#this is the luckiest I’ve ever been at a gacha game what the hell

[moxie-girl]

WHJAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME

> i haven’t opened pjsk in ages (long story)

> I just saw that the en server is finally at the hidden circus gacha so I figure I should redownload the game

> I open pjsk and make 1 pull with my pitiful amounts of gems

???? WHAT

[akampana]

I don't know how much of a ship it could be, but... What about Ruler Artoria or Lancer Alter Artoria with Gil? I know you said that regular Gil would probably dislike Saber Alter because she lost everything that made her unique in his eyes, but i wonder now how would both him and CasGil react to these drastically different versions of her.

Hello, Anon! Thank you for the ask. I spent a lot of time on this one, sorry for the wait!

Right, I’m going to preface this by saying FGO is a recent thing for me and I’m F2P, so I don’t actually even have Cas Gil or any other Arturia save for the OG. But as I love any version of these two way too much, I’ve obsessively gleaned whatever extra info I can from wherever I can with as much fervor as I apply to praying to the gacha, so I hope I can still provide some insight or at least give you a good read. :)

I’m gonna answer this in a slightly different format since we’re talking about opinions here. Lot’s of HCs included, since I wanted to illustrate better how their specific dynamics would go. See below:

Ruler Arturia x Gil : AN EXPENSIVE GOLDEN RIVALRY

Ruler Arturia is a casino owner and specifically a cards dealer. We also know thanks to Artoria’s material that despite not being the luckiest person alive, she has a talent for gambling. 

Regardless of the bet, the casino is usually at an advantage to win, which is what makes each game a gamble. And with our talented bunny dealer handling the cards, you can bet haha  the casino would earn a hell of a bunch. 

Enter Gilgamesh, with a ridiculously high rank of luck and LITERALLY ALL THE MONEY IN THE UNIVERSE 

Now this puts them both in a unique position because:

Arturia as a casino owner would want to glean everything she can out of that treasury

Gilgamesh is nigh impossible to trounce

What does that make for? The highest stakes round of blackjack that the world has ever seen. 

Funny thing is, Gil probably isn’t even playing to win. He’s so rich that any loss is immaterial. 

If anything, he’s staying for the challenge, and of course, the entertaining dealer.

Ruler Arturia is formatted after Lartoria’s attitude, though, so rather than sparks flying across the table, their battles would be quiet and consist of a lot of poker faces and piercing eyes. 

As Gilgamesh is technically a guest, it is not out of the question for them to share a few cocktails. 

He likes the bunny suit. He just doesn’t say so. 

Eventually, it comes to the point where he bets an irrefusable amount in exchange for a night with her. And boom, she loses, and gets treated to dinner. All in all, not such a loss. Especially since she finds that the amount he’d bet last night makes it into an expensive briefcase left in front of her casino the next morning. 

Ruler Arturia x CasGil

CasGil, I think would have the same interest, but rather than the kind of competitive rivalry Archer Gil brings to the table, he gets Ruler’s attention a different way:

He doesn’t lose. He just doesn’t.

Caster doesn’t even raise the stakes, nor does he bet such thriftless amounts like Archer Gil does, he just wins and wins and wins over a course of a few days, and Ruler eventually has to investigate why one of her tables consistently loses more than it gains

Lo and behold: it’s the King of Heroes, nonchalantly sipping on a cocktail waiting for her to arrive. 

Arturia offers to play against him, and they calmly proceed for enough rounds until he finally loses for the first time. 

Except when she checks his hand, she discovers he could have won again. 

Still possessing a knight’s honor, she tries to refund him, but he won’t take the money. He’d only take a date. 

The next day, they’re sharing her parasol, strolling on the beach with drinks in hand. She swears she’ll beat him for real next time. 

Oooh how I love older more mature Gilart. HNNNNNNNNGGG

Lancer Alter x Gilgamesh in General

There’s a lot of complexity when it comes to “Alter” Servants which I am still trying to grasp because not every Alter-ation is the same as I’m sure you know. 

Lancer Alter isn’t even Evil like Saber Alter is, she’s just more of a realist and in the eyes of her people, more of a tyrant. In fact, I think she’s closer to the essence of what a Lancer Arturia would be, and maybe she would have been the Lartoria we got had the Lion King not been conceptualized yet. But like other non-lancer Arturias she shoulders the same burden of a king. 

It’s on this basis that I say that Archer Gil also might not be attracted to Lancer Alter initially, because part of what he likes about Artoria is her idealism. He finds her idealism foolish sure, because he wouldn’t rule that way, but that’s also what fascinates him. 

Caster Gil, I believe, would have the better chance, because he’s already lived through and moved past the period in his life where he was a ruthless, feared tyrant, and he can therefore understand Lancer Alter’s mentality more than Archer Gil ever could. 

But whether or not Casgil and Lancer Alter Arturia ever end up together, entirely depends on CasGil’s interest, because he’ll be facing someone who is rather like his younger self. But a little more self-deprecating. Better feed her some junk food.

Thank you for the ask! It makes me happy to have stuff in my inbox. Hope I provided a good read for you at least. :)