[FSN] I just came up with a complete story for a Gil/Rinface fic that's a mfin Greek tragedy and. why. Why did this idea come to me?

The idea is like

In a past or alternate HGW, a girl summons herself an archer and does it wrong on accident, resulting in an unstable summon. The Archer in question is Gil, whose form fluctuates between ko-gil and adult self with the former being present at night and the latter in the day. Which means she has a way more tolerable partner during the wartime

but the one with more power is during the time they're not supposed to fight. so good job handicapping herself

The story heavily plays up/abuses the differing nature between the two and the way ko-gil messes with Gil's perspective to actually make the romance possible and also drag out the war long enough to make it feasible

All is peaches until as time goes on, the protagonist begins to wonder what they'll choose: the wish to bring back the loved one that they entered the war for, or a wish to keep her servant.

Right near the end of the war, some divine being probably ishtar shows up in one of her dreams and convinces her that he's actually the one who caused the death of her loved one in the first place in a previous war

he has no idea because it's not like he remembers previous summons so who knows. maybe he did. it's not like he knew who she was at the time.

they win the war, she gets to see the holy grail to wish

torn by grief, she wishes for them both to die in the hope they'll be reborn another time when she'll be able to love him without guilt. She keels over and then whatever divine trickster is the cause of it shows up to gloat for a bit before he's forcibly sent back to the throne

and then the epilogue starts set in the future or another timeline following who? Rin Tohsaka.

and that's it

greek tragedy up here

meddling petty god for no reason included

AND IF IT WASN'T GIL

I'D PROBABLY WRITE IT BECAUSE WHY LET IT GO TO WASTE