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** Nightingale in Project Alter is toned down quite a bit; she may have a bit of a temper, but she’s also intensely patient with people who truly need help, and she’s very strict with herself about following her own rules, with her forcefulness and temper coming across as more passionate AngerBornOfWorry for her Lord than borderline Yandere. It’s only in battle she becomes the crazy Berserker from canon. And due to how battle scenes aren’t that common in Project Alter relatively speaking, this is never shown and merely mentioned, and the one battle scenes that she’s in that’s shown is exploring the concept of her as a Ruler (the author says that despite her extreme tendencies she would have still have preferred to see her as a defensive Ruler, if anything just for the gimmick of a hotheaded Ruler). She doesn’t exactly like this side of herself either, and she has sympathy even for enemies if they’re sentient

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* ImprobableAge: As Sherlock Holmes' age is usually up to interpretation, and due to quirks in the timeline that come from Jekyll's age being ratcheted back up to 52 by 1885, it's said that Holmes exploded onto the scene as a master detective from the age of ''22'', and is actually a good 4 years younger than Jekyll, despite what one would be lead to believe by how they act around each other. (pending; the age difference between the two is currently one of the biggest stumbling blocks I have concerning their backstories, since Holmes was probably canonically in his late 20’s or something when I place Jekyll’s death)
** While most of the initial Round Table, including Artoria/Arthur, were pretty young for such exalted positions at the start, with Kay and Bediviere being the oldest of the main four at merely 17, Gawain was apparently ''12'' when he was first knighted and [[BadassAdorable quickly distinguished himself]], making him a good 3 years younger than Arturia, and also the knight who was the youngest at time of knighting excepting Mordred, who he was still physically younger than (she was chronologically about 9, but physically and mentally 14), as even Percival and Galahad were 15. (Pending)

*** Speaking of the Grail Knights, they also play with this trope a bit. Percival, as mentioned, was a flawed knight, what with him still messing up chivalrous code and being a bit of an idiot, bungling his way through many a trial, and is clearly attracted to women. Still, the fact that he was the original Grail Knight in legend is alluded to by Galahad’s belief that Percival could have possibly achieved the grail even without him, and he’s very much pure of heart and compassionate, [[spoiler:being the first person in centuries to show Kundry any compassion even despite knowing who she is]]. He’s also one of the few characters alongside Bedivere and Percival who were completely innocent in the fall of Camelot or of being hypocrites about their values in order to avoid an inevitable shitstorm, something which even Gareth can’t attest to. (Pending for the others) While he feels guilt for not being there when Camelot fell, even then his moral compass was such that he chose not to follow The Dragon King in the Sixth Singularity; the author has compared him to [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]]. Bors on the other hand apparently was extremely close to not seeing the grail, needing the most effort to be good enough for it; and while he seemed to be on track to this with his show of self-restraint during the quest, he pretty much threw it all away, including adherence to the rules he valued so much, because he’s such a hopeless enabler for Lancelot that he chose his loyalty to him above all else, even while even Lancelot himself knew he had screwed up, becoming another character contributing to Camelot’s downfall.

** In life, Arjuna and Karna looked pretty identical to themselves as Servants... With the exception of Arjuna being significantly paler than Karna (in fact, Arjuna could have plausibly been just a tanned pale-skinned person). This is significant, as generally the higher up the castes you go in India, the lighter the skin tones get. Then, reincarnated as Servants, Arjuna's skin is darker than most of the cast and Karna is very pale. While in Fate canon this was probably just a weird coincidence, in Project Alter Arjuna is a bit weirded out by it, and after regaining more of his memories regarding Karna, he chalks it up to karma giving him an appearance much like that of a "Charioteer Boy", the same thing he mocked Karna for being (meanwhile Karna's drawback is that he's stuck without his full armor and basically permanently nerfed, though since he was already comically overpowered he’s still insanely powerful and got the better deal overall).
** A more lighthearted (or depressing, descending on how one looks at it) in-universe example also regarding the Arthurian prequels; many of the exact things that pulled Arthur/Arturia’s kingdom apart, or factored into it (bastard children, incestuous children, adultery, violating civic/religious law or commonly-held morality [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections because you can and because central authority is a mere suggestion at best]], reliance on war...) would become extremely normal in many if not basically all of the courts of Europe not even that long after Camelot falls (whenever that is, though the author guesses “probably before Charlemagne”). This is pointed out by Marie (who is a Hapsburg, I.e. from the family probably most infamous for inbreeding in Europe even by royalty standards), who is a bit confused with Mordred’s angst over it, leading to an OverlyLongGag of her explaining how normalized it became both to Mordred’s increasing horror and questioning of her own suffering. Arturia/Arthur were also not only the {{Trope Maker}}s of chivalry in-universe, but quite apparently unintentionally invented the idea of Enlightened Despotism almost a millennia before anyone else tried it again; because, as the medieval and early modern entries of Alt-talia make clear repeatedly, and as alluded to by Jeanne’s line “I fought for France, yes, but also everyone who lived in it”, the idea of a monarch having to serve the people, or even solid borders and nationality, was more a wishful suggestion than an expectation, if it was considered at all, in lieu of countries just being big blobs of land you own which people just happened to live on.

* LoveHurts: Andersen apparently gets extra depressed around Valentines Day due to being a perennial victim of this trope in life.

* MythologyGag: Aside from all the uncountable TruerToTheText regarding fictional characters, there are still some references to less conventional incarnations or works treated as non-canon. These may or may not be hints to a future mention in “The Many Forms of X” or a future PV by the animator.

** Nightingale in Project Alter is toned down quite a bit; she may have a bit of a temper, but she’s also intensely patient with people who truly need help, and she’s very strict with herself about following her own rules, with her forcefulness and temper coming across as more passionate AngerBornOfWorry for her Lord than borderline Yandere. It’s only in battle she becomes the crazy Berserker from canon. And due to how battle scenes aren’t that common in Project Alter relatively speaking, this is never shown and merely mentioned, and the one battle scenes that she’s in that’s shown is exploring the concept of her as a Ruler (the author says that despite her extreme tendencies she would have still have preferred to see her as a defensive Ruler, if anything just for the gimmick of a hotheaded Ruler). She doesn’t exactly like this side of herself either, and she has sympathy even for enemies if they’re sentient.

** David: His love for his children and his love for beautiful women. The latter [[UriahGambit caused the death of Uriah]], a man who trusted him, and God is of course disgusted as are several others around David. The former made him refuse to realize how much of a monster Amnon had become, costing him his daughter Tamar's love and trust forever, as she would never completely see him as the loving father she once knew ever again, as well as Absalom's, incentivizing him to kill Amnon and rebel against him, a rebellion which lead to Absalom's death at the hands of his best general, who promptly chews him out for this because of all of the people Absalom's war has killed (for those keeping total, because he refused to punishish one child appropiately he basically lost three). As a result when he starts hearing that Solomon is the BigBad it's basically like personalized torture for him.

** Arjuna: It is, or at least was, hubris and pride, seeing his archery skills as the core of his identity, inability to see beyond caste, being Karna's bully until the end and being unable to see his or his brothers were ever in the wrong.

** Shirou and Arturia's relationship is also treated much like one of a LadyAndKnight, albeit infused with BattleCouple. The author has also jokingly called Shirou "Arturia's waifu", and in audio parodies, e.g. "Mordred's Bad Day" (drawn over the John Mulaney "I Did My Best" skit), if Shirou and Arturia show up, Arturia is almost invariably the man and Shirou the woman of the couple.

** 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 Forms 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...]]).

* TheAtoner: Jekyll. Or more, he sees being a Servant as his way to salvation, his first MyGreatestFailure being his creation of Hyde and falling to temptation and being complacent in it, which led to the murder of Danvers Carew and the death of his estranged friend Dr. Hastie Lanyon, and ultimately his suicide (which, note, was seen as a massive sin at the time; though technically he wasn't the one who committed suicide, as it was Hyde that did so like in the original novella, with Jekyll letting Hyde take one final hit so Utterson could have his estate on that technicality. Because yes, in Victorian England, if you committed suicide the government could take all your property). He acts much more like this in the fics based on the events of Fragments of Silver than the cheerful, plucky man he was in canon, already being very self-denying and pessimistic, and showing his age initially (for which Tatsumi jokingly calls him “Gramps” a few times), not saying that he wants to be a hero but that he just wants redemption, and balks at the idea of him “becoming a hero” (though there's also that, as Jekyll points out, coming from a GothicHorror novella which is for all intents and purposes set in a realistic setting, to him the whole idea of "becoming a hero" sounds cheesy as all hell). Though he eventually becomes more like he was in canon and starts acting more like his physical age as he spends more time with Tatsumi, with Tatsumi having a sort of therapeutic effect on him, and he even comes around to the whole “becoming a hero” thing, seeing assisting Tatsumi in his quest for the grail (ironically drawing parallels to Arthurian legend while at it) as the ultimate redemption. Unfortunately, he not only was summoned by a terrible Jerkass before Tatsumi whom he was forced to kill for in Jekyll form and who Hyde promptly murders (pending), but Tatsumi was killed in front of his eyes and adds yet another MyGreatestFailure weighing on his psyche, with him hitting a DespairEventHorizon and letting Hyde loose being another right after. By the time of FGO he has a massive GuiltComplex and once again is basically is obsessed with being good, seeing Tatsumi’s death as a sort of divine retribution against straying from God’s path and blaming himself for being too weak to protect the boy and honor his mission, and to protect others from Hyde.

** 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 (describing Teach's preferences as "maybe a bit ''too'' young", though he [[BlackComedy isn't as grossed out by it as one would hope him to be]]) 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 Forms Of Arturiania" being shown getting a barrage of PervertRevengeMode from her and even Morgan several times.

** 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 happened to be better than him... after which Drona, his mentor, literally orders the poor kid to ''cut his fingers off''. Though 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). Once he remembers this, among the other generally shitty ways he had treated Karna, [[IHatePastMe he regrets this.]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone A lot.]]

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Revealed to be basically how Camelot fell. In attempting to avert the fall of Camelot and because of [[TomatoInTheMirror other reasons]], Artoria refused to recognize Mordred as her child and crown prince (and avoiding her entirely so she has no opportunity to assassinate her) and Merlin breaks his laid-back character and shuns her publicly (despite at this point having been nothing but a good knight), with basically everyone else she knows with few exceptions following suit or being too afraid to go near her and making her a pariah. And while Mordred tries to defy the prophecy and prove her goodness and loyalty, she eventually gives up on it and [[ThenLetMeBeEvil embraces the prophecy and stages a coup immediately when she has the chance to]]. No one seems to think that treating her with kindness despite the prophecy or her upbringing might actually avert the prophecy.

** Mordred still cannot get over her issues with her father and the rest of the Round Table, despite theoretically coming to terms with it in the events of LightNovel/FateApocrypha like in canon. She was also written with attachment issues in mind due to her upbringing, something which can’t just be whisked away with an epiphany.

** Also Mordred, both as a Servant and in lore. While when she was a respected knight she didn’t swear much despite her semi-[[AllGirlsWantBadBoys bad boy]] persona that came about from her more rough speech patterns ([[DeliberateValuesDissonance well not those that mattered back then anyway]], so “fuck” and the like did slip through), by the time she’s a Servant she’s become one of these quite literally. This is in great contrast to Arturia and Arthur, who never swear, medieval or modern, ever, excepting the uncommon GoshDangItToHeck which may slip through. Jekyll, Arturia, and Arthur of course correct her often, to her annoyance.

** The interpretation of Mordred used here, unlike the DumbMuscle she is in Fate canon, but fittingly for a character associated with treachery, is shown to actually be surprisingly manipulative if she needs to be, even if she usually only uses it to achieve a greater goal or as self-defense if she can’t use violence for whatever reason. It’s even shown that she can put up the act of being surprisingly charming, joyous, and even courteous, even when she’s boiling with rage on the inside, particularly when she was recruiting for her battle against Arturia; to somewhat unsettling effect from an out-of-universe perspective from coming off as a politer, artificial version of her BoisterousBruiser self she shows around genuine friendly company and played up as the semi-bad boy/somewhat edgy gentleman knight back when she was popular, even though maintaining the mask is extremely difficult. She’s also implied to be a good battle strategist, having planned out most of the battle movements of her troops at Camlann herself. According to UTAU covers like Devil’s Manner and hints she drops in certain fics, she even has a thoughtful, somewhat philosophical side, and legitimately has some of the workings of a good future king. It’s even outright shown that’s before going to Arturia to take her claim as crown prince, she spent an entire night thinking of what she wants to do as king. Though she’s still kind of BookDumb, and she looks stupid next to the more clearly intellectual rest of the London party, she’s clearly nowhere near actually stupid. The honor of “the dumbest member of the (Inner) Round Table” has instead been passed to Percival, who Mordred herself refers to as the “resident idiot” at one point, though Lancelot and Gareth also have moments of extreme airheadedness (and overall it’s Dagonet, who is like young Percival [[CloudcuckooLander on steroids]] and without most of the fighting capabilities).

** Edison: Said to be fond of milk, just like his real life counterpart.

** From the Fragments of Silver fics, Tatsumi likes rice balls. And a lot of Jekyll’s diet consisted of them, other random convenience store stuff, and energy drinks at this time, so Jekyll grows a bit fond of rice balls as well, though due to their association with Tatsumi he can get a bit emotional about them.

* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: As it soon becomes pretty clear, [[spoiler:Gudako. Though Mordred is shown to be an even more more major example of this in her fics shipping her with Jekyll, what with her comparing him to a damsel]]. As well as many of the female characters, it seems.
** Heavily implied to be if not basically all but stated to be Mordred’s type, what with her still wanting to be a damsel-rescuing KnightInShiningArmor at her core.

* GoodCannotComprehendEvil: Deconstructed with [[spoiler:Galahad in life. He was a perfect knight; but because of that, he was unable to even comprehend what would lead one to sin or why someone would make the wrong decision. While he never judges others harshly, he can offer no other advice to people than to not do bad things, unable to understand the context for said actions; therefore, he’s not able to help people who struggle. With the grail, he wishes to sacrifice this perfection to experience struggle]].

** A recurring series of comics for "The Many Forms of Authuriania" is "(Character) the Asshole". It is exactly what it sounds like, featuring interpretations of characters in which they acted a lot meaner, if not straight-up villainous, than in their other portrayals over the centuries (or at least compared to their Fate incarnations, as with characters like Mordred - and in fact she in particular has gotten a comic about those rare times he/she's depicted as good - who are almost always villains or at least terrible {{Jerkass}}es). As the author puts it, "It seems that every so often, the asshole points left over from the standard set of assholes will always gravitate towards at least one of the big characters, and unless they're Galahad, literally no one is safe. Especially if some of the standard assholes aren’t this time around." And it almost always veers into BlackComedy (e.g. Percival butchering literal thousands [[AmbiguousInnocence while being disturbingly cheerful about it all]] and no one else batting an eye, [[BlackComedyRape Gawain being a rapist]] and every other time he’s been an AdaptationalJerkass, Lancelot adding “...And he didn’t even tell me my destiny yet!” as he freaks out after Mordred kills a priest in rage for telling her of her destiny and birth).

*** Jack the Ripper wears a workman’s shirt used as an improvised dress that, while tattered, is long enough to go past her knees, under an also tattered vest and her cape.

** Nightingale in Project Alter, outside of battle at least, is toned down quite a bit; she may have a bit of a temper, but she’s also intensely patient with people who truly need help, and she’s very strict with herself about following her own rules, with her forcefulness and temper coming across as more passionate AngerBornOfWorry for her Lord than borderline Yandere. It’s only in battle she becomes the crazy Berserker from canon. And due to how battle scenes aren’t that common in Project Alter relatively speaking, this is never shown and merely mentioned, and the one battle scenes that she’s in that’s shown is exploring the concept of her as a Ruler (the author says that despite her extreme tendencies she would have still have preferred to see her as a defensive Ruler, if anything just for the gimmick of a hotheaded Ruler). She doesn’t exactly like this side of herself either, and she has sympathy even for enemies if they’re sentient.

* AesopAmnesia: A weird, more literal example with Arjuna. In his backstory, he realizes that he really, really shouldn't have treated Karna the way he did, and this leads him to resolve to stop being such a RoyalBrat. He even adopts Karna's last son so he can at least give the kid a good life like Karna would have wanted. But as a Servant, the two brothers are back to being enemies, because he has literally forgotten about his vow that he would be nicer to Karna if they ever meet again in another life. But at the same time, this isn't because Arjuna has gone back to being a RoyalBrat, and he acts much more like himself after his resolution, not particularly minding the fact that there are other Archers such as Arash in the Chaldea who match him in skill (in fact he seems to have, much like Jekyll, overshot the moral, with his ego taking a pretty massive dent as if he remembers and is repenting for it), and he still clearly remembers how much of a WarIsHell hellscape the final battle was, it's just that they're still bitter rivals for reasons even they don't fully understand. Eventually, however, Arjuna does start remembering, and their relationship shifts gradually from antagonistic, to extremely awkward, and finally, in a fic taking place after their singularity, to reconciliation.

** Artoria actually is shown to have been a more standard version of this early in her reign, albeit downplayed for pragmatism and actually kind of immature and acting her age, even showing a strong streak of HotBlooded passion, and readily espousing her grand ideals; Bediviere was even apparently drawn to her bright smile at the time, a compliment that would be unthinkable for how she turns out later. She technically never stopped being this, it’s just that she thought that not showing her emotions to show impartiality was the way to go about it, as well as to show that she’s a strong ruler, after people kept expressing doubt over an apparent teenage boy taking the throne. The life and spark she had at this early stage is best exemplified by the UTAU cover of “That King Was Made of Mud”, with its grand, triumphant instrumentals, though the lyrics still hint to what is to come.

** The author has also done a similar thing with Mordred, saying that she sees the two versions of the character as representing the two different ways he tends to be written; female Mordred is “Tragic Mordred”, an interpretation more common in modern works in which Mordred is presented sympathetically, and Proto Mordred is “Classic Mordred”, the standard CardCarryingVillain Mordred. Female Mordred is also written taking from the most sympathetic {{Alternate Character Interpretation}}s in legend and mashing them together, unless they really don’t gel well (I.e. Welsh accounts describing him as being so nice that no one would refuse him). 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, along with attachment and trust issues, 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.

** As alluded, Percival’s looks in Project Alter’s universe we’re heavily influenced by perception. This affected not only his body type, but is why his armor is white, when in Project Alter canon his armor in life was red (because he is known for his red armor in a lot of legends and Project Alter Galahad also had white armor in life, giving him almost an identical color scheme as Servant Percival)
** While in Fate canon Berserker Lancelot is Lancelot's mental state after Arturia 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 succesful 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.
** Agravain is possibly one of the Round Table knights with the most noticeable changes alongside Percival, and is this regarding the character from legend; while still quite a bit of a {{Jerkass}}, as “The Many Faces of Arthuriania” make pretty clear, compared to a lot of his depictions in legend, he’s definitely an AdaptationalNiceGuy. Notably he was the only knight who wasn’t afraid of being near Mordred after her destiny and parentage were revealed; albeit he’s probably responsible for nudging Mordred completely past the point of no return. But whereas in Fate canon he’s TheStoic, basically Arturia’s prime minister, and is even a bit of an OnlySaneMan, in Project Alter he’s a jealous, haughty, InferioritySuperiorityComplex-laden snarky ArrogantKungFuGuy, and in fact is more of a troublemaker, much less an OnlySaneMan (according to the author, she used [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon Trainer Silver]] as inspiration), and his position [[spoiler:including his place in the Sixth Singularity]] is given to the also rather dickish and hotheaded but ultimately more responsible Kay as an extension of his Seneschal duties. In one fic, Gaheris, passing by and having been thrown in a dungeon with him even turns to him, sighing as if he’s not even surprised, asking “Agravain... What did you do this time?”. He retains his borderline murderous hatred for Gaheris, here being explained as a result of Morgan deliberately pitting the two against each other when raising them, and is most irrational with holding grudges out of the siblings. While he is shown to have slightly calmed down later, even then they’re pretty clearly different. And while he’s nowhere near as extreme in his loyalty to Arturia, this portrayal also borrows a lot from Vulgate characterizations and that loyalty gets transferred mostly to Gawain; if he and Gaheris are able to put aside their differences for anything, it’s their admiration of Gawain, to the point [[MyDadCanBeatUpYourDad that when Bors tells them that Lancelot is a better fighter than Gawain]], they are on the verge of 2 v 1-ing him in a fist fight before Gawain and Lancelot make them stop, and he rages at a group of Lancelot supporters for doing the same at a joust. And quite a bit of emphasis is put on this as it’s probably his most sympathetic trait in almost all the legends. The difference from, say, Mallory is probably best shown by Gawain’s reaction to his death, where while he doesn’t fly into a rage like he does with Gareth and Gaheris’ deaths, he’s still clearly saddened and angered by it, and he cites all three of his brothers’ deaths as to why he won’t forgive Lancelot. He’s also drawn much differently to fit this, with flatter hair and a more attractive, younger, and less pale but sneering and somewhat punchable face, fitting in better with descriptions in legend where he’s said to have a handsome face. [[spoiler:Also he gets his own badass moments in fics covering the Sixth Singularity, where he, being switched out with Kay, bluntly states that the whole affair is absurd and pulls a dramatic ScrewThisImOuttaHere, taking the other dissenting knights, even for once throwing aside his love of his big brother and being willing to cooperate closely with Gaheris and ''[[YouKilledMyFather Pellinore]]'' to stand by his choice, and leads the defecting group along with Pellinore. There is some focus on the weight of responsibility now that Gawain is against them now and he now has to take up the responsible older knight role as well, and he ultimately ends up as the OnlySaneMan in a different way from Fate canon]].

* AlternateUniverseFic: Aside from this loose collection being kind of an AU for Fate by itself, even while the premise is kept the same, the “The Many Forms Of Arthuriania” comics and occasional fics are basically just depicting episodes from the many, many, ''[[AdaptationOverdosed many]]'' renditions of King Arthur’s legend over the years with the Fate versions; with sometimes even more dark and tragic (e.g. half of the Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing content), but mostly hilarious or even just plain weird, results, written more like Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers strips or Saturday morning cartoons. The rest of the “The Many Forms of _” series is basically the same for the others.

* AmazonChaser: A lot of male characters (mainly [[AuthorAppeal ones the author finds attractive]]) seem to be this:

** Actual Robin’s type is said to be stronger women who he can fight alongside, having the same mental fortitude he has, and who preferably can match him in strength and intelligence. This is due to the fact that these types of women remind him of Marion; though unfortunately they can’t replace the real deal.

** Other proposed Servants have been “True” variants. “Actual Robin” could be seen as such a character, in a way; these are variants of corrupted (or otherwise different) Servants who are much closer to who they were in life or legend (e.g. A Ruler Antonio Salieri who is proud of Mozart, an Assassin Edmond Dantès based on himself post CharacterDevelopment). (Pending; I had the idea for a fic in which Servant Salieri meets his real self; as in the soul, not Servant form or anything, of the real Salieri. The former idea would kind of make it redundant)

* SilverFox: Downplayed by Jekyll in life (or Old Jekyll, as the author calls him sometimes), who while not as hot as he was in his younger years/as a Heroic Spirit, is drawn to not look too bad for a 52-year-old, especially for one who had been under unholy amounts of stress for almost his entire life, something that was true in the novella as well, and still makes use of BeautyEqualsGoodness to an extent. Or at least, he’s still kind of cute. His wrinkles and silver streaks of hair were basically calculated to make him look good according to the author. Even without the author’s character art in mind, [[AuthorAppeal the way he’s sometimes described]] makes that pretty apparent. Though as Hyde really starts taking over his life he starts looking progressively more sickly. Utterson is a year older, but it’s also shown that he was of slightly above average looks for his age, even if he wasn’t drop-dead attractive (Lanyon on the other hand is pretty clearly drawn with the “cute old man” look in mind).

** Also Mordred, both as a Servant and in love. While when she was a respected knight she didn’t swear much despite her semi-[[AllGirlsWantBadBoys bad boy]] persona that came about from her more rough speech patterns ([[DeliberateValuesDissonance well not those that mattered back then anyway]], so “fuck” and the like did slip through), by the time she’s a Servant she’s become one of these quite literally. This is in great contrast to Arturia and Arthur, who never swear, medieval or modern, ever, excepting the uncommon GoshDangItToHeck which may slip through. Jekyll, Arturia, and Arthur of course correct her often, to her annoyance.

* SitcomArchNemesis: In less serious portrayals, Boudicca and on occasion Salieri in the rare times their relationship is depicted comedically, basically see Nero and Mozart as these. And Arjuna and Karna depending on when the fic is.

** The interpretation of Mordred used here, unlike the DumbMuscle she is in Fate canon, but fittingly for a character associated with treachery, is shown to actually be surprisingly manipulative if she needs to be, even if she usually only uses it to achieve a greater goal or as self-defense if she can’t use violence for whatever reason. It’s even shown that she can put up the act of being surprisingly charming, joyous, and even courteous, even when she’s boiling with rage on the inside, particularly when she was recruiting for her battle against Arturia; to somewhat unsettling effect from an out-of-universe perspective from coming off as a politer, artificial version of her BoisterousBruiser self she shows around genuine friendly company and played up as the semi-bad boy/somewhat edgy gentleman knight back when she was popular, even ignored maintaining the mask is extremely difficult. She’s also implied to be a good battle strategist, having planned out most of the battle movements of her troops at Camlann herself. According to UTAU covers like Devil’s Manner and hints she drops in certain fics, she even has a thoughtful, somewhat philosophical side, and legitimately has some of the workings of a good future king. It’s even outright shown that’s before going to Arturia to take her claim as crown prince, she spent an entire knight thinking of what she wants to do as king. Though she’s still kind of BookDumb, and she looks stupid next to the more clearly intellectual rest of the London party, she’s clearly nowhere near actually stupid. The honor of “the dumbest member of the (Inner) Round Table” has instead been passed to Percival, who Mordred herself refers to as the “resident idiot” at one point, though Lancelot and Gareth also have moments of extreme airheadedness (and overall it’s Dagonet, who is like young Percival [[CloudcuckooLander on steroids]] and without most of the fighting capabilities).

* SuperpowerRussianRoulette: 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 Project Alter does away with the “Servants are representative of how a person is perceived” thing, at least partially, and 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 remains 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). It can also even screw up your appearance for seemingly no reason (e.g. Edison). 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.

*** [[Music/BlindGuardian Mordred’s Song]], translated into Japanese, and Mind Brand also cover Mordred’s disillusionmentY and fall from grace.

* WeaknessTurnsHerOn: As it soon becomes pretty clear, [[spoiler:Gudako. Jekyll's vulnerabilities about himself that he hates so much are a major part of what draws her to him, and in fact he's pretty much the reason she discovered this about herself. Though Mordred is shown to be an even more more major example of this in her fics shipping her with Jekyll, what with her comparing him to a damsel]]. As well as many of the female characters, it seems.

* WildChild: While Enkidu can come across as the more reasonable one between him and Gilgamesh, here, in actuality, he’s very much a “wild man” archetype, being the TropeCodifier for it and all in real life, just in a really pretty body, the contrast of which is often PlayedForLaughs (as opposed to, say, Hyde, whose animalistic behavior is often played for horror or fanservice); for example, Gilgamesh apparently often has to get him to stop chewing on his own clothing, furniture, and hair a lot (and he also gifts him an actual chew toy for their friendship anniversary, which he apparently liked quite a bit), and he is shown to have NoSocialSkills (as opposed to Gilgamesh who [[ItsAllAboutMe just doesn’t care]]), [[TooHungryToBePolite be an incredibly sloppy eater]], gnaw on bones after meals, scratch his head in a way that sends his (quite long) hair flying like a dog, sometimes crawl on all fours and to be incredibly fast in doing so, be able to swing on vines like Tarzan, somehow get flea infestations, and fare terribly in small spaces, among many other things. Though there are traits which aren’t necessarily comedic, like growling and baring his teeth when angry. He can function of course thanks to being taught how to do so, and he still talks coherently and fluently, but Gilgamesh is actually the civilized one of the two, their friendship symbolizing harmony between civilization and nature.

** Alexander/Ishkander has MismatchedEyes, something he was said to have real life and the author considers another missed opportunity considering how “anime” that sounds.

** Gawain. It’s made clear that if anything he’s a guy that values his siblings a lot (though they needn’t even be his actual siblings). Especially Gareth, though before Mordred was outed he was pretty protective of her too, and even after the fact he was constantly conflicted over it. Though he’s not super over protective regarding them getting into danger at least as it’s part of their profession. But this trope becomes apparent to [[KnightTemplarBigBrother utterly terrifying levels]] when Lancelot killed Gaheris and Gareth on accident (not long after killing Agravain as well). [[spoiler:And he hesitated on striking Mordred as well, leading to his demise]].

** Gareth seems to be pure of heart, the most dedicated to chivalrous honor second only to [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Galahad]], and she indeed is. But there’s a reason why she wasn’t part of the grail knights; she's a hopeless romantic and tends to get crushes on other knights easily.

** Dr. Roman, despite what his innocent looks, serious workaholic personality, and somewhat airheaded behavior may suggest, also apparently has an ''extremely'' dirty mind. Mash learned this the hard way when she snooped around on his hard drive once, where he had apparently been storing literal, honest-to-god erotica he was in the middle of writing that was also much more gorgeously written than it had any right to be (which she of course chewed him out for). The topic of sex doesn’t offend him too much either (as shown by how he reacts to Mash stumbling across the aforementioned erotica), even if he finds talking about it in the open to be a bit crass (though he’ll entertain bantering with dirty jokes to take the piss out of people if he's encouraged). Though [[TrueLoveIsAKink his fantasies are a lot more wholesome]] than those of more standard {{Lovable Sex Maniac}}s in the Chaldea. [[spoiler:It’s explained that this is in reference to the Literature/SongOfSongs, traditionally attributed to Solomon; while it’s highly unlikely he actually wrote it, in the author's words words “[[ArtisticLicenseHistory Meh, this is Project Alter, not Alt-talia!]]”. In-story, it was also one of the manifestations of his inability to be truly, permanently happy in life, including in his love life with all his ever-increasing harem of butt-kissers, with him having written it as his personal fantasy of a loving, equal relationship]].
** Gareth seems to be pure of heart, the most dedicated to chivalrous honor second only to [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Galahad]], and she indeed is. But there’s a reason why she wasn’t part of the grail knights; because she was absolutely all over [[DistressedDude Lyonesse]], her later husband.

* FarOutForeignersFavoriteFood: Apparently [[spoiler:the reason why Dr. Roman likes traditional Japanese sweets so much is that Anko (bean curd) has a texture that reminds him of Date Honey, the suspected eponymous honey in the Biblical quote “Land of Milk and Honey”; when he was still Solomon, Marisbury bought him bean curd buns because he couldn’t eat pork buns, and he’s had a liking to them in particular ever sense. According to Emiya he also usually orders grilled salmon for dinner when he isn’t too busy remember eating, presumably because fish is always Kosher by default and thus the safest option]]. David also apparently has a preference for bean curd sweets for the same reason.

* AntiquatedLinguistics:
* {{Asexuality}}: It has been heavily implied that both Utterson and Holmes are aromantic and asexual, being described as “seemingly without yearning for the pleasures of the flesh”, and in the fics exploring their interactions in boarding school, it’s shown that Utterson, to Jekyll’s bafflement and jealousy, was not able to understand Jekyll’s... [[HormoneAddledTeenager adolescent problems, and why he was avoiding eye contact with a female teacher]]. Unfortunately, these two being around him didn’t help Jekyll’s complex about his libido at all.
** Galahad has been stated outright to indeed be asexual as well as aromantic, as the Arthurian fics with him in him often make pretty clear, due to his whole IncorruptiblePurePureness ChasteHero shtick. Here, he not only was chaste, but due to being inherently pure was physically incapable of feeling desire or romantic attraction; or even understanding it that much for that matter. Percival, meanwhile, is a good example of someone who is oblivious but not incapable of feeling attraction, showing that there is indeed a difference.
%%---> '''Percival, waving goodbye at a group of ladies:''' *blushing* Haha, thanks, you’re beauties too! ...Ahh, aren’t they pretty, Galahad?
%%---> Galahad, also waving: Yes, they are quite beautiful.
%%---> Percival: Whew, I think I might’ve swallowed a butterfly!
---> '''Lancelot:''' ...[[IHaveThisFriend A knight I know of]] has fallen in love with his lord’s wife and is torn between his duty and his love for her. He cannot helped to be gripped by passion by the mere thought of her, and he loves her deeply, but he also loves his lord deeply as a friend. But there is nothing wrong about merely feeling love for another, is there?
---> '''Galahad:''' *confused*
---> '''Lancelot:''' ...Galahad?
---> '''Galahad:''' I do not think I understand the dilemma here. ...Father, what does “passion” feel like?
---> '''Lancelot:''' ...What? ...Never mind. Sorry for bothering you.
%%** It’s been stated outright by the author that Arjuna is asexual; while he has fathered a few children, all of these either were to produce heirs or because he was asked (as warriors like him, in contrast to western notions of chivalry, cannot refuse a woman... or as Hyde puts it, “So basically, once you become a warrior it also comes with being a whore, and no one’s gonna whinge at you for it?”, though of course Arjuna takes great offense to this) much like in the original legend. He also doesn’t have that high an opinion of lust in others in general (especially in men), much like his source material’s views on the subject, never being able to understand it; unfortunately [[InnocentlyInsensitive he has to tell Jekyll of all people about this, reinforcing his restrictive idea of morality]], with Jekyll taking it as a sign that indeed it is possible to be without sin and he hasn’t tried hard. (Pending as I try to research this more, much like a lot of details on the Mahābhārata cast)

* HormoneAddledTeenager: Jekyll’s teenage years... were not easy for him. Unfortunately, his most trusted friend [[{{Asexuality}} didn’t have the foggiest idea of what he was talking about]], even though he tried to help best he can.

--> '''[[spoiler:Hyde:]]''' [[spoiler:*cackles* Are ya deaf, ''Miss Fujimaru''? *coyly nibbles his fingernails as he starts grinding against her* When I'm offering myself to be your bitch, I mean make me your bitch! Aah... I know ya want to, can see it all over yer face... What's wrong... Ah! This naughty lad is finally letting you take care of him, Milady~? *giggles*]]

** Arturia actually is shown to have been a more standard version of this early in her reign, albeit downplayed for pragmatism and actually kind of immature and acting her age, even showing a strong streak of HotBlooded passion, and readily espousing her grand ideals; Bediviere was even apparently drawn to her bright smile at the time, a compliment that would be unthinkable for how she turns out later. She technically never stopped being this, it’s just that she thought that not showing her emotions to show impartiality was the way to go about it, as well as to show that she’s a strong ruler, after people kept expressing doubt over an apparent teenage boy taking the throne. The life and spark she had at this early stage is best exemplified by the UTAU cover of “That King Was Made of Mud”, with its grand, triumphant instrumentals, though the lyrics still hint to what is to come.

** Proto Arthur, on the other hand, diverted from Arturia in that he doubled down on the kind, [[TheFettered fettered]], all-loving [[TheGoodKing chivalrous fairytale king]] thing, with that being the defining difference in their character, making him more of a standard version of this. From his flashbacks, it seems that instead of sealing off his emotions, his fatal flaw was loving and trusting everyone around him too much, despite his dedication to rule of law; unlike Arturia he did even have suspicions of Lancelot and Guinevere’s affair, but gave them too much of the benefit of the doubt, and also trusted his Mordred as regent and crown prince, even nurturing him as a son when the truth came out, despite the fact that Male Mordred turned out to indeed be a psychotic ticking time bomb much like what the Arturiaverse characters thought Female Mordred would be, with [[{{Yandere}} both a creepy, stalkerish, pseudo-oedipal sexual obsession with Guinevere and an equally creepy but (allegedly) non-sexual obsession with seeing Arthur in despair because he finds it “beautiful”]], as well as with possessing the throne itself (and everyone had already kind of suspected that there was something... off about him).

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Not as blatant as Alt-talia, but the characters are written with their actual history or source material a bit more in mind, which may result in certain characters changing noticeably, and she has also stated that this and tweaking character backstories with the above in mind is a good part of the fun for her (e.g. [[DeadpanSnarker Paracelsus]], [[WildChild Enkidu]], [[NoSocialSkills Tesla]], [[ViolentGlaswegian Scathach]], [[HairTriggerTemper Boudicca]]). Many even have altered designs, or occasionally, even different [[LimitBreak Noble Phantasms]], like Phantom of the Opera getting a FallingChandelierOfDoom for his. In addition, the author also likes to use Project Alter as a vehicle for her own interpretations of legends or adding her own twists to a story or historical figure’s life. The ones listed here are just the most notable ones who can’t be filed under other categories.

*** This is also probably the first time where Jekyll’s alluded hidden desires, and by extension Hyde’s tastes, [[spoiler:prominently feature a submission/feminization/sodomy fetish, something that would indeed be considered taboo and perverted in his era. While AuthorAppeal is a major reason for this, but it also plays into Jekyll’s character with the above mentioned taboo, him thinking that wishing for a woman to do stuff like that to him is particularly depraved, expectations of masculinity, and his obsession with self-control, as well as the fact that, as the author points out, if Hyde wasn’t so inclined it’s highly likely that he would have likely been a serial rapist, [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil which even for Hyde may make him go too far over the]] MoralEventHorizon.]]

** Meanwhile, Percival has undergone a bit of AdaptationalDumbass, now a borderline {{Keet}}, written like the Inner Table’s collective little brother instead of the CoolBigBro he is in canon (despite not even being the youngest out of them) and the resident airhead, a good-natured guy with [[NoSocialSkills underdeveloped social skills]]. The “younger brother”/“kouhai” characterization is especially emphasized, and becomes very apparent with the changes to his relationships with Gawain and Bors from canon, and him being overjoyed when new knights arrive after him because he gets to be the senior now, with his canonical dialogue being more of an act that ironically emphasizes his dorky childlike innocence. However, despite this change in characterization, he keeps his impressive, 195 cm stature and most of his HeroicBuild (though he looks a bit more androgynous in the author’s art, it’s not as much as many other characters), said to be as a result of both massive growth spurts after becoming a knight and his looks reflecting how history has remembered him, resulting in the comical imagery of a handsome giant of a knight who acts like a puppy and is easily impressed by lollipops (despite knowing what they are via the Grail). His SupremeChef trait has also been heavily downplayed, instead being passed around to Kay, and it’s merely one of his many more “feminine” hobbies like weaving and flowerpicking, though it’s still commented that he’s a very good cook and that he’s a BigEater. [[spoiler:Also the nature of his relationship with Kundry is changed into something different from romance, with him expressing compassion towards her as a person instead of rejecting her like in the original Parsifal]].

** While in Fate canon Berserker Lancelot is Lancelot's mental state after Arturia 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 succesful 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 isntead 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 realizng 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.

** King David gets much, much more relevance, especially in the overarching plot; not only is he one of the Gudas’ starting Servants, but he hangs around the canonical main characters, especially Dr. Roman, a lot more often and shows up more often, basically becoming one of the main characters like Da Vinci, Merlin or Holmes, [[spoiler:what with the whole Dr. Roman being a reincarnated King Solomon and Mash being a Demiservant of Galahad thing. Apparently King David just let himself in, and he also likes treating Lancelot and later Mash like grandchildren, encouraging them to call him grandpa, much to their embarrassment. And due to his connection to Solomon and his love of his children even when it goes beyond reason, [[ItsPersonal he’s one of the most personally invested in the plot.]]]] Plus there’s the fact that he’s, well, literally the Servant form of King David, so literally every Christian or Muslim in the Chaldea respects him to some extent despite what his casual personality may indicate.

** Also the pure fact that Jekyll is basically the Gudako’s right hand man and love interest, with the author openly admitting he’s her favorite character and that he’s what drew her into Fate. Also, as mentioned above, [[spoiler:showing Jekyll and Hyde in submissive positions, sexual or in the former’s case otherwise (like both Gudako and Mordred being portrayed bridal carrying him, or really most of his scenes with Mordred in fics where they’re shipped), and numerous sex scenes with them in such, which have featured such things as pegging, self-facials, and male TheImmodestOrgasm; basically a role reversal of your average romance Hentai. After all, the idea for the fic basically started as a Gudako x Jekyll PornWithPlot.]] Even outside the smut, there’s many scenes in which Jekyll becomes flustered due to his prudishness making him perceive rather innocent things as suggestive, and scenes where Hyde makes some kind of sexual remark. The collab PVs for the Jekyll and Hyde musical, albeit not directly connected to these fics’ loose canon, also seemingly go out of their way to sexualize the two as tastefully or as plausibly in the scene as possible.

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Often Averted or at least downplayed. The author tends to dislike this in backstories, tending to express [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter heavy disappointment]] whenever it’s applied a bit too heavily (though it doesn’t annoy her as much as “This actually isn’t the real historical figure!” or “This historical figure never actually existed!”, the former of which tends to make her go on over-the-top comedic rants). As such, it often tends to be toned down, and the author usually prefers exploring more plausible, human-centric options over more fantastical, out-there pure Fate interpretations. Though in cases like Abigail, there’s attempts to have the fantastic elements worked into history somehow. Many Servants/Vassals express shock upon learning about the whole Servant arrangement when they first are split off from their souls to become one, in fact, as many of them were relatively normal humans in life. Even fictional characters, if they come from more mundane settings like Jekyll or Holmes, had as much knowledge of magic or Grail Wars as the Gudas did before joining the Chaldea; that is, absolutely none, expressing as much confusion with the absurdity of the situation.

** Calling Mordred “lady” or treating her as too much of a woman, just like in canon, both due to being a bit of a FemaleMisogynist and just being a genuine tomboy born in the early medieval era. Also, while she has tried to come to terms with it, it's shown that she still hasn't gotten over how Arturia treated her and refused to acknowledge her as an heir in life, nor how most of the Round Table basically tried to quietly ignore her half the time after that, undoing all the CharacterDevelopment she had had until then (pending).

** Enkidu can read, just not anything too difficult, but it’s made clear he (as he’s going as male for the time being) isn’t exactly well-educated. Still, he isn’t actually stupid per se.

* 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 highlight for “directly translated swears” probably being “Pussylicker”, which to the Roman and most of the Greek cast is treated as basically the worst, most nuclear swear one can use (due to being on the receiving end of sex being seen as humiliating, and as women were (under normal circumstances anyway) second class citizens, being in a submissive position to a woman was basically seen as the worst thing ever). [[HairTriggerTemper Boudicca]] knew this, calls Nero it, and then of course that leads to that part of the Chaldea going on lockdown and being unusable for days, during which Boudicca and Nero are kept in solitary confinement.

** From the Fragments of Silver fics, Tatsumi likes rice balls. And a lot of Jekyll’s diet consisted of them, other random convenience store stuff, and energy drinks at this time, so Jekyll grows a bit fond of rice balls as well, though due to their association with Tatsumi he can get a bit emotional about them. Though for him they aren’t exactly this trope.

** The whole UriahGambit episode with King David and Bathsheba in the Bible indeed happened, and it isn’t questioned or sugarcoated at all. One of the covers he gets is in fact a Japanese translated version of The Residents song “Bathsheba Bathes”, an already really unsettling, eerie song made even worse by how low and creepy David’s normally cheerful, lighthearted vocals are tuned to sound, the unchanged lyrics in which he predatorily stalks and oogles her (and unlike in the Bible and presumably PA canon, it even takes on borderline rapey undertones), and the PV which is uncomfortably un-subtle in all its Yandere-ness itself. This episode is one he regrets a lot of course, but it’s been suggested that it’s entirely possible he could lapse into this again.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Here it’s stated outright, even outside of canonical cases like Hans or Phantom, that Servants often change appearances when they become Servants; they can range from barely noticeable except for different clothing (e.g. Holmes, or Jekyll who looked somewhat less thin in life, or the Arthurian cast who may get more natural hair colors and more period accurate armor), to noticeable but still recognizable at a glance (e.g. Gilgamesh had darker hair in life), to extreme (basically the entire HistoricalDomainCharacter cast), maybe keeping eye shape or happening to wear their familiar color scheme to identify them. This is sometimes the subject of gags.

* RealityEnsues: Generally, the Gudas' MagneticHero qualities are downplayed. It's shown that many Servants can never actually bond with either of the Gudas, and the Gudas themselves express a lot more realistic reluctance or even disgust at how terrible the more villainous ones can be as people. Many of these see themselves merely as glorified mercenaries going through a revolving door of contractors, and not all of them can be broken out of this mentality, as though all are able to achieve high bond levels in the original game, in Project Alter many Spirits just go from disdain to [[PunchClockHero apathy]] or apathy to slightly less apathetic, and when they do seem to be genuinely invested it’s revealed to just be them being a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk. Even among those who do genuinely become friendly with the Gudas (the majority), as mentioned above, the most preferred title is "Contractor" or "Lord" instead of "Master" and many are not even the slightest bit subservient, many even seeing them as just some young kids who got lucky and treating them as such. And even those who are the picture of UndyingLoyalty like Karna make it clear that while they may be loyal to their Lord/Master/Contractor, their true loyalty will always in their hearts be to the one they swore it to in the first place to get them that reputation.
** Also, characters like half of all of the historical characters, Jekyll and Holmes had a hard time coming to grips with their new lives as Servants, despite the Grail giving them automatic knowledge, because they had absolutely no knowledge on magic, maguses, or Heroic Spirits beforehand, or at least they had a harder time accepting it than, say, the Arthurian or Matter of France cast. Holmes in particular, being the logical person he is, [[WhoWritesThisCrap didn't believe the very information being funneled into him via Grail Magic]], and one fic in particular is entirely about him [[WhoWritesThisCrap bantering with a disembodied voice in limbo about how contrived everything about the whole arrangement is]] and then being in stunned shock about how everything he had thought was true was a lie. The first time he sees magic in action he's still in a bit of disbelief despite knowing that it's a real thing and he can use it now.
*** Also, characters from eras and places where magic was viewed as evil like Abigail still have trouble coming to terms with the fact that everything they knew about magic and magic users was a lie. Or the more zealous monotheists realizing that all gods are real and that no religion, even paganism, is "false".
** While Mash's CallingTheOldManOut and criticalness of Lancelot is treated mostly comedically in canon, here it's put a stop to early, with the scene in the Sixth Singularity leading to her being called out for almost pushing Lancelot into a HeroicBSOD after an already emotionally gruelling choice, and Bedivere, in shock, pointing out that Lancelot had no way of knowing Galahad even existed, and, oh yeah, ''that he was a ChildByRape''. Though this also shows that [[spoiler:Galahad is starting to show irrational human emotion, just as he wished]]. Their interactions after the fact mainly consist of them trying to awkwardly connect.

* RealityEnsues: As gags in the “pilot” and snippets of “later episodes” show, no, a modern university girl, no matter how gifted or charismatic or a good speaker she may be, no matter if she’s studying it or no, is not fit to suddenly run a country, especially in the Middle Ages, with all the seriousness and responsibility it entails. As a result, Merlin and other more politically inclined members of court and among the Outer circle knights have to shoulder a lot of the administration as well, also with the plot intention of leaving political intrigue and the like out of the story, though she may get better as the theoretical story goes on.

* FarOutForeignersFavoriteFood: Apparently [[spoiler:the reason why Dr. Roman likes traditional Japanese sweets so much is that Anko (bean curd) has a texture that reminds him of Date Honey, the suspected eponymous honey in the Biblical quote “Land of Milk and Honey”; when he was still Solomon, Marisbury bought him bean curd buns because he couldn’t eat pork buns, and he’s had a liking to them in particular ever sense. Here he also likes traditional Japanese food in particular because it rarely contains non-Kosher ingredients, being based around fish instead of meat]].

* ForeignQueasine: Invoked. The Hindu Servants tend to find the idea of beef being eaten to be morally reprehensible and cannot conceive of how anyone would be okay with it.
** While they tend not to invoke as violent a reaction, Muslim Servants still tend to be disgusted by the idea of eating pork. An unspecified Hassan is said to be seen gagging at the sight, running out of the cafeteria presumably to go throw up. David also wrinkles his nose and recoils at the idea. (Pending)

** David: His love for his children and his love for beautiful women. The latter [[UriahGambit caused the death of Uriah]], a man who trusted him, and God is of course disgusted as are several others around David. The former made him refuse to realize how much of a monster Amnon had become, costing him his daughter Tamar's love and trust forever, as she would never completely see him as the loving father she once knew ever again, as well as Absalom's, incentivising him to kill Amnon and rebel against him, a rebellion which lead to Absalom's death at the hands of his best general, who promptly chews him out for this because of all of the people Absalom's war has killed; for those keeping a total, because he refused to punishish one child appropiately he basically lost three. As a result when he starts hearing that Solomon is the BigBad it's basically like personalized torture for him.

** Elizabeth Bathory is a character who is basically rewritten from scratch and is given a major redesign; while she’s still a RoyalBrat, she actually at least appears to be a cheerful, friendly, polite countess who is supportive of other women, kind of like Marie, and unlike Marie she’s clearly pretty well educated, plus despite being kind of spoiled she’s apparently pretty good with money. [[BitchInSheepsClothing Though of course this is merely a facade, and inside she’s still an absolute psychopath]]. Her design is changed to reflect this, with much longer hair and a modified version of a dress from her era that becomes more blood-splattered as she ascends (link). But despite the changes, the legend of her bathing in blood is adapted to fit the Nasuverse’s lore more than it arguably originally did, as in this universe, having had medical knowledge beforehand due to that being part of her responsibility, Bathory had learned about the existence of mana circuits and found she had magic sensing abilities, and believed that the mana in young magus blood was the key to eternal youth, selecting maguses or those with latent magic abilities specifically for these baths; though due to the rarity of maguses, the blood was merely diluted in the baths and mainly taken via elixirs. This is also used to explain why hands were chopped off so often, and the investigation was apparently being nudged along by the early Mage’s Association from the shadows both to protect their own kind and because Bathory knew too much. Her connection to Camilla is also nonexistent, Bathory having died in her 50’s in prison. (Pending)

** Arturia and Arthur are a play on this trope itself and how prevalent this is in actual Arthurian legend. As Arturia’s backstory is already elaborated on heavily in canon, her version of the story seems to use more material from later cycles and depictions, though this isn’t always the case. Arthur meanwhile seems to take after more earlier interpretations (fittingly for being the prototype design), and Arthur is also portrayed a bit more like King Arthur usually is all the way through. In one fic [[DiscussedTrope in which they actually discuss this]], he brings up some characters Arturia doesn’t know about and vice-versa, and details like who ended up with who also seem to differ. Though their backstories can also tend to mix inspirations, so it’s difficult to say that their routes are based on specific interpretations. (This is all Pending, but I’m starting to disregard it)
*** Also, their “lack of humanity” in their attempts to come off as good leaders are in fact slightly downplayed from canon; it’s shown that Arturia did indeed have flashes of human emotion and even a few breakdowns in really private company, as she was human after all and unlike Galahad wasn’t BlessedWithSuck with being inherently perfect. Arthur, meanwhile, is portrayed to have taken the opposite direction as Arturia unlike in canon where it’s heavily implied he took a similar route; he doubled down on the AllLovingHero thing, somewhat resembling his Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing interpretation, [[WideEyedIdealist to the point of unreasonableness]] and the equivalent cracks in this persona are shown in things incorporated from legends like occasional episodes of borderline villainous spite against the Romans; and more significantly, him going against Gawain’s final wish from beyond the grave, and his final chance to save his kingdom, by breaking the ceasefire with Mordred, which here is shown to be the moment he just finally snapped instead of as demonstrations of a FatalFlaw.

* RuleOfCool: This being Fate, the author tends to go more ham on this than in any other franchise she writes for; on occasion, character changes may be done for the sake of this, though always with history or source material in mind (e.g. Tesla casts his magic via a Tesla coil he literally wields like a giant magic wand). The most commonly seen one is how many Servants, even those who aren’t and never were knights, prefer to be called “Vassals” and to call their Master their “Lord”; WordOfGod has admitted that “I kinda think it sounds way more badass and am a bit disappointed that they didn’t go with that, it would have fit perfectly thematically.”

*** Then there are arguable cases of these, like the proposed (but rarely shown in-story due to being so different) alternate Attila the Hun (or Attila the Huns, since there is a male and female design), who has a completely different personality, backstory, class (is a Berserker instead of a Saber), weapon (the Isten Kardja, a sword heavily based on the sword legendarily attributed to be Attila’s, with no Photon Ray in sight), alignment (Chaotic Neutral instead of Chaotic Good), and appearance (which places much more emphasis on [[RuleOfCool looking intimidating]], though some design elements from the original are visible) from Altera, the canonical Fate version, to the point they can very well be considered completely separate characters. He’s/she’s also the type of character Type Moon would usually come up with, being more a composite of legends than a concrete figure, though he/she apparently takes it in stride.

* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Revealed to be basically how Camelot fell. In attempting to avert the fall of Camelot and because of [[TomatoInTheMirror other reasons]], Arturia refused to recognize Mordred as her child and crown prince (and avoiding her entirely so she has no opportunity to assassinate her) and Merlin breaks his laid-back character and shuns her publicly (despite at this point having been nothing but a good knight), with basically everyone else she knows with few exceptions following suit or being too afraid to go near her and making her a pariah. And while Mordred tries to defy the prophecy and prove her goodness and loyalty, she eventually gives up on it and [[ThenLetMeBeEvil embraces the prophecy and stages a coup immediately when she has the chance to]]. No one seems to think that treating her with kindness despite the prophecy or her upbringing might actually avert the prophecy.

* 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.

* RealityEnsues: Generally, the Gudas' MagneticHero qualities are downplayed to make them less MarySue-ish. It's shown that many Servants can never actually bond with either of the Gudas, and the Gudas themselves express a lot more realistic reluctance or even disgust at how terrible the more villainous ones can be as people. Many of these see themselves merely as glorified mercenaries going through a revolving door of contractors, and not all of them can be broken out of this mentality, as though all are able to achieve high bond levels in the original game, in Project Alter many Spirits just go from disdain to [[PunchClockHero apathy]] or apathy to slightly less apathetic, and when they do seem to be genuinely invested it’s revealed to just be them being a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk. Even among those who do genuinely become friendly with the Gudas (the majority), as mentioned above, the most preferred title is "Contractor" or "Lord" instead of "Master" and many are not even the slightest bit subservient, many even seeing them as just some young kids who got lucky and treating them as such. And even those who are the picture of UndyingLoyalty like Karna make it clear that while they may be loyal to their Lord/Master/Contractor, their true loyalty will always in their hearts be to the one they swore it to in the first place to get them that reputation.

* AdaptationalWimp: Merlin, in a way; in Project Alter, Merlin’s {{Seer}} abilities have been nerfed noticeably, being much more limited and nowhere near as omniscient or god-tier as they are in canon, even if he keeps his overpoweredness in other aspects. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Not that this is a bad thing]], because logically his abilities would destroy any narrative tension. Even he states the things foretold in his visions can be theoretically avoided, even if they try their hardest to come true. His visions also completely leave out things like context or time and vary in detail, even being rather vague (for example, he merely foretold that Uther’s child with Igraine would be a great king... with nothing on the gender of said child) so he can only ever get part of the story. He also needs to consciously use his abilities, so it’s possible for him to be blindsided if he didn’t see it necessary to evaluate their chances. This in fact makes it a cause of drama in the Arthurian casts’ backstory quite often, and this flawed foresight leads to him being partly to blame for Camelot falling, what with him basically being responsible for Mordred becoming Camelot's pariah, nor did [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness how he proceeded to treat her]] help at all, with him urging Arturia to exile Mordred (in PA canon, Mordred really, really doesn’t like Merlin for this reason, even by standards of her usual issues with most of the people she knew in life). He also legitimately didn’t see coming that him [[ItMakesSenseInContext giving Arturia an, erm, means to reproduce with Guinevere basically as a joke]] would lead to Camelot’s fall, with his terrible treatment of Mordred being partially an attempt to backpedal on that lapse in foresight.

* DenserAndWackier: Among the DayInTheLimelight backstory fics/retellings, Astolfo’s solo story, definitely. To quote the author, the original story generally reads like a wacky cartoon or shonen adventure series. Though there’s more than a few spotlight fics which go into hilarious literal god-mode territory as if it were normal on a regular basis, Astolfo’s stands out due to him also being a massive CloudcuckooLander. Or really, a lot of stuff involving [[CrazyAwesome Astolfo]] is this (when he got his first UTAU cover, it was Gigantic O.T.N of all things; which, note, is basically a massive elaborate dick joke. And he got to sing it twice).

** 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 CrazyAwesome. 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)

** A more lighthearted example in Scathach, who now speaks in a Scottish accent and is immensely HotBlooded, crossed with a bit of CrazyAwesome and a dash of DrillSergeantNasty.

** Gawain basically gets canon Percival’s characterization; he is much less of an airhead, even sometimes coming across as an OnlySaneMan, and the Round Table's big brother figure, contrasting him with Lancelot, Percival, and most of his siblings. His [[TheCasanova way with women]] is also emphasized a lot more, to the point that it's been proposed as a theoretical alternate Skill ("Golden Tongue", which would have the effect of captivating female Servants), helped by the fact that he's probably the most socially adept and tactful with words out of the Inner Table, especially compared to most of his brothers.
** Meanwhile, Percival has undergone a bit of AdaptationalDumbass, now a borderline {{Keet}}, written like the Inner Table’s collective little brother (despite not even being the youngest out of them) and the resident airhead, a good-natured guy with underdeveloped social skills. However, despite this change in characterization, he keeps his impressive, 195 cm stature and most of his HeroicBuild (though he looks a bit more androgynous in the author’s art, it’s not as much as many other characters), said to be as a result of both massive growth spurts after becoming a knight and his looks reflecting how history has remembered him, resulting in the comical imagery of a handsome giant of a knight who acts like a puppy and is easily impressed by lollipops despite knowing what they are via the Grail.
** While in Fate canon Berserker Lancelot is Lancelot's mental state after Arturia 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 succesful 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 isntead 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 realizng 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 in life he had 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.
** Agravain is probably one of the Round Table knights with the most noticeable changes, and is this regarding the character from legend; while still quite a bit of a {{Jerkass}}, as “The Many Faces of Arthuriania” make pretty clear, compared to a lot of his depictions in legend, he’s definitely an AdaptationalNiceGuy. Notably he was the only knight who wasn’t afraid of being near Mordred after her destiny and parentage were revealed; albeit he’s probably responsible for nudging Mordred completely past the point of no return. But whereas in Fate canon he’s TheStoic, basically Arturia’s prime minister, and is even a bit of an OnlySaneMan, in Project Alter he’s a jealous, haughty, InferioritySuperiorityComplex-laden snarky ArrogantKungFuGuy, and in fact is more of a troublemaker, much less an OnlySaneMan (according to the author, she used [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon Trainer Silver]] as inspiration), and his position [[spoiler:including his place in the Sixth Singularity]] is given to the also rather dickish and hotheaded but ultimately more responsible Kay as an extension of his Seneschal duties. In one fic, Gaheris, passing by and having been thrown in a dungeon with him even turns to him, sighing as if he’s not even surprised, asking “Agravain... What did you do this time?”. He retains his borderline murderous hatred for Gaheris, here being explained as a result of Morgan deliberately pitting the two against each other when raising them, and is most irrational with holding grudges out of the siblings. While he is shown to have slightly calmed down later, even then they’re pretty clearly different. And while he’s nowhere near as extreme in his loyalty to Arturia, this portrayal also borrows a lot from Vulgate characterizations and that loyalty gets transferred mostly to Gawain; if he and Gaheris are able to put aside their differences for anything, it’s their admiration of Gawain, to the point [[MyDadCanBeatUpYourDad that when Bors tells them that Lancelot is a better fighter than Gawain]], they are on the verge of 2 v 1-ing him in a fist fight before Gawain and Lancelot make them stop, and he rages at a group of Lancelot supporters for doing the same at a joust. And quite a bit of emphasis is put on this as it’s probably his most sympathetic trait in almost all the legends. The difference from, say, Mallory is probably best shown by Gawain’s reaction to his death, where while he doesn’t fly into a rage like he does with Gareth and Gaheris’ deaths, he’s still clearly saddened and angered by it, and he cites all three of his brothers’ deaths as to why he won’t forgive Lancelot. He’s also drawn much differently to fit this, with flatter hair and a more attractive, younger, and less pale but sneering and somewhat punchable face, fitting in better with descriptions in legend where he’s said to have a handsome face. [[spoiler:Also he gets his own badass moments in fics covering the Sixth Singularity, where he, being switched out with Kay, bluntly states that the whole affair is absurd and pulls a dramatic ScrewThisImOuttaHere, taking the other dissenting knights, even for once throwing aside his love of his big brother and being willing to cooperate closely with Gaheris and ''[[YouKilledMyFather Pellinore]]'' to stand by his choice, and leads the defecting group along with Pellinore. There is some focus on the weight of responsibility now that Gawain is against them now and he now has to take up the responsible older knight role as well, and he ultimately ends up as the OnlySaneMan in a different way from Fate canon]].

** Percival is depicted with reddish hair and Bors dark brown, and as Galahad has white/platinum blond hair the grail knights follow this pattern. Though Percival acts like the DumbBlonde of the group.

* CastingGag: In UTAU covers, [[Creator/TakuyaEguchi Takuya Eguchi's]] voice is used for Percival. This is due to him voicing his counterpart in an obscure LightNovel called "Princess Arthur" (which the author found hilarious due to also, as the title would indicate, using the "female Arthur" concept), ''and'' a character of the same name in VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes (originally from VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade), which she found too hilarious a coincidence to pass up. Though she also says that Takuya just so happened to have the perfect voice for the ditzy, naive knight.

** The Grail Knights: Percival is a cheerful, somewhat stupid, sheltered, impulsive, impatient if lovable {{Manchild}} who blunders around court conventions but is the heart of the trio, being the most open with his emotions (Id), Bors is determined, extremely strict on himself, pious, and the oldest of the trio, highly valuing the concept of honor and being somewhat stoic, always being the one to FacePalm or DopeSlap Percival when he’s being foolish while on the quest (Superego), and Galahad is the perfect knight, basically possessing the best of the above two (though it’s emphasized more with Percival), without requiring as much effort as Bors [[spoiler:with the exception of Percival’s heart, emotional capacity, and ability to have meaningful bonds]] (Ego).

** A funnier case is Billy the Kid, who as the resident cowboy outlaw speaks with a stereotypical Texan drawl... despite, as he himself lampshades, never living in Texas and in fact being born in the east coast. ...Though he plays it up because he’s become THE Cowboy Outlaw in the popular mind, and while he wasn’t forced into the role upon becoming a Servant like some, outside of his combat capabilities, he just accepted his reputation because it wasn’t like he could escape crime despite regretting his life choices several times but being unable to turn back, why not just embrace it and have a bit of fun with it. When he’s being more real and natural, or being “[=McCarty=]” instead of “Billy the Kid”, he is shown to talk more like the Massachusetts boy he really is.
* GenderFlip: Aside from the obvious, since this is Fate after all, there’s one female to male example, something unheard of in Fate; (later Saint) Cwyllog, Mordred’s tragic love interest in life, a young man whom she only realized her feelings for when he finally confessed a mere few days before Camlann. Elaborated in DarthWiki/ThereOnceWasASpotKnownAsCamelot.

** Also one of Jekyll and Hyde's many "The Many Forms of _" entries is based on Film/DoctorJekyllAndSisterHyde (or as the author refers to it jokingly, "AKA, Dr. Jekyll and Nyota Hyde"), where Hyde is indeed represented as himself but with a genderflipped design.

** 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 Cù (Prototype design) 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 most 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 most serious, tragic character elements are also presented in a way less dark light (notably Jekyll, with Hyde seemingly causing him more annoyance than anything, not helping that he’s basically 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]], probably 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 Arturia 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 (describing Teach's preferences as "maybe a bit ''too'' young", though he [[BlackComedy isn't as grossed out by it as one would hope him to be]]) fortunately makes it more tolerable than his original DirtyOldMan incarnations though. In his prequel fics he's portrayed as Nimue's comically hopeless StalkerWithACrush, in "The Many Forms Of Arturiania" being shown getting a barrage of PervertRevengeMode from her and even Morgan several times.

** Apparently Arthur of all people used to be this at the very start of his career. While he’s less crass about it than Arthur is shown to have been in his teen years in Literature/LeMorteDarthur, in some one-shots he’s shown to have made faux pas remarks at women in his teenage awkwardness.

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

** At the end of the day, Mordred, as the Arthurian fics make pretty clear, in addition to being a WellDoneSonGuy; even if she mainly wanted the love of her father, her social isolation is shown to have been almost as damaging. According to the author, she was written as someone who might have an attachment disorder due to the severely abusive, neglectful conditions she was raised in (as was Tristan to an extent, but with him it seems more mild, because he at least seems capable of building friendships without too much difficulty). Becoming a Round Table member, immediately gaining the support of a massive community of comrades, including her long-lost siblings (with Gawain and Gareth being particularly supportive) and its most respected member as a teacher, legions of adoring fans, and the opportunity to serve someone she found admirable and to do good in the world was the best thing to happen to her, even making some friends of her own on her own quests (most importantly Gwrddelw, also earning the respect of his family, despite the fact that the Caw family generally does not like Arturia) and generally making a name doing good was clearly the best thing that had happened to her. So obviously, that all being ripped away from her in the blink of an eye, combined with her disgust and self-loathing at her being a product of incest and an unnatural creation at that in this canon and Arturia’s refusal to acknowledge her as her child, demolishing almost any ability to trust and make connections that she had been able to slowly, steadily build up over the years. Especially not helping that being a Vassal/Servant has meant she had good reason to trust no one but her Lord/Master, if they’re a trustworthy person in the first place. But while it might be hard to earn her trust, and she’s much slower to fully embrace it without being a {{Tsundere}} than even canon, it’s made pretty clear that she’s still actually pretty starved for positive attention and that more than anything she still wants to be a KnightInShiningArmor and a good prince who could rule a kingdom justly and earn the love of her subjects - and father - some day, because GoodFeelsGood. [[spoiler:Repeated assurances of trust and being a KnightOfShiningArmor or PrinceCharming are even shown to be a turn-on for her with regard to Gwrddelw and, if they’re shipped, Jekyll]].

** While most of the initial Round Table, including Arturia/Arthur, were pretty young for such exalted positions at the start, with Kay and Bedeviere being the oldest of the main four at merely 17, Gawain was apparently ''12'' when he was first knighted and [[PintSizedPowerhouse quickly distinguished himself]], making him a good 3 years younger than Arturia, and also the knight who was the youngest at time of knighting excepting Mordred, who he was still physically younger than (she was chronologically about 9, but physically and mentally 14), as even Percival was 15 and Galahad was 14. (Pending)

** Galahad is one of these. He’s also TheAce, confident but humble, strong, [[ThePollyanna positive]], sweet, open-minded but strongly moral, and chivalrous to an inhuman degree, toppling his own father as the ace of the Round Table. He’s not only asexual, but aromantic, so he is incapable of making mistakes on that front unlike his father, judges everyone equally, is always logical but considerate of the human cost, and basically combines the best of the chivalric code, Christian morals, and even modern values. But his purity is actually Deconstructed a bit, in that due to how being good and rational comes so naturally to him, he has trouble truly relating to many human struggles, most notably Mordred’s anguish over the barrage of TomatoInTheMirror she had just suffered and her bitterness against and jealousy towards him when he attempts to befriend her. People making terrible mistakes or hurting others because of hang-ups, insecurities, misunderstandings, or perfectly human flaws confused him, and tragedies were incomprehensible to him because of this, even if he was forgiving to their protagonists because that’s the “right” thing to think. And vice-versa, many find it a bit hard to relate to him or truly know him, even Percival and Bors, who he’s closest to. This prevents him from being able to build true platonic bonds, as that would be showing partiality to someone. At times he even comes across as a bit emotionally stunted; he seems incapable of comprehending cynicism and is basically never shown having extreme emotions (it especially stands out when he’s drawn alongside the other Grail Knights, with Percival’s expressiveness and [[{{Keet}} giant smiles]] and Bors’ stern and anxious faces contrasting greatly with how Galahad’s face seems stuck on “mildly pleased”), even saying that he ''literally doesn’t know what anger feels like''. And while people still like him, unlike the Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing version, he still makes others feel a bit inadequate about themselves by his mere presence, something which he legitimately felt a bit of guilt for. Everyone also knew he was this and capitalized on it from when he was very young, so he basically was forced to grow up quickly and had no childhood. This contrasts a lot with the air-headed goofball that is Percival, who basically was only allowed to have the emotional maturity of an 8-year-old until the age of 15. [[spoiler:It’s also revealed that even he wasn’t completely selfless, as when the grail offered to grant a wish before it would ascend him to heaven, he outwardly said he wished for nothing, but in his heart wished that he could experience what it was like to be a more flawed human being who could understand people and share their burdens better, and that his soul could be reborn as one. While still not too selfish, he still defied expectations that he would save the kingdom from its fated doom, albeit unwittingly, not thinking to use his wish for the stability of Camelot or even for Mordred to be absolved of her fate. This is also why Mash didn’t become a Ruler despite Galahad being qualified in every way for the class.]] (pending)
*** Speaking of the Grail Knights, they also play with this trope a bit. Percival, as mentioned, was a flawed knight, what with him still messing up chivalrous code and being a bit of an idiot, bungling his way through many a trial, and is clearly attracted to women. Still, the fact that he was the original Grail Knight in legend is alluded to by Galahad’s belief that Percival could have possibly achieved the grail even without him, and he’s very much pure of heart and compassionate. He’s also one of the few characters alongside Bedivere and Percival who were completely innocent in the fall of Camelot or of being hypocrites about their values in order to avoid an inevitable shitstorm, something which even Gareth can’t attest to. (Pending for the others) Bors on the other hand apparently was extremely close to not seeing the grail, needing the most effort to be good enough for it; and while he seemed to be on track to this with his show of self-restraint during the quest, he pretty much threw it all away, including the adherence to the rules he valued so much, by not only taking his cousin and best friend Lancelot’s side, but actively being the most avid defender of him because he chose his loyalty to Lancelot over everything else, even while even Lancelot himself knew he had screwed up, becoming another character contributing to Camelot’s downfall.
* InsistentTerminology: Many Servants in this canon hate the titles of “Master” and “Servant” and will get immensely pissed if it is used, instead preferring words like “Lord”/"Milord" or “Boss” to make it sound more honorable or casual, or “Contractor” to remove the connotation of a massive power gap at all, referring to themselves as “Vassals” (especially if they call their Master “Lord”) or even just “Heroic/Anti-Heroic Spirits”. The ones who do use “Master” and “Servant” in fact seem to be a minority, most of whom have very low confidence levels (e.g. Jekyll, though even he starts calling the Gudas “Mr. and Ms. Fujimaru” after a while), had a pretty servile personality in the first place, are laid-back enough that they simply don’t care (e.g. Merlin), are too jaded to care (e.g. Emiya), or are more single-minded (e.g. Salieri). But even many of those who are the epitome of UndyingLoyalty like Gawain or Karna often prefer "Milord" and "Vassal" over "Master" and "Servant"; that, or they tend to flip-flop depending on the fic or even within the same fic. The author has admitted this is purely because she finds "Lord" cooler.

** A more lighthearted (or depressing, descending on how one looks at it) in-universe example also regarding the Arthurian prequels; many of the exact things that pulled Arthur/Arturia’s kingdom apart, or factored into it (bastard children, incestuous children, adultery, violating civic/religious law or commonly-held morality [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections because you can and because central authority is a mere suggestion at best]], reliance on war...) would become extremely normal in many if not basically all of the courts of Europe not even that long after Camelot falls (whenever that is, though the author guesses “probably before Charlemagne”). This is pointed out by Marie (who is a Hapsburg, I.e. from the family probably most infamous for inbreeding in Europe even by royalty standards), who is a bit confused with Mordred’s angst over it, leading to an OverlyLongGag of her explaining how normalized it became both to Mordred’s increasing horror and questioning of her own suffering. Arturia/Arthur were also not only the {{Trope Maker}}s of chivalry in-universe, but quite apparently unintentionally invented the idea of Enlightened Absolutism almost a millennia before anyone else tried it again; because, as the medieval and early modern entries of Alt-talia make clear repeatedly, and as alluded to by Jeanne’s line “I fought for France, yes, but also everyone who lived in it”, the idea of a monarch having to serve the people, or even solid borders and nationality, was more a wishful suggestion than an expectation, if it was considered at all, in lieu of countries just being big blobs of land you own which people just happened to live on.

* LyricalDissonance: "Rotten Witchcraft and Molasses" (link), Abigail Williams' spotlight UTAU cover. It being a cover of Rotten Heresy and Chocolate, a song which already had a bit of this going on, a calmer sounding remix no less, and this being about [[CreepyChild Abigail]]... While the original song was just about a really terrible {{Gossipy Hen|s}}, this cover is an elaboration on her backstory where she [[AmbiguousInnocence cheerfully accuses people of witchcraft, starting mass hysteria and condemning innocent people to torture and terrible deaths just for attention]].

* MissingEpisode: In-Universe example, sort of. [[spoiler:Apparently Solomon wrote a vent poem other than Literature/SongOfSongs that nobody knows about due to scholars never finding and publishing it, becoming lost to time. An untitled work that was basically the platonic counterpart of said poem, in which he has epic adventures similar to the demon-slaying quests he had gone on before with a {{Heterosexual Life Partner|s}} fellow magus rivaling him in prowess; whereas the Song of Songs was created out of his desire for romantic fulfillment, this poem was made out of a desire for equal, true companionship much like his father almost had with Jonathan. While]] [[spoiler:Dr. Roman]] [[spoiler:unfortunately isn’t shipped with anyone in Project Alter (the author has considered a canon in which Gudako ends up with]] [[spoiler:Dr. Roman]] [[spoiler:instead of Jekyll, she says that she ultimately couldn’t see them as a couple) this poem ended up foretelling his future relationship with Marisbury; his theoretical {{Bash Brother|s}} apparently even acted quite a bit like Marisbury and had some very similar abilities]]. (Pending)

** 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 Forms 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 Arturia, Lancelot, Gawain, and]] [[spoiler:Mash]] [[VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight in Sonic, Shadow, Knuckles, and]] [[spoiler:Silver]] [[VideoGame/SonicAndTheBlackKnight cosplay...]]).

*** Hyde at one point taunts Jekyll with how he’s basically an inherent part of Jekyll now that they’re Heroic Spirits. As he corners Jekyll, he declares “See? You’re smart, ya know very well why we’re in this situation together, don’t ya? [[Theatre/JekyllAndHyde Because I’m the nightmare that goes on! You’ll never be able to escape from me!]] This? This is proof of that! It’s proof that [[Theatre/JekyllAndHyde for now and forever, nothing will be able to separate Jekyll from Hyde, no matter what you may pretend!]]”, which consists almost entirely of near direct quotes from the musical adaptation’s signature number “Confrontation”. He also quoted the “For now and forever” line, which also shows up in “Alive”, basically Hyde’s signature song, in life while talking him into the inheritance scheme:

*** “Alive” itself was also apparently the inspiration behind why Hyde likes describing how it feels taking control as “feeling alive”, as the author thought it fit very well. Other quotes from the song are also sometimes used by Hyde, especially in dramatic, tense scenes, due to the sheer awesome haminess of said song; for example he describes himself as “berserk and perverse” at one point, and when transforming for the first time as a Servant, Hyde gave us this even more hammy version of his already IncomingHam entry (pending; I’m not sure whether he would have had experience as a Servant before Tatsumi, and this would have to be before Tatsumi as Hyde can’t talk as a werewolf):

* NeverBareheaded: An easy way to tell if a younger Jekyll being drawn with no context is supposed to be his Servant self with slightly different clothing or him in his University days is if he's wearing his tophat (or at least some type of hat) or not. In one Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers styled comic, Jekyll loses it, causing him to seemingly comically overreact as if he's suddenly wearing the most ImpossiblyTackyClothes ever when Lanyon points it out, and sending the the main trio in a wild search around the (massive) courtyard to find the thing as Henry tries not to be caught not wearing a hat. In fact in his first few weeks as a Servant Tatsumi had to buy him a hat because he just felt so weird walking around without one. And yes, this is in fact TruthInTelevision for the Victorian Era (in fact the same thing has been featured in Alt-talia at one point). Hats were seen as pretty much a given outdoors in the west, to the point that going out without one was seen as extremely weird at best.

* OddFriendship: Both Jekyll (and Hyde, though not if Jekyll can help it) and Hans have a friendship with/have some kind of weird bond with Jack the Ripper. The former has complicated feelings on her but feels a sort of protective instinct towards her due to her being a little girl and his genuine concern (and guilt, being a middle-class gentleman) for the plight of orphans in his home city, especially as when he, in life, accompanied Holmes to [[WretchedHive Soho]] for an investigation for the first time, he witnessed the reality of the existence of child prostitution for the first time and was heartbroken; she even starts calling him “mother” after Gudako floated the idea to her, Gudako also having insisted that she’s the father (though in one pocket-AU fic, the connection goes deeper; in it, Jekyll and Hyde are explicitly fictional characters with pre-programmed memories conglomerated from over a century of AdaptationOverdosed, [[spoiler:and it’s addressed how Jack the Ripper, even if not this Jack the Ripper, is directly why Hyde is the way he is, having been corrupted by Jack’s legend to become even more violent and a serial killer and therefore being a major factor in Jekyll’s torment, instead of the HandWave that he has nothing to fear anymore and that the separation became more complete in the rest of Project Alter]]). The latter relates to her terribly abused, impoverished background, as well the impoverished children he used to write about (the DayInTheLimelight fic which explores starts with a dream sequence in which he dreams about the Match-selling Girl, but when he gets to see her face, she looks exactly like Jack).

* OneNoteChef: Like in Fate canon, Gawain’s culinary skills are... limited, to say the least, and seemingly the only things he knew how to make were mashed parsnips, mashed rutabaga, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs and mashed parsnips and rutabaga]] (and like in canon, later potatoes come to dominate it now that they’re available). In one prequel one-shot, the other Orkney siblings insist on cooking because they had apparently been having mashed parsnips for an entire week straight. Though albeit it’s also added that he’s able to cook things over a fire because that’s such a basic skill.
* OverprotectiveDad: PlayedForLaughs with how Emiya, despite not actually being Rin’s dad, basically acts like it around Ishtar, a RunningGag being him screaming at her to put some clothes on and at one point even threatening to shoot Hyde for trying to sleep with her, much to her annoyance.

** Nero (or really, any member of the Ancient Greek or Roman upper or royal class like Caesar or Hector) too for that matter. Though few of these are actually shown as everyone in the Chaldea is [[TranslationConvention supposed to have Japanese as the common language but the fics are written in English]]. She also expresses appreciation for how malleable the Japanese language is for puns, and grumbles about how her previous Lord usually groaned at her wordplay. She even apparently tried doing Shakespeare’s “Cram as many puns as you can into a paragraph” challenge once.
*** Cleopatra is apparently the biggest PungeonMaster of them all though. We merely see the reactions to them for the most part due to the language issue, but apparently they’re pretty hit-or-miss; Caesar finds them hilarious though.
** Utterson, and while he’s supposedly much less of this than the above examples, he gets to say more of these in practice due to everyone in the fics he appears in speaking in (mostly modern) English in-universe.

--> '''Mordred:''' Am I hearing that right? 'Cause I fucking swear I've heard of this before.

** Gareth x Lyonesse is basically exhibit A of this trope, just with the stereotypical genders swapped.
** Mordred x Gwrddelw is also this. Kind of. Gwrddelw saved Mordred first in a way by taking her in on a cold, stormy night and [[FlorenceNightingaleEffect taking care of her]]. But then the more typical form of this trope takes hold, just with the genders reversed, as she returns the favor by saving him and his sisters from pillaging bandits by [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomping them]]. The pseudo-CourtlyLove dynamic they develop after this could be considered a central part of their relationship, with the above scene even ending with Mordred realizing she’s holding Gwrddelw in her arms.

** Arjuna used to be one; he was generally heroic and kind to everyone, 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 happened to be better than him... after which Drona, his mentor, literally orders the poor kid to ''cut his fingers off''. Though 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). Once he remembers this, among the other generally shitty ways he had treated Karna, [[IHatePastMe he regrets this.]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone A lot.]]

* SilverFox: Downplayed by Jekyll in life (or Old Jekyll, as the author calls him sometimes), who while not as hot as he was in his younger years/as a Heroic Spirit, is drawn to not look too bad for a 52-year-old, especially for one who had been under unholy amounts of stress for almost his entire life, something that was true in the novella as well, and still makes use of BeautyEqualsGoodness to an extent. Or at least, he’s still kind of cute. His wrinkles and silver streaks of hair were basically calculated to make him look good according to the author. Even without the author’s character art in mind, [[AuthorAppeal the way he gets sexualized at points]] and gets described makes that pretty apparent. Though as Hyde really starts taking over his life he starts looking progressively more sickly, but even then he’s described more often with words like “frail”. Utterson is a year older, but it’s also shown that he was of slightly above average looks for his age, even if he wasn’t drop-dead attractive (Lanyon on the other hand is pretty clearly drawn with the “cute old man” look in mind).

** Also Mordred, both modern and medieval. While when she was a respected knight she didn’t swear much despite her semi-[[AllGirlsWantBadBoys bad boy]] persona that came about from her more rough speech patterns ([[DeliberateValuesDissonance well not those that mattered back then anyway]], so “fuck” and the like did slip through), by the time she’s a Servant she’s become one of these quite literally. This is in great contrast to Arturia and Arthur, who never swear, medieval or modern, ever, excepting the uncommon GoshDangItToHeck which may slip through. Jekyll, Arturia, and Arthur of course correct her often, to her annoyance.

** Some of Kay’s most badass moments come from his loyalty to his stepsister. While he might be a massive braggart, he’s willing to do anything to defend her, and even sees basically absorbing negativity coming her way as part of his job as Seneschal. [[spoiler:Though this becomes apparent to heartwrenching levels in fics taking place in the Sixth Singularity, where despite knowing how wrong it is and having the clearest head on his shoulders, he continues to follow The Dragon King to the bitter end purely out of sibling love. He has an UTAU cover of [[Franchise/EvilliousChronicles Servant of Evil]] based on this version of events for a reason.]]

** The novella-Fate composite backstory for Jekyll is considered most canon in this universe; emphasis on most. There’s also been an adaptation of the novella as-is, in which Jekyll was indeed a BitchInSheepsClothing in life, and only realizes the sheer gravity of how hypocritical he was after becoming a Servant. His backstory only becomes certain from when he meets Tatsumi onwards. That, or in the case of one pocket canon, he was never a real person in the first place. The exact nature of Hyde's origin is left even more open-ended; while it's possible that Hyde was a completely new creation as is often assumed, with a completely new name, after Jekyll drank the HJ-7 potion for the first time, the idea that "Mr. Edward Hyde" actually originated as Jekyll's mischievous ImaginaryFriend is floated, where "Eddie" was basically forgotten after Jekyll met and became friends with Lanyon and especially Utterson only to remembered decades later and for Jekyll to name his new alter ego after him; even of these possibilities, Hyde can simply be a scapegoat Jekyll came up with to get away with childish mischief, in a sign of things to come... or in an extremely dark interpretation inspired by the novel [[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18222768-hyde Hyde]], be both a scapegoat he uses (which obviously never works) to escape severe, ''severe'' abuse (which he is shown to have experienced regardless, it's just that in the former interpretation they're extremely restrictive but the physical abuse isn't as harsh), and an actual split personality who he used as a coping mechanism to mentally protect himself from said abuse ("Substitution Switch", the first cover of "[[Franchise/EvilliousChronicles Bloodstained Switch]]", sums it up very plainly and disturbingly).

*** Then there's "The Blade of Mordred" (and it's non-canonical twin "The Muzzle of Mordred"), a cover of [[Franchise/EvilliousChronicles The Muzzle of Nemesis]], in which she is facing against Arturia directly at Camalann. Though due to the gray morality of the situation, much like "Devil's Manner" she isn't really a "villain" here, and in fact Arturia really looks like the villain here due to UnreliableNarrator.

** Gawain is less of an airhead, and even sometimes comes across as an OnlySaneMan, being the Round Table's big brother figure and also to contrast him with Lancelot, Percival, and most of his siblings. His [[TheCasanova way with women]] is also emphasized a lot more, to the point that it's been proposed as a theoretical alternate Skill ("Golden Tongue", which would have the effect of captivating female Servants), helped by the fact that he's probably the most socially adept and tactful with words out of the Inner Table, especially compared to most of his brothers.

** She has also admitted she finds Percival [[{{Moe}} adorable]] due to his naivete and simpleness, and as such despite not even having a design in Fate he appears a lot in Arthurian fics, and she even makes him survive the grail quest. She also likes writing Kay for being a lovable jerk ButtMonkey who just happens to have [[NiceGuy Bedeviere]] as his best friend, his SnarkToSnarkCombat with Merlin, and the way Percival comically resents him.

(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)

* TheFashionista: Marie Antoinette, just as she was in life. One of the first things she takes note of in singularities is her opinion on what everyone is wearing, and she becomes incredibly jealous upon finding out fashion modeling is a job in the modern era. In the author’s art, she’s drawn to reflect this too, wearing things closer to the fashion styles she actually pioneered in life (with her design playing up the whole TheOjou aspect a bit more), or stuff almost plucked right out of a modern European high fashion magazine.

* DeathbringerTheAdorable: As like in Fate canon Servants were indeed supposed to keep their names secret and go by class names in Grail Wars, Jekyll still went by Berserker in the 1991 Grail War. Jekyll also is, despite about 3 centimeters being added from his official Fate height, still only taller than the women and ''maybe'' Arash compared to the rest of the Servants in that Grail War, and has a very thin frame, somehow looking more strongly-built as a human in life at age 53, and is of course absolutely adorable. This is Lampshaded by Tatsumi, who has a really hard time calling him “Berserker” with a straight face, and thus settles on mostly using nicknames like “Gramps” or “Pops” (pending). Though this is of course only a seeming example as Hyde is still basically a werewolf.

** Attempted with the much-maligned [[HappyEndingOverride Seventh Kandha]] of the Literature/{{Ramayana}}, a later addition to the story which no one wanted and which many since even the Middle Ages have either [[FanonDiscontinuity tried to omit]] or at least call bullshit on, with Fate canon even pretending it doesn’t exist by saying that Vani’s wife cursed him and Sita to never meet, a completely original scenario. The latter is scrapped in PA, but still Rama didn’t exile Sita at all, and was more concerned and paranoid about the rumors flying around to the point it starts messing with him, even though he vocally defends her, ultimately lashing out at her in a moment of weakness and making her venture into the forest in the middle of the night to die. Thus giving Rama an actual flaw while still keeping him a good guy, making the whole thing a tragedy instead of a contrived, [[CharacterDerailment Character Derailing]] ShockingSwerve, giving them a more human and less myth-like conflict much like a lot of her depictions of Sigurd and Brynhildr, and salvages the basic idea so that it at least hopefully makes sense with the rest of the story. Though it’s still a DownerEnding and is lampshaded as such with Rama saying he could have gotten his happy ending if he actually trusted his wife more and their circumstances weren’t so “contrived”. But there’s also certain fics/canons in which they’re seemingly an ideal couple and have no issues at all.

* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: One Arthurian fic briefly shows [[TheJester Dagonet]] and [[DeadpanSnarker Dinadan]] doing what is basically one of these in front of the rest of the Round Table at a feast, though it isn’t directly called one.