So….hows Everyone Doing After The Watch Party?

Today’s agenda: listen to the entirety of Vengeance to find motifs and my favorite songs. So far in order my favorites are…

1.Charybdis

2.Dangerous

3.Get in The Water

4.600 Strike

5.Not Sorry for Loving You

Please note I loved every single song, but I need to re listen to them to give proper thoughts

guess you could call that a. shippy cup

Ya know, I’m curious how Jorge will address Odysseus leaving Calypso’s island. In The Odyssey it’s super simple; Zeus and Hermes pull up to Ogiga (I can’t spell) and basically just proclaims “man’s gotta get home” and then Calypso is forced to help Odysseus construct a raft.

But this is Epic: The Musical. This is Mr. Jorge Riverra Herrans we are talking about. There are so many instances in which Jorge has cranked the dial up from 1-20, making simple instances in The Odyssey more dramatic than they used to be. One of these instances is God Games.

I predict one of two things that could occur for Odysseus’ escape from Calypso’s island.

1. Hermes helps Odysseus use his wits as well as some form of violence like in Suffering/Different beast where he finds out wether or not goddesses can die

2. Hermes helps Odysseus escape Calypso’s island solid snake style on some sort of very long stealth mission. Idk how he quietly made a raft, who knows.

Either way we will see what happens. See you mates on the 30th :)

Finally going to watch The Return. I’d like to formally apologize for the person I will become after those near two hours of film.

To all drivers with a certain yellow and black Camaro, I thank you. The rush of dopamine I feel whenever I see one in the wild is always needed.

Hey so…

Is it me or does Telemachus’ reassurance to Athena kind of remind anyone of Polites, especially with the kind of lighthearted instrumental?

I might be going even more bonkers

This question will be another outlier from the cabinet because I can do whatever I want forever.

Genshin friends I require assistance.

So, I have discovered (mainly through ABD illustrates, shoutout to him) that many genshin impact characters have some sort of specific design motif for their region. Some examples include Liyue characters having tassels, Sumeru characters having gold or gemstones in their designs, or Fontaine characters having a bow.

I’ve been trying to look at the different designs of the Natlan characters specifically, and whenever I think I’ve found the motif, a new character drops that breaks that trend. For example, I thought that every Natlan character would have some sort of braid in their hair, but this was disproven with Ororon and Mavuika.

Has anyone found Natlan’s design trend?

There are so many books I want to read, but alas, I am SO BUSY.

Today’s news is a singular degree away from Greek Mythology/Epic.

Just listened to Troy Doherty’s new song “Libra”. Go listen to this man’s music. Absolute fire song. Can’t wait for Scorpio to drop.

THIS GOES CRAZYYYYYYY

I haven't really seen anyone talk about this, which could simply mean I'm not chronically online enough, BUT let's point out a particularly chilling parallel I recently noticed in Epic: The Musical.

So, in the Circe Saga, we open up with the lovely song Puppeteer. We've talked about it, we've fawned over it, we all know every word to this song, I'm sure. But as I was listening to it last night (woohoo, statistics homework), a few lines stuck out to me that hadn't really before. Eurylochus is trying to convince Odysseus to just pack up and leave, and Ody replies with,

"Of course I'd like to leave now. Of course I'd like to run. But I can hardly sleep now, knowing everything we've done."

Which, you know, makes sense. Our guys have been at war for 10 whole years, at the conclusion of which our boy Ody drops an infant off a wall. But then, much later, comes 600 Strike (another banger of a song). And what is the exchange at the end of this song?

"After everything you've done, how will you sleep at night?"

"Next to my wife."

Like.

Bro.

That line went hard regardless of literally anything else when I first listened to the song, but now taking in the greater context of the whole musical? The fact that Odysseus himself at one point spoke of how he could hardly sleep because of his actions?? And is now so far off the deep end that it doesn't even cross his mind anymore???

I just about lost my ever-loving MIND last night when it all hit me. Anyways, here's my small contribution to the fandom.