#the astounding cracra

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*weakly hanging out of a vampire-esque coffin* I have expired. I have McFreaking lost it Medb. Do you know what RQ gives the Gudas as his return gift? Do you know what this glorious man chose to bless us with? A wolf. A. WOLF. ONE DECENDED FROM THE ONE WHO RAISED HIM, IN FACT. Any wolf would've wrecked me, but the fact that he went to all the trouble to find that specific bloodline (because obviously anything else wouldn't do for his beloved Master!) just. Just! Kills me. Softly. With love. Also you find him chilling with the child Servants and I! AM ABOUT. TO SWOON AGAIN. BECAUSE HE'S SO GOOD.

(This also makes me very excited, because Medb I don't know if you've read Lobo's Interlude, but it reveals that he wants to try and find his descendants with Blanca, his mate! And if RQ could find the descendant of HIS wolf family, I'm sure he could find Lobo's! Ahhhh, this Valentine's scene is delivering on so! Many! Levels!)

ANYWAY. If you have a spot open for a Valentine's request, I'd like to ask for one. Actually, I've had this request in mind for a while, but I've been waiting until you were less busy, and now I can combine it with this perfect new addition to the Chaldea Pet Squad. My request is simple: Gudako introduces RQ to the sphinx cubs, along with her new furry blessing, and they all play together. I want sugary sweet fluff, Medb. Make my teeth ROT.

I must confess, I'm relieved to see you posting again! Like, in general. You kinda went a bit silent over the past month or two, and I was worried. I hope you've been doing well, so please take your time with any writing if you need it! I'm dateless today, so dad and I are gonna make a cake for ourselves and celebrate familial love. I hope you feel loved today too, even if it's not romantic love. CRA-chan out! Peace peace!

That’s so precious~! Of course of course! It may come late (tomorrow), but I will definitely write this up! I love that his Valentine’s gift for you is a wolf. Can you imagine Lobo’s response to finding family?! Oh man, or if descendants turned out to have some Lobo and some of Roma’s wolf in them?

Adorable.

I did take a little break. I’ve been easing back on posting. I had a couple friends that I have a few stupid arguments and I found that they really enjoy spending more time chatting with someone who really dislikes me in this fandom. I still write plenty, but I stopped posting for a bit because I found that I really needed to post because it made me happy, not because it made anyone else happy. Water under the bridge. It is nice to go slow with my new research groups at work up and running. Work before pleasures~

Nonetheless, you’ll see plenty more around here. It’ll just be as a more relaxed pace.   

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*dramatically collapsed upon a fainting couch* Medb! Not too terribly long ago, JP FGO had another batch of Interludes released, and guess who got himself one? Yup, we got a Roma Interlude and it's good. Well, at least to me it is. It strikes the right balance of "haha funny YMCA man antics" and "being Rome is suffering, actually", and it's giving me the feelies. Also there's more Boudica character development and that's Good Shit. You can find it over on the FGOGuide subreddit! If you didn't know, there's tons of translations and event guides (fittingly enough) over there, so do take a look if you haven't already!

There’s what?

Hot damn, I should look at those. Roma is good civ so I will look forward to that. Boudica... 

Well...

I am a Nero fan so Boudica is okay, but I will leave you to give her all the praise she deserves.

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Ohhh those are some good looking prompts Medb. I'll be eating good while I wait for my turn. And you know what? Since I'm here, I want to share something with you! It's something I discovered not too long ago, I was doing research about IRL Roma (or rather the IRL mythology, at least) and I discovered something interesting! Something that actually kinda validates my headcanon on how he approaches relationships? Medb is very smart and historical and might already know this, but it turns out that Rome had a bit of a population crisis when the country was young! And in my eyes, that would add to my idea that he's ironically romantically naive. Because like, if you're focused on the idea of sex for the sake of reproduction, then having sex for any other reason (AKA loving, romantic reasons) is probably going to be neglected. It's like the difference between eating one of those vitamin-heavy military meals and splurging on a gourmet meal: one you eat because you have to, the other you eat because you WANT to. Does that make sense? (Also, in another stroke of irony, it appears that he wasn't actually successful in fathering a child himself, but that's only from my cursory research. But wouldn't something like that be mentioned if it happened? Medb why are Greco Roman myths like this. Give me CONSISTENCY dammit!)

Ah, welcome to consistency hell. You should see the academic hell that is disputing myth bloodlines and marriages and stuff. (I will rant about Brynhild/Gudrun relations for example or a lot of other myths such as the validity of the tale of Sarcastic Halli). 

This is neat about Romy-Q. It’s been a really, really long time since I read much of any Greek myths. I tend to stick to Homer for the vague Sumerian and Egyptian myths bungled in there. Odysseus? You mean OG faker? It’s okay though. I love him.

I love when Fate actually gets in line with the OG tales.

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FuwaFuwaMedb! I'm talking with a friend about the manga I've been reading lately, and it's gotten me curious. What manga are you into? What anime do you watch? Anything coming up that you're excited about? For me, I'm hyped that the fourth volume of Wotakoi is FINALLY coming out, it's been delayed like twice and it's made me salty as hell. Also I'm getting caught up on Delicious in Dungeon and MAN. It is just so damn good. The worldbuilding in that series is fantastic. Also Spy x Family is GR8.

My main manga that I’ve been following is Made in Abyss. I love the show and I decided that reading the manga was needed. It’s been a trip, I tell ya. I’ve been reading a lot of other ones though. I like Ways of the House Husband, The Vengeful White Cat Lounges on the Dragon King’s Lap, Beware the Villainess, Youngest Princess, The Savior’s Book Cafe in Another World- Oh! And Ari introduced me to Cats Own the World. I like that one a lot as well. Ari’s discord keeps a running excel spreadsheet of the mangas that we all read and it’s fun.

There was a great manga that made me saltier about Mephistopheles in FGO that was called Frau Faust. SUPER RECOMMEND. It’s so good. It’s by the creator of Ancient Magus Bride. 

Anime... I have an odd taste in Anime. Most of the time I like the deeper anime that come on TV. I like Made In Abyss, Noein, Stein’s Gate, Magus Bride, but sometimes I like other shows like Pop Team Epic or How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift. I’ll give anything a shot. I love Yuru Camp too! Very wholesome! 

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I'm just popping in to say that I also love Cu/Rin! Fate/Extra was my introduction to the Nasuverse so I got to see them interact as Master and Servant and I've loved them ever since. They just suit each other really well? She's a girl with big dreams and he's a guy who loves a good fight, someone like her could get him as many as he wanted! They're both hard workers and very driven, but Cu's teasing nature is the perfect counter for Rin's tsun. With me, the ideal other half for a tsundere is one where their insults and harsh behavior roll off like water on a duck's back, and Cu/Rin is absolutely that kind of pairing. TL;DR it's good civ fam!!

CuRin is my comfort couple, my go to when my mind is running circles and my stress levels are high. I chose the name Medb to have a good chuckle at being Medb writing about Cu but handing him off to someone else (maybe for sadistic reasons like getting him smacked for putting flat screens in her bedroom and drinking cheap beer in her bed). 

It is- indeed- good civ. 

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I hope you have enjoyed these headcanons! I just love those little divine beasts. Bless Ozymandias for giving them to us and letting us bask in the cuteness of Egypt. Are you enjoying the half off dailies going on right now Medb? I'm slowly but surely getting all my Servants leveled. But good LORD I'm in bone hell and I don't think I'm ever getting out. And I thought the Phoenix Feathers that I needed was bad, this is so much worse. ANYWAY. I'll probs give you a request later, but TTFN!

Oof, bone hell. Currently I’m in proof of hero hell. Why do you need them anyway, Alexander? You should be able to show you’re a hero without them. 

They’re so unreasonable. Always asking for more. 

Speaking of material hell- QP! I’m down with building a pyramid scheme with Moolah if I can make all the QP. 

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Hello Medb! I've decided to bite the bullet and give you a Roma request that I've been sitting on. Mostly because I'm not having the best day (being woken up by an amber alert alarm and having TWO spider encounters will do that) but also because the muse isn't giving me any ideas for this concept other than the fact that I want it. So! Basically, I want RQ to meet and stan for Lobo. Because he was raised by wolves? And I feel like he'd be "Poachers are NOT ROMA and will catch these hands"

I hate spiders so much. Oh my goodness. I hope you burned them or flushed them down the loo. I hate when I have to sweep them to the plug in the shower and then you’re always glancing at the little plug like “Please don’t come back like that goo from Ghost Busters Two. I will cry. 

THIS SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PROMPT! Give me a moment. I just finished a drabble so this sounds like a great segway.  

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But also! I have a message for your dear Ari, who lamented that nobody appreciates the curry boys. So I just want to say: /I/ appreciate them! Very much so, in fact. (I call them the Bollywood Boys thanks to TouhouSniper98's videos though) I adore all the brothers with the protagonist, though I admit I have a SLIGHT preference for GudaJuna, because their dynamic is top tier. I've been blessed to have them in my Chaldea, and am patiently waiting for LB3 and Junao+Jinako+Ash. You're not alone Ari!

You’re awakening a dangerous beastie, Cra-chan. She is the epitome of curry/bollywood brothers love. She saves her quartz in ways that sends a shiver down my spine. Her eyes are steadfast on them. 

The curry bros are very good. She likes her curries with Gudako, but, then again, I’m sure she’ll find this post very fast and declare her devotion herself.

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Oh my god MEDB! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I got up late and kept getting distracted or I would've said it earlier, sorry. But it sounds like today has been a happy one, I'm glad. Many happy returns! You deserve it.

Cra-chan! Thank you~! It’s been a good day. Cu was in like crystal clear clarity on the new phone. He was- in a word- breathtaking. 

A pedigree above the rest.

A divine spirit in mortal form.

Then I saw the noble phantasm and I’m like 99% sure Cu Chulainn must have joined the phantom thieves or something because he stole this horny, corrupt heart right from my chest. 

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Finally, we have Pepper. Their scarf color is black, like their soul. For you see Medb, Pepper's personality is Satan. They do NOT like most people. The only humans that they tolerate are the Pharaohs, the Gudas, and Mash. Everyone else? Well, if you've seen Azumanga Daioh, you know how the cats react to Sakaki? It's pretty much like that. Receives pettings and/or attentions on their own time and nothing less. And when they DO want attention? You better give it right now.

15/10. Wholesome to the core. Reminds me of Mini Cu. Would absolutely allow to bring cheese to my room. What a precious pepper. 

I want to show Pepper to this old woman acquaintance named Scathach. 

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Also somebody was talking earlier about how there's a bunch of waifus of the male Servants that we probably won't get and they mentioned Draupaudi and I'm like !!! cause my solution to Arjuna husbando baiting? Have Draupaudi fall for the protagonist too! Because they were able to help Arjuna with his issues. ARJUNA HAS TWO HANDS MEDB. (Don't get me started on my India Servant headcanons Medb. I even thought up a personality for Karna's wife Vrushali. She and him are the awkward couple goals TBH)

I WANT GUDRUN! THIS ERASURE IS JUST SO BAD! YOU AREN’T EVEN TRYING TO RESPECT THE SAGA!

I feel you on the matter of wives that would be badass in Fate. Draupaudi would be interesting, especially since I know so little about them.

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FuwaFuwaMedb have you heard the NEWS? ANIMAL CROSSING UPDATE INCOMING. DIVING IS BACK, PASCAL IS BACK, MERMAID FURNITURE SET IS BACK, PIRATE GULLIVER. AND ANOTHER UPDATE AT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. My body is e x t r e m e l y ready!!

I KNOW I KNOW! I’m so excited! My Enkidu gets to go swimming!

I can’t wait! 

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*dangling from your ceiling fan* Hi yes hello it is I, CRA-chan. I have been summoned by my fellow Roma fucking anons, who are both EXCELLENT civilizations. I third the creation of a Roma+kids drabble, but may I suggest Gudako and/or Hakuno (it's your choice, I have no preference) swooning over the fact that he's so good with kids? Cause I mean honestly those fanarts only made me love RQ more and I feel our girls would feel the same.

Cra-chan! You’re back! 

I will do this for you and for our mutual friend(s). They have decided child servants are good so prepare yourself for cute Romu with wee servants to be a role-model for. 

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You've done it Medb! All this hanging around sinning with you has been a catalyst all along?! Cu Alter came home in the GSSR! And I got Skadi too!

I wasn’t aware that I was a sinner to such a degree. It feels so good to sin, I suppose. 

Yay for Cuzilla and Skathi coming home! Skathi is such a sweetie. They’re such good servants! Especially Cu. Level mister mad king/Mister President up all the way. He carries teams like OG Cu. 

It’s great. I make him listen to a lot of sensual music and wait on me to finish using massage oil on my legs while farming. I enjoy seeing him beat up enemies to some good Alina Baraz and Sabrina Claudio.

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You are the absolute GOAT Medb. But also, don't think I missed that discussion of kinkiness and Roma. I soak up all the RQ content on this blog, like a sponge. A sneaky sponge. (Spookily enough, I had been considering a somewhat kinky Roma request right around then. I might have to go and drop that soon.) Alright, that should be enough of my presence to ward off any rogue dairy products! You are safe now. Keep on keeping on!

WE SHALL BE SPONGES TOGETHER!

...also, what does goat mean? 

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*OPENS THE DOOR. GETS ON THE FLOOR* Anyone that keeps giving you cheese is going the way of the dinosaurs! I suppose it's time for another review, to help repel the cheese. Ah, how delightfully nostalgic. Now. NOW. MEDB. The fic. The request. That you fulfilled. It. Was. PERFECT. I spent like a whole day rereading it over and over again. It was everything I wanted and more! The sweet hurt/comfort, the passionate smut scenes, it kills me good. Also can I just say that I love your metaphors? I do.

Haha- AH! I’m glad you like the metaphors! 

I’m always glad to have people enjoy themselves here! Roma content is important.