

So, I just watched Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works for the first time.

> Archer is basically Shirou in the future of an alternative universe, right?

In the anime, Shirou mentions multiple times that he loves Rin or that he has
strong emotions for her, at least. So why does Archer seem to be so "cold"
towards Rin?

I mean, shouldn't he be at least a tiny bit attached to her in some way? Or
did he really change THAT much as a person, that he doesn't feel romantic
emotions towards her? (Well in the end he DOES save her so he seems to care
about her in some way. But, it still feels like there is too much distance
between them throughout the whole series)

I mean, technically, should Archer have had emotions for the Rin in "his
reality" or not? What happened to her?

Sorry for all the questions. I will look for more content of the "Fate"
series, but my curiosity is killing me and I may have missed something since
it was the first time, watching that anime, for me. :D


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Why doesn't Archer seem to have feelings for Rin?


I believe feelings for Rin were shown throughout the UBW route. Archer is cold
to everyone, he tries to distance himself from others. Out of everyone in the
entire anime, Archer has the best grasp on reality. He obviously respects Rin
and cares for her. Usually I would judge these feelings as respect for your
ally, and maybe even a friendship. But because he does have the identity of
Shirou Emiya, we must assume he has feelings for her.


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I've watched both series and came up with the conclusion that Archer in the
UBW is actually Shirou in the original _Fate/stay night_ (the one that in love
with Saber) because Archer in UBW actually tried to scold Saber as Rin was
telling him. Also, he knows what Saber really motives for the grail, which
Saber from the UBW did not tell Emiya.

So, in other words, UBW is not actually a route, but it is sequel for the
original _Fate/stay night_.


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I think there’s a lot of hints that Archer actually cares about Rin and
they’re bound to one another but not as a lover or romantic kind of love. It’s
more like loyalty. He respected her as a servant respecting his master. The
most remarkable moment I’d say is that in Episode 9 of ss2. Archer after was
convinced by his old self,Shirou. And was beated (not physically but mentally)
he then said “If she(Rin) was more of a heartless person, I’d not turn back to
be my old self (who believes in Hero of Justice)” Hence, Tohsaka Rin plays
huge part in Shirou development as a person and also as a human being who
believes in his ideal heroism.

Archer isn’t cold to Rin if you watch the anime carefully, he just has ‘Kill
Emiya Shirou’ as his first priority. To do so, he can’t let Rin help Shirou
gets Saber back and remains the alliance between them. After his betrayal, he
still protected Rin for multiple times. Making conditions with Caster, Shinji
and Gillgamesh to postpone Rin executions.

Though, if I were to say, it’s not like there’s completely non-romantic
moments of them. Sometimes Archer seems to attract Rin passionately by his sly
personality and his looks as well. In fact, the reason why Archer doesn’t show
any fascination towards Rin that much because 1. She’s 16-17 years old Tohsaka
Rin, it was mentioned in both VN and Anime that Archer sees Rin as a child/
girl only. Not as a lady. 2. She already has the Shirou that is his present
version beside her. It’s kinda weird to start Romance with your young master
when your old self is already in love with her. Not to mention Archer has
already decided to erase his existence by killing Shirou so why bothered? If
he has feelings for Rin, it must hurt and is hard to leave without regrets.
So... yeah. ![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/I5scB.jpg)


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