Why is a Middle Eastern Demi God white? This doesn’t make sense.
Why is a Middle Eastern Demi God white? This doesn’t make sense
Bentley Hall
Bentley Jones
All Babylonian gods were blonde and blue eyed
Connor Clark
>red eyed
Oh no Gilbros, we got too cocky!
Nolan Richardson
Gilgamesh isn't a god
Levi King
that's what great about anime
Julian Wright
It's fiction, it doesn't have to make sense
Sebastian Mitchell
why is heimdall a nigger in the avengers?
Elijah Ross
It's genuinely because the heroic spirits aspect of the franchise has always been kind of an afterthought, at least in relation to their designs. Nasu has always wanted to use cool historical names and legends but ultimately Takeuchi just wants to draw generic anime people.
Jose Gomez
you know when you put it like that it really is a shame. A better designer could have probably come up with something way cooler with all those ancient artifacts and art pieces as a base. But he seriously is just a basic pretty blonde boy.
Xavier Price
GILGAMESH AND ALEXANDER SHOULD GET THEIR DESIGNS SWAPPED
FUCK THIS
Caleb Morris
Why is Arthur a woman? Fate has always been retarded with the legends.
Ayden Evans
2/3 of the way.
Leo Campbell
what does this post even mean?
Aaron Clark
/thread
Ryan Rodriguez
Because the middle east has been a clusterfuck of different tribes and ethnicities for millenia
"White" features may be uncommon but not unheard
Justin Cook
I'm fine with this one because it's actually a plot point and widely used for characterization, maybe excessively so, but Gilgamesh gets nothing of the sort. He's just "I'm golden lol"
Luke Bailey
He has more divinity than some actual gods in fate, user
Jonathan Lewis
Since his eyes are red I guess he is suppose to be albino-ish.
Parker Scott
Iranians were white, also that's where the Aryan comes from
Angel Hughes
Because niggers have never accomplished anything throughout recorded history.
Joshua Hernandez
Basically this. Takeuchi designs characters the "normal" way which is to draw based on whatever character archetype the fill. Gil is pompous and high class so he is a blonde haired pretty boy because that's what pompous high class anime characters look like.
Archetype comes first. The fact that these characters are supposed to be people from various parts of the world and points in time is as far as Takeuchi is confirmed; completely useless information.
Henry Brooks
I was in Kunduz province in 06 and was surprised as fuck at how many blond haired blue eyed cuties there were.
Nicholas Russell
it's fucking FATE, dood, what's more surprising is that they didn't make him a woman
Parker Nguyen
Who cares? They cute.
Benjamin Barnes
Becase he is only 1/3 middle eastern.
Luke Fisher
What are some artists you'd like to see work with a concept like Fate? Kaneko is the one that always comes to mind for me
Angel Thompson
Because Nippons.
Aaron Wright
This. F/SN was first and foremost a story about heroism and how it compares to heroes from myth and past. The battle royale aspect was secondary or even tertiary.
Colton Barnes
Does he? That’s stupid then.
Isaiah Peterson
Not really, both Gil ad Alexander were fuckboys.
If anything, Alexander's design would fit Enkidu better
Noah Adams
Because Japan doesn’t care about the source material
Ryan Davis
FGO might be gachashit, but the one thing I'm grateful for is that it lets us see different artists' takes on Heroic Spirits.