...I'm throwing money at my computer right now. WHY ISN'T THIS BEING WRITTEN?
1. Gilgamesh, in our history, dates back a good 2,500 more years than that. The Epic of Gilgamesh, even, dates back at least 1,800 years BC.2. If my memory of NXE serves me right, the Eternal Soldier was originally Longinus.
There are ways to reconcile this, but it has to be done- it's too big a hole to leave open, especially when Gil exists. NXE got away with a handwave- Croft meeting Gil, not so much. Possible explanations?
-Time travel. Not strong enough of a patch.-Kaleidoscope f*ery? Too easy, and too often invoked, but it could work.-Gil being a fake? Going to have to Word of God that one in, and it requires you to remove the historical record of him that we have in our world from the fictional one. It could work.-History is wrong re: the Crucifixion? Difficult, given the Romans and their records, and the canonical In Nomine take on Christ (God came back, and we missed it!?) Could be possible.-Reincarnation? Heroic Spirit Gil means no reincarnation in that direction. Ancient magecraft incarnating the future Eternal Soldier, which then reincarnated as Gil... and eventually as Longinus, in a stable time loop? Probably how I'd do it. We know that it's possible to summon spirits of people who haven't died yet, so it's at least doable in Nasu.
I think I'm massively overthinking this... but then, I'd like to see it written.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.
Quote:SkyeFire wrote:This, though, doesn't really hold water too well. Longinus of the Lance dates back someplace between 1,950 (assuming the Anno Domini calendar is as inaccurate as believed, and Yeshua of Nazareth was born in the early 30 ADs) and 1990ish (accurate AD calendar) years, depending on how accurate you want to be and/or how much historic events in the NXE timeline match ours.
Oh, yeah, the Gilgamesh thing. I figure the Eternal Soldier has prior claim -- Goldenrod is just a pale reflection born out of garbled legends, a bit like the 5th war's Assassin. DJ's going to stomp Gilly for sullying his reputation....
1. Gilgamesh, in our history, dates back a good 2,500 more years than that. The Epic of Gilgamesh, even, dates back at least 1,800 years BC.2. If my memory of NXE serves me right, the Eternal Soldier was originally Longinus.
There are ways to reconcile this, but it has to be done- it's too big a hole to leave open, especially when Gil exists. NXE got away with a handwave- Croft meeting Gil, not so much. Possible explanations?
-Time travel. Not strong enough of a patch.-Kaleidoscope f*ery? Too easy, and too often invoked, but it could work.-Gil being a fake? Going to have to Word of God that one in, and it requires you to remove the historical record of him that we have in our world from the fictional one. It could work.-History is wrong re: the Crucifixion? Difficult, given the Romans and their records, and the canonical In Nomine take on Christ (God came back, and we missed it!?) Could be possible.-Reincarnation? Heroic Spirit Gil means no reincarnation in that direction. Ancient magecraft incarnating the future Eternal Soldier, which then reincarnated as Gil... and eventually as Longinus, in a stable time loop? Probably how I'd do it. We know that it's possible to summon spirits of people who haven't died yet, so it's at least doable in Nasu.
I think I'm massively overthinking this... but then, I'd like to see it written.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.