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Sobbing the Ithica saga is a banger

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Would You Fall In Love With Me Again was gorgeous and breathtaking and everything I wanted from the ending, but surprisingly, I have no ferals left for it.

All my ferals have been stolen by the first three songs.

The Challenge?? Hold Them Down?? ODYSSEUS??!!

I’m gonna go throw things at a random wall and pretend I don’t exist now. Bye.

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epic stickers for poseidon and penelope

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I think there’s something FACINATING about Odysseus using the tactics and the melodies of the different foes he’s faces.

- the melody of the Cyclops in the “keep your head down, he’s aiming for the torches.”

- aiming for the torches like Scylla

- “ruthlessness” just like Poseidon.

He’s quite literally become the monster.

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So excited to see our queen in the next saga 🥹🙏

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“My mercy’s long since drowned”

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HEAR ME OUT wouldn't it be so funny if ody come back to ithica and can finally enjoy sleeping next to his wife and find out that said wife developed insomnia from undoing that tapestry every single night... "my dear Penelope, won't you come sleep next to me? <3" "bold from you to assume i remember how to sleep??"

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OH. MY. GOD.

“LETS HAVE OPEN ARMS INSTEAD” THE SUITOR SAYS AND THEN SLICK— THE GUYS DEAD AND A BEAT LATER ODYSSEUS JUST SAYS, “no.”

I’m just gonna lay here on the floor, staring at the ceiling, thinking about this line for ever thanks bye now

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Amazing musical moment I realized: when Telemachus shows up in “Odysseus”, it’s a fusion of both HIS and ATHENA’s themes!!!

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Ok but you know how Jorge said the lines “ruthlessness is mercy” & “maybe we can learn to forgive” are sung with the same melody?

As I was falling asleep last night, I realized that the melody for “I can’t help but wonder” is sung in the same tune & cadence as “what if I’m the monster”

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Highlights from this last livestream that had me howling-

- Mico/Telemachus acting as the baby being yeeted off the tower

- Hand puppet Polites

- Polythemus (and the other cyclopses) being portrayed by wearing their hoodie collar over their head to make him a big blob

- Ody winking during "Luck Runs Out" and then knocking the lights out of Eury-

- The windbag being a plastic bag, which looked more and more flaccid by the end-

- Ody being startled by Circe sitting next to him, the "Damn" being in surprise

- Ghost Polites being a sheet with glasses

- THE HAIR TUCK

- Shellshocked Ody after Eury's reveal-

- Scylla emerging from the pillows and chasing the crew like a gremlin

- It's Eury's time for payback and knock Ody out-

- Telemachus being revealed with pillows

- Little Wolf being played like a video game, complete with button mashing

- Papa Hephaestus fully missing his cue but still owning it

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anyone else notice that the premier today happened 20 hours after it was supposed to happen... like i joked that it would be so funny if it was 20 hours and then I did the mental math and IT FUCKING WAS. It probably wasn't done on purpose but that's fantastic.

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Midnight Thought on the Ithaca Saga (spoilers)

When Athena is hoping for a kinder world, I like how Odysseus doesn’t shoot her down (I think he had his fill of that with the suitors, ha ha ha), but just says it won’t be in his life. Why? Because he’s not saying it’s impossible, just that that kind of change takes more time and sacrifice than he can give. And that actually reminded me of something: in the Bible, King David wanted to build a temple to God, but God said no because of all the blood on his hands- David was a king during wartime, he is not meant to lead Israel in peace. But his son, Solomon? He would be the peacetime king, he built the temple, and coincidentally was also known for his wisdom (and his 700 concubines, but that’s irrelevant here).

Basically- TELEMACHUS AND ATHENA WORKING TO MAKE THE WORLD BETTER!!!

[I don’t really think Jorge was using the David-Solomon thing as inspiration or a reference, I just thought it was a cool similarity- especially the wisdom part, which I only realized while writing this. ]

Telemachus wants to “bring the world some light,” and she accepted his friendship rather than just a mentor-mentee relationship, showing that she’s opening her arms. Together, they can make a greater tomorrow that she couldn’t do with Odysseus. His part in the war was important, but there’s still work to be done, work Telemachus is very eager to accomplish.

He was also just coming back from a “diplomatic mission,” which shows more of that open arms mindset, something even the more innocent version of Odysseus didn’t really do! (I know in the actual Odyssey he went in search of his dad, but I don’t think that’s the same case here since there was no mention of a plan to do that on his end, plus Jorge had to change how Odysseus actually made it back to the island to fit his story.) Diplomacy is a lot about alliances and making peace, not about outsmarting/outmaneuvering enemies. It still requires wisdom and intelligence, but the world is not changed for the better by swords alone.

Odysseus’ story required him to embrace ruthlessness, but because of that, his son Telemachus doesn’t have to.

And I am so PSYCHED for the new wisdom duo. GO MAKE A GREATER TOMORROW!!!

[edit: it also ties into one of Circe’s last lines: “maybe one day the world will need a puppeteer no more”]

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The ithica saga has me shaking and crying oh my god it's so good holy shit so imagine me screaming the lyrics

WHOEVER CAN STRING MY HUSBANDS OLD BOW AND SHOOT THROUGH TWELVE AXES CLEARLY WILL BE THE NEW KING SIT DOWN AT THE THRONE AND RULE WITH ME AS RHEIR QUEEN‼️‼️‼️

YOU DONT THINK I KNOW MY OWN PALACE I BUILT IT🗣️

OH MY BOY SWEETEST JOY I KNOW :((( MY SON IM FINALLY HOME(imagine me on the floor screaming as tears run down my face)

WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVEEE WITH ME IF YOU KNEW WHAT IVE DONEEE WOULD YOU LOVE ME JUST THE SAME?? I KNOW YOUVE BEEN WAITINGGGG WAITINGGG FOR LOVEE (I sob as I run away)

Anyways now I need to draw Jason and Bruce(or Dick idk) with can't help but wonder

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(BURSTS THROUGH THE DOOR) ANNI. ANNIFLAMMA.

WHY'D YOU GOTTA DO POOR TELEMACHUS DIRTY LIKE THAT IN HOLD THEM DOWN- (affectionate)

was NOT expecting it to be THAT gorey G O D

Me sitting here, knowing that Jorge keept telling me to tone down the gore when making this.... 😐