#I am Not ready for the Vengeance Saga

[epicthemusicalstuff]

Ahhhh the theme is PERFECT

THANK YOU!!!!

[pomburel]

I AM VERY NORMAL ABOUT THE VENGEANCE SAGA

ANYWAYS

At the end of Not Sorry for Loving You there is this synth? That goes slightly down, but in a dur way I think

AND

It is the same motif that appears after Odysseus sends Eurylochus to look around the Circe's island in Puppeteer, but it's in moll tonation there

These were both moments on an island inhibited by a powerful/immortal woman who showed/had romantic feelings for Ody Circe didn't actually have feelings for him so that is why it was in moll? And Calipso genuinly fell in love with him, so that was dur tonation On other hand, the moment in Puppeteer doesn't exactly happen where Circe is present, so I'm not sure about this theory.

[sysiheart]

Me: i need to try to be normal about epic ive been talking a lot about it lately and I dont want to annoy people.

Me:

Me: oh right im literally on tumblr never mind

[sirjo-esque]

Yes I took this picture in the dark with my flash on, any questions?

[majosullivan]

I need to know what Duke’s family situation was like so I can either go full in on the maze trio joking about their daddy issues, or if I can joke about Duke quietly planning if it’s possible for him to haunt Lenore’s and Pluto’s fathers while the other two are joking

I came across this audio on Instagram and decided to have a bit of fun

[sloanslone]

I genuinely love reading all the asks... Plls, keep them coming, even though I can't reply to all of them 😭 ALSO, I am SO NAWT ready for the vengeance saga

[aimiesposts]

So, seeing as my prediction for the trailer for the Vengeance saga was incorrect I am ready to make a new prediction

Oct 9th vengeance saga trailer guys trust 🙏

(I'm actually gonna look stupid)

[spineless-lobster]

MY THOUGHTS ON THE VENGEANCE SAGA HOLY SHIT!!!!!!

(Spoilers under cut)

Okay I took like half an hour to yell about this with my brother so I have a few thoughts in order here we go!

1. Not Sorry for Loving You

First of all this song is absolute bop like calypso they can never make me like you BUT they can make me like your song.

“I’m angry and tired and restless and sad” honestly me too girl welcome to the club (also the flow in this verse is crazzyyy)

Odysseus is a braver man than I if I was him I could never tell her I love you in any capacity lmao

The ending is 😭👌

2. Dangerous

LETS FUCKING GO I’VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS!!!!

“Six hundred deaths under my command” okay that’s just fowl you can’t say that

The acoustic guitar in the beginning is amazing actually

NO BECAUSE WHEN HE SAID “Cause I had one goal in mind” AND WE HEAR THE SILENCE WHERE THE CREW USED TO BE????? THAT SHIT BROKE ME DUDE!!!!!

HERMES WITH THE AEOLUS LYRICS/MOTIF/WHATEVER THE WORD IS I SEE YOU GIRL I AM A BIG FAN!!!!!!

Everyone who was like “aeolus and hermes would be besties” YOU WERE ALL RIGHT!!!!!

GROOVY!!!!!!!!! TIME TO FUCKING GROOVE BABEYYYYY!!!!!! ✨✨✨✨

“Wash it away like the blood your hands have known” that is such a raw line to come from such a funky character hermes girl you did NOT have to read him like that

WELL IT’S A LITTLE BIT ✨DANGEROUS✨ MY FRIEND!~

Windbag ex machina

To quote my brother: “the windbag is such a broken item” 😭

HERMES X WINIONS LETS GOOOOOOOO

SING IT ODY!!!!!! YOU’RE GONNA USE RUTHLESSNESS BABE!!!!!!

“Don’t thank me, friend, I’m not the one that fought for you” AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAthena

3. Charybdis

This one is another banger!!!!

The ody monologue as he is talking to charybdis is really cool actually

OHHHHH BRING IT ON!!!!!!!!

“My love” what if I just died violently

Ohhh fuck here we go lads

That “NOOOOO!!!!!!” is so fucking visceral oh my GOD when jay said voice acting he MEANT Voice Acting

4. Get in the Water

The erratic piano!!!!!!! That’s so cool!!!!!

Ohhhhh fuck wet hades is here

The way he says “get in the water” is so cold. It’s like You Don’t Have An Option. Get in the fucking water.

“I’ll take your son and gouge his eyes” okay I know we were cheering on ody when he was doing it to your son mr poseidon but have you considered that telemachus has never done anything wrong in his life ever?

Poseidon: I’m going to fucking kill you and your gay little island

Odysseus: have you considered greeting the world with open arms?

Lads how many fucking years has it been I don’t think ody knows how to count

THE EDITING OF STEVEN’S VOICE HERE AAAUUUUGGGGGHHHHH ITS SOOOO GOOOOD!!!!!

I KNEW IT!!!!! I FUCKING CALLED IT!!!!! I KNEW POLITES WOULD COME BACK I KNEW EURYLOCHUS WOULD COME BACK I KNEW WE’D HEAR THE CREW!!!! (Tbh I should’ve expected anticlea but ssshhhh) AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH I FUCKING LOST MY MIND HERE!!!!!!

I see you draw your final breath~

Okay but literally in this moment I think this is where we see everyone forgive odysseus. Whether they lost their lives to mistakes like with polyphemus or a conscious decision like with zeus. Here we see everyone odysseus has loved who has passed away stand by him, telling him that they’re waiting and ready to greet him with (pardon me) open arms in the underworld.

ALSO I JUST NOTICED THAT POLITES SAYS “we can tell you’re getting nervous” not “I” and THAT’S how I know ody died (or at least was on the edge of death) for a few seconds in that moment and interacted with the shades of everyone

5. Six Hundred Strike

Oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my god oh my FUCKING god

I said this song would break me and I was fucking right

ODYSSEUS HAS THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP ON HIS SIDE MOTHERFUCKERSSSSSS

THE INSTRUMENTAL GOES CRAZY!!!!! THE METAL FUCKS SO HARD!!!! THE ELECTRIC GUITAR!!!!!!

Bro the hades soundtrack called they said they want their fucking music back

The deliver of “MY WIFE!!!” DUDDDEEEEEEEE

Literally if you don’t get yourself someone like odysseus don’t even try to get anyone else never settle for less okay the gods created men and then sent odysseus as an apology

STORM MOTIF!!!!!

FULL SPEED AHEAD TUNE!!!!!!!

Poseidon: fuck you

Odysseus: whatever, go my six hundred strike

“You’re going to call off that storm.” The amount of BALLS this man has HOW DOES HE WALK AROUND WITH THOSE

Odysseus said “if I can’t kill you I guess I’ll torture you forever” literally that’s my favourite war criminal

ODY’S MONOLOGUE AS HE’S STABBING POSEIDON HOLY FUCKING SHIT THIS IS THE RAWEST SHIT EVER!!!!!

Literally the animation for this was so good it felt illegal to watch like is this allowed???? Can I stomach this??? This is the most fucked up thing I’ve ever seen????? In a good way????

“I’m still the same” in keep your friend close vs. “Look what you turned me into” in six hundred strike <3333

“Look what we’ve become.” It’s reminding me of how ody and scylla harmonized “we are the same you and I” godddd he truly has become the monster rawr rawr rawr

The way poseidon says “NOO” and “STOP!!!” is so crazy actually

POSEIDON SINGING MONSTER WHAT IF I JUST FUCKING DIED ON THE FLOOR!!!!!

“After everything you’ve done. How will you sleep at night?”

“Next to my wife.”

LITERALLY I SCREAMED INTO MY FUCKING PILLOW WHEN HE SAID THAT!!!!!! THAT IS THE COLDEST MOST RUTHLESS FUCKING LINE EVER HOLY FUCK ODY I THINK YOU ACTUALLY JUST FUCKING KILLED HIM!!!!!! THERE IS NO COMING BACK FROM A LINE LIKE THAT!!!!! LITERALLY THE BEST WAY TO END THIS SAGA!!!!!!!

Closing thoughts

JAY WHEN I FUCKING CATCH YOU JAY!!!!!!

When he said vengeance saga he meant Vengeance with a capital V

Bro all I’m saying is that if I was penelope and I heard all of this go down… let’s just say telemachus would no longer be an only child

Also! In the midst of my boisterous reaction I uhhhhh broke my vengeance saga bracelet so I’m gonna have to fix that eventually

Uh… yeah… I’m gonna go like….. lay down for a bit or something…

[devilishlycute]

The Vengeance Saga is upon us... Just three more days for the stream, four for the drop.... Bruh.. I'm ready (not really 🥲), y'all are excited for Get in the Water and ngl I am too but when I heard the Charybdis snippet 😫👌✨—

You must be who Hermes mentioned..

A monster here to block my way. I'd like to hurry up and end this, so if you don't have much to say—THEN OHHH, BRING IT ONN!! I'M NOT DYING HERE, I'M STILL FIGHTING HERE!!!

I've been listening to it on loop for the past week..

(I think either Anniflamma or Neal Illustratior would make awesome animatics for Charybdis (I know Neal Illustratior just dropped God Games, fuckin' loved it 😍 and I will wait patiently for the animatic if they choose to do another Epic vid, not even joking). Hell, even Gigi can make an animatic for Charybdis—I just wanna listen to the full length of Charybdis, the snippet is not enough!!!😫😭)

[arataka-reigen]

Vengeance Saga in 4 days, i am ready to feel feelings again

[spacemothes]

So the Vengeance Saga is coming out on Halloween

And I just realized how close Epic is to being done.

I'm not fucking ready for this to end

I've been here since the (original) Polyphemus Saga

This is the stupid ass musical I try to convince everyone around me to listen to

what am I supposed to do when it ends??

MOVE ON?????????

ya. sure buddy.

[sleepitysleepyspees]

just gonna. be chaotic rq.

FUNNY MUSIC MAN IS ON MY SCREEN

banana peeeeeels

cabbage.

badass senorita 💅

polyamorous femboy moose

🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞🥞

Ody try not to dox himself challenge impossible

platonic breakup song let's gooooo

you're too bird 😡

funny music man is funny

Jay's little comments are entertaining

physics... isn't a real thing

ALMOST TO THE SECOND FEMALE

Athena had to leave to make room for the other females

AEOLUS

gigi made me like females

I think KYFC is my favourite song.

so ready for Dangerous to change that, though.

Ruthlessness makes me more excited for Get in the Water

y'know, in a way Poseidon needs to learn what he's teaching. if he had just killed Odysseus rather than trying to teach him the ways of ruthlessness, Ody would be dead.

HERMES SAGA

gigi's Circe making me question my asexuality in a few seconds

HERMES (the one cut song that sounds like a children's show intro)

holy. moly.

Circe~~~~

hey Circe, I lobve my wife

END OF TOAW MAGICAL GODDESS NOTE LET'S GO

I DID IT. I AM A MAGICAL GODDESS TODAY.

this life is amazing, when you greet it with open arms

I'm crying

the way that Ody is a son of Hephaestus (Jay's dad voices Hephaestus) (I thought of this when hearing Jay's mom voice Ody's mom)

WHO

the way that my gc of epic fans is currently discussing backpacks instead of EPIC

I am the monster rawr rawr rawr

SECOND STREAM

WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THE HERMES SAGA PART 2

the second Wisdom Saga release party.

pernerlerperwer

first we slayed 💅💅💅 in our own war

siren banana peels

DROWN IN YOUR SORROWS AND FEARS

gigi is definitely my favorite EPIC animator

Eury really just need to be able to manage his hunger a bit better. that would've fixed everything.

Ody during Thunder Bringer: I have no idea what any of this has to do with us or the cattle, but I'm just not going to question it.

okay. so. we have Wisdom. then we are vibing, vibing, and killing god.

wait. wait. so. theory. in EPIC, the fighting skill equates to singing/music skill. that's why it's okay that Tele's stuff doesn't sit right with me. he's inexperienced in combat, and therefore it is in character for his stuff to not sit right with me.

watch a gonna do about it, champ?

the video game Little Wolf animatic still isn't my favourite, but I love the song.

TIME DIVE

GIGI

the hair in the face so you don't have to draw eyes is so real

"he needs my help" OH REALLY??

GOD GAMES

he sacrificed his uncle hort

VENGEANCE SAGA

I love NSFLY

depression in Dangerous?

HERMES

NOW WE'RE VIBING

wind bag part 2????

the "you very well may die" was funny, but I prefer the Athena reference.

CHARYBDIS

Jay is so talented

GET IN THE WATER

this is EPIC (pun very much intended)

I swear if Ody pulls the wind bag trick again-

600 STRIKE

NO NOT PANCAKES

THIS IS SO COOL

he pulled the wind bag trick again.

THIS IS SO COOL

3D ANIMATION

600 strike is literally just a video game move

OH MY GOSH

ODYSSEUS REALLY DID LEARN POSEIDON'S LESSON

THIS IS SO COOL

how will you sleep at night? next to my wife.

[dreamweaversfavsandthoughs]

Rick and Morty S7 Ep. 5: Unmortricken

(Revenge is a dish best served a la mode—or something like that)

Here there be spoilers…

My Favs

The Rick Prime saga has been resolved.

I am overall happy that Harmon and Co. decided to resolve this story now rather than have it milked for another season or two. On top of that, the story was given a somewhat satisfying conclusion or as satisfying a conclusion as a revenge story possibly can be.

Evil Morty

Evil Morty being pulled in as a reluctant ally was not on my season 7 bingo card nor was a glimpse of his origin story but here we are. It was great seeing Morty on the same level intellectually as a Rick and our Rick treats him as an equal. I don’t think we’ll see the last of him since Rick owes him for saving his life and Evil Morty has the schematics to the Omega Device.

Uncle Slo Mobius

I cracked up at both Rick and Rick Prime getting very emotional at the wiping out of Slo Mobius over infinite dimensions. RIP Slo Mobius, gone in all realities but lives on in our hearts.

“You suck at eating pussy!”

And Rick totally owns it, but to be fair, he was young. Satisfying your partner is something you have to learn, even if you’re the smartest man in the universe.

Rick beat down of Rick Prime

When I say this is one of my favorite parts of the episode I mean that I appreciate that I found it gut-churning and difficult to watch. It’s brutal and the animation of Rick Prime’s face as it becomes less and less recognizable as human coupled with a blood-soaked Rick coming out of the room with the light completely gone from his eyes. It’s effective visual storytelling. This was the only possible outcome to Rick’s lifelong quest for vengeance. It did not end triumphantly with a hero’s welcome but, instead, a whimper.

My Not Favs

The Rick Prime saga has been resolved.

So I put this down as a not favorite because there is a part of me that wishes we had the cat-and-mouse game go on a little while longer. Ultimately, the show isn’t really about him or the revenge quest but I wish we had some more time with the character. I say this knowing the season is not over yet and anything could happen but, also, there seems to be a sort of finality to the whole thing that makes me suspect that we are done with him.

My Thoughts

The end of an era.

I had read on an animation news blog that this episode marks the midpoint of the 70 episode order that was created back in 2018 and that, if all goes according to plan, the contract will be completed in three years. I don’t know if it was intentional to have this episode air in the order that it did but I can’t help but notice that it feels like the story is transitioning into a new era. There is a feel that they are starting to wind down and get ready for a potential end to the series ( I know Dan Harmon has expressed continuing to create new seasons indefinitely, but nothing has been confirmed and they are getting close to finishing the writing portion of the order so…).

It makes sense that Rick Prime would be solved as soon as it did and, honestly, I kinda expected them to resolve that thread this season or next. The reason being is that the story of Rick and Morty is not about villains and revenge quests, but about a man who is too smart and too worldly and so ground down by life, trying to find family and connections even when he claims it’s meaningless and that he’s above it all. Rick has sort of been released from this burden and now can forge a new purpose and a new pathway with the rest of his family by his side even if, mentally and emotionally, he is not ready to do that just yet. Also, this episode has opened the door to some new lore that could carry us to the series finale ( if it does end in season 10). I’m specifically thinking about the Omega Device.

Evil Morty has the schematics that he plans on keeping on hand to buy himself some much needed peace and Rick owes him for resurrecting him and neutralizing Rick Prime for the final beat down. Also, if a device could be created to wipe out someone in every timeline then maybe it could be used to create an anti-Omega Device that could bring back those who have been wiped out. Which means we are clearly going to resurrect Uncle Slo Mobius so the two of them can go get some of that elusive McDonald’s Szechuan Sauce!

Or Rick might try to resurrect Diane as an attempt to “complete” his family. Obviously, this is just speculation, but at the same time, with the information we have this feels like a natural next step in Rick’s very slow progression to finally healing from the past and accepting the family that is with him in the present. Healing is rarely linear and I could see Rick falling into another self-destructive hole that he has fooled himself into thinking we solve all his woes. Past family and present family together. Having his cake and eating it too! What could go wrong?

[ithilthebard]

Vengeance Saga Thoughts

First, spoilers, of course. Especially since it's the heard via watch party & before proper release.

You good?

Okay.

The saga is great and it was so exciting waiting and then watching right as it was coming out. 31 - Not Sorry For Loving You Good song. I remain completely unsympathetic to Calypso. She has been alone her whole life but it's still OBSESSSION, not love. 32 - Dangerous I love Hermes. The song has energy and I love me a trickster. And the hint of Athena, Hermes admitting he wasn't the one to secure Ody's release. 33 - Charybdis Short song but you can feel the tension and the determination to get home. 34 - Get in the Water Yes, the pettiness of gods. YOU offended me, let me drown your entire kingdom. Ody even argues for forgiveness. Then it immediately backfires on Poseidon when he says no. 35 - 600 Strike Yes! Ody gets his win. Yeah, Poseidon you're immortal. Which means you'll survive all the pain you've earned. "How will you sleep at night?" // "Next to my wife." Excellent ending and I am also so ready for the bloodbath of the suitors becoming, not the suitors. I will admit it's not my favorite but all the sagas of Epic are good, some I just like more than others. They all also got better with relistening.

[icelynia]

ITS TIME FOR THE VENGEANCE SAGA WOOOOOOOOO

I AM SO READY FOR THE EMOTIONAL HEARTBREAK JAY WILL HAVE US GO THROUGH TONIGHT🥳

[sternevogn]

Hi uh.. gotta ask, how u feelin after the wisdom saga? :D

number one,,,

devastated

number two, those songs were FIRE dude. absolute bangers. i don't think jay ever misses. he also never fails to hurt my feelings. my guy is COOKING

additionally, i am SO hyped for the vengeance saga. fav song is in there and i am SO ready for the full version to finally come out. every saga is worth celebrating but by god i'll be bouncing off the walls after vengeance saga's release