#Epic Saga

[sarafangirlart]

Epic fans be shipping anybody with Poseidon except his actual canon lovers.

[alpacavampire]

I've been listening to this song a lot lately and it's stuck with my new Stobotnik fixation after watching the third movie (I'm devastated btw).

And I can only imagine this:

It's the third film, Stone is now "Dr. Stone" the new villain of the saga, the creator of Metal Sonic.

And at some point he meets someone, a lonely vagabond on the streets, that vagabond is none other than Robotnik, who now has nothing but his brilliant brain, but no ability to create nothing.

They both recognize each other immediately.

Robotnik now reciprocates Stone's feelings, but thinks that Stone doesn't love him anymore, since he's not the "Greatest Doctor Ivo Robotnik" he's just a bum with nothing.

But Stone's feelings are not conditional on his status, he simply loves Robotnik no matter who he is.

And that's where the phrase "Don't tell me you're not the same person, you're always my one who loves me and I've been waiting" comes from and they hug each other.

I don't know what would happen next, but oh well, that's the idea.

Credits to this video that made me want to post this

[metis-iphigenia]

As someone who has been a fan of The Odyssey, being inside the Epic: The Musical fandom has been absolutely so amazing. Every Saga that has happened up to the Ithaca Saga was just so,,, great that I can't find words😭😭 Not only that it has been amazing to read other peoples interpretion of the Gods, Myths, Monsters and Heroes alike.

Anyway, I can't get over the Ithaca Saga and how beautiful every song sounds. So have some of my favourite moments in this Saga.

1- The Challenge

In the past Sagas, I have already been too in love with the violin playing whenever Penelope was mentioned etc, not only that I already knew the singer of Penelope had an amazing voice. BUT OH MY LOVE DID THE VOICE CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD./pos

Sirens are real guys and she is one of them(real information)

I don't have a significant favourite part in this song because honestly Anna Lea's voice is so captivating that the entire song passes in a very fun way. Just a very beautiful, sorrowful song overall.

2- Hold Them Down

I already knew this song from the snippets released before but hearing it from Ayron's voice was a whole different experience. He was SO good. Again, the whole song was amazing.

"Can't you guys see we're being played? This is how they hold us down while the throne gets colder. Hold us down while we slowly age. Hold us down while the boy gets bolder. Where in the hell is our pride and our rage?"

One of my favourite moments in this song was this probably. While listening, I actually got the feeling that the suitors were fed up from waiting for Penelope to choose a king. I think Ayron did a wonderful job in not only singing a villainous song but also making us feel how entitled the suitors are actually are.

I especially loved the moment where Antinous gets hit with an arrow by Odysseus and him encouraging the others about their plan is cut off. I will admit, I did audibly laughed at that.

3- Odysseus

I literally can't think of words to describe the emotions I was feeling while listening to this song. I think this is my favourite song alongside of "Would You Fall in Love with Me Again".

The electric guitar playing in the start, again the symbol of him becoming a monster and leaving his humanity(the acoustic guitar) MAN I LOVED THIS SONG.

Him aiming for the torches just like Scylla has done was a great add to that too. Bunch of people has already pointed out this before but it can never be too many amiright? But yeah he really is using every trick in his domain just like Hermes told him to and I love it.

"Somewhere in the shadows lurks an agile, deadly foe..."

(...)

"He's using the darkness to hide his approaches!"

The image of Odysseus as Batman popped up in my head after these lines and I can't get it out😭(That au would be so amazing though, especially Talia as Penelope and Damian as Telemachus.)

"You don't think I know my own palace? I built it."

I was already smiling during this whole song and I screamed when he said this. like okay king you go slay I am right behind you

"Old king, our leader is dead. You've destroyed the serpent's head, now the rest of us are no longer a threat.

Old king, forgive us instead, so that no more blood is shed. Let's have open arms instead."

Well It is not a Saga if it doesn't have an "open arms" comeback I guess. Though I did cackle when Odysseus said "No" and killed the guy.

Honestly, deserved. I might be remembering it wrong but I think Eurymachus also asks for forgiveness in The Odyssey? Really glad Odysseus didn't grant it in The Odyssey and in The Epic because from what I remember in The Odyssey, Eurymachus was Antinous' right-hand man and just as bad as him. (Correct me if I am wrong please, It has been a while since the last time I read The Odyssey)

I have no idea who sings Eurymachus in Epic but this whole part was just enough for me to want to learn who it is.

TELEMACHUS' PART! Mico's voice is already beautiful to listen to and it became way more beautiful with the backround music. His own theme music, violin symbolising all that he has learned from his mother. Those sounds just went really well against eachother in my opinion.

"Brothers, we have company, and he's made a grave mistake."

The way this guy sang the sentence, especially "grave mistake" was so satisfying. Absolutely so satisfying I love it.

Also, I heard somewhere that the "Odysseus" repeating in the backround was how the name was pronounced and I love that detail. I loved whenever his name was said in the backround and it is also very interesting how every monsters song is named after them, just like this song.

The screams of the suitors after the whole slaughter is over was a really nice touch, I love it when Jorge adds screams into his songs.

The speech Odysseus gives is also worth to mention.

Mercy? Mercy? My mercy has long since drowned, It died to bring me home. And as long as you're around, my family's fate is left unknown.

You plotted to kill my son, you planned to rape my wife! All of you are going to die!

I also love how it doesn't beat it around the bush about what the suitors were planning to do to Penelope. It should be said as it is, they were planning to rape her which is so vile and awful. Which what made their deaths so satisfying exactly.

Overall, Odysseus was an amazing song. So amazing that I will be going insane about it to my friends for the next 2 months probably.

4- I Can't Help but Wonder

I was crying by the end of this song. Seeing them FINALLY reunite was so 😭😭😭 ALSO THEIR HUG. ☹️☹️☹️/pos

Oh my son, look how much you've grown. Oh my boy, the sweetest joy I've known. Twenty years ago I held you in my arms, how time has flown.

Used to say I'd make the storm clouds cry for you, used to say I'd capture wind and sky for you. Held you in my arms prepared to die for you, oh how times has flown.

Hi, so this should be illegal! All I want to say about this song is how emotional and beautiful it was. And I love how it reminded me of "Dear Theodosia" in Hamilton.

THE WARRIOR OF THE MIND COMEBACK. DEAD AND BURIED. I am not well after that ☹️☹️ Also Odysseus putting everything behind for his family,,, falls to knees with my hands ripping my hair... I am so happy for them.

5- Would You Fall in Love with Me Again?

Finally, we are onto the song that made me shit tears. The OdyPen reunion we all were waiting for just like they were.

THE VIOLIN IN THE START. It is so beautiful just like Penelope, I can't get over it.

Again, Anna Lea's voice make me want to just drop everything I have and listen to it until I start to lose the ability to hear. It is so amazing.

Love how whenever someone uses the word "Waiting" in the song, Its volume and impact raises more than the last one. I especially loved Penelope ending it with "for you." saying that it was him she was waiting for, not love itself because to her, he is her love. I don' know if that made sense but hope I was able to explain it.

The part where Penelope asks Odysseus to carry their wedding bed away from here was such a beautiful moment becasue Anna Lea just sang it very beautifully(as she does as always) It was so emotional and so beautiful.

How could you say this?

I had built that wedding bed with my blood and sweat, carved it into the olive tree where we first met. A symbol of my love everlasting...

Do you realize what you have asked me? The only way to move it is to it cut from its roots!

I just find their Tree Bed very sweet that is all. And a lot of people have pointed out how in The Odyssey, Penelope asked her husband this to prove to herself that this is her husband, while in Epic she asked this to prove to him that he is her husband. I find that change very sweet.

I will fall in love with you over and over again. I don’t care how, where, or when, no matter how long it’s been you're mine.

Don’t tell me you’re not the same person! You’re always my husband and I’ve been waiting, waiting.

The emotion in her voice OHHHH I AM NOT SURVIVING THIS SAGA.

Never getting over the fact that Epic The Musical ended with Odysseus and Penelope saying "I love you." to eachother. NEVER.

There are so much more things I want to say about this banger of a Saga. But for now, I will just congratulate them all on their beautiful voices(EVERY single person who sang in this musical has amazing voice, counting other Sagas too. Holy damn, y'all are amazing.)

The fandom has been an AWESOME one to be in too! Everyone is such amazing people and not only that all of you are very talented. So congratulations to every and each one of you who have done fanarts, fanfictions, animations, fan songs, analysis and so so much more about the Musical, all of you are amazing. <33

[nerdiwolverine]

[1ns3nsitiv3]

okay so if i'm being honest i had never heard of epic until a few months ago. i genuinely thought there was a 1.5 million person fandom for the odyssey. by homer. from 675 bce. and i just accepted it.

[poppitron360]

Is Polites actually my favourite character in EPIC the musical or do I just desperately need someone to tell me that it’s okay for me to relax?

[its-your-girl-geekerella]

Poseidon: "Do you know who I am?"

Laestrygonians: "PO-SEI-DON, PO-SEI-DON, PO-SEI-DON, PO-SEI-DON, PO-SEI-DON, PO-SEI-DON, PO-SEI-DON!"

Odysseus: "I'm not completely sure, but Imma give a wild guess..."

[dacenturion]

Basically Paris talking with Helen after his duel with Menelaus

I saw this post by @thoodleoo and had to make a comic out of it. Stupid Paris (lovingly)

[annymation]

🎶 I SEE A SONG OF PAST ROMANCE 🎶

🎶I SEE THE SACRIFICE OF MEN🎶

🎶I SEE PORTRAYALS OF BETRAYAL AND A BROTHER’S FINAL STAND🎶

Dude really spoiled the whole Thunder Saga

[thecrowinacrown]

My love for Eliza from Hamilton walked, so my love for Penelope from Epic could RUN

[haro0o]

EPIC ITHACA SAGA SPOILER

Yes this is Megop because this song is just them coded and i just love the song so so so much

Will finish it after finals (Yes my finals are after new year dont ask sjsjsjsk)

[ivandra-winters]

So, no one is talking about how Jorge understood the Fucking Assignment™️ and wrote the song ‘Odysseus’ to be a direct foil to ‘Polyphemus’ in every way. It is the third song title to only be a name, and the other two are directly influencing his actions. Odysseus returns home to see these fucking strangers whom he’s never met trashing his place and threatening to kill ‘his favorite sheep’, if you will. A suitor tries to appeal to him with open arms, and he cuts them off with a swing. Now, he IS Polyphemus, killing these men who would dare to take what he loves most from him. And by the end of it, all he can hear are screams.

[catsandpolaroids]

Trying to come up with a list of my fav to least fav Epic Saga songs is like asking a florist to have one favorite flower. I. Cannot. Pick.

[gale-gentlepenguin]

Posideon: (Bloody and pierced) How will you sleep at night? Odysseus: Next to my wife

[yeenybeanies]

i’ve lowkey been obsessed with the EPIC saga for the past couple of weeks, & hermes is once again my favorite 🪽💖✨

this design is based on @orange-artist ‘s FANTASTIC animatic of my favorite song, Dangerous 🥰