Tryna Keep My Ody Consistent And Failing Spectacularly

"My name is nobody."

Odysseus and Penelope before Ody leaving for war

Let me take this space to express how much I adore this animatic.

I've been waiting for Anni's version ever since I saw the very first spoiler because it displayed a part that I really wanted to see in Thunderbringer's animatic, which is the symbolism aspect and how much Eurylochus plays a big role in this song.

Thunderbringer is the song that Zeus is officially introduced after his vague appearance in The Horse and the Infant,. In many of the animatics that came out, they focused on displaying Zeus' power, which was really cool. But what I wanted from the song is how Zeus' appearance affected characters like Odysseus and Eurylochus.

The part that really gave me goosebumps was when Zeus transformed into the bull/cattle that Eurylocus killed. Plus, in the beginning, he used a comparison of objectifying/maltreat of women to play with Odysseus who was powerless and desperate to get home.

And the facial expressions! Anni is someone who can play with the characters' facial expressions in a way that squeezes my heart in to jelly. Oh my god Odysseus is so messed up leave the pathetic wet cat of a man alone please. And when I went to read the comments, Anni even put small details about the scene where the crew rushed in to attack Odysseus. We saw some of the crew with wedding rings. It further emphasized that everyone wanted to go home. Everyone on this ship was like Odysseus, except they had no power to decide and had to do everything they could, which was really their last ditch effort.

I really like it because no animator gave Eurylocus much importance in this song, even though it was his last appearance in this story (As in being alive). Anni emphasized Eurylocus's guilt so goddamn well. I also agree that in the end, Eurylocus would be the only one who didn't attack Odysseus. The two of them had known each other for a very long time. I believe that Eurylocus knew what kind of person Odysseus was, and he knew what Odysseus would decide, which is why he asked him for the last time, "But we'll die." I think that sounds more like someone who had given up rather than struggling.

And at the end when Penelope showed up, everyone else made Zeus do the bibbidi bobbidi boo here’s the illusion of your wife! Anni made Zeus shape-shifted in to Penelope himself. It hurt so much oh my god. Disguising himself right in front of his eyes and it was so obvious to but Odysseus is just too tired, it’s been so long since he felt her embrace, and he will gladly accept any thing even if it’s just a lie. It further emphasizes how desperate Odyssey was to go home to his kid and wife :(

Lastly, Anni I love you so much. Thank you for putting so much love and effort in to all of your work! 💙

( And of course cred to @anniflamma go watch anni’s animatic! )

Here’s the Odydio god Au I did in late October oh my god I completely forgot about this

My bad I just woke up and finished my breakfast, here it is!

So this Au is about Odysseus dying at one point in the war and Athena turned him in to a god (idk how that work) so now he’s like the mix of Athena and Hermes. But the thing is his memories are completely wiped out and he fully believes that he’s a god from the start. All the memories of his family , friends are all gone.

He seeks out a Greek hero to be his warrior (just like Athena) and came across Diomedes (who he completely forgot about). Diomedes is still in the process of mourning Odysseus death, having a full on mental breakdown all alone in his tent for months and Odysseus just randomly appeared one day and offer himself to be Diomedes’s patron. And Dio did not listen, he just need to embrace Odysseus just one more time even though this is just a shell of who he once loved (Leading in to the bottom pic of the second image) He accepted Odysseus offer and doesn’t speak a words about who they once were in fear of Odysseus leaving him again.

And things continue just like the Iliad, Greek won. Everyone returns home. But instead of living peacefully away from war like the original, Diomedes continues to fight in various wars just for him to be able to stay with Odysseus. He will die fighting at one point, and Odysseus will move on to find a new hero to be his warrior.

You know i had to

Silly goober <3

Pulled from my other post :3

i saw someone mention the idea of odysseus having nightmares of his crew. yes, that would be bad. but i mean. if i was going to cook one up specifically to mess him up it would be waking up on the beach with Calypso like 'morning sleepyhead~' so he ends up thinking that getting home was either a dream or he's in a time loop.

i can't count how many times awakened in fear nightly palms sweating

dreams of promises i made to no one but myself have been crushed daily // demons - avenged sevenfold

What’s that little Ody bug doing today?

Hes doing good!! Bought him some chocolates to share with Penny

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