The4thSnake

Chapters: #1: Servant of the Round #2: Seeing Red #3: Second Chances #4: Twin Blades #5: Red Royalty #6: Projection #7: Roses and Sunflowers #8: Revelation #9: Among Women... #10: Star-Crossed #11: A State of Affairs #12: Insomnia #13: Eve #14: Honesty #15: Venom #16: Camlann I: Madness #17: Camlann II: Sister #18: Camlann III: Family #19: Camlann IV: Progeny #20: Camlann V: Fate #21: A New Era #22: Descent #23: Avalon Epilogue: Cycles Holy Grail Wars: 6th Holy Grail War Blue Faction - Red Faction 20th Holy Grail War Team Britain - Team France - Team Japan - Team Italy 21st Holy Grail War 22nd Holy Grail War

Hello and welcome to Wasted Plotential, where we discuss the wasted potential of our favourite plotlines. Tekken 6 was kinda the point where the Tekken storyline really started going downhill. It was stagnating, despite how much the stakes were raised by its premise. The status quo kinda got stuck after Kazuya came back in 4 and we had three Mishimas fighting each other. 5, at least, had Jinpachi to spice things up a bit, but it felt like a diversion that kept the three apart before we came back to the main conflict in 6. There, we had two of the parties heading up massive armies and waging war across the globe, while Heihachi sat it out. And then 7 benched Jin for Heihachi but did finally advance the plot again. But back to 6. Thanks to Tekken's awful release schedule back then - arcade release, second arcade release, console port years after the first arcade version - the game's story suffered. The setup was simple: Jin won Tekken 5 and took control of the Mishima Zaibatsu.

Ruler was not the person she once was. The Grail Wars and human history at large had taken their toll on the Grail, at whose command she now served. Where once the Grail had been benevolent, to a point, its corruption two centuries prior as a result of the World Wars had left it with its own dark desires that even Ruler did not fully understand. In truth, this world was not the original human history, and yet it was no less legitimate than the one that spawned it. In that sense, it was not unlike Ruler herself, now transformed into an Alter Servant to make her more pliable for the Grail's will. Her other self was not the sort to bow to such a wicked force, but as she was now, she revelled in the destruction caused by the Wars. It was ironic, given that she had been one of the Servants active at the time of the Grail's corruption and had joined Lancer of Britain's taskforce in their failed attempt to destroy the Grail. And now, she understood the Grail intimately,

Artoria lay against her favourite cedar tree, basking in the warm sunlight. It was one of the few trees in this endless field of grass. No matter how much she might reposition herself in the grass, her snow-white dress never lost its lustre to soil or grass stains. Such was the nature of the Garden of Avalon. Artoria wondered how long she had been here now. Time was difficult to track when Merlin was away. She could have been here for centuries, or a mere few weeks, for all she knew. She stretched out her legs and allowed the gentle, always-pleasant breeze to make the fine blades of grass dance across her bare legs and feet. No matter how long she remained here, every pleasant sensation managed to feel like a wonderful relief after a lifetime of gruelling battle. The only sounds for miles around were the gentle rustling of the grass around her and the leaves above her, and her own calm breathing. The Garden was truly everything Heaven promised to be. Except that so

She was underwater. She was unsure how exactly she had come to be underwater, however. The last few... some measurement of time... were hazy and immaterial. Her thoughts were jumbled, disorganised. She felt that something had hit her. Not a Servant. Something else. But here she was. Underwater. Sinking deeper into a black abyss. The light above falling farther and farther out of reach. Her body was being weighed down. Not by the armour she wore. Something else. Her body was limp, her muscles languid as she tried in vain to push herself back towards the surface. She was underwater, but breathing was not a problem. This water was not real, she felt. But knowing this did little to help her escape it, save for briefly clearing her mind, before the murkiness set in once again. She could do naught but look around at the infinite blackness surrounding her on all sides. There was only one way to the light, and it was slipping further away with each passing second. A

Dark. Red. Hurt. Death. It was concepts, more than real thoughts, that passed through Artoria’s fogging mind as she lay beside her final opponent atop the hill, awaiting the return of... that person. Even with her darkening vision and the crimson shroud pouring down from her gushing head wound, she could see the devastation left in the wake of her final battle. The soil of the hill on which she'd had her last duel would likely remain red for generations. Beside her, Sir Mordred's perforated armour was now more red than white. Further down the hill, Gareth and Gaheris lay motionless, side-by-side, together in their final moments. Lancelot lay nearby, his rampage at an end. So many knights lost - to war, to manipulation, to madness... And the Servants that had fought for them... Save for Caster, who was helping her bloodied Master to his feet, they were all gone from this world entirely, not a single trace left behind, as if they had never

This is an edited and expanded version of the previous release of Chapter 20. When I released the original version, it faced a lot of scrutiny for how it concluded. And it was difficult to disagree with the response; my attempt to maintain a daily upload schedule had led to the chapter being rushed. As a result, I got depressed, arguably overreacted, and took down the previous version within a day. Negative feedback is one thing, but when it's negative feedback you agree with, it's really disheartening. So now, after some time and distance, I've come back with a slightly reworked version of the chapter that hopefully better explains and justified what happens, and then catches the story up to where the next chapter starts, which is already written. I found myself second-guessing everything I wrote after last time and my enthusiasm for the project has subsequently diminished, so the other chapters are going up after this one, regardless of feedback. I'm satisfied with what I've written

Hello and welcome to Wasted Plotential, where we discuss the wasted potential of our favourite plotlines. Most players, in my experience, feel that the story of Mortal 1 Kombat is actually a pretty good new beginning for the series; but it then "falls apart" or "fumbles the ball" in its last four chapters. The story is fairly low stakes, compared to most MK games, following a simple conspiracy plot among Outworld's elite, with Kronika allegedly facilitating (if not outright orchestrating) the events. But then, Kronika reveals herself as Shang Tsung from the evil ending of Aftermath, and we get two and a half chapters where we fight evil counterparts of the cast from his timeline, followed by a massive blow-out ending where Shang brings an army of counterparts and amalgamations from yet more timelines. You know, Avengers: Endgame's "Portals" scene was the culmination of a full decade of storytelling to earn that grand spectacle. MK Armageddon's intro was the culmination of

Welcome to A LINE THROUGH T⌛ME, where I take the time to look through your favourite franchises and work out how it all lines up. Before we discuss new content, there has been a development with old content since last time. Dominic Cianciolo, story lead for MK since MK11, has asserted that MK vs DC Universe is, in fact, canonical and was an experiment Kronika attempted previously, only for it to fail. I'm going to assume it takes place in the timeline immediately following Armageddon because, just as I refuse to accept a timeline prior to the original like a jaded Doctor Who fan, I refuse to accept DCU as anything but the second timeline. You do have to wonder if the DCU is affected by the timeline shenanigans as well, and if Joker and Peacemaker are possibly from a new timeline version of it. Ooh, maybe Injustice got wiped by MK11's events and that's why there's no Injustice 3. That'd be swell. ...Injustice timeline next episode. Not much new material has come to the MK series