Application Revision; Splendorcity: On Mongrels
In Gilgamesh’s day, people were a rare and valuable resource. It was silly to simply put men to death for petty crimes, and keeping as many workers alive as possible was a major concern in his policies. Humanity, in his opinion, held a simple dignity in their hard work and tireless labor to live from day to day in peace. Yes, he was a man that would do whatever he wanted no matter what anyone else thought, but his people acting up or behaving badly would have reflected bad on him…and that just would never do.
Modern humanity on the other hand has fallen beyond disgusting in his eyes. They are lazy, greedy, petty, and all together not worth the air they breathe. However, they are still his subjects and he is still their king. While they are all mongrels and dogs to him, he still holds out some degree of hope that they can be ‘saved,’ but only through him and his leadership. He literally believes himself the best thing to ever happen to humanity, and without him they are mere animals.
He does have rare exceptions, it is possible to impress or interest him, but you must be extremely rare or special. He has a desire for the exceptionally rare treasure, and human beings are hardly an exception. This is, however, a hard if not impossible feat for most of modern humanity. He does not go out of his way to be rude or polite to any ‘mongrel,’ as either would be far too much trouble for him. Gilgamesh’s main focus is to alleviate his boredom, and if associating with a mongrel can do that for him then he will do it. Just don’t expect him to be horribly nice about it.
All of this does boil down to an interesting contradiction. Even though he genuinely dislikes people, he is not rude for the sake of being rude; he is simply arrogant enough to believe that anyone that doesn’t appreciate him is a fool and a tart. He won’t be nice to you, but he won’t perceive that he is being especially rude or nasty either.
Modern humanity on the other hand has fallen beyond disgusting in his eyes. They are lazy, greedy, petty, and all together not worth the air they breathe. However, they are still his subjects and he is still their king. While they are all mongrels and dogs to him, he still holds out some degree of hope that they can be ‘saved,’ but only through him and his leadership. He literally believes himself the best thing to ever happen to humanity, and without him they are mere animals.
He does have rare exceptions, it is possible to impress or interest him, but you must be extremely rare or special. He has a desire for the exceptionally rare treasure, and human beings are hardly an exception. This is, however, a hard if not impossible feat for most of modern humanity. He does not go out of his way to be rude or polite to any ‘mongrel,’ as either would be far too much trouble for him. Gilgamesh’s main focus is to alleviate his boredom, and if associating with a mongrel can do that for him then he will do it. Just don’t expect him to be horribly nice about it.
All of this does boil down to an interesting contradiction. Even though he genuinely dislikes people, he is not rude for the sake of being rude; he is simply arrogant enough to believe that anyone that doesn’t appreciate him is a fool and a tart. He won’t be nice to you, but he won’t perceive that he is being especially rude or nasty either.