#I loved the vengeance saga so much
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I love the Vengeance saga sm….
so here are my thoughts
NOT SORRY FOR LOVING YOU:
This was SO pretty. Wangui has such a beautiful voice and she added so much depth to the character. But i still HATE Calypso. They could never make me like you Calypso. I liked How Jorge really made her seem like she just never learned how it was wrong to expect love in return regardless of circumstance. Especially the part “Was cast away when I was young
Alone for a hundred years
I had no friends but the sky and sun
So when you washed ashore
I thought for sure that you were my dream come true”
It really did a good job at showing she never learned because she never got a chance to learn these things.
DANGEROUS:
HECK YES HERMES!!! He was so so iconic and I loved how we was just partying while Ody was fighting for his life. My favorite part was defined the Wing Bag. Especially the winions. The melodies just seemed so much darker and serious then the playful tone of Keep Your Friends Close. I also loved the Athena reference at the end. I honestly hope Odysseus doesn’t learn it was her, it would make it so much more tragic.
CHARYBDIS:
This was the song I was looking forward to the most and I was not let down! The musical storytelling was so so good! Everything about it that I imagined is practically exactly what was on the animatic. Also extra points to part of it being done by @anniflamma (i’m not even gonna try to lie, Anni is my favorite Epic Animator) I LOVED the final verse. It was so pretty and Jorge portrayed the Longing of Odysseus SO WELL. I also adored the expectation diversion leading into…
GET IN THE WATER:
First off the Intrumentals starting the song were BEAUTIFUL!!! The piano was so striking and i loved it! Steven Rodriguez is genuinely PERFECT for Poseidon. I’m not gonna lie Poseidon is my favorite Greek God(Blame PJO) and Ruthlessness is actually the song that got me into EPIC. So it was amazing to hear him again. My Blood ran cold during the “Ruthlessness… Is Mercy Upon… Ourselves” part and I loved the overlapping vocals of the “Die”. And because it’s a bossfight it just has to end with making me cry. The “spirits” of Odysseus’s comrades was so pretty and I think it was my favorite(besides love in paradise ofc) of the “Heartbreaking remembering comrades” moments.
600 STRIKE!!!
1st of holy shit the Wind bag is such a cool Bossfight instrumental. It was so freaking cool(I love all the Wind parts in EPIC). I was a little disappointed by the Visuals, no disrespect to the artist at all! But i just thought the 3d was a little jarring. I truthfully think it would have been a little better if it was 2d. Enough of visual art talk though MUSICAL art talk time! I LOVED the chanting throughout the first-half. It was such a great(I think) wrap up to the Crews story and it also sounded awesome.
600 STRIKE: PART 2(that part)
Steven Rodriguez’s voice is really hot. I just had to get that out of the way. But in all seriousness this is my favorite moment of the Saga. I don’t think 600 strike was my favorite song, that title goes to Get in the Water, but 600 strike is a close 2nd solely based on the epicness of this moment. The way my heart just stopped when Odysseus said “Exactly” was just something I’ll never get over. Also I’m weird and i loved hearing Poseidon in pain.(I like my fav. characters to suffer). Also the overlapping vocals(can i even call poseidon’s part vocals it’s just him screaming in pain) was PHENOMENAL! I especially loved the 2nd “OOoohhhh” I saw someone say that Poseidon likely regenerated around the trident before it was pulled out and that’s engraved in my brain now.
And hot Take.
I think that Poseidon was actually ASKING Odysseus how he sleeps at night. During Monster Ody says “Is he scared that he’s doing something wrong” and I actually think Ody was right. Poseidon’s “I can’t” during Get In The Water seems genuine. I don’t know if it was because He literally couldn’t forgive Ody because of what Ody did, or if He’s is actually just trying to “keep us in check so we respect him, and now no one dares piss him off”. This may just be me over-analyzing/trying to sympathize my fav character but does Poseidon actually wonder if he’s doing something wrong.
And Finally, NEXT TO MY WIFE was actually so FRAKING cold. If someone said that to me i’d be devastated.
Ultimately the Vengeance saga was probably my 2nd favorite saga(after wisdom i just adore god games) Jorge did an AMAZING job with it and I’m so excited to see how much more a monster rawr rawr rawr Ody becomes.
I hope you enjoy my thoughts (:
#epic the vengeance saga#epic the musical#odysseus#poseidon#calypso#hermes#i am the monster rawr rawr rawr#get in the water#600 strike#charybdis#dangerous#not sorry for loving you#jorge rivera herrans#I loved the vengeance saga so much#it just tickles my brain#i love watching my comfort characters be deprived of comfort#Can you tell my favorite part was Poseidon crying in pain (:#make them suffer#suffer sea boi#steven rodriguez
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So when odysseus fought Poseidon, notice how he gets really aggressive? The theory is that Ares helped him during this fight, like Athena did with Telemachus
Jay told us that he imagines Ares' power similar to Athena's quick thought, in his case they can incite a rage, causing Odysseus to be more brave and more resistant to pain
Because Athena couldn't support Ody in this fight, Ares did. His sister promised him bloodshed and he was there for it.
I read a post by perplexiglass about this so this isn't my theory but I think it's great and wanted to share 😍 all credits to this awesome person (https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdLAVhbM/)
"show me what my sister saw in you, King of Ithaca!"
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can you draw Penelope and Telemachus?
used to sloanslone's designs bc i have yet to come up with my own THEY ARE SO AKJWNAKBDNQ
#telemachus and penelope you deserved so much better#I SHOULDVE DRAWN LITTLE TEL PROTECTONG PEN FROM SUITORS STOP#telemachus of ithaca i love you for the mama's boy you are#ngl odysseus was rigbt i would kill 700 people and monsters for them too#odysseus x penelope#penelope of ithaca#the odyssey#odyssey#odypen#penelope of sparta#penelope of ithica#penelope#telemachus epic the musical#telemachus#odysseus#epic the wisdom saga#epic the musical fanart#epic fanart#epic telemachus#telemachus of ithaca#penelope epic the musical#epic musical#epic the musical#epic odysseus#jorge rivera herrans#epic the vengeance saga#the oddyssey#epic fandom#homeric epics#epic
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This came to me earlier, and now I am utterly obsessed: While it was clear to me that Odysseus stabbing Poseidon wasn't any kind of Vengeance, there was one act of Vengeance after all, even if inadvertent—it was Odysseus disproving Poseidon's "Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves" belief right in front of his very eyes. With him as the subject, even.
Think about it—the fact that Poseidon remained ruthless and insisted on punishing Odysseus was the only reason he got stabbed repeatedly. If Poseidon had been merciful, if he had accepted Odysseus' offer of forgiveness, he would've been fine. His own ruthlessness backfired so hard on him this time that I am sincerely hoping it haunts him forever.
I am actually utterly obsessed with Poseidon thinking back to Odysseus "Maybe you could learn to forgive?" on a daily, no an hourly basis. I cannot and will not lie to you that is unironically my favorite moment in the whole Vengeance saga just because of what it says about both the characters—about Odysseus for offering and Poseidon for declining (and also because Odysseus sings it in Poseidon's own motif which is just absolutely brilliant.) And this makes me love it even more.
Poseidon was going to decline, we all know that. I don't think anyone watching—even Odysseus, probably—expected him to accept. But then I'm picturing him lying there, bleeding into the stone, and, against his will, wondering whether maybe he should have. Maybe if he had, he wouldn't be in pain. Maybe if he had not killed Odysseus' fleet ten years ago, he wouldn't be in pain either. Maybe this one time ruthlessness wasn't mercy upon himself—maybe this time, his one grand belief was wrong. Maybe ... it was always wrong.
Obviously, he would never admit to these thoughts, he would slap himself for having them one second later. But I simply need this self-proclaimed god of ruthlessness to be utterly haunted by that and question whether he made the right choice or no—whether he's even lived by the correct philosophy all his immortal life—and no matter what, be too stubborn to admit he was wrong.
He's trying to pretend like nothing changed, but the thoughts still remain. They pester him. They won't leave him alone. Especially every time someone—anyone—is kind to him for whatever reason, they come crashing back into him and they won't leave.
"What if my own ruthlessness hurt me that time?"
"What if ruthlessness isn't mercy upon ourselves after all?"
"What if I'm wrong?"
"What if I have always been wrong?"
The most dreadful thoughts imaginable to a god as proud and stubborn and old as Poseidon, but they're there now and he can't do anything about them. You all don't understand how much I NEED this god to jolt up in his bed at 3 am after having a dream or nightmare about something related to one of his many ruthless deeds (maybe even sinking Odysseus' fleet) and go "BUT WHAT IF I HAD LEARNED TO FORGIVE?? WHAT IF I STILL COULD??" only to immediately slap himself for it because that's absolutely ridiculous.
He is left to watch this belief shatter before his very eyes as he's clinging to the remains of it desperately, trying to keep it all from crumbling. Not because he genuinely believes he's right anymore, but because he simply cannot imagine ... does not know how to live by any other philosophy.
No matter whether it's objectively correct or not, it's the very thing that defines him. The thing he's known for. He has built his entire image around this, he cannot give it up no matter what ... at least not quickly or without help.
But as much he would seek to deny it, his core belief has now been proven wrong; he has actually lived through an instance where it was wrong, and he can do nothing to erase those memories or conclusions from his mind no matter how much he yearns to go back to simpler times.
And that was the real Vengeance, guys—possibly the biggest, most painful existential crisis of Poseidon's immortal life. I rest my case.
Although before I disappear back into the void I simply must give a shout out to @o3o-lapd-o3o (this came to me during a conversation in one of their comment sections for the glorious Friends In Higher Places AU, which is quite possibly my favorite piece of EPIC fan content that exists ...)
#poseidon epic#epic the musical#epic musical#epic the vengeance saga#epic odysseus#poseidon#jorge rivera herrans#i have never believed in ruthlessness is mercy#but thank you so much odysseus for proving me right#with ruthlessness of your own#how very poetic#poseidon having an existential crisis over being too stubborn for redemption is sth i didnt know i needed#i wanna believe he gets there eventually#a few centuries later#odysseus has no idea what he did btw#he stabbed poseidon and that was that#he probably didnt think he could so much as make him question this#someone somewhere out there eventually notices maybe#HAVE I MENTIONED HOW OBSESSED I AM WITH ODYSSEUS' “MAYBE YOU COULD LEARN TO FORGIVE?” YET#because I AM#that god killed your whole fleet#thunder saga!odysseus would not have offered this#i love the subtle hints at odysseus' positive development in this saga almost more than anything#the only thing I don't love about them is that they're so subtle a majority of people don't notice them#friends in higher places au?#am i allowed to tag this as that ouo
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Vengeance Saga is coming out in a day and I would like to say something regarding I’m Not Sorry for Loving You
I better not see anyone using that song as an excuse for Calypso. That song is an explanation for her character, not an excuse. The song is literally about how she’s not sorry for trapping and unintentionally abusing Odysseus for seven years.
It’s not an apology (Literally in the name. If it was then it’s a pretty bad and victim blamey apology), it’s not an excuse, it’s just an explanation. And I will be damned if people use it to excuse her, gods know there’s enough Calypso apologist in the Epic fandom and just in media related to the Odyssey in general.
#Wendy rambles#Wendy’s stuff#epic#epic the musical#epic calypso#calypso epic the musical#calypso bashing#<- just in case#epic vengeance saga#i’m not sorry for loving you#I saw the snippet and I *love* the song itself. The topic of the song ?#not so much#epic the vengeance saga
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I have very complicated feelings for the Vengeance Saga (after the first listen)
Disclaimer: I will only criticize Epic the Vengeance Saga as a work on its own, not for its inaccuracy or deviation from mythology and The Odyssey. There are more knowledgable people who can point out and analyze the changes in Epic the Musical, but that is not what I'll be tackling here.
To put it bluntly, I'm not being angsty about it as I should. The whole saga just... didn't feel right with me.
Now, first off all, I'm a big fan of Epic and had been following it since the Cyclops saga (first version). I've been in love with many songs and hyperfixed it for months on end. But when the Vengeance saga came along, I didn't feel that same bubbling love rise in me.
Even as a fan, this isn't my first time having peeves with Epic. I didn't jam with the re-release sagas for a while, I'm underwhelmed with the Circe VS Odysseus fight and other issues, very unpopular opinion but "Monster" wasn't too impactful to me, and also the God Games (especially Zeus' attack).
The Vengeance Saga though? Well, they say we gotta do the Bun-Meat-Bun (or whatever the hell its name really is) technique when giving criticism, so I'll start with the good parts.
I love that Odysseus looked so done with Calypso in "Not Sorry For Loving You". They're basically this meme:
Like sorry you're a sad but you're still an abuser 😒
Then Odysseus starts singing the reprise for "Full Speed Ahead" but there's no one to back him up. That one hits me hard. To whoever on Tumblr said that after the Thunder Saga we will never hear the crew's back-up again and Odysseus' singing will be answered with silence, Apollo really blessed you with the red ball.
Hermes and the Winions' part was really cool too! I really like them being mischievous helper! The warning about the wind bag and the changing scene of Odysseus fighting off sea monsters while Hermes just vibing with the beats is 👌👌👌
But after that the hype started to sizzle out for me. You might want to skip this part if you're not comfortable with harsh criticism because I WON'T hold back.
It's really backward but I like the Odysseus VS Charybdis draft more than the final production. Charybdis' roars and music are somehow less intimidating, which is a shame because I thought this would be one of the biggest struggles Odysseus will face. Even with awesome illustrative animatics, the scene wasn't as thrilling as I've expected.
The other songs got massive improvement from its draft version (on top of my mind I can think of "Thunder Bringer", "There Are Other Ways", "Little Wolf"), but I don't get why "Charybdis" didn't get up-graded as much like them. It's like a cake that was throughly baked but half decorated and it just didn't taste as good as I've hoped.
Then we have the Odysseus VS Poseidon part in "Get In The Water" and "Six Hundred Strikes". The first thought I had for GITW is this song sounds like all the draft snippets were mashed together without a smooth transition/connection between them. Jorge and Steven's performance is great, but there's not enough tension for me to dread for Odysseus. When Poseidon first met Odysseus in "Ruthlessness", the whole opening was terrifyingly good! And we didn't even have any illustration animatic back then! (that's not to say the GITW animatics were bad, they just can't salvage much when the song itself was already weak)
I wasn't impressed with Poseidon's Shatter The Ocean move either. It's supposed to be the Strongest AttackTM but it's less scary than when he and the Laestrygonians destroyed Odysseus' eleven ships with probably 1% of their power. It didn't even help when Poseidon looked like he's having a seizure with lights pouring out of his eyes and mouth during the transformation.
Odysseus being literally on the brink of death with the souls of his loved ones pulling him into the abyss is a gem in the rough, but because we've seen Odysseus almost drowning before in the end of the Thunder Saga, it's not as shocking as it should be. Furthermore, Poseidon could have instant-killed Odysseus right then and there but didn't really annoyed me. But I guess he just wanted Odysseus to slowly suffer while dying.
Right when I thought the progress will get better, it... gets down. I can go with Odysseus using wind to escape the water, but him wearing it like a jetpack is so comical it ruined the drastic of the situation. And I'm officially let down when Odysseus FUCKING ATTACKED Poseidon in "Six Hundred Strike".
What? Just... why with that choice?
Look, I'm not gonna fault Epic for making creative liberties from the source material (as said in the disclaimer), but I will criticize if that change contradict itself in the transformative work. And this is one of them.
Poseidon and the gods have been proven time and time again in the musical just how powerful they are. Their ominous and grandiose entrances, them striking fear and inferiority in our hearts just by singing. Even Circe, a low-level goddess, poses a constant threat to the crew and Odysseus had to get help from Hermes just to get a chance to corner her (and Hermes even joked that he can still die!)
Poseidon easily destroyed almost all of Odysseus' fleet. Odysseus was very avoidant of him, opting to go to the literal Underworld to find instruction on how to dodge him and sailing through Scylla's lair + willing to sacrifice six men for safe passage. And when Poseidon said he can drown all of Ithaca, it's not just bluffing, he would and could have done that. Yeah, the King of the Sea is THAT BIG of a treat.
So no, Odysseus isn't cool to attack Poseidon, he's being stupid. I'm not even cheering for him the whole him he fight, just groaning at how ridiculous the whole thing is. If Epic is more believable and sticks to WHAT IT HAD ESTABLISHED BEFORE, having a sudden burst of anger and choosing ruthlessness won't save Odysseus from one swipe of Poseidon's trident. Odysseus stood no chance against a one of the most powerful deity, even if he's the protagonist and love his family.
Not only that, Poseidon didn't even defend himself and was wounded by a mere human! And he just sat there and took all the blows and insults from Odysseus??? And he actually begged Odysseus to stop and agree to quell the storm to let him get home??? I'm not buy that bullshit. I'm more upset that a literal Olympian god was nerfed down than Odysseus having a Gary Stu moment. Give me a break, that try-hard moment to be cool and edgy just show how badly written the scene is.
What's the fucking point of hyping up how dangerous the gods are if a human can take one down? Tell me this isn't some Wattpad-y Greek myth retelling fanfic where the teenage Y/N sass her way to defeat an entire pantheon. Epic really traded its opportunity to be better for some cheap and out-of-the-blue dramas in this saga, dare I say it's even worse than Zeus' OOC attack on Athena. I'm very disappointed with that decision.
On an end note, the saga did have one saving point with the "After everything you've done, how will you sleep at night?" - "Next to my wife" lines. Odysseus knew he could be the most horrendous man ever and Penelope would still choose his side, that just show how powerful their love and faith in each other are.
But not enough to excuse all the terrible cinematic choices.
#epic the musical#epic the vengeance saga#jorge rivera herrans#song analysis#song review#my reviews#my ramblings#Spotify#Youtube#The Pen explodes with ink#after being let down with Zeus and Poseidon's OOC thing#i now have lower hopes for the Ithaca Saga#i guess at least there aren't any more “evil gods” to be ruined#let's just see how it goes#but seriously what's happening to Epic??? it was so good until Love in Paradise#and i feel like the musical is now on a downward slope#am i expecting too much?!
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Hermes: Been twerking with his great grandson since 1500 BC
#I love Hermes so much#would do anything for him#epic the musical#odysseus#the odyssey#epic the vengeance saga#hermes#hermes epic the musical#epic odysseus#epic the hermes saga#pt 2 electric boogaloo
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i’ve been waiting for this moment, for the perfect time to strike.
#procreate#dc comics#dick grayson#slade wilson#bones art 2024#dc#nightwing#epic the musical#epic dc au#epic the musical fanart#epic the musical the vengeance saga#poseidon#odysseus#I loved this saga so much guys#more art to come#art#artists on tumblr
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Something I adore is how when Odysseus is being held by the spirits of his dead friends and loved ones, being pulled down to the underworld, none of them say what Odysseus was imagining on that cliff. They don't say the things that have been haunting him. What they say can be seen as love and acceptance: "You can relax my friend. I can tell you're getting nervous." "Look at all we've lost and all we learned." "I'll stay in your heart." And the 600 men. They've been waiting. Waiting for him to get home, and waiting for him to join them. Well, he hasn't made it home yet. They can wait a little longer
#i love ghosts in media so fucking much this was fantastic#liv talks#epic the musical#epic#epic the vengeance saga#vengence saga#epic spoilers#epic the musical spoilers#i suspect this is the last saga we will hear polites. theres no more reason for him to haunt odysseus. same with eurylochus#i cant tell if this is coherent it is LATE
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Odysseus: ,':| If your plan's so great then why'd you wait to say it?
Hermes, who came prepared to put his whole pussy into this: Well it's a little bit dangerous my friend you'll need a mindset change for this you cannot get away with playing safe this you wanna go home put it a-all on the LI-IIINE~
Odysseus, who's trained his whole life for this, gonna use ruthlessness, and plans to put an end to all the foolishness:
#Just a silly appreciation post I LOVED that part so much shsjjssk Hermes always slays even when his laugh is goofy af#epic the musical#epic the vengeance saga#GAH I WAS SMILING SO HARD DURING THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR SJSJKS#odysseus epic the musical#hermes epic the musical#gif
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Listening to Epic at school is the worst.
I have to sit still and can't do anything.
#i want to sing along#i cant#i love epic so much#epic the troy saga#epic the cyclops saga#epic the ocean saga#epic circe saga#epic the underworld saga#epic the thunder saga#epic the wisdom saga#epic the vengeance saga#epic the musical#jorge rivera herrans
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Look at who it is…
(lord tumblr please don’t ruin the quality..,,.,,.,.)
#Hermes#greek mythology#god#epic the musical fanart#epicthemusical#epic the vengeance saga#epic the circe saga#LOOK AT HIM I LOVE HIM SO MUCH
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Oh I shall be replaying Hermes' reprise Dangerous on REPEAT
#are you kidding me this is so good#the way it's so snappy with each syllable#idk what type of song that is but i love it so lcuh#much*#epic#epic the musical#epic the vengeance saga#hermes#odysseus
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OH MY GODDDD VENGEANCE SAGA WAS SO GOOOOOODDDD!!!!! I WAS SO HYPED FOR IT TO COME OUT AND NOW IM VALIDATED FOR BEING HYPED THAT SHIT WAS STRAIGHT FIRE
#epic the musical#the vengeance saga#I AM SERIOUSLY IN LOVE WITH POSEIDON'S VOICE ACTOR#HIS VOICE IS JUST 👌👌👌👌👌#AND ODY BEING A SAVAGE TO HIM BACK LIKE HOLY SGIT#THIS SAGA GOT ME KICKING MY FEET N EVERYTHING#I LOVED IT AHHHHHHHH#600 STRIKE HOLY SHIT#IT WAS SO VIDEO GAME CODED AND I LOVED IT#GET IN THE WATER DID NOT DISAPOINT NOR CHARYBDIS#OR HERMES#JUST AGH#I LOVE ALL OF THESE SONGS SO MUCH#excuse me im just really reaally happy over this saga it beats wisdom saga any day#might be up there in my top fav sagas next to thunder saga and underworld and ocean saga#just holy shit man#i love how this man does not hesitate to implement polites in nearly very saga no matter what#thats his guy his bud his best boi#god what an awesome thing to drop before halloween holy shit i loved it#calypso“what am i supposed to do with this love for you” like idk fucking perish idc#ody does not care
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i have no self restraint
inspired by these sage words:
@percytheboykisser here ya go >:)
#couldnt get the image out of my head lol#so here we are#epic the musical#the vengeance saga#my beloved#ill be back thursday#(idk which one yet lmao)#ill mention u if u want when i get to it eventually#ive been thinking abt calypso all morning too#asdfghjk i love this saga so much#shitpost#epic shit post#meme#feel free to use#sorry for the horrendous quality lol
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Ahhhh the theme is PERFECT
THANK YOU!!!!
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