Fate/stay night/Fridge

Fridge Brilliance

 * For a long time I simply thought Rider from Fate/stay night being The Woobie was just a common case of mythological monster being treated more sympathetically in an adaptation. Then I remembered something: in certain versions of the story,  was a priestess turned into a monster by Athena for being raped by Poseidon in her temple. They really didn't drastically change the story, they simply took the basic concept of it and let the sheer Values Dissonance change how sympathetically she is perceived. --User:thatother 1 dude
 * This gets even better if you've played through Heaven's Feel and keep in mind how the Servants are supposed to usually have similar traits to their Masters...
 * The sequel, Hollow Ataraxia, makes this explicit, by showing that Rider originally accepted the summoning in order that she could protect Sakura and help prevent her from turning into a monster like she had.
 * Another thing regarding Rider. One might chalk up as well as her summoning technique to Artistic License. Then this troper read that
 * Many people wonder why Archer was summoned as an Archer, instead of Saber, since he uses swords, and barely ever uses his bow. If you think about it, and play the game, though, it makes perfect sense for at least three reasons.
 * When Archer is first summoned and Tohsaka asks him what he desires from the Holy Grail, Archer offhandedly replies with "Lets see...World Peace?".
 * In Unlimited Blade Works, how was it that Lancer,
 * Some may wonder why the holy grail was arbitrarily named such when its nature and  function had absolutely nothing to do with the actual holy grail of legend.
 * Also, in Heaven's Feel it is revealed
 * Why is Saber such a notorious Big Eater?.
 * The infamous "Mind Of Steel" Bad End from Heaven's Feel
 * It recently came to me that Saber makes a surprising amount of symbolic sense.

Fridge Horror

 * Cu Chulainn (Lancer) summoned as The Berserker, is BAD ENOUGH. What is one notable Noble Phantasm gained by BEING ONE?
 * How did Gilgamesh know that Saber, at that point in her route, had Since it happened in such a remote and isolated place, he would have to have inferred that that's what must have happened based on other information, or, or he himself was watching.
 * I saw it in another way, for Gilgamesh it's impossible that, as s/he can take whoever s/he wishes for himself. So it might be a case of Fridge Brilliance