#epic the thunder saga spoiler

[gotstabbedbyapen]

That's it. That's basically what the song is about.

[productofaritual]

Zeus: So like either u die or your men die

Eurylochus, who literally staged a mutiny a couple minutes ago: You're gonna save us right

[gotstabbedbyapen]

Thunder Bringer in a nutshell

[jltt13]

The END 😭

[madnessofthemuses]

"But we'll die"

My brother in tragedy... Y'all are the ones who chose to kill the cow

[lyssq]

tumblr users love to talk about how much they love unionizing but when we, odysseus’s crew—

[adrift-in-thyme]

There’s something terribly poetic in the inevitability of events in EPIC. The choices Odysseus is given lead to no win situations. They aren’t really choices at all.

Kill a foe’s child or witness the death of your own. Sacrifice six men or sacrifice them all. Allow your crew to starve or watch as they slaughter sacred cattle.

Sacrifice your friends, your brothers, or give up your last chance at reaching home.

In the end, the result is always the same. He destroys himself

[forestfullofberries]

listen. listen. they had character development in different directions. Odysseus learned to be the monster and avoid risk by being ruthless to enemies and his own crew, while Eurylochus gained some trust in their ability to win against impossible odds (he wanted to fight Scylla instead of sacrificing people to her) and he spares Odysseus and bandages him after mutinying. which end up costing him everything. i'm gonna be sick

[lunamay3]

Jorge, when he said the sirens wouldn’t be in Epic:

[theexhaustedqueer]

Okay but the contrast to this moment and Horse and the Infant!!

Because Odysseus begs both times, “Please don’t make me do this.”

But the first time Zeus is telling him to kill one baby to save everyone else (most importantly his wife) and he isn’t really being given a choice “This is the will of the Gods”

Whereas this time it really is a choice. A horrible choice, yes, but Odysseus is not being made to kill his crew, he is deciding between their lives and seeing his wife again. In Horse and The Infant he does something terrible to save more lives. In Thunder Bringer he does something terrible that sacrifices many lives solely to save his own. He really has become a monster.

And yet, right from the beginning Ody tells us that he would trade the world to see his son and wife. He would have always made this choice. It’s just that now he can throw the guilt away.

He has become a monster and in the same breath he is exactly the same.

[australet789]

Thunder Saga summary

[gotstabbedbyapen]

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[daisydoo90]

Zeus: *shows up*

Odysseus: I don’t think I can “I love my wife” myself out of this one guys

[fullofberries]

Eurylochus rolling up to the Underworld like this

[baambastic]

Scylla aimed for the torches.

Song 38: “Keep your head down, he’s aiming for the torches!”

Scylla: “We are the same, you and I.”

[dreamsandconstellations]

Song 21 be like: