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Modern audiences hate the idea of any kind of moral ambiguity in their heroes, and they would need to rewrite his backstory to no longer include deflowering mai

Modern audiences hate the idea of any kind of moral ambiguity in their heroes, and they would need to rewrite his backstory to no longer include deflowering maidens on their wedding night. So we'd have to rewrite his first encounter with Enkidu, too. Maybe Gilgamesh will save him from drowning, and make some painfully obvious foreshadowing comment in the process ("Gee, I sure hope I never get that close to the ocean floor again!") While we're at it, we'd probably need to rewrite Enkidu's story, too, because the idea of a Sacred Prostitute sanitizing a wildman through several days and nights of continuous sex is sure to rile some puritan feathers.

Ralfp 4y ago
Ironically Gilgamesh is a big name in world of Anime where he is one of key characters in „Fate” games/novels/anime. Some installments portray him as homicidal maniac bored with existence while others turn him into caring and clever (even if arrogant) king of Babylon. Fate/Zero may be available on netflix but remember its an M-rated anime about modern era secret society of mages summoning legendary heroes to fight to the death, with last team standing getting their wish fulfilled. Expect goofy characters, humour, dark plots and graphic violence.
- staticman2 4y ago
  The original Fate novel depicts Gilgamesh as a rapist and a thug. But he's there to be a villain, threaten the heroes, almost rape one of the heroes, kill some people, and eventually be killed by one of the good guys. He's certainly not there as a protagonist.
- JetAlone 4y ago
  There's also an anime way less popular than Fate simply named "Gilgamesh" from 2003. I barely remember the plot after watching it a long time ago, but I do remember that some several years before the events take place an event called "Twin X" knocked out all advanced electronics and prevents them from working. One moment that most stuck with me was when a character called "The Countess" later on reveals she has a massive skyscraper of vacuum tubes, that is able to function as a primitive supercomputer. The eponymous Gilgamesh of this one is actually split into 10 relatively forgettable characters, and the head researcher of their faction is called Enkidu or something like that. And their faction wants to wipe out most of the human race in some kind of mystical extinction event, to give rise to a superior humanity. It's a relatively common motive for the bad guys in Japanese media, I recall hearing the big bad gesticulate wildly about doing the same thing when I shelled out enough 100 yen coins with a buddy to clear the story of the "House of the Dead" on an arcade machine.
- type0 4y ago
  > while others turn him into caring and clever (even if arrogant) king of Babylon. Wait what, not the king of Uruk? That is just blasphemy.
  - staticman2 4y ago
    The Fate mobile game does a lot of stories where time travelers have messed up history. So in one timeline I think he's just the plain old King of Urik. In another timeline after demons killed most humans Urik was refortified and given the name "Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia". And in that timeline they seem to sometimes call Gilgamesh King of Babylonia after they renamed the country.
narrator 4y ago
It's also doesn't fit well with modern narratives when they encounter and kill Humbaba. It would confuse the heck out of the audience that they negotiate and offer gifts to Humbaba. Then Humbaba tries to run away and they chase and kill him anyway, and then they piss off the gods for doing it. He's also the guardian of the forest, which today is supposed to be a good guy. It's all so morally untidy.

Ralfp 4y ago

Ironically Gilgamesh is a big name in world of Anime where he is one of key characters in „Fate” games/novels/anime. Some installments portray him as homicidal maniac bored with existence while others turn him into caring and clever (even if arrogant) king of Babylon. Fate/Zero may be available on netflix but remember its an M-rated anime about modern era secret society of mages summoning legendary heroes to fight to the death, with last team standing getting their wish fulfilled. Expect goofy characters, humour, dark plots and graphic violence.

staticman2 4y ago
The original Fate novel depicts Gilgamesh as a rapist and a thug. But he's there to be a villain, threaten the heroes, almost rape one of the heroes, kill some people, and eventually be killed by one of the good guys. He's certainly not there as a protagonist.
JetAlone 4y ago
There's also an anime way less popular than Fate simply named "Gilgamesh" from 2003. I barely remember the plot after watching it a long time ago, but I do remember that some several years before the events take place an event called "Twin X" knocked out all advanced electronics and prevents them from working. One moment that most stuck with me was when a character called "The Countess" later on reveals she has a massive skyscraper of vacuum tubes, that is able to function as a primitive supercomputer. The eponymous Gilgamesh of this one is actually split into 10 relatively forgettable characters, and the head researcher of their faction is called Enkidu or something like that. And their faction wants to wipe out most of the human race in some kind of mystical extinction event, to give rise to a superior humanity. It's a relatively common motive for the bad guys in Japanese media, I recall hearing the big bad gesticulate wildly about doing the same thing when I shelled out enough 100 yen coins with a buddy to clear the story of the "House of the Dead" on an arcade machine.
type0 4y ago
> while others turn him into caring and clever (even if arrogant) king of Babylon. Wait what, not the king of Uruk? That is just blasphemy.
- staticman2 4y ago
  The Fate mobile game does a lot of stories where time travelers have messed up history. So in one timeline I think he's just the plain old King of Urik. In another timeline after demons killed most humans Urik was refortified and given the name "Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia". And in that timeline they seem to sometimes call Gilgamesh King of Babylonia after they renamed the country.

narrator 4y ago

It's also doesn't fit well with modern narratives when they encounter and kill Humbaba. It would confuse the heck out of the audience that they negotiate and offer gifts to Humbaba. Then Humbaba tries to run away and they chase and kill him anyway, and then they piss off the gods for doing it. He's also the guardian of the forest, which today is supposed to be a good guy. It's all so morally untidy.