Not to epic of Gilgamesh heated rivalry post on main but I’ve been obsessed with The Vampire Marleau Extended Universe and as your local history undergrad with a focus on Mesopotamia (and human sexuality but that’s a whole other thing) I wanna weigh in because it’s been Consuming Me
Ok so first question. Who do we think out of Ilya and Shane is Enkidu and Gilgamesh. My current thoughts is Shane being Enkidu on account of his Mysterious Powers lending themselves well to the whole created by the gods divine man ment to stop Gilgamesh thing of Enkidu. Also that puts a fun connection to the whole Rose of it all with Shamhat where Gilgamesh sets them up (intentionally with Gilgamesh or unintentionally with Ilya) only for Enkidu/Shane to be convinced by Shamhat to face Gilgamesh (in combat or to go Get His Man) I mean, also Gilgamesh is kinda a whore (affectionate) which Ilya also is (also affectionate)
I mean Ilya would definitely cling to Shane’s corpse until a maggot drops from his nose too tbh
Anyways idk how Marleau The Immortal Warrior fits into it but this was a fun thought exercise. I hope you all forgive my insane ramblings.
