#it thundered for a bit but

[dottores]

YAAAAAAAA the chapter is on for friday, i just finished it at the hotel after we got back from the park. take a sneak peak

[mischievous-thunder]

The most flirtatious Logie Bear variant did use those words to mean whatever Wade wanted them to mean

[captainmyveryowndreamland]

Odysseus: *goes through literal hell and heartache to lose his open arms approach and become more cunning, like Athena wanted*

Athena in the second to last song: Hey you know what we should try...

[rustic-space-fiddle]

so anyway this scene almost had me in a 6 car pileup on the highway (edit: literally forgot a panel)

been struggling to find the drive to draw for fun and EPIC is slowly reigniting that drive so thanks Mr jalapeño

[aquamarineglow]

I think they'd be friends

[madbard]

While listening to Epic, I noticed an interesting pattern with how antagonists are portrayed, and how Odysseus’ interactions with them are coded.

In Epic, the monsters Odysseus faces are rarely fighting for their own sake. Polyphemus attacks Odysseus’ crew to avenge his sheep, and Poseidon destroys his ships as revenge for his son’s suffering. Similarly, Circe only threatens Odysseus to protect her nymphs. Odysseus does not kill any of these enemies, and while he is occasionally criticized for letting them go free, the overall implication is that he did the right thing by sparing them.

Then we hit the Thunder Saga, and Odysseus begins his arc as a ‘monster’ by killing the sirens. His actions here are brutal, and whether or not they are justified is, I think, up to the listener. However, it’s significant that the sirens are the first foes Odysseus faces on his journey who aren’t either defending or avenging what they love. They attack unprovoked, and while Odysseus’ method of execution is gory, he is never punished for it by other characters within the narrative. Apollo is the only one to protest, and even he is swayed easily when Athena says (among other things) that the sirens were “trying to do him worse.” The sirens attacked first, and while Odysseus’ response was ‘monstrous,’ his crew obeyed his commands and he was not challenged or ostracized for giving said commands. He is only treated as a monster when he yields to Scylla, who also attacked without provocation.

Thus, in Epic, the monsters fighting to protect or avenge their loved ones are protected by the very story - killing them may be more convenient, but it isn’t the answer. However, the monsters who attack without provocation, for their own amusement or satisfaction, do not receive such respect. Killing them is acceptable, and cooperating with them is monstrous.

By this logic, Odysseus is justified in his actions, however atrocious. He attacks to protect his family, and therefore deserves mercy.

The suitors, on the other hand…

[yume-fanfare]

handshake event <3

[ochiody]

scylla design

[skeletalheartattack]

[arsonway]

arcadion challenger glamours! i did magazine style edits this time :>

[spacedem0n]

So. Um. I need to calm down

[mischievous-thunder]

The tough choices Wade has to face on a daily basis

[nyssasatelier]

Your girl is suffering trying to teach herself how to animate rn

But that's alright because there is no price I wouldn't pay to draw a grown man blushing like a school girl over his wife

[xxthunderthedragonxx]

IT FINALLY HAPPENED im gonna frame this and put it on my wall

[very-gay-poet]

no no no because like every time I listen to Wouldn't You Like and around the 2 minute mark Hermes does that high note I always imagine him just breaking the 4th wall like for example if it was a theater he'd just jump off stage and walk up and down the aisle, and in animation he'd jump through the screen and eat popcorn and Ody is just like "???? What ????where????Did he go???" like looking around everywhere and that's why he yells "Hermes! Thank you." because he's finally in view again and Hermes, still eating popcorn, is just like "huh what oh yeah no I wouldn't thank me yet you'll probably die lmao but ah good luck and you better win I got bets on this toodaloo"

[numbuh424]

this is the only way we could have met. goodbye, L Lawliet. 🌙