Gilgamesh - The Value of the Jester (Fate/Zero)

Y’know, I get the feeling Gilgamesh would skewer you alive for calling him a Jester. 😂

I like how Rider and Gilgamesh are so different, yet respect eachother. Their first impressions are also quite decieving. Gilgamesh coming off as just prideful and arrogant. Rider being a meathead who just wants to fight. While true, they're alot smarter than they seem. They know what they want and they have such a huge impact on their respective masters.

"Your loyalty is splendid. Never allow anything tarnish it" -Gilgamesh A very powerful moment for me in the Fate Franchise. One of the only genuine heartfelt complements from Gil that we have ever seen him give to another person in the whole franchise. When we do see him giving out compliments it's usually him scheming or being angry and/or about to kill the person like with Shiro Emiya UBW after he's defeated. There's no ulterior motive here. I don't know man. Something about the weakest and most cowardly character who seeks nothing but recognition being acknowledged by one of the most powerful existences in the Fate franchise that looks down upon all from his throne of hubris that demands submission from people far more powerful and greater than him just gets me. There's no backhanded compliment or snarky remark from Gil in that moment. No pity for his weakness and inability and no anger for his speaking up. For a dude who has crushed and killed greater for far less, Gil just simply let the kid go out of respect for his loyalty and camaraderie (which I guess is kinda ironic as he totally ripped apart Saber as her very existence embodies those two ideals). A very powerful moment from a man that has all and wants for nothing to a kid has little but finally found his path. All in all, That comment finishes off the kid's arc in the story and pretty much gives him the greatest send-off he could've asked for in such a brutal and bloody conflict.

When I hear Gilgamesh and piece of clay in the same sentence I can't help but smile

"this entire world is my garden until the end of time, thus i guarantee you this, it will never bore you it will always be entertaining." But gilgamesh is the main reason why i enjoyed this series so you could say gilgamesh was the world or the garden he was talking about.

Only mongrels wouldn’t appreciate this masterpiece!

"While Waver's pride causes him to look upwards and continuously strive for more, Gilgamesh's leads him to look downwards on others." Aaannnddddddd subscribed. Beautifully put.

I always find it "funny" that Gilgamesh, despite having never interacted with Kiritsugu, is the one that describes his character the best. (And it also describes Shirou´s wish, thus Archer´s fate): " Isn´t the foolishness of the few a more precious commodity that the wisdom of the masses? There are those who were born human but harbor wishes that man was not meant for and have renounced their humanity in its pursuit " Great video. Still finding amazing content in your channel, and that is awesome!

It's impossible how rich Fate/Zero is. Every aspect of a story contains themes and ideas which can't be fully understand on a first watch. Amazing show.

The most interesting parts about this character for me are not what he says but what he suggests or implies the "sub text" in his character like he never shares what he realy thinks. I thought I understood his ways of thinking but I really understood it after reading the Epic of Gilgamesh. "Dreams disappears when the dreamer awakes" it is quite funny that this quote resume about all of his entire life. He speaks by experience. When he thought he was a god above all even the actuals gods always dreaming/aiming for greatness (The event of Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven after he rejected and insulted Ishtar ) the gods took the thing that was the most precious to him..His friend Enkidu..then he who thought to be a god realised the mortality within him...he is a human. But then? He still did not accepted this fact neither the death of his friend; he dreamed to conquer mortality (or maybe just tried to find a way to accept Enkidu's death) so he went for it...in the end only to realise how it was futile (after the snake took the herb of immortality he had so hard time to find ). He finally accepted that what made is heart race was the fact that he himself was a mong..well .. a human funny part when he seems to really despite the fact that he was part god in his wise king years. So yeah all dreams disappears when the dreamer awakes. And this is what makes him a legend he learned from what he lost and came back to rule as a wise king. An interesting part with Fate/Zero is that the only scene that humanized Gilgamesh the most wasn't animated : in the light novel after the scene with Excalibur , drinking a cup of wine on his own he remembers the death of his friend...crying (yeah Gilgamesh can cry fun fact he was even the crybaby in the Epic..) while Enkidu says those words " Who would understand you after I die? Who else would march forward by your side? My friend… when I think that you will live on all alone henceforth, I can’t help but shed tears…" Who would understand him yeah...Maybe Gilgamesh understood Iskandar and his futile dream even if the last says they will never understood each other..maybe he admired the loyalty of Waver remembering the loyalty of his friend even was envious of it (The relation he shares with Tiné in Fate Strange Fake seems to result from that; wanting to make her his retainer and yet wanting her to prove her worth to him letting her fight on his side). Even in the scene in "the kings dialogue" Fate/Zero use the "show don"t tell" golden rule....Gilgamesh is placed between Iskandar and Arthoria. As the two shares their vision of being king and exchanges harsh words Gilgamesh stays silent only laughing time to time..well he is still Gilgamesh. The point is that Gilgamesh's way of kingship shares the two visions. He lived with is own rule like a tyrant enjoying everything life had to offer yet isolated himself from the rest from being a 2/3 god and being able to see the future. At least until he met someone to share his vision someone to understand him and stop him when he was on the wrong. So yeah I see plenty of people who simply loves his character because you know "he is cool and overpowered" or simply hate him "he is a scumbad who tore a littlenosolittle girl's heart" I can understand the two points but there is so much more shades in his character that simply thinking he is bad or good. He is as the image of Fate/Zero a grey character and you can interpret his action in many differents ways ( like the Epic which had multiple interpretations...) he will stay a mystery for the show a mystery for the audience and a mystery for History but at least he will never stops to entertain us. So thank you for sharing this video and a real point of view for the "jester" type character and why this kind of character is important to give the others a "scale" to juge the others protagonists and antagonists points of view. And of course I'm excited to see the Babylonia anime and one of the greatest Jesters Fate has to offer ...looking at you beautiful bastard M....(btw sorry if my english is weird not my native language^^)

the bigger issue, is that Gilgamesh really is someone totally and completely given to pleasure both good and bad by normal standards, if you look at him throughout all of his appearances it doesn't matter what side he's on, he will move for his own entertainment, shatter all illusion and falsehood through sheer force both of martial and will, and reveal the truth in absolutely everything by living his life the way he wants to. Shit. Is that the narrative point of most of fate? even in grand order the protagonist ended the final fight against Solomon saying he wanted to live not save humanity.

I loved Gilgamesh. He tells you from episode 1 he is the best and the end he is standing tall still looking down on his toys. Wish we had more characters like him.

First time I’ve heard the term “jester” and I have just realised most of my favourite anime characters happen to fall into this archetype

Gilgamesh, the only one who makes Vegeta's pride look like childs play

David Vincent's Gilgamesh gives me life

"Preserved superiority." Listen bro, we both know Gilgamesh is superior, hail the one true king.

You like jesters don’t you Aleczandxr

Oh boi he actuallly diid it he made a review of the mighty gillgamesh.😊😊

FINALLY YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG I WAITED FOR THIS

Oh, so THAT’s the common thread between all my favorite characters...