#epic the musical ocean saga

[peachyprophets-blog]

Get in the water Poseidon x Female!Odysseus

Summary: When Ody and her crew were brought to Poseidon by the Wind Bag, they didn't know how Poseidon would react to their captain...

CW: Poseidon is a big simp lol

A/N: Based on this post, English is not my native language, I hope you like it

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"Where will the wind take us?" rang out the voice of Ody, Queen of Ithaca. She had closed her eyes for a moment and dreamed of her husband, whom she missed so much. She had received a Wind Bag from this god from Aeolus, which she and her crew were not allowed to open otherwise Aeolus would not help them get back home. Nevertheless, her men's curiosity was too great and Eurylochus opened the bag.

After Aeolus said that he would take her and the others to the land of the giants, they were already there and Aeolus had disappeared. The air grew cooler and the storm grew wilder. Ody leaned forward a little as she noticed the waves crashing against each other and getting higher and higher. Deep voices could be heard calling out quietly, "Poseidon," and before the Queen of Ithaca knew it, it was happening.

A great earthquake could be felt, the ships were drifting restlessly on the stormy sea and shortly afterwards a gigantic apparition of a god appeared on the surface. The god slowly rose, his hair falling from his shoulders like the waves themselves and despite the fact that the god had his back to them, the structure of his well-built body was clearly visible.

"Poseidon," escaped Ody's lips, her voice filled with awe. "In all my years of life, it has been very rare that I have been pissed off," the god began, his deep voice could be heard for miles. "I tried to chill with the waves, but," then the god slowly turned around. His deep blue eyes held a storm of anger in them, but when he turned around and saw Ody something changed.

The storm in his eyes was no longer driven by anger, but by lust and desire. "DAYUUUM!!! awooooga" his voice rang out, causing a tremor, and to prevent the woman who had aroused the god's interest from being thrown from the ship, he lowered his voice. The queen stared briefly up at Poseidon and then at her crew, her eyes reflecting fear, confusion and concern all at once. "Why would the god of the seas react like that?" she asked herself, when she looked back at the god she saw him biting his lower lip and slowly leaning towards the ship.

As he leaned his arms on the railing, his muscles tensed, he looked at the woman and grinned confidently. "Hello, gorgeous, are you lost?" he said. He raised a hand and gently lifted her chin. "Would you mind getting into the water? I'll show you how to ride the waves," the god whispered seductively to her. The Queen of Ithaca backed away, her face twisting slightly.

"Lord Poseidon, I'm married." At these words, the god just stared at her. "We have so much in common! I'm married too," the god beamed.

At that moment, the 600 strikes should come sooner than Poseidon would have expected...

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-Peachyprophet

@messymoonmad

[neardeadgoat]

Fish on a fork

Both hands are jammed down and half his tail fin is cut off, hence the jagged end

He's waiting for his wife dearest to pick him up

[xixovart]

odysseus and telemachus.

father and son.

they’re going to kill me some day

(thx to @ikea09 for the idea :])

[bambiilooza]

@awnrii i couldn't not draw him. this design has taken over my brain

[meirora]

Poseidon design for my animatic

[insertfunnynamehere455]

I saw @irunaki's Hermes and Poseidon designs and i just had to, THEY LOOK SO GOOD

[second-wolf]

I just finished listening to the ocean saga for epic. The ending of ruthlessness is so fucking funny

Poseidon: I just killed your entire crew and friends, die you little shit

Odysseus with a bag full of wind:

[caramellcandy]

Aeolous: "keep your friends close!" Odysseus: *pushes everyone away*

Eurylochus: *opens the bag because he doesn't trust odysseus anymore*

Odysseus: "damn, how was I supossed to know that would happen"

this is just a joke, if eury haters can make this type of joke I can too, don't come at me

[quotidian-oblivion]

Aeolus: Take a look right here at this bag! It has the winds of the storm all trapped!

The bag:

[mudpuddlenl]

Poseidon: “I am your darkest moment”

Zeus: oh bet

(*cue Thunder Bringer*)

[sysiheart]

My fav things to see people react to in Epic reaction videos:

-reactors head starting to nod to the music at the start of Horse and an infant

-reactions to the musical literally starting with main character doing some child murder

-reactions to Polites becoming a pancake

-anger when some idiots open the wind bag

-"43 left under your command"

-reactors head starting to nod to the music when Eurylochus starts telling about Circe

-a woman

-what

-The RELIEF when Ody doesnt sleep with Circe and starts singing about Penelope

-Oh shit the men

-oh shit Polites

-HIS MOM IS DEAD????

-Reactors either 100% understanding No longer you -right away or being 100% lost

-confusion when suffering is happening

-Eurylochus OPENED THE FUCKING BAG I SWEAR TO

(-every comment being "so scylla has 6 heads and thats why ody told eurylochus to light up--")

-DONT KILL THE FUCKING COWS

-Wth is Zeus singing about

-the SHOCK when "Choose :-)"

-i do not trust a reactor who doesnt react to "whens ur tramp of a mother gonna choose a new husband" with shock

-ATHENA

-Haha funny island song turning to OH GOD OH NO so fast

-??groovy??

-"that was easy"

-"why is this disco"

-WTF ARE U MAD ABOUT ZEUS

-THIS IS HOW THEY END IT???

[2r4d1k4l]

i made more of these..

[sleepitysleepyspees]

Just casually listing how songs relate to the sagas they're in.

Troy Saga: two of the songs take place in Troy, the rest have no mention of Troy.

Cyclops Saga: three of the songs have a cyclops in them, the last song has no mention of any cyclops.

Ocean Saga: all of the songs take place on the ocean. also the god of the ocean, Poseidon, is in half the songs.

Circe Saga: all of the songs have Circe in them. (yes, even Wouldn't You Like, if you listen closely to parts you can hear Circe.)

Underworld Saga: all of the songs take place in the Underworld. no mention of any Chthonic god.

Thunder Saga: named after Zeus, who shows up in 1/5 songs.

spoilers for unreleased sagas

Wisdom Saga: named after Athena, who shows up in 1-4/5 songs (we know she's in God Games and I seriously doubt she's in Love in Paradise but all the others could have Athrna in them, or they could not.)

Vengeance Saga: there is much vengeance. no mention of any god of vengeance.

Ithaca Saga: all of the songs take place in Ithaca.

[xixovart]

all i need in life is for odysseus to reunite with telemachus and immediately say, “you’re taller”

[bambiilooza]

el penis x paramedics. they're f buddies ik they are

[a-bottle-of-tyelenol]

Speaking of how Odysseus sees Eurylochus (could be seen as a part two to this post), I often think about this video Jorge made about Eurylochus where he talks about how Eury almost seems lost and like he can’t find his way due to how inconsistent his instrumental is.

I think it also implies something super interesting from Odysseus’ perspective too.

Eurylochus, as far as I can tell, only really has his Luck Runs Out motif that we almost exclusively hear paired with the rest of the crew. It’s something that he leads on, yes, but there is a moment where the crew uses it on their own (in Mutiny, when Perimedes stabs Odysseus) and therefore it feels like something much more dedicated to the crew as a whole. This could be something showing how much Eurylochus puts into the crew and how much of his life is dedicated to them, or it could also be something that shows how much more similar he is to the crew than to Odysseus (lumping himself in with them and further leading to the separation between Ody and the crew that I talk about in this post— can you tell I yap a lot about Eurylochus?).

But I think it’s interesting to look at it in a more meta way. EPIC is primarily told from Odysseus’ point of view, only changing after Eurylochus dies. So, every moment we have with him is strictly from Odysseus’ perspective and, therefore, the lack of distinction in Eurylochus’ music could easily be attributed to that.

Most of Eurylochus’ arc is implied— specifically when it comes to how he changes from Circe’s island to Mutiny and that’s led to a lot of interpretations from people that aren’t necessarily wrong due to the fact that nothing about him is very clear. And I don’t just mean people who view him as a selfish hypocrite, I also mean opinions that I hold too.

I, for example, strongly believe that there’s a real possibility Eurylochus wasn’t the only one who opened the windbag. He was definitely there and probably apart of it, but there are real implications in the show that he might not have done it alone and simply took responsibility out of guilt. It doesn’t absolve him of all wrongdoing, but it is something to consider when it comes to the discussions about his self-preserving nature versus how he prioritizes the wellbeing of the crew. That being said, these implications aren’t what’s directly in the text, through lyrics or music, so I could be totally wrong.

And that’s exactly my point; there isn’t a whole lot to Eurylochus to decipher, musically. Jorge likes to use the music to give the audience background information on characters (like how he uses Athena’s ensemble in Warrior of the Mind to tell us that Athena is amused by Odysseus fangirling over her or how we can sometimes hear Circe’s motif in regards to Scylla, both things he’s revealed on TikTok). This is the type of information that Odysseus might not necessarily know but that we get told through the music.

Eurylochus doesn’t seem to have anything like that.

Unlike pretty much every other character that has some level of distinction to them and how they interact with our primary perspective, Odysseus doesn’t have anything to connect with Eurylochus other than the rest of the crew. There’s nothing that is specifically tied to him and this carries on throughout the entire show, where he takes on other melodies and instruments depending on the context. While perhaps not intentional, Eurylochus being musically lost not only leaves a lot of his actions and motivations up to interpretation for the audience, but it also highlights just how out of sync he is with Odysseus.

Their primary conflict revolves around their inability to understand one another and it’s very clear that they both have views on the other that is incorrect. Odysseus believes Eurylochus to be too ruthless and yet too cautious to actually effectively use the philosophy and Eurylochus sees Odysseus as too arrogant, playing foolish games with the gods that will only get the crew killed. They’re both right, to a degree, but their inability to understand or even empathize with the other’s position is really what destroys them— something we see even in the very beginning. There is no musical tie to them and nothing musically surrounding Eurylochus to signal any other meanings to the audience— Eurylochus is just his Luck Runs Out melody, that again is intrinsically tied to the rest of the crew which makes it less distinctive to him as a character than, say, Open Arms for Polites.

And then comes Mutiny— where Eurylochus is the most musically distinct and yet, none of it is truly his. In the beginning, he hijacks Odysseus’ electric guitar (possibly a hint that he understands Odysseus more than Odysseus has, thus far, understood him) and, in the second half, the melody he sings is that of Survive— which was potentially the first time he truly doubted his captain in ten years— to a beat of The Horse and The Infant (that’s what my friend and I hear, anyways)— which is mostly just a tool used for foreshadowing Thunder Bringer. Then, the script flips and Odysseus is in Eurylochus’ position for the Luck Runs Out melody, possibly signaling that he’s finally beginning to understand Eurylochus for the first time since the start of the story. And, instead of going back to the lyrics of Luck Runs Out, Eurylochus turns to the specific use of the word ‘suffering’.

Because Eurylochus is so vague in his instrumentals, prioritizing the crew over his own well-being and identity, the times where he does falter into other melodies, particularly ones involving Odysseus, are very loaded with implications that you can interpret— like how Odysseus uses the concept of suffering as a motivator, associating it with Penelope and her ability to make everything worth it. Eurylochus, on the other hand, associates it with his loss of the will to survive, which is why I think it follows that song’s melody too.

But even then, Eurylochus is still followed by the voices of the crew with a melody that has never been his alone because Eurylochus, as a character, is defined by what he does for other people and, since Odysseus simply cannot understand being in that position, Eury’s music reflects that.

I just find it interesting that the character with the second most screen time has little to show for it musically, and I think that’s a good thing for showing Odysseus’ inability to see things outside of his perspective (or outside of a magical perspective; as in, he can’t relate to regular men), especially given that this is a flaw Eurylochus has as well. It could’ve been really easy to give Eurylochus a bass— which is known for being paired with guitars— or maybe a specific drum and call it a day, symbolically, but Jorge chose to keep him as only the voice of the crew with one mention of a bass and snare in Luck Runs Out.

Something about that intrigues me idk