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KidKillers social skills headcanon (spoiler: they're both can't do shit in two different spectrums)

+ the incorrect words I made up(?), cus they make sense in my head.

Kid is Extraverted Introvert. Although it seems that he's good at making connections (Pirate crew captain, duh), he actually loves his own company. He would've been a lone wolf, he's completely fine with it, but he has a one major trait: Kid's a people attractor.

Whenever he goes his voice pretty much heard from every corner he decides to reside in, and his big scary aura always grabs someone's attention.

And that's not the end of the problem. No matter what it is, - his reputation, or his look, he always finds someone who wants to make deals with him, stick to his side or just enjoy his company. He can't help it. He just has this never ending charisma in himself. Too bad he's an introvert.

Although people tend to gather around Kid, he can't fully trust them. In Kid's rule book the rule "Do not trust anybody" is written in a bold text. Usually when he finds a drinking buddy it's a one night stand that ends up with another useful guy in his collection of guys.

If he's really makes a strong friendship, he usually ends up finding a "Rival". The higher level of his anger at the person or the need to compete against them, the higher is his levels of respect and sympathy. He won't choose some weakling as his rival, so you have to be really proud of yourself if he's showing his bratty attitude towards you. He thinks that you're at the same level as him.

Killer is Introverted Extravert. To be honest, he's a people pleaser. As much as he wants to talk with people, or make friends, or be a social butterfly... He's socialy awkward.

The only people he finds himself being comfortable around - is his crew, (That Kid gathered). If not for Kid Killer would've just end up lonely. If one day Killer starts a family it will be Kid's initiative to find him a good wife. Otherwise Killer will die alone.

This is their main difference. Kid can find so many ways to start a conversation. He can support it if he's in the mood and he do it so casually, that everyone won't even suspect he wants to be looked in his workshop all day away from these noise and people. Killer... Will stutter if someone decides to start a conversation with him. He either form a really incoherent answer (cus he needs to understand that the person is talking to him, then understand what's being said to him, form a coherent answer in his head and only then use his tongue that's uncooperative from his own worry), either nods or says "mhm" which can be a (false) sign that he don't wants to participate in this conversation whatsoever.

On the other hand it's easier for him to respond when he knows Kid's attitude towards the people he's talking to. If Kid is friendly towards them, then Killer can interact with them as if they were the member of his crew. If Kid is annoyed, or in his rivalry state, or alarmed by them, Killer will threat them accordingly. The moment Kid show these bratty and sassy attitude towards the other, Killer immediately turn sassy as well.

There's two ways of forming a connection with Killer. The first, the easy(?) way, is to be liked by Kid. Then Killer will like you as well. Also if you're their subordinate, then you'll an extra points of Killer's love for you. The hard way, is when Kid isn't around to give him a thumbs up, you have to be patient and interact with him first. If you'll won't leave the moment he seems to be unwilling to talk, Killer fully enters the conversation.

He might be socialy awkward, but you might actually see the difference between him not wanting and wanting to talk to you. If he's not, he just "Get lost" you and that's it. In any case he's well educated for a man raised on the trashy island. If you want to talk about some hard topic, he'll most probably support your talk, and even he's not familiar with the subject he might try to understand.

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I'm at the start of wano and i think this is the vibes

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from the digital sketchbook

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I posted this in Youtube comments, but I'll also post it here lol.

The parallels between Odysseus and Poseidon are absolutely insane.

"When a God comes down and makes a fleet drown

Is he scared that he's doing something wrong?

Or does he keep us in check so we must respect him

And now no one dares to piss him off?"

—Monster.

"All of you who have done me wrong, this will be your fate!"

—Odysseus.

I don't know if I'm going crazy, but I relate these two lines so heavily. Odysseus is setting an example, "keeping them in check" so no one dares to piss him off. Just like Poseidon did, killing most of his fleet.

Also "My mercy has long since drowned" drowned? This is such a clear reference to Poseidon it's insane. Not to mention the parallel between them both causing a massacre for their son (and in Odysseus's case, also his wife).

I love this musical so much.

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There are so many things I want to talk about regarding Epic. Now that it's over, I'm in a position where if I make my "here are my thoughts" or a review, or just ramble on about all the things I love about it, it will really hit me that it's truly over. I know there will be more updates and progress in the future! Heck, something Jorge has brought up is that he would love to create a live show similar to Cirque du Soleil instead of a regular Broadway show. If that happens, you know I'll be there! An animated movie would also be something I'd love for Epic.

I remember the first time I discovered Epic: The Musical. It was in the middle of a winter night, and while listening to a random music playlist, "Polyhemus" started playing. I was immediately hooked. I binged all animatics that existed back then and listened to all the snippets Jorge had published on TikTok. It was kind of the first time I really engaged in a fandom. Typically, I am a lurker who just enjoys and watches the things I like without creating content for it. Sometimes I would make some fan art here and there, but Epic truly blew up for me. made me creating content. I remember when I reached 1,700 subscribers on YouTube. That number felt unreal to me, and now.... its a lot more of you guys! XD

It has been an amazing two years being part of this community, and I hope I will never get the feeling of missing it!

Anyway, here's the Odysseus and Penelope drawing!

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Eustass Kid Core

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Manga

Anime

Netflix Adaptation

(i love you Forkseidon)

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From the ithaca live, I’m sorry Steven but i need to draw this one

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I hope Steven Rodriguez- I MEAN - Poseidon has a very happy Ithaca Saga Day

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Happy Ithaca Saga release day!! How much have you cried? Here's an Odypen sketch 🫶

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Still thinking about EPIC because I just love how EPIC handles Ody’s guilt.

Now, I don’t think I need to deep dive on how Odysseus’ guilt drives him in Act I. We’ve been obsessing over that for ages lmao, but very briefly: He feels awful for killing the infant Astyanax, and tries to force Polites’ “Open Arms” philosophy in order to ease that guilt.

Then, in “Monster,” Odysseus grapples with how his guilt leads him to make mistakes, asking: “What if I’m the one who killed you / every time I caved to guilt?”

And the implication is that gives up his guilt, deciding he needed to be a monster who ���threw that guilt away.” And yet.

He never does.

He never stops feeling guilty—not about what he does in Act I, and not about what he does in Act II. We see it in how he agonizes over Zeus’ impossible choice in “Thunder Bringer”; in “Love in Paradise” when he’s haunted by the ghosts of his loved ones. And it’s not like he’s unaware of what he’s doing—Odysseus knows he’s been trying to suppress his feelings, most of all guilt and remorse.

In “Six Hundred Strike,” Poseidon rhetorically asks “How will you sleep at night?” He wants to know how Odysseus is going to live with his guilt, if he even still feels guilt. Odysseus answers his rhetorical question literally, “Next to my wife.”

Which, not only is that just a raw line, but it also does give a rhetorical answer. Odysseus knows that he isn’t going to be okay, that the guilt will way him up inside for the rest of his days, but he also knows he can count on Penelope. That she will help him shoulder his burden.

And he’s prove right in “Would You Fall in Love with Me Again.”

Because, finally. After twenty years, Odysseus is home, safe and sound—and all at once the guilt hits him. The pain and regret over every decision he had to make comes crashing down the moment he no longer had to suppress it.

And he hates it; he hates himself for making those choices, even when there was no other way to get home.

So he tries to dehumanize himself once more—to convince Penelope and himself that he’s become some kind of remorseless monster. Because that’s how he coped with it last time. That’s how he survived “Monster.”

And Penelope sees right through his bullshit. She cuts through his guilt and self-loathing to tell him, in no uncertain terms, that he is still human; that he is loved. And in doing so, tells him that it’s okay to grieve, to feel that guilt and let it go. He’s suffered enough.

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Poseidon

I still need to recover from the Ithaca saga, have this fish man

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married ahh captains and first mates 💛🧡,❤️💚,❤️💙

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HURRY!!! TAKE THIS LAZY ASS DOODLE WHILE ITS STILL CHRISTMAS!!!

Captains and First Mates vs. mistletoe >:D

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The stream was DEAR LORD. AMAZING.

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Y'all, Ithaca Saga just dropped. I have no words for how . . . awesome it is

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I really do love Athena specifically asking about a world with more empathy when that’s the exact thing she used to save Odysseus. God Games is literally her putting herself in Odysseus’ shoes and empathizing with him so she can explain his motivations.