Yes. And his delusions were strong enough to make others follow along into his fantasy, from Sancho who played along for the reward and the lols to the guy whose name eludes me that got into Don Quixote's fantasy terms, ended playing the role of the dark knight, defeated him in a joust and bring him back to reality. That I admire.
The most heroic and idealistic tends to be the most delusional. That, I think, makes them the most beautifully human in my eyes. That is Don Quixote for me. An ideal of heroism and virtue antagonized by reality.
I honestly love how they made Sancho an amalgamation character---because all of them are important to Don Quixote's fantasy. Really love that you were able to cover the Don.
People talk about the moment Charlie comes in to save them, but I Love all the stuff before it with Don Quixote vs Constantinos, his reasoning to not fight and even Constantine’s acknowledging him “You are a fool of a Knight, but a good man!” All really good stuff
If you want to see berserker don Quixote, there’s actually a fate based dnd live play where he’s a berserker. It’s on a channel called the harmacists. The series is called fate/harmacists, and it’s really good. Big recommendation from me.
Yeah Berserker would have been the only class I would have seen "good on him" if they didn't make his dance between his delusions and reality an integral part of his kit. He's an old man that fell into insanity and had a lot of rage outbursts, the class itself being used to boost weaker Servant stat-wise seems like a match made in heaven in other circumstances.
Don Quixote is such a fun character, even for me who has not read the original novel of Don Quixote. Just waiting for when you give an 'A+' to a character's depiction in FGO. Also, I have a speculation about how Don Quixote escaped Atlantis : He must have gone to the border of the lostbelt, which separates the lostbelt from the real world (It should be similar to what we were told in Lostbelt 6) and then utilized his NP to revert the mystery at that location to that of 1700s Spain, thus temporarily creating a hole in the border for him to escape.
At the moment, the only character that I see as truly deserving of an A+ right now is Charlotte Corday. I'm wondering if others will get close, but so far... not yet. A+ to me is basically perfect, so there can't really be any blemishes at all.
Don Quixote was one of the best parts of Traum tbh, and imo such a cool and interesting Servant that gives the same wonder the og FSN servants give out, in a way
His story is simultaneously a comedy and a tragedy. A fantasy and a historical fiction.There are few novels that are able to explore the relationship between genres quite like Don Quixote.
Me when I got Don Quixote in F/GO JP: I JUST WANT RULER MORIARTY!!!! 🤬 Me with Don Quixote years later: Sweet! He gets a new buff, I can't wait to use him! 😊
One cool extra thing i didn't see being mentioned about Sancho Panza, is that Panza = Belly in Spanish, i don't think i need to tell the reason for that....
Funny coincidence since the next canto/chapter in limbus compnay will focus on their Don Quixote(who's a cute genderbend gremlin, and she'll get a new ID/unit on Thursday), so this video is very helpful to understand canto's references to original literature
You say Don can't realistically be any other class besides lancer or Rider, but I feel Beserker would work perfectly. He being kind of a madman is a big part of his character, and many interpret him as such.
Finally watch your Traum-related servant videos after I finished the Singularity. i got to say Don Quixote and Sancho are my favorite characters in the story. I literally cried furing his fight with Konstantinos. I am glad that it was not only me who appreciates that scene. I will definitely try to summon them if they have a another banner in the future. Nice work on these vids by the way! I enjoy every single one of them as a fan of history, literature, and fate.
@@moltrescompany I mean, it’s the same as calling Cu Chulainn Cu, the figurative Irish term for warriors, but almost no one seems bothered by that. It’s just a way to shorten the full name.
Don Quijote appearance in FGO has been something I have been looking forward to for a long time, and, despite the shock of seeing his iconic short and tall man duo switched with Sancho, I liked him here. I always felt that the original novel shared themes with FSN, so Don Quijote would fit there and his story would further develope those themes, and I haven’t been disappointed. Namely, that no matter how naive, impractical and unrewarding a dream might be, and how it might lead to a wretched end, that doesn’t mean it’s meaningless or wrong. At then end, Don Quijote died in despair and disenchanted, regretting his journey and renouncing completely his chivalry books. Yet, he became THE most renowned knight of his country (both in-story and real life, even eclipsing the more “traditional” heroic Spanish knight El Cid Campeador in prestige) worldwide, known and addressed by his own given title at that (a no small feat). His exploits renewed interest in chivalry books, and helped modernize and adapt those values into a new age; inspiring people both in-story and in real life. There is also how influential the book became literary in both its tropes and becoming one of the prototypes of the parody and the modern novel. Even if the book has an anti-escapist message, borne from the disenchantment of Miguel de Servantes from his own experiences in war, his original love for chivalric novels still shines through the novel, giving it a depth beyond negative nihilism, and making it a humanist tale (oh wow maybe I went a too great a tangent). So, I am glad that FGO continued the themes of his story while making use of its setting. Namely, how a knight like him would fare in a fantastic world that doesn’t gloss over the brutality of said world. I’m glad that Don Quijote still found worth in following his chivalric code into the end, making a very interesting foil to Constantine (who similarly fought for the sake and honor of an “imaginary” lady, Pope Johanna). My only problem with his depiction is me being mad that he wasn’t an even more central character and that he wasn’t in the Camelot Singularity lol (in my opinion he would have made a very interesting foil to the Round Table knights, who had lost their way). Anyway, thanks for another banger! This video did great in depicting the adventures of Don Quijote! Both FGO and the original.
I don’t know if yall noticed this but In the France singularity, we actually meet and fight Vlad is the exact same destroyed city type rubble, shown at 7:35 I just find it funny that not only is it reused but it’s also a reference to vlads first appearance in FGO (as far as I’m aware)
While I've seen quite some errors in your Spanish (sometimes calling Alonso Quijano 'Alondo'), all is forgiven if you have read Umineko twice. Still waiting for a miraculous writing crossover where Ryukishi gets to write something Fate related. OC3 maybe, with its most likely connections to Dante's Divine Comedy?
TBH, the only language aside from English I have confidence in pronouncing is Japanese, and that's because I took two years of it in High School. I may have forgotten most of it... but I still know that at least. :o
I am personally not a big fan of what they did with his third skill once it got buffed in JP. I always saw the NP drain as him abandoning his dream to be a knight and returning to reality, but the skill buff removed this aspect. I don't know what was in the interlude that buffs the skill, but I would've preferred him keeping the NP drain but gaining a really powerful effect (like what I thought up was the ability to transfer *all* of his current NP gauge over to his allies instead of just 30%). Good video, I liked Don Quixote while I was reading through Traum.
I wonder if Don Quixote could be despised for Knight Servants, like Artoria and Diarmuid, as his/her unhealthy obsession for books of knights and his/her misplaced idea about be a knight, could be considered like a notable insult for the Chivalry code of this Knight Servants.
@@CrazyYurie Good point. Despite to his/her crazy ideas, Don Quixote still got a notable and vast knownledge about the knights through his/her studies. Meaning that even if some Knight Servants can consider Don Quixote like a joke of knight, they could also admire his/her great passion for be a knight as well, making that maybe Don Quixote get a mixed opinion behalf the Knight Servants.
@@josecuestas7246 well, I mean, he got the recognition of being a brave and honorable knight from both Konstantinos AND Charlemagne, if his ideals, albeit delusional, reached them, I doubt other knights would look at him with bad eyes.
@@Archetype_Angel Yeah, Don Quixote despite to not be an official knight, he/she still acted like a true knight during his/her adventures, even showcased some Chivalry and honor code.
Oh don't worry, I'm quite fine. Though since I'm thinking about it? I could easily dig up sprites for Umineko characters. Maybe Bern should be a host one day? :o
So your telling me if someone rights about a guy that watched 2 much anime. Think's he's goku and harasses enough people. They can become a heroic spirit? Well boys looks like my legacy is set
Weird fact in the book Sancho believes at one point that he might get some land in Ethiopia and it disappoints him because it means he’s going to be around black people. Until he believes he can sell them… So fgo Sancho is probably a little bit racist.
