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Noticed in the Troy Saga that the characterization of Polites and Eurylochus is intentionally almost opposite of each other. Gentle vs Strong. Neither of them are bad, they’re just intentionally different from each other.

My favorite way Jay shows this difference in the characters before anything else is the way the other characters say their names.

Eurylochus is introduced with several strong voices layered on top of each other. You can hear and feel the authority and respect in how they say his name.

Polites on the other hand is only introduced with Odysseus saying his name, and he says it in a very gentle and fond way.

It’s just so extremely interesting to casually listen to Epic repeatedly and still find small things like this that just show how much thought JRH has put into the whole thing.

#epic the musical #epic the troy saga #Odysseus #the odyssey #eurylochus #polites #jorge rivera herrans

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okay, I know virtually nothing about DCU, I’m more of a Marvel fan, but every Spiderman Kin has been seeing Spidey in Gotham fics and I’m not any different

Everything I know about the BatFam is through osmosis from fanfiction.. But. Jason Todd. I love him. So much. BatFam fandom I’m begging y’all

Can I get some Jason Todd centric fanfic recs? The more Angst the better, I would like to be crying over this man

#batfam #dcu #dc comics #batman #jason todd #red hood #bruce wayne #Fanfic #ao3 #fanfic rec #edit: SUCCESS! thank you #don’t stop sending them my way tho

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I’ve realized something.. Odysseus uses the actions of Polyphemus, Circe, and Poseidon and twists them in ways to make them okay, or to justify taking those same actions himself.

He’s saying, “If these people can do monstrous actions without a second thought, does that mean it’s okay? And if it’s okay for them, then it’s okay for me.”

But, they’re not people at all. It’s in a monsters nature to be a monster. It’s the Gods. of course they don’t place value in mortal/human lives.

Odysseus. Hun. You’re comparing Ants to Bears. Their actions aren’t okay, but they do them without hesitation because they don’t value human life. YOU. DO. You shouldn’t follow their examples, please.

#epic the musical #odysseus #the odyssey #jorge rivera herrans #epic the underworld saga #the underworld saga #epic the cyclops saga #epic the ocean saga #epic the circe saga #polyphemus #circe #poseidon #can you tell I have a lot of thoughts about epic #3 songs is all I need to spiral into a deep depth character analysis

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Hunger

#god this is so fucking beautiful op #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #dunmeshi #laios touden #kabru #labru #fanart #dungeon meshi fanart #art #drawing

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the kids at CHB would 100% sing songs from Epic: the musical around the campfire

#pjo fandom #pjo #pjo series #percy jackson #annabeth chase #epic the musical #jorge rivera herrans

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This. I wasn’t sure how to word it, but this is it right here.

"All i hear are screams" Because that's what he wants to hear. He's fine with people blaming him and yelling at him. He doesn't want to hear Polites gently singing his motto. He doesn't want to hear his mom's soft voice saying how much she loves him.

He wants to be hated and punished, he doesn't want to hear that they believed in him until the end.

So all he chooses to hear are screams

#epic the musical #odysseus #the odyssey #polites #anticlea #epic the underworld saga #the underworld saga

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Well, i'm not okay. Y'all can't be either.

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#the gentleness with which Odysseus says Polites’ name #greek mythology #epic the musical #epic the underworld saga #underworld saga #polites #odysseus #epic the musical fanart #digital art

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Factual.

visual representation of how it went

#epic the musical #the underworld saga #the odyssey #odysseus #jorge rivera herrans #epic the underworld saga #polites #Anticlea

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TRY NOT TO CRY CHALLENGE (IMPOSSIBLE): The Underworld from the Underworld Saga of Epic the Musical

#I lost so quick #epic the musical #the underworld saga #epic the underworld saga #jorge rivera herrans #Odysseus #the odyssey

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Odysseus heard “Yo I see a man next to your wife. Yeah he’s covered in blood and has killed a BUNCH of people.” And really went “Well I gotta make sure that’s me. No one else can be that but me, I’ll make sure of it.”

#he’s so stupid in the best of ways #I love him #epic the underworld saga #epic the musical #odysseus #tiresias #no longer you #monster #the underworld saga #the odyssey

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#PLEASE #epic the musical #epic the underworld saga #odysseus #like calm down the man is you #the underworld saga #the odyssey

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“ventured too far” just feels like something a mother would say about her little kid.

Odysseus is his mother’s baby always and forever, he just ventured a little bit aways, surely he’ll be back by his mother’s side soon. right where he should be. soon.

#epic the musical #epic the underworld saga #underworld saga #jorge rivera herrans #Odysseus #the odyssey #Anticlea #The underworld

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…Something something what if I’m the monster *aggressive sobbing* something something Self Fulfilling Prophecies…

#epic the musical #epic the underworld saga #underworld saga #jorge rivera herrans #Odysseus #the odyssey #he self fulfilled that thing so quickly too #took him like #3:39 exactly

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is everyone doing ok? i'm not :)

even his death was greeted with open arms...

#epic the musical #epic the underworld saga #odysseus #polites #jorge rivera herrans #underworld saga

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Odysseus singing “All I hear are screams” immediately after his mother’s Verse, as if the screams of fallen soldiers and strangers are better than the soft voice of his Mother with the knowledge that she died waiting for him and he was too late.

#like #no you’re hearing more than screams hun #epic the musical #epic the underworld saga #the underworld #underworld saga #jorge rivera herrans #anticlea #her verse is the softest in the entire musical too

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Adding the fact that, we really didn’t hear about Anticlea throughout the musical much. Even in the Ocean Saga when Ody is dreaming of Penelope and Telemachus we don’t hear about his mom.

We hear Odysseus pleading with Pen&Tel that he’s still the same and hasn’t changed, because he’s worried they won’t want him/won’t accept him if he’s changed too much.

With the context of his mother though… She’s his Mom. He wasn’t pleading with her in the dreams because he knows in his heart that no matter how much he’s changed his mother would accept him back as soon as she laid her eyes on him.

Except now he won’t ever get that easy acceptance, because she died while he was away.

The fact that both Penelope and Anticlea were waiting for Odysseus, they sang with longing, waiting, no matter how long it would take before he came back home. Only one will ever see him return back home, and even then he is a changed man, he’s no longer the same-

#I felt this was a necessary addition #epic the musical #waiting #anticlea #waiting for odysseus #odysseus #epic the underworld saga #the underworld #underworld saga #epic the ocean saga #the odyssey #jorge rivera herrans #telemachus #Penelope

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“Even if you’re the last thing I see, I’ll be waiting”

Voiced by Jay’s mom.. it’s the softest part of the whole musical, those were her last thoughts as she died, Odysseus hadn’t seen her in 10 Years. Odysseus recognized her voice immediately. He Joins her in singing. I’m devastated. Actually sobbing.

#epic #epic the musical #epic the underworld saga #underworld saga #jorge rivera herrans #Odysseus #the odyssey #screaming crying #glad I waiting till after work to listen