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Sakura Matou ([personal profile] returntospring) wrote in [community profile] mayfield_ooc 2012-04-06 04:02 am (UTC)

Sakura Matou | Fate/Stay Night | Reserved [2/2]

Personality: Sakura is a classic example of a Yamato Nadeshiko. She's soft-spoken, gentle, and extremely kind, and this somewhat elegant air reflects in many of the things she does; when Shirou's not taking charge, she's the one that cooks for the various members of the Emiya household, and takes up archery as her club activity. She rarely raises her voice or gets angry (not counting her breakdown during her route, of course) and in general is a Very Nice Girl.

She has a bit of a dual personality, though it's not as extreme as some cases; how she is at school, and how she is at the Emiya house. At school she's more or less what she really is; a quiet, withdrawn girl who rarely smiles around others. It's not so much an attempt to keep people away as it is a clear view of her shrinking violet tendencies, a result of having most of the confidence beaten out of her. But when she's around Shirou (and later Taiga, Saber, Rin, and Ilya), she has a much brighter, sunnier personality. In the scenes taking place in the Emiya house, she's rarely seen without a smile on her face (unless a Serious Business topic comes up), and will not shy away from the antics that might happen.

This... isn't a total act. Eleven years of abuse and neglect have left Sakura a very, very broken girl inside. She is also aware just how broken she is inside, and hides it purely because she doesn't want to worry those who have come to truly care about her. This depression nearly crippled her at one point in her life, to the point where she had contemplated suicide at one point. The one that saved her from these thoughts was Shirou, and that's why she's so dedicated to (and in love with) him.

This isn't to say that she's a completely innocent girl. Deep in her heart, she holds a lot of resentment for the world and those who have hurt her. With a mixture of despair and manipulation at the hands of her grandfather, Sakura's mind is broken and taken over by a darker, more sadistic personality. This personality reveals how Sakura always had contempt for Rin - her older sister - because she did nothing when Sakura was given away to the Matou, and her father for abandoning her in the first place. She viciously kills her adopted brother Shinji without remorse, and takes great pleasure in destroying her grandfather as well. With the help of Rin and Shirou, though, she breaks free of this side of her. She feels great remorse for her thoughts and actions while she was "Dark Sakura", but has since moved on and left that side of her behind.

Abilities: Sakura is a magus, and quite a powerful one; many magi have an affinity to a certain element. Sakura's elemental affinity isn't an element at all, but rather "imaginary numbers". In tl;dr terms, it works as a sort of shadow dimension where Sakura can trap and attack/torture/kill spiritual beings. But only spiritual beings. She could use her magic to fight and even kill Heroic Spirits, but not their Masters, for example.

There's also the worms. The crest worms... are exactly that. Worms that were implanted in Sakura's body at a young age. The worms eat away at her mana pool, yet can greatly expand one's natural magic circuits, so they're somewhat of a double-edged sword. They also come with the downside of greatly increasing one's carnal impulses, which can grow to a near unbearable level if left alone for too long, and I'll just leave it at that.

Though there are no chances of the following things showing up in Mayfield, they should still be noted! On the whims of Zouken - Sakura's adoptive grandfather - Sakura can turn into a being known as "The Shadow", which is a premature version of Angra Mainyu, an extremely powerful vengeful spirit trapped inside the corrupted Holy Grail. The Shadow is capable of teleporting instantly, and can absorb and kill beings with ease. It's even possible for The Shadow to corrupt Heroic Spirits (see: Saber Alter, and Berserker).

As The Shadow, Sakura has no awareness of what she's doing (though she does have dreams of her deeds). When The Shadow finally does gain self-awareness, it transforms Sakura into a corrupted version of herself, as mentioned above. She's able to fight with tentacle-like appendages growing from her body, can create monsters made of shadow, and even use her normal magic against humans.

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