I asked at one point on Plurk about Shirou's magic here, in which he creates weapons instead of owning any specific one. The answer I got was that yes, he can still use his magic and therefore have his swords, but he would have to concentrate on keeping them around.
I can describe his magic in more detail if necessary, but there is a specific detail about his magic that contradicts that last part so I'd like to know what the ruling on this would be.
In the Nasuverse, things made with projection magic always end up disappearing eventually. This is because whatever the mage creates with projection, it's always something created with their mental image, which therefore means that it violates "reality". Thus, the world rejects it, and it will always eventually just vanish.
The neat part about Shirou's projection, however, is that his projection is unique and does more than regular projection. When Shirou creates a sword, the specific steps are:
Judging the concept of creation Hypothesizing the basic structure Duplicating the composition material Imitating the skill of its making Sympathizing with the experience of its growth Reproducing the accumulated years Excelling every manufacturing process
Put simply, when Shirou creates a sword, he reproduces everything about it. He creates the materials necessary for the creation, and recreates the history of whatever sword he's copying. As a result, he quite literally fools the world itself into thinking his creations are real. This means that his projections can last indefinitely so long as Shirou doesn't "deny their existence"
puts on glasses For example, let's take a moment in the UBW route where he projects Archer's swords for the first time. Shirou believes that Kuzuki's fists cannot break Archer's swords. However, when he is faced with the fact that Kuzuki's fists actually can break those swords, he unconsciously thinks "Oh, so these are not Archer's swords", and the swords disappear.
Shirou can skip certain steps in the creation process, but that obviously does end up negatively affecting the quality of whatever he creates.
TL:DR Shirou's specific way Shirou's magic does things happens to contradict the "keep concentrating on them" part of the answer I got on plurk. Read the two paragraphs above for clarification. Can I have a ruling placed on this?
(sorry for slamming a nasuverse magic rant in here)
Powers question
I can describe his magic in more detail if necessary, but there is a specific detail about his magic that contradicts that last part so I'd like to know what the ruling on this would be.
In the Nasuverse, things made with projection magic always end up disappearing eventually. This is because whatever the mage creates with projection, it's always something created with their mental image, which therefore means that it violates "reality". Thus, the world rejects it, and it will always eventually just vanish.
The neat part about Shirou's projection, however, is that his projection is unique and does more than regular projection. When Shirou creates a sword, the specific steps are:
Judging the concept of creation
Hypothesizing the basic structure
Duplicating the composition material
Imitating the skill of its making
Sympathizing with the experience of its growth
Reproducing the accumulated years
Excelling every manufacturing process
Put simply, when Shirou creates a sword, he reproduces everything about it. He creates the materials necessary for the creation, and recreates the history of whatever sword he's copying. As a result, he quite literally fools the world itself into thinking his creations are real. This means that his projections can last indefinitely so long as Shirou doesn't "deny their existence"
puts on glasses For example, let's take a moment in the UBW route where he projects Archer's swords for the first time. Shirou believes that Kuzuki's fists cannot break Archer's swords. However, when he is faced with the fact that Kuzuki's fists actually can break those swords, he unconsciously thinks "Oh, so these are not Archer's swords", and the swords disappear.
Shirou can skip certain steps in the creation process, but that obviously does end up negatively affecting the quality of whatever he creates.
TL:DR Shirou's specific way Shirou's magic does things happens to contradict the "keep concentrating on them" part of the answer I got on plurk. Read the two paragraphs above for clarification. Can I have a ruling placed on this?
(sorry for slamming a nasuverse magic rant in here)