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king "#1 shitposter" gilgamesh ([personal profile] babbylon) wrote in [community profile] futurology2015-12-12 06:52 pm

video; [KINGOFHEROES]

[The feed opens to Gilgamesh lounging on a couch, wine in hand, smirking faintly at nothing in particular. A snowy white lion which some of you may recognize lies curled on the floor, napping away; as for Gilgamesh himself, he's as relaxed as could be. Quite a far cry from his time in imprisonment.

And indeed, when he speaks, he sounds confident as ever—albeit in a lazy sort of way, words flowing like syrup.]


What does "heroism" mean to you?

[An open-ended question he allows to hang, for a moment or so, before continuing on.]

Would you consider what we're doing here to fall along those lines? Or, perhaps... yes, I'm aware some of you are new to this little group activity of ours, regarding the sun. And doubtful that you're all as sincerely invested as ALASTAIR wishes us to be. It does seem a bit trifling.

[Only Gilgamesh could consider the death of light itself to be trifling. He yawns, then rolls over, kicking his feet impatiently like a child awaiting entertainment.]

If they all died, it wouldn't really matter, would it? ALASTAIR would spirit us away to the next grand adventure and the cycle starts anew.

[In his obstinance, Gilgamesh dumps his wine right on the floor. He seems to revel in it, in the mess he's made. In the mess he intends to make.]

So I suppose what I'm asking is [smile blossoming into a grin] do you believe it's possible to save everyone, at the expense of yourself? Is that the proper way of a hero, or just someone naive enough to pursue "goodness"? To those we put atop pedestals, were they ever worth admiring at all?

[His eyes narrow at his jewelry. To call them serpentine would be an understatement.]

To those who believe firmly in the principles of justice—do you earnestly think you were doing the right thing all along? I wonder.
spacegirl: (tease)

[personal profile] spacegirl 2015-12-13 09:54 am (UTC)(link)
[She laughs, fixing him with a look of near disbelief.]

What, your imaginary scenario where your title is useful here?

[Her eyebrows arch and she laughs once again, giving a shake of her head.]

To answer your last question: justice is a biased system that typically falls back on an eye for an eye mentality. I don't think anyone can truly believe in the principles of it. Least not how it's meant to be believed in. You can't trust humans with something like it. They'll muck it up, first chance they get.
adoube: (bohemian)

1/2

[personal profile] adoube 2015-12-13 10:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Is Dio Eraclea going to have to strain a neuron for this.

..............gdi. ]




Two weeks from now, on the day.

I've decided that's when his birth week will begin.
Edited 2015-12-13 10:00 (UTC)
adoube: (next right up)

[personal profile] adoube 2015-12-13 10:02 am (UTC)(link)
You can be a hero by patting his mane and giving him treats until then ♡ (˘▽˘>ԅ( ˘⌣˘)
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[personal profile] spacegirl 2015-12-13 10:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Her initial response is a mere shrug. If she's being honest with herself and him, she hasn't felt human in a long while now. Her connections to Earth are minimal, if they even exist anymore at all. And she's not even sure she's completely human anymore anyway.]

Maybe.

[Her answer is almost teasing, and the smile goes along with her playful tone.]

It's been a while since I've spent a proper amount of time on Earth. I'm not sure how human that makes me.
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[personal profile] spacegirl 2015-12-13 10:13 am (UTC)(link)
I'm Clara Oswald, and I belong to no one.

[Her tone holds amusement, as well as a bossiness that says she's stubborn enough to argue with him on the point.]

I could tell you stories about other worlds, though. I've been to so many different places, I could spend days telling you about them.
adoube: (it looked like chocolate)

[personal profile] adoube 2015-12-13 10:15 am (UTC)(link)
Is praise what you want?
adoube: (latitude)

[personal profile] adoube 2015-12-13 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
I want a butterfly. But the night ones are difficult to catch.....................
adoube: (...squishy?)

1/this is the most excited he has been in chantes lyfe

[personal profile] adoube 2015-12-13 10:29 am (UTC)(link)
Really?
adoube: (strand)

[personal profile] adoube 2015-12-13 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
Do you know it?
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[personal profile] spacegirl 2015-12-13 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
[That first part gets her eyes to widen, and her jaw drops, just a bit. She's almost speechless, but she's got a sharp tongue and a fast mind, so she's able to come up with something. Bantering with him is proving to be enjoyable, so she'd be disappointed in herself if she couldn't keep it going.]

The fact that you think I'd let a collar or leash anywhere near me is a little telling of how you treat women.

[It's said dryly, more like teasing than an actual insult. She's sure he's just made a passing comment, and treats her own retort as the same.]

Think that means you're not worthy of trying to tame me. Or worthy to hear any of my stories, if you keep going on about humans.

adoube: (next right up)

[personal profile] adoube 2015-12-13 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
Hurry up hurry up hurry up what is it?
adoube: (oppa hello kitty style)

[personal profile] adoube 2015-12-13 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
Is it difficult?
adoube: (cosette)

[personal profile] adoube 2015-12-13 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
Does it catch a lot of them?
adoube: (y hallo thar hello hi)

[personal profile] adoube 2015-12-13 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
The pretty ones? The fast ones? The big ones?
adoube: (zero water)

done : (

[personal profile] adoube 2015-12-13 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
What is it????
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video; 1hitko

[personal profile] unoradinary 2015-12-13 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
[He really is hung up on this.

Or, well, she's starting to think so. You can't keep talking about heroes while denying you actually care about it before someone's gonna get an impression, Gil.
]

There's no point in saying they don't exist just because they ain't defined absolutely...that kind of answer makes it sound like you're afraid to commit. "It is but it isn't." "Maybe but not always." Isn't that boring, anyway? I think so.

A hero fights to make people happy. The ones I grew up with weren't even real, but...that's what they taught me.
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