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AYO??
GET IN THE WATER???
WINDBAG JETPACK??
“you can’t kill me.”
“exactly.”
“how will you sleep at night?”
“next to my wife.”
ODYSSEUS????
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#epic the musical#epic the vengeance saga#epic the musical odysseus#epic the musical poseidon#epic odysseus#epic poseidon#odysseus#poseidon#epic the musical stream#epic the vengeance saga stream#get in the water#600 strike
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Soldier , Poet , King .
#‘twas but a normal day and I was listening to soldier poet king by the oh hellos#then this drawing idea came to me like a prophecy#this may have been done before?#idk but i spent too long on this#artists on tumblr#digital art#epic the musical#epic odysseus#epic polites#epic eurylochus#remember to stream the vengeance saga oct 31st for clear skin
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The horrors persist, but so does Odysseus and his love for his wife.
#epic the musical#the vengeance saga#epic odysseus#epic the musical vengeance saga#I watched the live stream and had a blast holy moly
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“Look what you turned me into!”
A little trading card about the most incredible 2 minutes and 8 seconds that have been on repeat for 2 straight days! Steven Rodriguez’s performance is just *chef’s kiss* 👌
#epic the musical#epic the vengeance saga#odysseus#epic odysseus#art#vengence saga#my art#and the ‘next to my wife’ line??? I was SCREAMING at the live stream!!!#this entire saga hits so hard#I love it!
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#rey's chats#epic the musical#epic the vengeance saga#im gonna have to miss part of the live stream but i'll be there for the last bit
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MY HONEST REACTION TO THE END OF 600 STRIKE
#ray rambles#epic the musical#epic the vengeance saga#HI HELLO IM BACK AGAIN#I WATCHED THE LIVE STREAM AND IM STILL REELING FROM SHOCK#OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDDD#HAND WAS OVER MY MOUTH THE ENTIRE TIME
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the duality
#epic the musical#[shaking with so much confusion happiness and shock] WOW GUYS!#vengeance saga#great stream everyone. happy birthday to me!
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PEOPLE! Tonight is the official debut stream for Epic: The Musical's "Vengeance Saga!" As such, I will be attempting to liveblog it, especially as we get to new songs. That said, I'll attach everything to this post and tag #epic the musical spoilers, if y'all don't want spoilers for the new album!
so excited! (let's hope the stream doesn't get copystruck this time)
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yes your honor, that's him
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happy vengeance saga live stream for those who celebrate
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I don't think the bad response to vengeance saga is due to it being too video game anime coded I think Jorge had to falter somewhere in this project and this ended up being it, it's not a terrible big mistake either and is still awesome to see a guy in his position who's not exactly a first timer but that has used his storytelling media in a way that's all around innovative and experimental still have nearly flawless execution of every album so far
Ideally to me, Hermes would tell Odysseus to not open this bag too soon he'd make sure the audience knows in his song that aeolous put the storm in there again but that the other gods blessed it in some way too, a passing mention of them too wanting to get at poseidon that this is the will of the gods now for Odysseus to return home, in a way that wouldn't change anything about the intensity and emotional catharsis of 600 strike cause then in the last animatic of the stream you could only convey that visually
Absolutely no hate to the 3D animator that was called in but even if it was the most professional made flawless renders and animation I've ever seen it would still break immersion too much by staying in that general style in my opinion, and doing that alongside asking us to believe poseidon was taken down by a mortal on a jet pack with no molly or outside help beyond the wind yeeting him up was just asking too much of our suspension of disbelief to go alongside that level of immersion break
#and like he does call in all sorts of animators with different styles but I truly do believe that breaks too much from the medium we were#expecting you know#at least personally me and my friend had to rewind the stream to understand what happened cause we were too caught up on the extra dimensio#and from what I read most reaction seem to follow that similar throughline of how we ended up feeling#hope he doesn't think people hated his videogame anime brainchild of a song I hope he knows those inspirations got him this far#it was just not the most optimal execution#and I mean it people who are finding the song only through new animatics don't seem to share the negative sentiment only slight confusion#epic the vengeance saga#epic the musical#odysseus#jorge rivera herrans
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I was not expecting Odysseus to make a friggin’ Aeolus-powered jetpack
#short kings in stem
#epic the musical#the vengance saga#odysseus#posideon#bag of winds#the dude is innovative I’ll give you that#and then the Naruto move he pulled during the Vengeance Saga stream#i was gobsmacked#lmao#meme material fr#I enjoyed it#it was pretty fun#very funny#Hermes said not to open the bag#then Odysseus opens the bag#i was laughing so hard
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Some more shots I liked from the stream (That I shall use for reaction photos heheh) (SHOUT OUT TO THE ARTISTS)
OK time to go doodle more vengance saga stuff goodbye
here is the stream go watch it
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So... The Vengeance Saga
Mr. Rivera-Herrans is really trying to release the entire musical by the end of this year, isn't he?
But seriously, the dedication this man has for his project is admirable. He drops song after song and even if they're not all bangers, the quality is still extremely high. He deserves all the money and appreciation he's getting - and same goes, of course, for all the talented people who gave their voices! These songs wouldn't be as impactful without those great artists, so they deserve love and recognition too.
Said that... well, this saga is even more videogame-y than the last. We get the big boss battle and the closing of a resentment that has been going on for ten long years. And even if it was great and I understand it for the overall plot and how it's gonna close in the last saga, I am also a bit perplexed by it.
But let's start from the beginning.
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Not Sorry For Loving You: just like Done For was a way for Mr. Rivera-Herrans to expand more on Circe's mentality and reasons, this song tells us more about Calypso and why she acts the way she does.
Calypso is young - not physically, but mentally. She has always been alone, so she never had someone who taught her best or explained to her what love is. She never saw other people being in love or having any kind of relationship. She doesn't understand what love is.
However, she is enamored with the concept of love. The idea of having someone else to keep her company. So when she found this man on her shore, she fell in love immediately - exactly like a young girl with her first crush.
And, in a way, that's how she acts with Odysseus: she gets immediately, completely obsessed with him and ignores his life and relationships. She doesn't see him as a separate human being with his own mind and reasons: Odysseus is just her lover, that's the role she designed for him and the one he must play. Like a kid playing with a doll, Calypso plays with him and forces him inside the dollhouse she designed for him (Ogygia).
But then teens grow up and learn that other people are more than their dolls: they are their own persons, they have their own wants and needs and said wants and needs may differ from the ones the teens forced upon them.
Calypso never grew up, because she never met other people, nor had any example of human relationships: she has always been stuck in the "teen mentality". So now that the toy has been taken away from her, now she has to deal with the truth that Odysseus has never been hers. That he has always been his own human being, with his own wants and needs. And that she's not part of them.
Of course now she's angry and desperate, of course now she doesn't know what to do and how to deal with rejection: she never had a real relationship with another human being. She never had anyone, besides him. She herself said it!
And now, unfortunately for her, she has to face the harsh truth: Odysseus never loved her. And now that he's leaving, she will be alone again, left to think and ponder about what happened. And, hopefully, learn from her mistakes and mature.
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Dangerous: Hermes is back and brings another banger of a song. I love all the voices of this musical, but the way he laughs and sings is just <3 <3 <3
I also noticed how Odysseus reacts with a lot of confidence and firmness to Hermes' words. Is he going to face dangerous things? He's accustomed to danger, he can and will be dangerous as much as he needs. As he said: "I'm gonna use ruthlessness".
And oh boy if he will.
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Charybdis: I am a bit disappointed by the lack of voice or, well, anything else from Charybdis. It's just a random monster and the battle isn't even so interesting. It's just a monster after all and Odysseus gets past it fairly easily - he just uses his cleverness and bam, problem solved. He didn't even need the "mindset change" Hermes talked about.
I get that this song is more of a "link" between Odysseus leaving Ogygia and his meeting with Poseidon but... I don't know, I think it could've been used better. And Charybdis deserved some more attention - or at least to speak/make any noise at all.
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Get in the Water: Poiseidon is back, baby. And he's still as pissed as he was 10 years ago.
Ah, the Greek gods. Huge stubborn babies.
I would also like to point out the crescendo in Odysseus' actions towards Poseidon. First, he tries to let the whole "vengeance/being pissed at him" thing drop:
Aren't you tired, Poseidon? It's been ten years, how long will this go? We're both hurting from losses So why not leave this here and just go home?
Then he tries to convince Poseidon to forgive him:
Maybe you could learn to forgive?
So the next step is supposed to be another clever trick, right?
Weeeeell... not exactly.
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Six Hundred Strike: we all love a boss battle. The music is truly epic, worth the confrontation we waited for so long. The voices are incredible, both Jorge and Mr. Rodriguez have been incredible in conveying a ton of emotions into their lines.
And the Rule of Cool plays a huge role here, in making Odysseus look as badass as ever. The way he orders Poseidon to call out the storm, the "exactly" he says while he picks up the trident, his last chilling line... he's the king of Ithaca, sure, but also the king of badass.
The ultra-violence was not what I expected, but I am not complaining about that either. I understand this choice: it shows how much Odysseus changed over time, how he became the monster and it works as a great preview of what we will see in the Ithaca saga. Also, it's a clever solution for the narrative: the gods are immortal, so why not use this immortality against them?
Having said all that, what's the problem?
I just think it feels a bit rushed. The moment before, Odysseus was still trying to talk to Poseidon and reason his way out of this confrontation - like he should do, since he's famous for his silver tongue and his ability with words.
But the moment later, he gets out of the water with a goddamn jetpack and resorts to brute violence. Like... what?
I am not saying it cannot work, just... I think it should've been played differently. Maybe by giving him a bit more time to go from 'talk' to 'violence'.
Also because: how am I supposed to believe Odysseus is a monster, if one moment before he was still trying to reason with Poseidon? He didn't try to reason with the sirens, he tricked and killed them all. He didn't try to reason with Scylla, he just got past her. And he didn't try to reason with Calypso either, he was just too wrapped up in his own trauma, to do anything besides begging to die and/or leave.
But here, he tried to reason with Poseidon. And then, bam, violence. Again, it can work, but it needs more time/lines. Enough to show us, idk, that trauma overwhelmed him and because of that, he stopped reasoning and resorted to brute force? If the scene underwater with his loved ones dragging him down was supposed to convey this... well, it wasn't enough for me. It should've taken at least a few more lines.
Also, @oreramar made a great point in their post: what is preventing Poseidon from retreating and going back in the future to pursue his vengeance? He waited 10 years and we know he holds grudges: what stops him from waiting 10 more years and coming back to destroy everything as he threatened Odysseus to do? Or what, being stabbed is enough for him to drop the revenge idea entirely?
However, if we consider the original poem, the other gods basically helped Odysseus behind Poseidon's back and the revenge idea disappears once the Phaeacians bring him home... so, well, Poseidon dropping the revenge idea is coherent to canon :P
And now... one saga left. The last one! We already reached the end! It felt like yesterday when I found out about this musical and started following its genesis... soon, we will see its conclusion.
But before that, as always, shower the current saga with love, stream it, listen to it and enjoy it. It's a great work and deserves it.
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#epic the musical#epic the wisdom saga#the vengeance saga#vengeance saga#not sorry for loving you#dangerous#charybdis#get in the water#600 strike#epic odysseus#epic calypso#epic hermes#epic poseidon#as always listen and stream this saga too#they are truly great
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final athena doodles before the vengeance saga because GODDESSES CANT DIE DONT LIE TO ME
#i imagine her with a helmet but the art wasnt arting so#VENGEANCE SAGA STREAM TOMORROW AAAAAA#anyways ill be back to probably go insane over it soon#epic the musical#epic the musical fanart#athena#epic the musical art#epic the musical athena
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Being completely serious I love epic so much especially the community surrounding the music I think this is one of the most wholesome fan experiences I’ve ever had in my life. Jorge and the other cast members deserve all the love and recognition they get for the work they put into this and I will never not be in awe of what they’ve created (also happy one week birthday to vengeance)
#21 million streams in less than a week#the vengeance saga is just that powerful#epic the musical#epic#epic the vengeance saga#jorge rivera herrans
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