Wa-a-ay south from here. Gigamesh is a quintessential hero, The hero. If he kills an innocent monster, it is what heroes do: they kill monsters. Think of MD-robe Heracles who maimed his entire family in some bout of melancholia, and still is a great hero. BTW, which version do you read? In my version Humbaba didn't do any harm to them, but it tried. I don't mind epic violence as long as it is well put(and my Favorite Character is a "field commander"), but I can hardly stand this patchy-conscious style. Can I call it fractal paranoia? Probably not, but I wish I could. I spent some time in company of various phychoanalists, and these people, they have all sorts of theories. The one I particularly liked (the theory, that is) was about the transformation of a folk tale. Essentially, there is sort of movement from a simple boo-story to more complex epic or fable plot (kurochka ryaba1.0: they all died, and now off to bed; kurochka ryaba5.5: they died because they ddn't listen to their elders, but those who did lived forever, good night, sweetheart) Anyway, kids don't get scared with kurochka ryaba or rapunzel or whatever. They do get sweet and healthy creeps from the Kato Knight or Angmar or Dart Vader. And they do get bad dreams from the idea of intentional real life malevolence.
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Gigamesh is a quintessential hero, The hero. If he kills an innocent monster, it is what heroes do: they kill monsters. Think of MD-robe Heracles who maimed his entire family in some bout of melancholia, and still is a great hero. BTW, which version do you read? In my version Humbaba didn't do any harm to them, but it tried.
I don't mind epic violence as long as it is well put(and my Favorite Character is a "field commander"), but I can hardly stand this patchy-conscious style. Can I call it fractal paranoia? Probably not, but I wish I could.
I spent some time in company of various phychoanalists, and these people, they have all sorts of theories. The one I particularly liked (the theory, that is) was about the transformation of a folk tale. Essentially, there is sort of movement from a simple boo-story to more complex epic or fable plot (kurochka ryaba1.0: they all died, and now off to bed; kurochka ryaba5.5: they died because they ddn't listen to their elders, but those who did lived forever, good night, sweetheart) Anyway, kids don't get scared with kurochka ryaba or rapunzel or whatever. They do get sweet and healthy creeps from the Kato Knight or Angmar or Dart Vader. And they do get bad dreams from the idea of intentional real life malevolence.