and claiming to be the descendants of gods, were doing just that.

Really, no matter how you look at it, Nero, as the poster child of the decadence of the Roman empire, would make a perfect, if possibly fake, Beast VI.