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I was thinking about reading up on some of the legends based on the characters from Fate/stay night, but I'd like to get a TYPE-MOON fan's opinion on some of them.

In particular, how is the "Epic of Gilgamesh"? If I hated FSN's Gilgamesh, will I hate this one? Or will I be pleasantly surprised? Also, does it have an interesting writing style to accompany the story, or am I better off looking elsewhere for some of that? Let's just base this off the assumption that you enjoy Nasu/TakaJun's writing.

>> No.1732532

Gilgamesh is that rowdy, rebellious teenager that always does things to make his parents angry.


Only his parents are gods.

>> No.1732536
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BFFs

>> No.1732544

The oldest Shounen in existence.

>> No.1732543

>epic

Back to /b/

>> No.1732549

The epic of gilgamesh is one of the oldest stories in existence, so don't expect the writing style to be exciting at all.

I read it back in high school, and from what I remember it was a rather boring story.

Honestly, the Arthurian legends would probably be a lot more enjoyable if you're looking for something related to FSN.

>> No.1732566

The man Lancer is based on is more interesting

>> No.1732579

>>1732549
I remember reading Le Morte D'Arthur my senior year. Tristram is GAR and King Mark was an asshole.

>> No.1732581

>>1732549
Aren't stories created to be entertaining? I'm sure if you look at it from a certain perspective, you can have some fun. For example, as dry as Homer's storytelling could get (let's list every single character for about 10 pages), I thought the fights in The Iliad were pretty intense, and liked them. Especially Diomedes.

>> No.1732591

I once discovered it in my school library and decided to read it, but around when I got to the part where Gil and his buddy goes to kick the ass of some wizard, someone spoiled it for me.

>> No.1732594

The Epic of Gilgamesh isn't too bad, but it's old so the writing is really dry. I also hated Gilgamesh in FSN, but the real Gilgamesh is a lot cooler. It's worth checking out.

>> No.1732596

>>1732581
They are told also to teach

>> No.1732600

>>1732566
I think it's really good of you that you didn't spoil that. Glad to see people like you are still around here.

>> No.1732607

>>1732581
They are told also to teach

Anyhoo, for legends the characters are based on:
Lancer > Caster > Saber > Berserker > Gil > Rider

>> No.1732611

The thing about these stories is that they aren't originally written down, and they are often recorded in a way that tries to tie all of the various facts and legends together rather than make a coherent or interesting story overall.

>> No.1732613

>>1732581
Well, art is created to be beautiful, but ancient cave drawings aren't particularly beautiful.

>> No.1732619

>>1732524
guy is king of greatest city,guys best friend gets killed, guy searches for immortality, guy fails miserably and ends up feeding a flower to a snake.

shit sucked...

>> No.1732663

Cuchulain is easily the coolest hero mentioned in F/SN. I wish more nips would use his story.

>> No.1732676

>>1732663
I agree i would like to see it used more often as well

>> No.1732695

>>1732663
I just wish he got more time in the game.

>> No.1732702

I didn't find Cuchulainn to be particularly interesting.

He's just a BERZARRRKARRRRR.

Beowulf is cooler.

lol why are these spoilers?

>> No.1732712

>>1732702
Beowulf wouldn't be. But the other one is a spoiler because its a story element that you have to play through the game to learn about, and as such should be spoilered.

>> No.1732723

>>1732712
Lancer's identity is revealed in the prologue.

>> No.1733038

>>1732712
Isn't Beowulf one of the servants in Fate/Zero?

>> No.1733056

>>1732723
And it's not like anyone knows who the fuck Cuchulainn is until they've played FSN, so it's really not much of a spoiler.

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>>1733038

FUCK YEAH BEOWULF! YOU ARE THE MOST AWESOME DUDE EVER!

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>>1733056

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>>1733056

>> No.1733110

Lancer is the sole reason I want a Cu in SMT Imagine.

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>>1733056
?

>> No.1733127

>>1732695
Rin perspective game with Lancer route please.

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>>1733127
but bazett and lancer make a better couple

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>>1733189
They're good together, but I think he's got chemistry with Tohsaka too.

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>>1733217
You know, dying for her and all. Even though he pretty well knew it'd turn out this way, it was classy on his part and he deserves better.

I think he and Tohsaka would've done great things, okay.

>> No.1733247

>>1733189
Each time I see this picture, I feel compelled to save it even though I already have several copies.

>> No.1733249

>>1733056

You do if you're from Ireland, or even just the UK and you took any interest in Celtic mythology.

>>1732549

If you're looking to read up on the servants respective legends look for a damn liberal translation. Most of the time they're translated for academic purposes and sacrifice narrative technique as a result.

I was lucky enough to have a mother interested in mythology from Ulster, and as a child I found her stories very entertaining but then again she has a nack for story telling. All the Irish heroic cycles are part of an oral tradition so I guess unless you have a capable story teller they really lose something.

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>>1733219
>You know, dying for her and all
if you know what I mean

>> No.1735036

>>1732543
Ha ha, oh wow.

>> No.1735049

>>1733189
Every time I see pictures like these I remember that in the original painting they were siblings and I feel really weird.

>> No.1735076

>>1733249
He's pretty popular up in Scotland as well.

>> No.1735108

>>1735076
Who the hell cares about that

>> No.1735129

>>1735108
more people than care about your ass

>> No.1735144

real Gilgamesh is canon gay

>> No.1735218
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1735218

Lancer would have kicked Saber's ass if we were comparing legends.

>> No.1735289

>>1735049

Sauce for that painting

>> No.1735305

>>1735218
In terms of feats in their Legend, Cu-Chulain>Arthur.

But you know what?
Alexander>All of them.

Cause he was not a legend.
He was a real man, who rode first line in all his battles, won and conquered 5 times his kingdom, and only was claimed by sickness.
And the same fucking horse he used died of old age.

That's not just a legend, that's history at it's best.

>> No.1735344

>>1735305
And his teacher was Aristotle himself.

>> No.1735360

>>1735305
Yeah, and he was also well known for being FABULOUS and probably a faggot. Oh well, I guess no one's perfect

>> No.1735418

The hero Lancer is based on is Amazing.
I have two different translations of the stories he is based on.
The men of Ulster arose from their pangs, oh shit son

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Cuchulain is still the coolest, sorry.

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>> No.1735492

The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest story in history.

It's also a story of BROS BEFORE HOS

>> No.1735505

>>1735434
shear fucking manliness

>> No.1735753

>>1732543 Holy shit faggot, you first

>> No.1735815

>>1733250
sauce plz

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