Talk:Nero Claudius/@comment-40093701-20190904130930/@comment-43471320-20200125071426

It's like you said, it's more of a complaint of the series in general. Most servants in the game were cruel, and nearly all of them killed other people in their lives. For example, just look at Atilla, the Scourge of God who easily killed hundreds of thousands of people if not more. Now a good civilization waifu created from a man who never provided one positive thing to the world. Look at Wu Zhetain, Jack the Ripper, Medusa, Shuten Douji, etc. Yang Guifei's actions directly led to the An Lushan rebellion which easily killed tens of millions of people, and she's now a waifu too. Boudica is portrayed as a loving big sister waifu, and in life, she had tens of thousands women and children raped and killed. I can probably count the number of servants in FGO with my fingers that were probably not cruel and cared more about others than themselves.

As cruel as Nero was, he was still beloved figure and seen as the legitmate Emperor by most of the Roman citizens, in life and for many years after his death. I'm not defending Nero, but Nero is not the worst one of the bunch here. His actions were done to secure his power and to bring further wealth and prosperity to Rome as was expected of the Emperor.

In general, FGO is much more comedic compared to other Fate works, and most importantly, this is a business after all. Sex appeal sells, so picking up an infamous historical figure and making them a waifu brings in the cash. Japan's culture is very different than most of the world's, so making Nero, some Western tyrant who has nothing to do with Japan's history, a waifu is not a problem for them. People just want to see cute characters and have fun. No one wants to see a fat neckbeard Nero kick his pregnant wife to death (this wouldn't sell well). Most ignore the dark history out of convenience or are just ignorant of it. Until the money goes somewhere else, nothing is going to change.