Merlin being the goat in this situation I guess

Merlin being the wing mam

It was my read that Merlin snatched him up at the end of his life. He met his end on barren Earth. Unlimited Blade Works is barren Earth.

The way I interpret it, I see it as Shirou wandering around seemingly aimlessly and Merlin help pushed him towards the door to Avalon in a sense. And with Merlin talking about how it'll take 2 miracles is like if Shirou had a key to a door with Saber behind it, and Saber is the one who can remove the secondary lock from inside. But Shirou himself has to find the door and Saber can only remove the secondary lock

I always saw it as a matter of time but Merlin intervening was because as he said he was never fond of sad endings so instead of waiting he's just like a viewer and decided to just fast forward the process cause why not?

I like the idea of both Shirou and Artoria having to each essentially fulfill an impossible quest but I want Shirou to have to do than just endlessly seeking her. I would have liked it if he had to retrieve what's left of the Sacred Swords the Lady of the Lake gave to Artorials knights to function as a keys to Avalon or freeing Albion in some way so it can take him to Albion along with itself.

Would shirou age in the ubw good end since saber is there and avalon is still with him so does that suggest he would remain physically 17 or its only a excalibur and caliburn thing?

I don’t think this ever got animated which is such a shame, have to hope they remake the fate route and animate this because SABER DESERVES a proper anime adaptation route (old one is still a fun watch tho it’s just the other two are all shiny looking and Saber deserves that treatment)

Merlin being the wing man for Hero Of Justice himself.

Priority of a king and hero he wouldn't go to Avalon himself due to his priority of being a hero be higher so he would still not go even if he known that he could

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I actually want Shirou and Artoria to be a duo in Grand class container.

I kind of figured shirou is searching till he dies with no reward and saber waited until she is content with just waiting for him forever knowing they will never meet, one search endlessly, and one waited continuously. longing their entire lives until it becomes supernatural and merlin just kind of, open the way.

I watch this fanfic and it told Avalon is another realm in glastonbury

so what I'm getting out of this is that Merlin maybe(?) utilized something that would likely fall under the same branch of magic that Heaven's Feel falls under, while in the dream realm, to force a miracle and drag Shiro, as he was in limbo and dying, into Avalon.

my take on this is that shirou after trying countless ways and methods to get into avalon but failed to succeed went to get help from the atlas institute in the middle east through a maybe surefire but very risky way of entering Avalon through using the sheath of avalon itself as a catalyst to enter Avalon dangerously and then comes the merlin part in the OG novel and help him out when he got there because avalon is within his jurisdiction it would also probably make sense in the context of the barren land mentioned and the atlas institute location would also prove to be a hurdle to find since they are all recluse lol

Shirou in the thumbnail:

Nice vid on Last Episode

So Jeanne could walk to Sieg in the Reverse Side of the World after he became a dragon since she was already on the Throne, but Shirou had help from Merlin.

Shiro THE GOAT