[Fate/] fate/ is always like. wildly inaccurate in all the important places but also EXTREMELY WEIRDLY ACCURATE in also all the important places

like, for example

take. astolfo

you'd think that they were tweaked to be genki and to attract a bunch of otaku to the lns right

wrong

astolfo is literally exactly like that in the original orlando furioso

the only thing that's different is that they're gnc but other than that? just as dumb, just as keet, just as honorable, just as ride or die, just as flirty

it's legit uncanny

I think Fate is like

You know that old adage about how in art, you need to know the rules before you break them

...yeah, that scans actually

For the most part I think that’s how Fate goes, if something’s inaccurate it’s probably an intentional swerve or reinterpretation rather than “they just didn’t do any research”