#epic the vengeance saga

[kirutigrist]

Another art with Neal's Poseidon 👏🏽

Saw a couple of drawings with this aesthetic and decided to draw something similar

(Poseidon's design belongs to: @neal-illustrator)

I was wondering... What does Neal and her fans think of her Poseidon? I mean, like the rock star version. What kind of vibe do you get from him?

To me he has a lone wolf vibe.

He may also suffer from depression, it's 50/50, just knowing his character it's quite possible🤷🏽

Everyone sees it differently. And I'm interested to hear your opinion on this matter...

I also was thinking today "I should start drawing other characters more often" but I just can't, you know, because this armless handsome man with long hair just consumes my mind🗿🚬 And I can't deal with it. I actually don't want to 👍🏽🤣

[is-this-even-relatable]

I cried so fucking much during the underworld saga. That first song hit me like a goddamn truck. Then there was a second and third truck. I was drawn and quartered by those songs. I was sobbing in my bed, full on ugly crying, at 2 in the morning because I decided to “see what all the hype was about” by listening to it for the first time when I couldn’t sleep.

I have yet to move on past the underworld saga because I keep telling myself I should relisten to them first before I continue and then I just break down and can’t.

tldr; get ready for a poorly explained rant (because I avoid spoilers) on why

Epic: The Musical is brilliant.

and why you should listen to it.

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It’s beautiful. It’s genre-defining. The theming that carries through the whole work from the very first song… the absolute sheer talent in every singer brought on board the project. The emotions they are able to bring out into each piece. They truly deserve to be called artists.

I have not watched anything, a single piece of fan animation. I have consumed only the raw audio media and I have been able to conjure up full movie scenery in my mind while listening. Each song is so good at telling the story.

I grew up loving greek mythology. I was a huge Percy Jackson fan. I had a childhood book on Odysseus that I still enjoy re-reading called Ulysses that tells the story much the same, minus a few parts and in much more childish fashion. And you know why I love it?

Because Homer’s Odyssey is an epic on love.

(An epic is a long-form prose-like poetry style that tells the story a heroic character. And isn’t it clever to name the album that?)

It is about Odysseus and his twenty-year journey to get back home to his wife and son. It is about every bump, every roadblock, every setback and every enemy that bars his way. It is about how close he gets. It is about how long he took, about everyone he lost along the way. And it is about a man who, despite it all, did not give up. Who never stopped trying. It is about a broken man who made mistakes, who wavered, who fell, and who stood up again because there was someone waiting for him.

And the songs? They tell it so well. I am genuinely shocked and in awe at how much I love it, at the vocal range, at the imagery and storytelling. GOD, THE THEMING. How does one have a plan from the very. first. song? To stretch all the way through the whole journey to the very last, fortieth song? It’s a goddamn feat is what it is.

And it’s only a damn concept album. As you listen, you start to imagine what could be a whole musical play and IT WOULD BE GLORIOUS. It would be damn long, to be fair, but it would be literally insane. It would be like trying to distill the lord of the rings movies.

Literally the whole concept album,

(it’s blasphemous to include the word “concept” anywhere near this finished masterpiece)

which is only the songs of this would-be musical, is nearly 2 hours and 30 minutes. That is 9 sagas, and 40 songs split between them. The average musical is under 3 hours total, with intermission. The average musical only has around 15-20 songs, the rest of the time for regular play stuff.

Jorge Rivera-Herrans and the cast of Epic: The Musical created two musicals-worth of songs and storytelling.

I want to shake Jay Herrans’ hand because he went “what if the Odyssey was a musical?” and didn’t wait for an answer. He sung the answer himself.

If you are a fan of greek mythology, you need to listen to this retelling. And if you have never heard of the Odyssey or the Iliad or Odysseus and Penelope or his roman name Ulysses, you will not regret learning of it now.

Years from now, or even very soon, some cool english teachers are going to teach the Odyssey to their class and they’re going to assign listening to these fucking albums.

If it has been on your feed and you have been seeing media about it, it is for good reason that so many people are talking about it. This is your sign. Give it a listen, and give it a real good listen. Give it your full attention when you have the time for it.

Oh, and by god, please make sure to listen in order.

It’s like watching a tv show starting with the final episode of the last season if you listen out of order. There’s an official playlist on Spotify with everything in it, all the songs in order. I’ve linked it below. I’ve also listed underneath the correct album listening order. Give yourself the best experience and respect the product.

The proper saga listening order is:

The Troy Saga

The Cyclops Saga

The Ocean Saga

The Circe Saga

The Underworld Saga

The Thunder Saga

The Wisdom Saga

The Vengeance Saga

The Ithaca Saga

[iced-baby-bunn13]

Odysseus : *stabs the shit out of a literal god with his own weapon and makes him beg for mercy*

Odysseus : *massacres a palace full of suitors for threatening to kill his son and r*pe his wife*

Also Odysseus : "penelope whyyyyy you know im too shyyyyy 🤭🥺🎀✨️👉👈"

[tetobrain]

I’ve always had this idea of a suitor during hold them down being like “okayyy and I’m out of here I do not fuck with this- however there’s a hundred of you and I’m not Odysseus so I’ll be leaving, good luck to him though.”

Random beggar he passed by who overheard just mumbles: “thanks.”

And the suitor pauses, before just fucking booking it.

[laritamiauu]

I love the hc that Hermes helps Odysseus build his raft in Dangerous, but imagine that the raft that he build was TERRIBLE

and Hermes being the god of travels, seeing those two pieces of planks of wood and a stick, he would be like: you built this shit? DARLING THIS ISN'T EVEN AERODYNAMIC WHAT IS THIS SAD EXCUSE OF A "RAFT"

and just starts criticizing the build while he fixes it lol

[doodlebugdpj]

😆😁

[anxiousandpessimistic]

Odysseus parenting vs Zeus parenting

Telemachus: Dad, am i ugly? Odysseus: Of course not. Looking at you right now, you're the most beautiful boy in the world Ares: Father, am i ugly ? Zeus: Very much

[sol-niczka]

Athena doodle!

This is both my design for her in EPIC and how I picture her irl <3

[howl-arnon]

Oooh.

Hello there, I've join a big art collab of Epic and wanna share my part.

[thedoctordoesmarvel416]

just epic things

“Hell no, I could kill you where you stand. I’m no pet, I’m a married man.”

THIS. THIS IS WHY EPIC IS GOING PLACES. THIS WHY ODYSSEUS IS THE SINGLE MOST AMAZING PROTAGONIST EVER. THIS ONE LINE. DO YOU KNOW WHY???

Alexander Hamilton, protagonist of the hit musical of the 2010’s: How could I say no to her? My wife will never know. No one has to know.

Also Alexander: This is the only way to protect my legacy. The Reynold’s Pamphlet.

Odysseus: Hell no, I could kill you where you stand. I’m no pet, I’m a married man.

Also Odysseus: You plotted to kill my son. You planned to rape my wife. All of you are going to die.

[paveffer]

"All you have to do is not open this bag." "HERMES?!"

Finished some silly art for "Dangerous!"

[beccaintheclouds]

A detail I really like in Not Sorry For Loving you is that Calypso never actually apologizes for her behavior. She admits what she did was wrong, but the only time she actually says she's sorry is when she says "I'm sorry my love's too much for you" which is similar to what a lot of manipulators say. "I'm sorry you feel that way". Instead of actually apologizing she basically puts the blame on Odysseus.

[nebudaze]

So someone mentioned how Neal’s Poseidon lost his arm in my 600 strike comic (I love you Neal) And I was like, erm, if mine at least has scars left, he would probably look like this.

Imagine if he permanently lost almost half of his torso too… I don’t even know how should I draw that orz

And here in epic, him in post 600 strike would look like this (minus stabbed scars)

I mean. Dang.

[whos-responsible]

You won't last long

oh na why he polite with it

he's asking all of the other Poseidons on a date, do they accept?,, 👀

Look he has a rose too,,

@bigidiotenergytm @fishyseidon @pink-noah @messymoonmad @wukyma @kdpartworks and any other existing Poseidon's :')

[stardrinks]

“53 left under your command…”