History YMMV / FromFakeDreams

*** Rather than being summoned as himself, [[spoiler:Assassin Kiritsugu is [[ForWantOfANail a version of himself who never met Irisviel]], and became a heartless killer instead. [[GoneHorriblyRight His willingness to sacrifice others for the sake of the greater good even allowed him to become an agent of the Counter Force]], and its only because of that he could be summoned at all.]]

* CaptainObviousReveal: Based on his physical apperance, his choice in weaponry, and his stats, it becomes fairly obvious before TheReveal that Assassin is [[spoiler:Kiritsugu Emiya]].

** To say nothing of [[spoiler:Caster!Irisviel]] being a thing here.

* HilariousInHindsight: Thanks to VideoGame/FateGrandOrder, Medea Lily and [[spoiler:Assassin Kiritsugu]] are now canon. However the context behind them is [[{{Tearjerker}} different]].

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: At first, Rin is EntertaininglyWrong when she thinks Archer is a future version of the Shirou she knows. It's no longer funny when she learns the truth and [[FreakOut becomes mentally unstable]] and emotionally destroyed over what she learns about him and the implications that she would be an utter failure at helping the man she loves, a mission she devoted herself to when she learned how "distorted" Shirou is.
* HarsherInHindsight: VideoGame/FateGrandOrder makes both Princess!Medea and [[spoiler:Assassin Kiritsugu]] canon, but shows them in a much more tragic light.
** Rather than be the kind aspects of Princess Medea that remained after she became the Witch of Betrayal, Medea Lily is her ''before'' her heart was broken by Jason, leaving her hopelessly in love with the man who hurt her.
** Rather than being summoned as himself, [[spoiler:Assassin Kiritsugu is a version of himself who never met Irisviel, and [[UptoEleven became a heartless killer instead]]. [[GoneHorriblyRight His willingness to sacrifice others for the sake of the greater good even allowed him to become an agent of the Counter Force]], and its only because of that he could be summoned at all.]]

* ArcFatigue:
** The Grail War as a whole feels this because of the number of times Witch!Caster cheated death out of pure dumb luck on her part, or bad luck on the protagonists' part. It didn't help she was sitting on an actual "Blow up everything" button, KNEW it and was WILLING to use it.
** The rest of the fanfic post-Grail War is litter better, if not worse. Now the the author is making money off this fic by selling merchandise, he has little incentive to increase the pacing of any plotlines, such as the conflict with Shirou and the DAA. This is largely why a fanfic made in 2011 is still "updating" with new chapters in 2022.

* ArcFatigue: The Grail War as a whole feels this because of the number of times Witch!Caster cheated death out of pure dumb luck on her part, or bad luck on the protagonists' part. It didn't help she was sitting on an actual "Blow up everything" button, KNEW it and was WILLING to use it.

** Rather than being summoned as himself, [[spoiler:Assassin Kiritsugu is a version of himself who never met Irisviel, and became a heartless killer instead. His willingness to sacrifice others for the sake of the greater good even allowed him to become an agent of the Counter Force, and its only because of that he could be summoned at all.]]