Behind The Servants: Yang Guifei and Hokusai

[@Itachi45481]

Man foreigner class characters in fate and their chosen horsts are always a treat

[@water_color]

Ah yes, cultured tentacle wife love of my life

[@legosaurg7979]

Profile pic checks out

[@tommykaung5882]

I don't remember who said about it but he came up with a theory that there is a reason why Abigail, Hokusai, Yang Guifei and Van Gogh became Lovecraftian Servant. It is because their ending are mysterious in historical records. For Abigail, she is the one who caused Salem Witch Trials but nobody knew what happened to her afterward. For Hokusai, Ōi's life became a mystery after Hokusai's death. For Yang Guifei, it was the mystery around her death. Nobody saw her body aside from Gao Lishi and Chen Xuanli who claimed her death. There is a myth about her fleeing to Japan and arrived at Amakusa Island. I don't remember much about Van Gogh. He said it based on the mystery around his suicide.

[@allisondempsey982]

So if we go with this Theory, then Edgar Allan Poe, whose exact Manner and cause of death is shrouded in mystery, and Amelia Earhart, who's disappearance made national headlines all across the world, would be excellent candidates to become Lovecraftian Servants of the Foreigner servant category.

[@tommykaung5882]

@@allisondempsey982 Amelia Earhart appeared briefly in Fate/Strange Fake thought it was Watcher class servant that took her form.

[@allisondempsey982]

@@tommykaung5882 oh interesting. But since the game fgo tends to change certain servants' that appear in other works of the Natsu-universe into different classes, like Voyager becoming a foreigner servants and Faker becoming a pretender class servant, I think it's safe to assume that Amelia Earhart, when she does become a playable character in fgo, will most likely take on the Foreigner class typing.

[@josephcruz5902]

Yeah that makes sense

[@cefrinaldi8060]

Van Gogh is an unique case because the lovecraftian god interfene with him/her, forcing his memory to the body of Clytie to make Vincent Van Gogh more obedient to them. Van Gogh/Clytie was included on foreigner class not because she was possesed but because she was a patchwork doll made by the vile god.

[@cefrinaldi8060]

I'm honestly madly in love with foreigner class servant but their class qualification is the most messed up out of all class. I hope there is definite qualification for foreigner class. Although Yang interlude hinted in mysterious death, Jaques break that. It probably tied with mysterious incident in their lifes and possible outer god ties just like baphomet ties with shub niggurath. With that in mind, Amelie Earhart, Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, H.P. Lovecraft, all qualified to be foreigner servant for their mysterious circumstances in their lives. Saint-Exupery could be one but because fate/requeim, we can safely assume its Michaelangelo case all over again.

[@klidge]

If you want to fall down a rabbit hole there is an entire sub plot to Poe's death, that being a mysterious figure would every year put something on his grave but was never identified or something like that. I'd love to see more author servants in the game like them!

[@asix_knight]

Kinda cool that the guy who might be the originator of tentacle hentai made into an octopus

[@akiradkcn]

The irony

[@onnopleaseno649]

wait so... van gogh and hokusai are both painters, yang and x alter idol play music, voyager had photographs and music, and Abby is from a play, and double x is a joke, all are directly linked to art in its many forms i geuss, neat.

[@lumoscyberfairy]

In Lovecraft's book, the monsters contacted artists for spread their word

[@leomeloro]

I love their designs, foreigneres in my opinion have some of the best designs, and in jp they have jacques and van gogh as awesome foreigners as well

[@mayukhbhattacharya8793]

van gogh's ascension arts are unholy, but in a good way

[@twistedsword8612]

Best girl Hoku lets goooo (Yang avoided me sadly)

[@ashleyhansen4479]

Very glad you mentioned my girls! I only have one unfortunately and not Hokusai (except welfare Hokusai). Also, speaking of Chinese characters in FGO, do you plan on adding Gao Su/ Gao Changgong and all his names and other things? Or even Xiang Yu and Consort Yu and their relationship?

[@Yohohoyohoh]

I looked up Hokusai's erotic painting and dem.. *that's some quality work*

[@MoonlightReaper14]

Let's go!! Time to learn more on Ms. Yang! My favorite foreigner and one of my many best girls

[@MoonlightReaper14]

Fun fact: Yang was born 13 years AFTER Wu Zetian died and yang was married to Wu's grandson so in a way Yang is related to Wu Zetian via marriage

[@JakeMatthews-OnLo]

Odd to see a outer god fall infatuated with someone physically. Also I like most foreigners but it would be nice if FGO made a serious non waifu foreigner like a Tesla a foreigner, a dude who thought he made interstellar communications in real life, a man who is sometimes an Avatar of Nyarlathotep and who just thought differently from most people. Or dare I say just have HP Lovecraft be a servant with a Necronomicon. Although even though Gilles had a Necronomicon they’ll probably save the original version for the shota Caster from Fate Strange/Fake.

[@klidge]

Lovecraft exists in the Fate canon apparently so it wouldn't be surprising to see him appear at some point. I could see them doing an event where the enemy is Hastur or Dagon and making them male

[@arcerus22]

5:13 oh yeah thanks for reminding me, WE STILL NEED DIAO-CHAN AS A FUCKING SERVANT

[@metaknightisbrokeninssbbra1782]

"Kono Diao da!"

[@tonyinfinite5174]

The multiple name changes makes yang here a good candidate for the Pretender class to clarify those aren't fakers but a type of servant that can inherit two legends into it's saint graphs. While you might think high servants do this they can only fuse into one higher legend like Douman and Sakura five the Pretender is both and multiple people at once Oberon and Vortigern are completely fused and have both their skills and passives. Hence why im excited about Iskander shadow will she inherit Iskander skills or will her class fuse her with Hephastion skills and passive i can't wait

[@cyborgcatrj6794]

I like to think Patroclus qualifies as a Faker or Pretender class servant. The most famous part of his legend is that he disguised himself as Achilles to rally the Greek army against Troy, could also give us a chance to see Achilles as a Berserker class from when he avenged Patroclus’ death.

[@tonyinfinite5174]

@@cyborgcatrj6794 ah Achilles lover a lot of media forget they we're in a relationship

[@Sofia_Sif]

Perfect, a video about two of my three foreigners and also one of my main team members

[@NoOne-Belongs]

Something to note is that yang calls herself incomplete as a foreigner servant

[@Justacuriouslady]

About the Foreigners considering they’re possessed yet still have their insanity intact,I just noticed how they tend to be skinny or have a bone-like body structure there’s a possibility this is due to the fact that when you’re possessed you begin to lose weight more efficiently(Not sure which source this was from but it’s a fact I learned somewhere) Yang(considering she has the most normal structure)does still count in this case since she’s been mentioned to be plump/chubby historically On other cases like Oui,Abby,Jacques and Van Gogh they have a rather skinnier structure The case with Voyager,X and BB is that the two former are already alien or didn’t get possessed whilst for BB there’s a high chance she “hacked” or “fixed” herself to maintain her structure

[@evanolsen6925]

I know you said she was complicated, but I would personally like to see Nursery Rhyme. Wait Hokusai created Henticals?! Edit: So I have a Yang Guifei Burn team that I put together and I finally managed to get all my multipliers and burns off in one turn. first is a Kiyohime with 8/4/4, so 80% spreading fire and 500 burn. then my 7/7/7 Yang Guifei's 5,400 burn. Finally, Tomoe Gozen with 1,000 burn and 200% spreading fire! Put it together and what do you get? 26,220 burn damage!

[@lenleon3699]

Why complicated? Is it because the concept of Nursery Rhymes is incredibly hard to pin down and the significance of each is constantly debated? Because as a Servant she is both the concept of Nursery Rhymes and just the aftereffect of a young girl’s Reality Marble that manifested Nursery Rhymes, especifically Lewis Carroll’s stories, to protect her mind as she suffered from the Clock Tower’s cruel human experiments (because we could not hate them enough already they did this after they discovered her as a bedridden orphan from the great wars). Basically, she was never meant to be a heroic spirit, but instead she is an irregular servant created to project the imagination and purity of a young dead girl, which is why our version refused to part with the image of “Alice”.

[@_J0ker]

Foreigner best class, has most wifeys.

[@DripAlucard]

I got yang for new years and I've been loving her since. Really solid servant and top tier waifu.

[@marnieeeez2952]

Yeah i remembered by grandma said that the milk name sometimes stay forever cause they avoid having the same name as the higher class or that would be bad also the milk name is really bad 😂 like : dog , cricket , mole ...

[@charlestonho6733]

Its kinda Yang fault that she recommend her cousin to emperor

[@Hertaspacestation6980]

So if a Child had a name to ward off evil, they should name it Joe or Candice if you know what I mean.

[@koriandcr]

i love hokusai’s design so much! are you going to do xuanzang sanzang?

[@klidge]

Yes! She is on my doc

[@thehappydudepersontdm8727]

How about you do a Behind the Servants episodes on the Hassans?

[@klidge]

I already have them on my doc!

[@thehappydudepersontdm8727]

@@klidge sweet! I look forward to seeing that episode, then!

[@josephcruz5902]

Good idea

[@VickyKujikawa]

Really liked the video, the story of both storical figures was very interesting!

[@zecond-js1yc]

Cannot wait for next videos

[@loukthu]

Yang guifei!

[@ThePROTOBee]

Honestly if Hokusai wasn't a servant in FGO I would've started playing way later than I did

[@Vithor.G16]

Great video!

[@hmmmooops]

One more chance for her to come home, please bless my rolls. Also wow I actually want to hear more about Hokusai's daughter how does a person who divorced their husband and father of three kids for being a poor artist get lost in history?

[@clarencegovan3832]

Sweet video

[@mistertaz94]

Yang is to date my ONLY 5* NP5 Servant

[@MaxHDAvenger]

Dang Yang Guifei indirectly bought down a dynasty because she infatuated everyone? Also even Cthugha was interested in her? Personally her Final Ascension is oddly mesmerizing.

[@charlestonho6733]

I thought Oei Is 2nd youngest as she have younger sister

[@klidge]

My research is putting her as the youngest, but I have been wrong before

[@charlestonho6733]

@@klidge Did you watch Miss Hokusai. Her youngest sister weak and mostly blind and died young. Hokusai interlude already confirm that

[@klidge]

@@charlestonho6733 I have not watched it no. I'll have to check it out!

[@scornflag386]

Cool History Bro youtuber cover story yang gufei adopt son rebellion and lot video of ancient china and surrounding area

[@hydra2838]

Can you do morgan or, space ishtar?

[@klidge]

Morgan can be done for sure. Space Ishtar will be apart of a Servantverse explanation video that will happen at some point

[@josephcruz5902]

Hi man also hi everyone

[@greattobaganman4703]

Good evening

[@josephcruz5902]

Good afternoon and what's everyone's favorite Foreigner my is yang guifei

[@bipblopblap]

Hello

[@josephcruz5902]

@@bipblopblap hi so what is your favorite Foreigner

[@gerardorivas2811]

👋

[@kizunechao279]

Speaking of Foreigners, how about my boy Voyager?

[@perseus9535]

I need links to the art at 16:57, need the sauce

[@klidge]

Official art by the artist kuroboshi. Can be found at fandom page for Hokusai or kuroboshis twitter

[@perseus9535]

@@klidge no wonder it looks so good, thanks!

[@dmitrygolubev9398]

So, Kuroboshi designed the foreigners I like the least (mostly because I find tentacle representation of Lovecraftian deities unimaginative, and that's all of them in this game). Oh well, at least there are still Voyager (man, did they strike gold with his concept), double X, MIXA, and Koyanskaya.

[@cutepapaya4224]

Hi side note I got a jp account

[@klidge]

ayyy nice!

[@cutepapaya4224]

@@klidge I got vitch before she left 0w0

[@josephcruz5902]

Great job