History DarthWiki / ProjectAlter

** Jekyll himself becomes something between this and PapaWolf during this canon’s events of Fragments of Silver regarding Tatsumi (though Tatsumi at first calls him "pops" or even "gramps", they become more sibling-ish eventually [[spoiler:and it's revealed that they outright declared themselves BloodBrothers]]), eventually developing into his TeamMom-ish character in the events of FGO. He notes that he’s taking after Utterson, surprised at how much of a natural he is. Unfortunately, it makes Tatsumi’s death [[MyGreatestFailure even more painful]].

* BloodBrothers: [[spoiler:It's revealed that Tatsumi and Jekyll actually became this during the events of the 1991 Grail War. The duo gets out of a rough battle, and Jekyll is bleeding and exhausted but trying to not make it obvious that he’s in pain. After he explains that mana transfer can be facilitated via body fluids, Tatsumi, without a second thought, bites his wrist and puts it over his wound before Jekyll can tell him no, healing him; Jekyll mentions how he’s heard about the concept of blood brothers and how this reminds him of it, and Tatsumi proceeds to declare that that means they’re officially blood brothers, cementing their nigh-familial relationship]].

* SuperpowerRussianRoulette: How the Throne of Heroes often works in PA. Well, almost all not originally from a myth or legend basically gain magical superpowers upon becoming a Heroic Spirit (and even some legendary characters like much of the Arthurian cast explicitly get magical exaggerations of their abilities); but in PA the Throne of Heroes is explicitly said to basically be an unpredictable Russian Roulette that chooses which Servants can keep how much of their soul intact pretty much at random. On one hand you can come out not looking or acting much different with cool powers to boot (e.g. Holmes), or at least remain completely yourself personality-wise, even if it contradicts common perception of you, with the most influence perception has over you being appearance or even some positive influences on your personality (e.g. Marie, as well as most Servants). Occasionally, even if you went crazy or did some terrible things later in life, it may even restore you in a younger form with the mental clarity of your younger self to basically give you a second chance (e.g. Nero). There are those who were pretty certain they were going to be of the Evil alignment, even, and were subsequently shocked to get Neutral or even Good (most notably Mordred). ...On the other, perception or conflicts with it can screw up or exaggerate your psyche (e.g. Jekyll and Hyde, though their case is actually milder than some others) or painfully alter you physically (e.g. Andersen) due to its influence, basically imposing what people think you are on top of the real you; and at worst, you can get corrupted and consumed by it completely (e.g. poor Salieri). And again, you have absolutely no control over it; it matters little how good you actually were, what you did, or your wishes, the Throne of Heroes does not care. It’s made slightly better by the fact that the real souls are still out there, but some fics do dive into the inherent horror and NightmareFuel of it all; in fact, Salieri terrifies Marie, Chacha, and Nero, because what happened to him could have been them too. But occasionally, it’s possibly implied that some factors can influence its decisions (e.g. [[spoiler:Gwrddelw’s anguished prayer for God to have mercy on Mordred’s soul may have been what made her Neutral instead of Evil]]), and character classes can actually be influenced by the person themselves in some rare cases (e.g. [[spoiler:Galahad’s wish preventing him or Mash from becoming a Ruler]], [[spoiler:The inherent wish in Solomon’s heart and desire against becoming a Ruler making him a Caster instead]]). Though it’s generally pointed out that being a Heroic Spirit can really suck for most Servants, as they have to constantly fight in battle royales which almost always result in many humans, especially the Magus they may have actually bonded with, dying horrifically.

* HandsomeLech: Hyde. The man is such a superb horndog that he makes even Ishtar and ''[[CloudCuckoolander Astolfo]]'' raise an eyebrow, and makes no attempt at hiding it, him being the manifestation of all of Jekyll’s sinful urges. He sneaks extremely dirty magazines and hardcore [[spoiler:femdom and futanari]] hentai into his and Jekyll’s room (though it is possible that the porn isn’t that risqué and it just looks that way to Jekyll. Blackbeard calls it “amateur”, though Hyde retorts that he just has a bad taste in women), has apparently attempted to sleep with half the Chaldea’s adult female population at at least one point (he’s caught with Ishtar and Medb especially often though, [[LovableSexManiac for obvious reasons]]), and let’s not forget that one time he gropes Gudako’s chest, all of these to the extreme embarrassment of poor Jekyll. There’s a reason the author describes him as “Basically Angel Dust from WebAnimation/HazbinHotel but straight”. Though as covered in CovertPervert, this does serve dramatic purpose.

%%** Abigail Williams got a HistoricalHeroUpgrade in FGO despite being Evil in terms of character alignments, but here she's brought back down closer to her historical self, and was basically just an [[AttentionWhore attention-loving brat who found out how easy it was to exploit a commonly held paranoia,]] [[CrapsaccharineWorld exacerbated by everyone in town having some kind of vendetta against each other]]. Though to be fair she didn’t exactly understand the full terribleness of what she was doing, the ringleader was a much older girl, and it came to bite her in the ass and she has since been forced into a contract with a literal EldritchAbomination to save her soul from eternal torment, ironically basically making her a witch.

** Jekyll's backstory is changed so that it's almost exactly the same as the novella; however, [[MultipleChoicePast in at least the most commonly used version of it]], the author goes out of her way to explain why he was such a terrible hypocrite and give him very understandable motivations for why he did what he did, so by the end he's ultimately more a TragicHero than a JerkassWoobie, a genuinely good, but somewhat pathetic and deeply flawed man brought down by many complex factors, some his own fault, and others not, all the while it tries to keep as much of the message and intent of the original novella as possible, even if in different ways at times. He genuinely did the good things he did out of kindness, not just for his reputation, even if that was a factor (as they often weren’t mutually exclusive), for one, with his motivation for creating Hyde being a sort of mix between a less fantastical version of his canonical Fate motivation and the least worst interpretation of his novella self (he knew nothing about Heroic Spirits at this point, and as such had no desire to become more like one, but he still wanted to purge himself, and hopefully humanity at large, of evil and hypocrisy), said motivations only becoming selfish after he had gotten the first night out taking a backseat to Hyde because it was just that damn good and liberating (and even then Hyde's actions on this fateful first night out, aside from the whole intentionally provoking a street fight for no reason thing, were mostly PokeThePoodle level stuff, and to modern audiences most of it barely registers as sinful at all and serves more as a commentary on just how restrictive the Victorian social and self-imposed expectations on him were. In particular, a lot of attention is paid to the sexual aspect of it; while there is [[AuthorAppeal the obvious reason]] [[{{Fanservice}} as to why]], it can be kind of heartbreaking seeing Jekyll react to some very vanilla, even if extremely drunken, encounters he/Hyde has as if they were the most kinky, dirty, erotic thing ever). Part of his reasoning for keeping up his usage of HJ-7 was also that he felt like he was going to do something genuinely terrible at the worst moment if he kept living his life as he had until that point, and didn't want to subject others to seeing that ("Don't look at me!" is a common mantra in fics and UTAU covers; especially directed at Utterson, whose kindness and sheer determination to get to the bottom of the case ironically drives him deeper in his attempts to hide this disgraceful side of him). He even resisted Hyde at first, was genuinely a bit disgusted with himself when Hyde beat up little Penny Pones so that Hyde had to convince him that he should still keep taking the potion, and is explicitly shown to have been deeply saddened to the point of HeroicBSOD by Lanyon's death, despite rubbing the fruits of his labor in his face and taking pleasure in his shock initially. In fact, he comes across as less hypocritical than most people of his time in some respects, as he at least tried to uphold the highest moral standards for decades before giving up while most gentlemen of his era would have been doing shady things in secret long before (in fact the realization that others are like this, seeing men he recognizes (and in one case a woman, though she's noticeably more horrified than the men when she sees that Jekyll recognizes her) in Soho, paying for prostitutes despite being married, fighting drunkenly on the street and passed out on the steps, and getting high off opium, actually really shocks and disturbs him, as does a lot of other stuff he sees in that WretchedHive), so when he finally has the slightest excuse to let himself go he really lets himself go. I.e., he comes across as more a WideEyedIdealist victim of hypocritical Victorian society than a prime example of said society. However, that doesn't excuse anything he did, and as a Servant he becomes obsessed with redemption and has a difficult time letting himself enjoy anything, explaining why he's such a self-hating, timid sweetie in FGO and coming across as a bit aloof when Tatsumi summoned him, with his characterization being slightly tweaked in certain minor places to fit this tie-in to the novella's plot.

** A deliberately inconsistent example in Robin Hood; in some of his appearances, he’s as he is portrayed in canon, a tragic, cynical lone wolf and merely an average guy who took up the name of Robin Hood. But more often, he ''is'' the real Robin Hood of folklore, and has a noticeably more idealistic, optimistic, wisecracking, trickster-like yet also leader-like personality, in life HeterosexualLifePartners with [[GentleGiant Little John]], a BattleCouple with [[TomboyPrincess tomboy noblewoman]] [[FieryRedhead Maid Marion]], leader of the [[TrueCompanions Merry Men]], and nemesis of the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham; they are so different the author has dubbed the former “[[CompositeCharacter Composite Robin]]” and the latter “[[TruerToTheText Actual Robin]]” to differentiate them. And most fanart by the author pertaining to Robin depicts Actual Robin. This version is one of the characters who gets more than one fic on his backstory, depicting his life as a fun, merry one with his TrueCompanions, and as a Servant he nostalgically reflects on it, wishing John and Marion would become Servants too, with his biggest personal lament being that he overestimated his ability and got himself killed, never being able to spend the rest of his life growing old with the love of his life and his best friend; while there is an element of tragedy with the latter, it’s nowhere near the downright depressing backstory of Composite Robin. The author has lampshaded how despite often making characters DarkerAndEdgier she actually slightly prefers this LighterAndSofter version, though she likes Composite Robin enough to write him on occasion and explore his concept as a lonely, nameless hero who was never appreciated in life, giving him interactions or friendships with such characters as Karna, Arturia, Emiya, and Mordred.

** Kay is indeed arrogant much like his legendary counterpart from the French romances onwards, instead of like the canon Fate interpretation who is pretty well aware of how he’s at the bottom of the deck as far as Round Table knights go. Though the author also throws him a bone in showing that he still isn’t exactly weak and is good at disarming people, what with his important role as the gatekeeper of the Round Table as addressed in Parzival, even having some quests to his name early in his career, and that he’s genuinely an effective bureaucrat who is good at keeping things in order and running smoothly, [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem even if he himself is kind of a hypocrite about it]] and [[DrillSergeantNasty is hardly]] [[PointyHairedBoss nice about it either]]. Also, whereas in Fate canon it’s said that he admires Arturia the least due to seeing her as a human first, in Project Alter he’s critical but still undyingly loyal to her and didn’t even think about running away before Camlann, [[spoiler:to the point he takes Agravain’s place in the Sixth Singularity purely out of sibling loyalty]].

** This (link) piece of art features Bradamante with shorter hair, where she looks like a straight-up {{Bishounen}}. She’s intentionally drawn with a more androgynous face due to how she’s mistaken for a man and is said to pass as her brothers with shorter hair several times in Literature/OrlandoFurioso. It also compliments [[WholesomeCrossdresser Asto]][[{{Bishounen}} lfo]].

* CerebusRollercoaster: Project Alter fics’ tones can run the gamut from philosophical and contemplating on the nature of God himself, to extremely dark and messed-up borderline if not actual psychological horror, to serious drama, to lighthearted SliceOfLife to sitcom to off-the-wall cartoony hijinks to BlackComedy, dependent on the fic or comic. Even more so than Alt-talia. One fic could be about Jekyll’s deep-seated repression, the Round Table’s multitude of unresolved issues, or Salieri getting faint memories of his real self’s life and lamenting the sorry state he’s in in his rare moments of clarity... and the next released could be about [[WhenSheSmiles Emiya]] getting all giddy like he used to as a teenager as he and Beni-Enma cook for the Chaldea, or [[HeterosexualLifePartners Gilgamesh giving Enkidu]] a chew toy for their friendship anniversary, or [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee Paracelsus, Nightingale, and Jekyll]] fanboying/fangirling over Asclepius (or the many characters who fanboy/fangirl over Arthur and Arturia), or Astolfo turning back into a tree. And some of the things played for drama in some fics are PlayedForLaughs in others (e.g. Hyde can be portrayed as ComedicSociopathy incarnate, just plain terrifying, or heartbreaking (via his connection with Jekyll), or somehow all at once, and similar for the Berserker-level [[UnstoppableRage Unstoppable Rages]] [[BerserkButton Nero’s mere presence]] can trigger in Boudicca).

** A notable one is “Alice in Halloween Town”, an AlternateUniverseFic based roughly off of her UTAU covers of “Darker Yum Yummy Gillia”. Nursery Rhyme (named as “Alice”) and Setanta find themselves in a place that is basically [[Film/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Halloween Town]], befriending the Princess (Abigail Williams); hijinks and adventures ensue. Notably some of the usually more vile Servants like Bathory, due to the gravity of their crimes being way more acknowledged in PA canon, are universally [[spoiler:(well, save for [[FalseFriend Mephi]][[BigBad stopheles]])]] portrayed way more positively as mischievous residents of the town in this fic; even Hyde shows a genuine desire to show Alice a good time and gets toned down to a mere FratBro-ish character. Due to the more lighthearted, DenserAndWacker tone, even some of the more serious, tragic character elements are also presented in a way less dark light (notably Jekyll, Hyde seemingly causing him more annoyance than anything, not helping that Jekyll seems to basically be the town’s OnlySaneMan too, but overall he seems to be in a much better place psychologically). It’s even stated that the residents of the town do what they do [[spoiler:so actual malicious spirits won’t hurt the children of the world. Though it’s also mentioned offhand that many may be in the town to redeem themselves for crimes in life]].

** In this canon, much like in legend, Merlin is depicted as having a massive weakness for young women (and it's also implied that this is especially so if she's a magus like Gudako or a fellow Caster... and both because of legend and for [[AuthorAppeal reasons that should be apparent by now]], even more so if she's a FemmeFatale), being described as "Basically a borderline [[Manga/DragonBall Master]] [[DirtyOldMan Roshi]] in a pretty body". One must also not forget that his solution for Arturia's worries over her being unable to produce a legitimate heir was to basically make her a futanari (and when Artoria asks him if he really had to go that route, his response is merely a [[{{Troll}} smile]], [[GirlOnGirlIsHot nosebleed, and "Maybe?"]]). His younger physical age and his type of girl being older teen to early [=20s=] instead of the straight-up pedophilia it probably was in original legend judging by ValuesDissonance fortunately makes it more tolerable than his original DirtyOldMan incarnations though. In Arthurian fics he's sometimes portrayed as Nimue's comically hopeless StalkerWithACrush, in "The Many Faces Of Arturiania" being shown getting a barrage of PervertRevengeMode from her and even Morgan several times.

** Servants have been depicted wearing costumes of other incarnations, [[{{Expy}} Expies]], or CaptainErsatz versions of themselves (Jekyll and Hyde as [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner and Hulk]] or Merlin as [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]] for example), or if author Servants, adaptations of their creations, for Halloween, mostly just so the author can splurge in references like “The Many Faces of X” series. Also she almost always references a separate piece of media for each individual of the same origin (e.g. the Round Table) unless it’s explicitly a themed picture or everyone themed themselves that way, which makes them especially a massive trove of ReferenceOverdosed, some of them very obscure. ...And they also often serve as an excuse to stick characters in silly costumes as sillier or out-there costumes, or ones that are the furthest removed from what the character would probably usually wear in life, if not even as a Servant, tend to be preferred (e.g. [[WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973 sticking fox ears and a tail on Robin Hood]], Holmes in a [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Batsuit]], [[Film/{{Excalibur}} Mordred in gaudy, tacky golden armor complete with fake nipples and belly button]] [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes that no one except for her thinks looks cool]], Hyde’s obvious Hulk suit on his slender body or [[Film/DoctorJekyllAndSisterHyde strutting in a red dress]] as Jekyll screams from inside to take it off, [[VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight Artoria, Lancelot, Gawain, Percival, and]] [[spoiler:Mash]] [[VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight in Sonic, Shadow, Knuckles, Blaze, and]] [[spoiler:Silver]] [[VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight cosplay...]]).

*** In NonSequiturThud (or otherwise non-sequitur) lines said when some of the Arthurian characters are hit in the head, (which tends to happen on a somewhat uncommon basis because [[RuleOfFunny the author finds it funny]]); aside from saying something about giant mutant snails, a gag characters like Astolfo also have (itself a reference to the weird tendency of a lot of medieval literature to have depictions of knights fighting snails in the margins of their pages for unknown reasons), Arturia once decries a [[KillerRabbit “Dastardly]] [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail rabbit”]] instead, and in a prequel fic slurs out “Izzat an African... or European swallow?” after she gets whacked on the helmet and Kay asks if she’s okay, and Bediviere once mumbles something about the world being shaped like a banana.

** [[TheCynic Andersen]], despite being a snarky, ill-tempered grouch, is also pretty close to [[FriendToAllChildren Nursery]] [[CheerfulChild Rhyme]]; though due to the former being the Servant form of, well, Hans Christian Anderson, and the latter being a literal manifestation of children’s stories, it’s probably less this and more an incredibly obvious one which just happens to have two almost opposing personalities. At times [[SacredHospitality Beni-Enma]] rounds out the trio, which has gotten the nickname of “The Fairytale Trio” from the author.

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Gareth’s counterpart, Garett, is male, and as their age gap is closed in the “Football club” version of the pilot, him and Garrick (Gaheris) are made into twins who look very similar. Though they can still be told apart, downplaying the trope. They also act [[ThePollyanna very]] [[TheQuietOne differently]].

* HeroicSelfDepreciation: Ieyasu, just like in the drama, isn’t exactly confident in himself. The same goes for his doppelgänger and replacement. Ieyasu. They are both well aware of their limitations. They tend to be rather pessimistic, even cowardly.

** The mini comic series crossover with the NHK drama ''Dōsuru Ieyasu''; basically rewriting the Fate versions of the Sengoku main actors so their backstories line up with the drama. It’s elaborated in its own section below.

* HeroicSelfDepreciation: Ieyasu, just like in the drama, isn’t exactly confident in himself. The same goes for his doppelgänger and replacement. Ieyasu, and his double, are well aware of their limitations. They tend to be rather pessimistic, even cowardly.

* HandsomeLech: Hyde. The man is such a superb horndog that he makes even Ishtar and ''[[CloudCuckoolander Astolfo]]'' raise an eyebrow, and makes no attempt at hiding it, him being the manifestation of all of Jekyll’s sinful urges. He sneaks extremely dirty magazines and hardcore [[spoiler:femdom and futanari]] hentai into his and Jekyll’s room (though it is possible that the porn isn’t that risqué and it just looks that way to Jekyll. Blackbeard calls it “amateur”, though Hyde retorts that he just has a bad taste in women), has apparently attempted to sleep with half the Chaldea’s adult female population at at least one point (he’s caught with Ishtar and Medb especially often though, [[LovableSexManiac for obvious reasons]]), and let’s not forget he gropes Gudako’s chest, all of these to the extreme embarrassment of poor Jekyll. There’s a reason the author describes him as “Basically Angel Dust from WebAnimation/HazbinHotel but straight”. Though as covered in CovertPervert, this does serve dramatic purpose.

** In a new detail that isn’t from any legend, Gareth and Percival were shown to be pretty close due to being two naive, optimistic, and extremely optimistic knights who are also very, very good at their job. Though she isn’t his most significant friendship, it is noticeable.

** Arjuna used to be one; he was generally heroic and kind to people, even to those in a lower caste than him, but it’s made clear just how ''mean'' he could be to those who surpassed him in ability, ''especially'' if they were in a lower caste; in a prequel fic he gets jealous over a teenager (Arjuna wasn't much older than him at the time, albeit) who also happenedThough Arjuna is left oblivious to this, it's unclear if he would have been perfectly fine with it if he had known. Then there was how he used to treat Karna because of his (apparent) caste yet also being equal in archery ability to him, which showed how truly classist he actually was under that friendly demeanor; in his youth, it's shown that he and his brothers (with the arguable exception of Yuddhisthira, the oldest brother, who was still willingly oblivious to it), were terrible bullies to Karna, him coming across as a petty male AlphaBitch at worst (with Bhima, the one above him in age, being the resident JerkJock; though Bhima was the leader and worst out of the five, with the author saying she wrote him "envisioning him [[StuffedIntoALocker shoving Karna and Duryodhana into their lockers]]", Arjuna was terrible to Karna specifically and was probably the second worst to him and definitely the worst to him out of Bhima’s bully posse), and constantly called Karna "Charioteer Boy", even in one fic driving poor young Karna to tears and ''laughing''. And being the teacher’s pet of Drona’s class, he also loved rubbing that in Karna’s face. He and his brothers are basically the reason why Karna became a bit of a loner and why he, even as a Servant, reacts so badly to insults. He didn't get over this in adulthood either, as he gleefully, mercilessly berated and humiliated Karna alongside his brothers in front of a crowd not once, but twice, and didn't care when ''one of Karna's young sons almost died'' because of a brawl that started just because he wanted to make a dramatic entry to the competition to win Drapaudi’s hand (though it's better than how in several versions of the original legend, he straight-up dies. And while [[{{Hypocrite}} Karna was quick to blast the disguised Arjuna, pretending to be a Brahmin, as defying the caste system]], but from the situation it’s pretty clear that he’s bitter over how Drapaudi, his crush, humiliated him in front of a crowd, and Arjuna and company revealing who they were all along only rubs salt in the wound. Especially because after the reveal he shoves Karna's words back in his face and calls him "Charioteer Boy" again). He comes to regret this a lot, however, acknowledging that he probably had something to do in how things turned out in "A Talk Between Brothers".

* SailorEarth: A bit of a recurring premise is "How would X be if they were a Servant?" (or even Craft Essences, if they aren't exactly Servant material), though these are all one-offs and/or mere concept art and are never mentioned again, many not even having much of their appearance described; namely historical figures and characters the author wished were in the game due to them being very plausible as Servants[=/=]RuleOfCool and/or having potential for interesting interactions with existing Servants due to their relationships with them or just their character (e.g. Maid Marion (Archer or Assassin) and Little John (Saber), Guinevere (?), Beethoven (Caster), Joseph II of Austria (Ruler), [[Literature/TreasureIsland Jim Hawkins (Saber) and Long John Silver (Saber)]], [[Literature/AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt Hank Morgan (Archer)]], Creator/CharlesDickens (Caster), Literature/HerculePoirot (?), Catherine the Great (?), Tadeusz Kościuszko (Rider), Giuseppe Garibaldi (Rider), Saladin (?), Mulan (Saber), Karl X of Sweden (?), Marquis de Sade (Berserker), Bonnie and Clyde (Archer), Henry VIII (two concepts, a Berserker and a Rider, both in a younger body but his Berserker form keeping his mindset from later in life), Mary Queen of Scots (Foreigner), Frederick the Great (?), Peter the Great (?), Cyrus the Great (Ruler)... and for Craft Essences, there have been one-shots for Utterson, Dr. Frankenstein, and Dr. Watson, their appearances notably both getting fics and actual designs).

* SuperpowerRussianRoulette: How the Throne of Heroes often works in PA. Well, almost all not originally from a myth or legend basically gain magical superpowers upon becoming a Heroic Spirit (and even some legendary characters like much of the Arthurian cast explicitly get magical exaggerations of their abilities); but in PA the Throne of Heroes is explicitly said to basically be an unpredictable Russian Roulette that chooses which Servants can keep how much of their soul intact pretty much at random. On one hand you can come out not looking or acting much different with cool powers to boot (e.g. Holmes), or at least remain completely yourself personality-wise, even if it contradicts common perception of you, with the most influence perception has over you being appearance or even some positive influences on your personality (e.g. Marie, as well as most Servants). Occasionally, even if you went crazy or did some terrible things later in life, it may even restore you in a younger form with the mental clarity of your younger self to basically give you a second chance (e.g. Nero). There are those who were pretty certain they were going to be of the Evil alignment, even, and were subsequently shocked to get Neutral or even Good (most notably Mordred). ...On the other, perception or conflicts with it can screw up or exaggerate your psyche (e.g. Jekyll and Hyde, though their case is actually milder than some others) or painfully alter you physically (e.g. Andersen) due to its influence, basically imposing what people think you are on top of the real you; and at worst, you can get corrupted and consumed by it completely (e.g. poor Salieri). And again, you have absolutely no control over it; it matters little how good you actually were, what you did, or your wishes, the Throne of Heroes does not care. It’s made slightly better by the fact that the real souls are still out there, but some fics do dive into the inherent horror and NightmareFuel of it all; in fact, Salieri terrifies Marie and Nero, because what happened to him could have been them too. But occasionally, it’s possibly implied that some factors can influence its decisions (e.g. [[spoiler:Gwrddelw’s anguished prayer for God to have mercy on Mordred’s soul may have been what made her Neutral instead of Evil]]), and character classes can actually be influenced by the person themselves in some rare cases (e.g. [[spoiler:Galahad’s wish preventing him or Mash from becoming a Ruler]], [[spoiler:The inherent wish in Solomon’s heart and desire against becoming a Ruler making him a Caster instead]]). Though it’s generally pointed out that being a Heroic Spirit can really suck for most Servants, as they have to constantly fight in battle royales which almost always result in many humans, especially the Magus they may have actually bonded with, dying horrifically.

** Much like in the novella, by the time he’s 53 Utterson barely drinks either, and when he does it’s small amounts of gin at most. It seems that the only one who is shown to be willing to get even tipsy out of the friend trio is Lanyon.

** Due to adaptations of their stories (or rather stories using their stories as inspiration) becoming popular right during the middle of the [=20th=] century, the heyday of B Movies and therefore the heyday of all things cheese, Jekyll and Hyde's and Eve's entries in "The Many Forms of _" series can often turn into massive, absolutely bizarre displays of cheese and WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs premises, to the point that on occasion the characters themselves BreakTheFourthWall [[WhoWritesThisCrap question what is going on or what the hell they got into this time]] off-panel. This especially stands out due to the decidedly non-cheesy way they're usually written in Project Alter, Jekyll being one of the least cartoonish characters in the cast. Though due to many of these weird adaptations being horror in the end, if it's following the actual plot of the adaptation instead of just sharing the weirdest moments from them, there may be a point where the cheese stops being emphasized and it becomes really dark (e.g. the Film/DoctorJekyllAndSisterHyde entry, the film literally having the premise of "Hyde's a girl!", begins with scenes such as Jekyll sticking his head off-panel and questioning the premise of [[MakesAsMuchSenseInContext female hormones being the key to immortality]], Hyde feeling him/herself up and making vulgar comments, and Jekyll being disturbed by Hyde making very sexualized comments about Utterson (in the role of Howard from the movie, noticeably not asexual this time around) as if she were describing having sex with his dad, but the rest of the plot is treated dead seriously).

** Arguably the girl who Hyde kicked in the events of the original novella, whose name is now given as Penny... Penny ''Pones'', a clear reference to [[VideoGame/DrJekyllAndMrHyde the infamous NES game's]] resident [[BratsWithSlingshots slingshot-toting nuisance, Billy Pones]]. She even hits Jekyll with a slingshot in a previous scene, playing with her brother's and thinking it would be funny if she could shoot someone's top hat off, though she's clearly remorseful when Jekyll tells her to not do it again, while Billy was by all indications just a brat (and it's possible that the abovementioned brother is actually Billy, not her).

*** There are knights who don’t show up in Fate canon who the author has taken a liking to. The Outer Table members are capable of being as quirky as the Inner Table members, if not more so (e.g. [[TheFool Dagonet]] and [[RatedMForManly Gale]][[LargeHam haut]]). But the most major is probably Dinadan, with his friendliness with almost everyone, especially his very close friendship and dynamic with Tristan, and his unique wisecracking personality, becoming a somewhat major character, probably helping that he’s good at sensing how good people are at heart. He’s even given a somewhat major place in Mordred’s arc, forming a tragic friendship with her ([[spoiler:And he even shows up in Tristan’s and Mordred’s dreams in a pair of fics in the Sixth Singularity, representing the rational parts of their conscious (alongside Gwrddelw in Mordred’s dream) calling them out.]]

** Eve Frankenstein [[AdaptationalUgliness has a bit of this going on]], her discolored, somewhat bulging eyes peering through her PeekABangs and uneven, yellow teeth changing her design from conventionally attractive to something just not being right, on top of her height basically being doubled (pending). Also her skin is a bit patchy and discolored, even more so in life, where her hair was also more stringy. Though often these traits can make her look more UglyCute than anything (and in the “My Baby’s Got A Crush On Frankenstein” PV Gudao falls for her and her appearance is described as “divine”, albeit that PV is pretty much a shitpost, and none of her distinctive PA traits are visible (pending)).

* WhipItGood: Holmes' cane has been switched out for a riding crop, with Jekyll/Hyde becoming the resident CaneFu user. And yes, this does have basis in the [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes original stories]]. It seems to function in a similar way though, and is about as big as it (not to mention [[PowerGlows it also glows]] like the original cane did, so it kind of looks like a laser weapon from a distance), so he carries it around BladeAcrossTheShoulder style.
** As Medb canonically fights with a riding crop, the author has drawn her using javelins (as Celtic chariot fighters actually did) or a normal long whip instead so she doesn't end up with the same weapon as Holmes, though as she's rarely depicted much in Project Alter. whether she actually uses said javelin or whip in the PA universe or still uses the crop is met with a ShrugOfGod.

* OverprotectiveDad:

* TerrifiedOfGerms: It's shown that Jekyll is a clean freak, especially under stress and after Hyde was created (with these tendencies only becoming even worse after Hyde starts taking over); [[OutDamnedSpot the symbolism is pretty obvious]]. In a one-shot taking place during the events of the novella, the skin on his hands starts to peel from him constantly washing them, and the first thing Poole, Jekyll's head butler, takes note of as fishy is that that [[ShowerOfAngst his baths have become even longer and more frequent]] than usual, sometimes lasting up to ''three hours''. As a Servant, the amount of time he spends taking [[ShowerOfAngst showers of angst]] and his periodic obsessive episodes of germaphobia start to seriously worry Dr. Roman, Gudako, and even Nightingale, who while extremely anal about germs is much more reasonable about it. It also generally ties into the germaphobia of the late [=1800s=], even if he was more knowledgeable on the subject than most of the general public.

“Project Alter” is the WorkingTitle of a possible loose connection of VideoGame/FateGrandOrder (as well as some other Fate media) fanfics by Tropers/{{shonengirl}}, so named in reference to one of her other projects, DarthWiki/AltTalia, and the “Alters” of Fate lore.

In essence, it is much like Fanfic/FragmentsOfChaldea, but with usually less or even at times negative continuity; and as the name suggests, while nowhere near the amount of alteration done to the Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers setting and characters in Alt-talia, and not changing the basic premise, things aren’t the same in this Chaldea as what Fate fans have come to expect, and that especially goes for the Servants inhabiting it.

...Oh, and it’s other purpose is to have an excuse to write loads of fan fiction on history and especially old literature (especially Jekyll and Hyde) and legends (especially Arthurian) and to tie them all together somehow. And maybe promoting Jekyll into part of the main cast.

While starting life as scattered ideas for a or a possible series of Gudako x Jekyll PornWithPlot hentai fic, it eventually morphed into an excuse for the author to play around with historical and cultural references in ways she otherwise can’t in DarthWiki/AltTalia, and developing many servants further; if not giving them the [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Alt-talia treatment]] entirely.

Though this by no means doesn’t mean that many fics can’t be straight-up {{NSFW}}, and it is by far the most sexually explicit set of fanworks by this author; as such, tread with caution.

(Additional note: No, seriously, no joke, this, particularly a lot of stuff regarding Jekyll and Hyde, can get pretty smutty, even if there is a proper character reason for it. So proceed with caution, seriously. There’s probably horny cringe ahead. Or really, cringe in general. I’m throwing ideas at a wall and some of it is going to be cringe)

(Also I'm not quite sure what to spoiler, so they are pretty inconsistent here. Also, I ramble a lot and go on tangents that seemingly aren't too relevant to the trope itself, but I mostly use these as brainstorming tools more than anything)

The collection also includes many spinoff/prequel fics which can be more accurately described as fics if not straight-up retellings of their source material or even RealPersonFic than Fate fanfiction, elaborating more on the Servants’ (or Spirits or Vassals, as some prefer to be called) backstories and past relationships, something which even in “current day” stories usually has a lot of impact on their character. For fictional characters especially, the author tries to make the events of the story and FGO logical extensions of their character arcs in the source material, making Project Alter also a fan sequel of sorts to such media.

Just like the author’s other works, there are also many, many [[SongParody UTAU covers]] to go with her work, though the vast majority of songs are about the backstories more than the "main" events of Project Alter, and many also cover stories, legends, or interpretations that aren’t covered in fics or even comics, or elaborate on ones which weren’t described that much in writing or comic form (e.g., most UTAU covers using his and Hyde’s voices explicitly follow the flawed and rather pathetic but ultimately good-hearted novella/Fate composite Jekyll usually seen in Project Alter, but others more explicitly use the BitchInSheepsClothing Jekyll from [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde the original novella]], and some UTAU covers involving the Arthurian characters are based on other interpretations of Arthurian legend). Many of the UTAU covers using the HistoricalDomainCharacter cast can even be seen as the individual counterparts of the Alt-talia historical covers.

* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Like in Alt-talia, averted whenever possible, except when PlayedForLaughs or within the realm of plausibility. The author has said that a lot of the appeal in writing for FGO for her is simply sticking a bunch of characters from all over the world and history in one massive building and seeing what happens, with cultural difference being a common plot point. Due to many Servants/Vassals having been summoned to various places over their tenure and having been given magical knowledge of modern times, however, some may be more familiar with and even used to more modern customs.
** As an example, many of the Japanese holiday events are left in, but many western ones are as well, and follow more western rite. A bit of a recurring plot is Servants celebrating holidays from their home culture or having to celebrate them alone but their new friends joining in, and many Servants turn down participating in things that would go against any beliefs they have, and/or run a parallel celebration. E.g. in a Christmas Special, Nero throws a Saturnalia party with her fellow pagan Romans alongside the Christmas event and she goes running around the Chaldea greeting “Io, Saturnalia!” at the top of her lungs, and in another special Abigale is hesitant to participate as Christmas goes against Puritan doctrine; even many of the Christian characters who do celebrate it are shown to celebrate it by going to mass and partaking in whatever traditions they had, and the author also takes a deliberate stab at this trope in Japanese media with a scene of some Christian Servants rolling their eyes at in exasperation (the more experienced Servants), acting offended or laughing (newly-minted Servants) at [[UsefulNotes/ChristmasInJapan the Gudas’ preconceived notion that Christmas is about dating]] (a Japanese trope that the author generally loves mocking relentlessly, having mocked it in Alt-talia as well). On the other hand, Jekyll narrowly escapes an UnderTheMistletoe moment due to Gudako’s ignorance of the significance of it (even if he secretly wishes that she did know about it). Another example is how for Halloween Cù has the Gudas, Mash, and some other Servants experience how Samhain is really supposed to be done with him, with some of the other Celtic Servants expressing their confusion at what the holiday has evolved into.
** Aversion is established from the very beginning; when the Gudas are being guided around the Chaldea, among the rooms they pass by are a simplified church, mosque, and synagogue, as well as prayer rooms and altars for anything from Roman to Shinto to Hindu rituals and thensome. Religion is another aspect that a lot of research is put into, and a lot of efforts are made to dismantle the AnimeCatholicism.

** While in Fate canon Berserker Lancelot is Lancelot's mental state after Artoria forgave him and he broke from his own self-loathing, in Project Alter much like in legend he already had the tendency to go berserk in battle, though here it's said that it's more likely to happen if he's under stress and isn't actively trying to supress it; here the two are basically the product of a successful Jekyll-Hyde split. In life he also had obsessive tendencies, particularly regarding Guineviere, that bordered on {{Yandere}}. But even in Saber form Lancelot has episodes of extreme sensitivity and emotional instability (Mash's initial CallingTheOldManOut causes him to actually start crying, with the scene being turned into a semi-comedic WhatTheHellHero moment from the Gudas and Bedivere instead of the purely comedic one it was in canon, and she’s subsequently nowhere near as harsh to him), occasionally has moments up in [[CloudCuckoolander Cloudcuckooland]], and he also retains some of his obsessive tendencies and singlemindedness (though the [[spoiler:Sixth Singularity]] adaptations show him snapping himself out of it upon realizing that he's been here before). The author says that he definitely has some kind of AmbiguousDisorder. It's also shown that ''he's'' actually the OneNoteChef, not Gawain (pending), has a tendency to break things (that the author says she based off of [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Chrom]]), and can be awful in social situations, even if not to Percival levels, giving off the impression that his strength is made up for with a lack of common sense. He also shows none of his FGO canon self’s ladykilling (at least [[ChickMagnet not intentionally]]), as that explicitly becomes Gawain’s territory and is heavily associated with Gawain, and in fact he has a huge case of SingleTargetSexuality regarding Guinevere, showing very clear lack of interest in his many other female admirers and even treating persistent ones as {{Abhorrent Admirer}}s (And considering that one of the most prominent ones is Morgan and the other two, Elaine and her maid, actually raped him, he really isn’t given any reason to think otherwise). Not only that, similarly to Arthur, he actually still seems a bit uncomfortable at the idea of way too much female attention or another romantic relationship because of that and that his only true love obviously ended terribly.

* AmbiguousDisorder: The author speculates that Jekyll had some kind of pre-existing condition even before creating Hyde that made him worry so much about his inner “evil” and take such extreme measures in the first place. But even she isn’t exactly sure about it.
** It’s obvious that Lancelot, particularly in life, had some kind of serious mental disorder that not only gave him his [[TheBerserker Berserker]] tendencies, but his surprising emotional turbulence and vulnerability, as well as obsessive tendencies, as well. And unlike the Orkneys it’s not as if he had an abusive upbringing, so unlike them his issues can’t be blamed on trauma or abuse and are clearly something inherent to him (and this proven by an Arthurian one-shot in which a child Bors had to restrain the also child Lancelot from beating some poor fay creature up). (Pending; maybe a fae creature attacked him in childhood?) In Saber form he effectively went through a successful Jekyll-Hyde split and is finally much less addled by it, and despite still showing more signs of this than his canonical counterpart (e.g. random moments of extreme emotional sensitivity), he in fact in places like the Sixth Singularity shows more mental clarity than some of his peers.

** Charlemagne’s paladins, however, were absolutely this, played up to a cartoony extent, what with how over-the-top their original legends tended to get, making the Arthurian legends look subdued in comparison. Whereas the Round Table knights are mostly just really quirky, the paladins are on a whole different level. Astolfo is the most obvious with the HotBlooded CloudcuckooLander he is, but Bradamante, while usually not too unreasonable, actually went {{Yandere}} for days over Ruggiero and at times can be as nuts as Astolfo is airheaded. And from what’s seen of him in prequel fics and flashbacks, it becomes apparent that their leader Roland was even more of a character than what’s seen of him in Fate canon; an over-the-top, HotBlooded LargeHam who was impulsive enough to ditch everything to chase after a girl because he’s painfully WrongGenreSavvy, to the point when he’s faced with the fact that isn’t how the world works he literally goes on a naked madness-induced rampage for months (and unlike when this happened to Lancelot and Tristan he doesn’t have the excuse of an AmbiguousDisorder or LovePotion-induced obsession), and while genuinely heroic was kind of a SmugSuper about it, though due to his genuine strength and good heart it crossed into CrazyIsCool. The OnlySaneMan, Oliver, even snarks if Astolfo is sure there weren’t any more wits up at the moon which may not have actually been the moon. And that’s just the ones who we get to know. [[WeAreStrugglingTogether The paladins and their allies also got into scuffles constantly]]. Though at the end of the day, according to Astolfo and Bradamante, they were very much TrueCompanions, with them being more of an organized chaos than pure chaos, never going up in flames like the Round Table did and staying TrueCompanions until the very end. The author has even compared them to [[Manga/OnePiece the Straw Hat pirates]]. (Pending)

* SingleIssuePsychology: Sort of subverted with Jekyll and his deep-seated issues; his problems with the “evil” side of him, need to be heads and shoulders above the rest morally, and the resulting need to bottle up so much for literal decades are the result of many, many factors that piled up until it drove him to take drastic measures like he did and caused a nice guy like him to turn a blind eye to Hyde’s acts, from his upbringing and parents, to the society he lived in as well as it’s rapidly changing nature, to being put on a pedestal from a young age, to his own overly introspective personality, sense of responsibility and need for validation, to suddenly being exposed to some of the worst of humanity, to the subtle manipulations of Moriarty, and to possible [[AmbiguousDisorder other underlying mental health problems]]. Also despite the positive effect Tatsumi had on him, that was basically all undone and he’s regressed by the time he’s summed by the Gudas to the point that he’s somehow at an even worse psychological state than he was in life, due to his massive guilt over the events of the novella, [[ILetGwenStacyDie the death of Tatsumi]], and his subsequent DespairEventHorizon. And despite his dual nature, he himself has conflicting self-images of himself not related to Hyde, thinking of himself as good and just enough that he has been recorded as a LawfulGood Servant, hanging desperately onto his belief that he’s a good man, but at the same time losing hope in himself and his chance at redemption, that his sins are too great. It’s also shown that he can regress and get hung up on the same problems so that Gudako or Dr. Roman has to snap him out of it again, and that even after seemingly accepting that it’s alright for him to feel lust or anger, or that he doesn’t have to punish himself so much, he can often feel guilt for it afterwards anyway and his friends have to snap him out of it again. And in the set of stories that follow his canon ascension path, [[DownerEnding he actually gets worse mentally despite all the love, care, and understanding he now gets from those around him]]. Dr. Roman lampshades the subversion by saying that he wishes he was a psychiatrist because they desperately need a real one.

* PowerfulPeopleAreSubs: [[spoiler:While he was never a political leader or anything, Jekyll was still a highly respected member of society, and it’s shown or at least heavily implied that his/Hyde’s preference for being sexually submissive isn’t just due to AuthorAppeal, it just being taboo, or a HandWave for why Hyde isn’t a serial rapist at this point, but developed out of a similar reason; due to his tendency to be a {{Workaholic}} and carry the world on his shoulders, desire to be loved by society but that superficial love always being at risk if he were to become too intimate and honest with someone (though it’s extremely likely that Utterson would have accepted him no matter what, Jekyll doesn’t think so), harsh upbringing, and most of all the constant control he had needed to exert over himself his whole life (and still does to an even greater extent), the idea of being able to melt into someone’s arms, giving her his full trust, allowing him to relinquish any responsibility for what happens and just be deeply indulged became subconsciously extremely appealing to him, and this grew into his primary preference (thus, [[DeclarationOfProtection Declarations of Protection]] seem to make him blush at least and turn him on at most). Though if what Hyde says is any indication about doing it rough being appealing because of the thrill (and the fact that Hyde shows some CombatSadomasochist tendencies), he may just have been a masochist from the start; though it may still play into the whole idea that letting his partner do things to him revokes responsibility from him, and allows him to just be Henry instead of the doctor who everyone expected perfection out of, and just the fact that Jekyll just wanted some kind of intense thrill in his life when Hyde was created]].

* HotScientist: Jekyll. Apparently, he was pretty attractive even in his [=50s=]. Also overlaps with NerdsAreSexy, as Gudako cites his intelligence as a massive plus.

* TransformationTrinket: The knights’ signature weapons basically become these as well as a WeaponOfChoice, reacting with the main casts’ Mana Circuits. On top of other abilities like beast summons or Mana Burst (pending), they are able to transform the user into said creature as the Knights become better mages, after which they also change their designs to that of their Second Ascension. Finally, the Grand Quartz basically unlocks their SuperMode.

* UncannyValley: Hyde in life didn’t look much different from how he would look as a Servant; but he’s drawn to look a bit creepier with a shaded face, long fingers, large ears, and hunched posture, generally making him look more animalistic (though even then he isn’t as ugly looking as the novella describes), and much like in the novella people are inexplicably repelled and put off by him. In Project Alter canon, in one of the changes on the theoretical gameplay front, this actually becomes an original Passive Skill of Hyde’s, “Impression Of Displeasure”, where all enemy Neutral and Good aligned characters immediately get a debuff to all their stats except for speed after Jekyll transforms, though unlike in life he can now apparently turn it on and off at will (as his current self anyway; in his bestial form he can’t turn it off), which is why he can look attractive.

** In Jekyll’s prequel fics, Lanyon is shown to be one, befitting of him being the most jolly but most stuck in his ways out of the main trio, though Utterson is also shown to have a wit befitting of his deadpan personality ([[TheStoic and basically being drawn with near constant resting deadpan face]]) at times, and even Jekyll gets a jab in on one of Utterson’s {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s at one point and occasionally makes jabs at Lanyon’s expense, particularly after their friendship goes belly-up.

** Melted hot chocolate laced with orange blossom aroma for Marie Antoinette. Or really, chocolate in general, though she thinks milk chocolate tastes weird and prefers it be made the old-fashioned way. Also brioche, fortunately seemingly the only effect the stereotypical “Let them eat cake” reputation has had on her that wasn’t already there.

*** Female Mordred in general is written and interpreted somewhat differently, with her haivng suffered not just rejection from Artoria, but many of the other knights as well, and her being somewhat less cheerful and more grumpy and self-loathing (though according to the author, she's still somewhat cheerful because she worked out a lot of her issues with Shishigou in the in-universe events of Apocrypha). As it’s been interpreted on Wiki/ThisVeryWiki that Mordred in legend may be disgusted with the whole incest thing and that he may be a DeathSeeker, those things are also added into her; unlike in Fate canon, she indeed does become disgusted with herself being the product of incest to the point of vomiting, especially after the only silver lining to it, becoming Artoria’s child and heir, is rejected, and as her attempts to subvert fate prove time and time again to be pointless her self-loathing increases to the point that she starts seeming suicidal, by the time of Camlann saying that she didn’t care if she was going to die if she was going to drag Artoria down with her. Her self-loathing was there from the start to an extent due to how [[AbusiveParents Morgan]] raised her, but by her last meeting with Gwrddelw she becomes convinced that everyone who had cared about her before and who she ever loved now despised her and that there was no turning back, calling herself disgusting and expressing genuine shock that Gwr actually loves her. She’s also SmarterThanTheyLook, and is hardly the DumbMuscle she is in canon. As a Servant she also appears to smile a lot less outside of cocky grins until her shell is broken through.

** Also, the modern counterparts of the Orkney siblings have “Hawk” as their surnames. Only Morton has one as his animal summon, however, despite their surname alluding to Gawain’s name originally being Gwalchimei, or “Hawk of May”.

* EvilPrince: With Mordred being a prince being emphasized a bit more, she’s given this motif by the author, with her even drawing this (link) “Dark Prince Mordred” design. Though she’s also described as a “fallen prince”, and it’s made pretty clear she’d much rather be a PrinceCharming.

** She also clearly likes writing about the King Arthur legends a lot, and in terms of written content they’re actually the most elaborated on and have the most content by far. Though it helps that the King Arthur legends generally are way more content dense, have LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, can basically fit any tone, are an infinitely spawning well of adaptations, and is basically Fate itself’s flagship universe, unlike Jekyll who is a footnote by comparison and is from a short novella with only four real major characters including him and Hyde, plus the legends being a series of multiple intricate, fascinating tragedies. Like Jekyll, there’s even quite a bit of slice of life original content for it. Her Arthurian works are basically a spin-off in of themselves with how detailed, elaborate, and meticulous they are, making the numerous Arthurian characters probably some of the most fleshed out in the cast alongside Jekyll, and due to outnumbering him they may even seemingly eclipse him. Despite how major they are in Fate they can still somehow start feeling like a SpotlightStealingSquad.

** Servants have been depicted wearing costumes of other incarnations, [[{{Expy}} Expies]], or CaptainErsatz versions of themselves (Jekyll and Hyde as [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner and Hulk]] or Merlin as [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]] for example), or if author Servants, adaptations of their creations, for Halloween, mostly just so the author can splurge in references like “The Many Faces of X” series. Also she almost always references a separate piece of media for each individual of the same origin (e.g. the Round Table) unless it’s explicitly a themed picture or everyone themed themselves that way, which makes them especially a massive trove of ReferenceOverdosed, some of them very obscure. ...And they also often serve as an excuse to stick characters in silly costumes as sillier or out-there costumes, or ones that are the furthest removed from what the character would probably usually wear in life, if not even as a Servant, tend to be preferred (e.g. [[WesternAnimation/RobinHood sticking fox ears and a tail on Robin Hood]], Holmes in a [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Batsuit]], [[Film/{{Excalibur}} Mordred in gaudy, tacky golden armor complete with fake nipples and belly button]] [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes that no one except for her thinks looks cool]], Hyde’s obvious Hulk suit on his slender body or [[Film/DoctorJekyllAndSisterHyde strutting in a red dress]] as Jekyll screams from inside to take it off, [[VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight Artoria, Lancelot, Gawain, Percival, and]] [[spoiler:Mash]] [[VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight in Sonic, Shadow, Knuckles, Blaze, and]] [[spoiler:Silver]] [[VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight cosplay...]]).
%%such things have included Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail (one of Arthur’s costumes, and a themed pic where everyone dresses that way), Film/{{Excalibur}} (Mordred), Disney/TheSwordInTheStone (the usually absent Arturia Lily), [[Disney/RobinHood the Disney version of Robin Hood]] (well, Robin Hood), [[Franchise/UniversalHorror old Universal horror movies]] (one of Jekyll’s costumes, Eve Frankenstein), ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen (Cù, one of Hyde’s costumes, and Moriarty, with later a picture showing all the characters who have counterparts there), to obscure comics.

*** The proposed designs for Maid Marion and Little John clearly took inspiration from their [[WesternAnimation/RobinHood Disney versions]], particularly with their color schemes; this has been confirmed to be the case, and was apparently because Robin himself looks a bit like a bit like a human version of said Disney version.

* AuthorAppeal: Why soccer? Because the author is a former Anime/InazumaEleven fan. Though it’s also because it seems more “British” and is still “Football”.

** Applies to stories not taking place in FGO as well; the prequel fics, even for the same character, are basically the same in terms of tone variation, and BlackComedy in fact is pretty common in the "The Many Forms of Arthuriania". On occasion, the stories taking place in Jekyll, Utterson, and Lanyon’s childhoods go into borderline TastesLikeDiabetes territory, which can be pretty jarring in contrast to how dark the J&H prequel fics can get. The Arthurian fics even outside of TMFOA can be based on nothing in particular and just be character-based SliceOfLife or straight-up lighthearted comedy. Pre-Servant backstories are also the most common subject of Fate UTAU covers, and even among the author’s archive her Fate songs tend to be overwhelmingly depressing, disturbing, or both (enough to give her Alt-talia covers a run for their money, and Alt-talia is a universe where basically everyone is terrible in some way and deals with the worst parts of history and shady politics on a regular basis), but on occasion there is a really silly song or genuinely wholesome one thrown in the mix, which stand out a lot amongst the rest; though this always is due to a certain story arc being followed or something otherwise relevant to the many facets of the character.

** PA's Karna is a lot more flawed than in canon, but presents more of his flaws from the original mythology, being rather quick to anger and sensitive to criticism and having more of an ego. The episode where he berates Draupadi as she gets stripped is also left in.