Talk:Illyasviel von Einzbern/@comment-100.8.53.203-20171105200246/@comment-100.8.53.203-20171108230919

^^Hey, don't shoot the messenger, I'm saving up all of my Quartz and tickets for her in NA (sorry, Okita, I have my priorities). I just heard on a lot of threads on other websites that she's a bad Caster (and that some Servant - Xuanzang? - was far more worth it seeing as she outclasses Illya in every area and that Xuan isn't even limited), but even if she is, I don't care.

Illya is one of the characters who gives so much depth to Kiritsugu in Zero, actually reminding the audience that he's more than some ruthless (albeit  very  intriguing) assassin that completely screwed over Kayneth and Diarmuid. Shooting Illya is the reason we see our favorite character in Zero have tears in his eyes (look at his eyes when he says "Goodbye, Illya", just before pulling the trigger.

Illya is also the reason for an amazing spinoff in the Nasuverse that isn't all dark and edgy for once and can actually be really funny (Tatsun is the incarnation of walking comic relief, and Miyu's deadpan reactions are also priceless). Despite that, Prisma knows how to make amazing characters that will make you tear up at moments (Miyu in particular, but also Chloe in 2wei). Ultimately, Prisma is the light in the darkness that is the Nasuverse - there's more to the series than Kayneth losing everything one by one or Archer falling into despair because he was betrayed by everything in his life. That's not to say that Prisma isn't ever dark and edgy - Miyu and Sakuralot - but the point is, it's more than the dark and edgy.

Some people will roll for certain Servants for waifus or husbandos (is that the right term?), others play because it's Fate. Why I'm rolling for Illya? Because she represents that the Nasuverse isn't always despair and death and that happy endings can exist for some people. Whether or not Illya is bad, I  will  roll for her... and be disappointed with my inevitable Boudica spooks... at least it's not Mephistopheles.