I want to ask what makes you think Archer would disclose his true identity to Kiritsugu. Not only disclose it, but give it out right away and not even wait on it. The identity of a servant is very important and that goes especially for Archer, who renounces his failings as Emiya Shirou and became cynical and bitter after realizing that it is impossible to be the hero he wanted to be. He doesn't regard his past relationships with the people he knew as Emiya Shirou the same way either. Besides Shirou, he purposefully conceals his identity from Rin, who was his best friend and arguably his past love interest (though I know some people have different outlooks on this, she was still at the least a very close friend), and his former servant Saber, who he once trusted with his life during his version of the Grail War.
I don't think there is anything wrong with Archer and Kiritsugu having a relationship of some sort at all, because Archer wouldn't likely avoid his father. But that Archer would straight away reveal his identity to Kiritsugu, who he hasn't seen for what could be an eternity given the Counter Guardian system, seems very out of place when they've both just arrived. This strikes me as an action more suited to Shirou, who would gladly embrace the chance to become reacquainted with his death father and hero figure. Not so much Archer, who has many regrets about the choices he made (which is a huge difference between him and Shirou) and how he pursued the dreams of being a hero like his father so fervently that he ended up failing even worse than Kiritsugu did. Not that he would begrudge Kiritsugu, but for him to be so open about who he actually is straight from the get go doesn't read like something Archer would do.
So with that said, I'd hope you don't mind giving some kind of reasoning for Archer being so open about his identity with Kiritsugu. Especially to the point where he lets Kiritsugu actually say his name in public, when Archer should be the most cautious of the servants about his identity given the circumstances. I'm not saying that it could never ever happen, but it doesn't read right for it to happen right away from the start of their entry into Asgard.
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I'm writing this in response to seeing this joint intro Archer and Kiritsugu did http://asgardeventide.dreamwidth.org/598688.html
I want to ask what makes you think Archer would disclose his true identity to Kiritsugu. Not only disclose it, but give it out right away and not even wait on it. The identity of a servant is very important and that goes especially for Archer, who renounces his failings as Emiya Shirou and became cynical and bitter after realizing that it is impossible to be the hero he wanted to be. He doesn't regard his past relationships with the people he knew as Emiya Shirou the same way either. Besides Shirou, he purposefully conceals his identity from Rin, who was his best friend and arguably his past love interest (though I know some people have different outlooks on this, she was still at the least a very close friend), and his former servant Saber, who he once trusted with his life during his version of the Grail War.
I don't think there is anything wrong with Archer and Kiritsugu having a relationship of some sort at all, because Archer wouldn't likely avoid his father. But that Archer would straight away reveal his identity to Kiritsugu, who he hasn't seen for what could be an eternity given the Counter Guardian system, seems very out of place when they've both just arrived. This strikes me as an action more suited to Shirou, who would gladly embrace the chance to become reacquainted with his death father and hero figure. Not so much Archer, who has many regrets about the choices he made (which is a huge difference between him and Shirou) and how he pursued the dreams of being a hero like his father so fervently that he ended up failing even worse than Kiritsugu did. Not that he would begrudge Kiritsugu, but for him to be so open about who he actually is straight from the get go doesn't read like something Archer would do.
So with that said, I'd hope you don't mind giving some kind of reasoning for Archer being so open about his identity with Kiritsugu. Especially to the point where he lets Kiritsugu actually say his name in public, when Archer should be the most cautious of the servants about his identity given the circumstances. I'm not saying that it could never ever happen, but it doesn't read right for it to happen right away from the start of their entry into Asgard.
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