#such a windbag

[microvibing]

Hermes n Aeolus in vengeance saga

[nyssasatelier]

omg i found the draft version of that one post i made and it's somehow even better

Vengeance saga :

[taitavva]

the consequences of taking any wayward child with red eyes under your wing ....

(sequel to this + full text under cut)

[jazzy-a]

Both times Hermes shows up, he always has some secret weapon to arm Odysseus with.

Hermes:

[corrosive-star-system]

"please do not the windbag"

Stupid little doodle i made

Based of this stupid wikihow meme

[mintchocolateleaves]

Part of the tragedy of Epic is the fact that Odysseus’ crew put him on a pedestal after the battle of Troy, in which not a single one of his men died, and the moment he made a mistake with the Cyclops and showed he was just a man like the rest of them, they started losing trust in him, bit by bit, leading Odysseus’ descent into a monster. In this essay, I will—

[wateryourfuckingplants]

maybe the true treasure was the wind bags we opened along the way

[jimmydeantofu]

No one:

Odysseus in the Vengeance Saga:

[island-in-the-shadows]

Did I need to write Armand bending Daniel over the railing of their opera box at the Met opera and railing him while making the mortals ignore them during the intermission of La Boheme in the fall of 1977? No.

But it's where the story wanted to go, babes.

[blueberrymuffin674]

So did anyone else notice the chorus in the background when Poseidon is getting stabbed. Only gods can do than but I don't think Poseidon should have the mind to summon it in the moment of panic, I mean, the guy is getting impaled by a mortal. And Odysseus is related to Hermes, and Odysseus' eyes were glowing red. Either it's his rage literally making him temporary not human not god, a certain god helping him(NOT ATHENA), Or his rage breaks the laws of F***king physics! either that or Aeolus' wind bag made the chorus with leftover god magic because it likes drama.

i rest my case. please comment. I'm bored and I like responding to comments or reading them. (IM LISTENING TO THE STABBING SCENE RIGHT NOT OH GODS) lol i've evolved into saying "OH GODS" instead of "OH GOD" because of this musical.

[meilas]

Mozart was the pop artist of his day. Beethoven was the true musician.

[reigning-king-of-ithaca]

So are we not gonna talk about how there were NO happy songs in the Vengeance saga..?

I mean Dangerous kinda was but that beginning?? Tears.

[thatpyroblogs]

Long 600 Strike Rant

Spoilers for the song 600 Strike below

Had a night to think over what I saw and man I am still so disappointed by that song and, mostly specifically, the animation. Now I want to clarify that I mean what the animation showed (and thus what Jorge asked the animator to do) not the quality of the animation (it was nicely made). I just really hated the windbag jetpack. I know Jorge has repeatedly talked about how anime is a big inspiration for him and also how he would like Epic to be turned into a videogame, but man that jetpack is just came out of nowhere to me.

Not a big fan of beating a god with what appears to be the strength of his 600 dead men (and I'm not sure how many of them would want to help him given how some of them die). I'm also wondering what is supposed to keep Poseidon from just flooding Ithaca after he heals back up. I can't imagine him actually being so scared of Odysseus that he won't try and get revenge. The man lives on a tiny island! Poseidon has destroyed bigger before!

I think part of what I'm really hating is I see a way it could have worked. If Jorge had had Athena met back up with Odysseus at some point before 600 strikes. She would still be weak and messed up from God Games, but her and Odysseus working together would even the playing field in the fight against Poseidon.

This would bring the musical story back on track with the actual story. In the story Athena calms Poseidon's storm for Odysseus allowing him to get to the safety of Phaecia. Epic could have continued with the plan to skip Phaeacia and just had Athena's Epic version of calming of the storm be her and Odysseus reconciling and working together to take down Poseidon.

My version of 600 Strike would have had Athena pulling the drowning Odysseus into quick time where they reconcile and agree to work together to defeat Poseidon. Odysseus still uses the windbag, but only to escape the water (no jetpack). If the whole flying still has to happen why not divine owl wings from Athena or something similar? Either way together they should be able to take on Poseidon as there is precedent for Athena giving mortals the ability to kick godly butt (looking at you Diomedes).

Then after that Odysseus can still end up stuck on the rock with a weakened Poseidon. Athena, who again still hasn't recovered from God Games, no longer has the energy to keep pumping divine energy into Odysseus, thus he returns to being a mortal man . Poseidon taunts the two just like in the song since Odysseus has no divine help now and he opened the windbag allowing Poseidon's storm to now trap him.

Odysseus would still pick up the trident and torture Poseidon. Now you can even have Poseidon begging Athena to call off her champion and her refusing to stop Odysseus as he gets his vengeance. Poseidon eventually agrees to let Odysseus go with the knowledge he is now protected once more by Athena.

Though I'm still not sure that solves the whole Poseidon being petty and drowning Ithaca or Odysseus at a later date issue. Maybe during the torture bit have Poseidon say something about how the other gods won't let Odysseus get away with what he is doing to him. Then you can have Athena reveal that Zeus has sanctioned what is happening to Poseidon. I feel like if Zeus is thrown in as supposedly having interest in Ithaca/Odysseus than Poseidon would be less likely to retaliate at a later date.

Of course maybe I'm overthinking something that won't turn out to be a plot hole. Maybe there will be some info given in one of the last songs that will reveal why Poseidon can't just come back later and ruin Odysseus's life. I'm really hoping that happens and 600 Strike can just become the one song where I ignore the official animation. I'm also hoping we get Athena back at some point before the end of the musical. I really don't want God Games to be her last appearance. I'm afraid how she is handled might end up being another disappointing bit to this musical.

[agentaace]

Eurylochus: Know how I know Odysseus's plans don't always work?

Eurylochus: Because sometimes I sabatoge them

[pianokantzart]

[missdarhk]

odysseus in the vengence saga be like