Hey So Anyone Remember That Cut Song “Need Her To Be Mine”? Yeah I Just Realized That The Way Young

the friend group basically

This has aged very very well

not ready for the moment we actually see Penelope in Epic. because if the first time we see her is also the first time Odysseus sees her I will walk into a river

Tumbles I need someone to jump start my brain.

In “I Can’t Help but Wonder”, Odysseus has a line where he goes “today you’re not alone”, and he has a little partial riff where he holds that “alone”.

Is that supposed to be a shortened version of the “Telemachus” riff or am I just losing it???

As I am listening to God Games, I has dawned on me that when Athena calls Ares out and tells him to hold his tongue, the following melody is the bit in Warrior of The Mind in which Athena is singing about young Odysseus. Ya know, the “one day a boy came for the thrill” bit.

Actively filing a complaint, going bonkers, screaming and crying. Jorge Riverra Herrans once again ripping our hearts out. He may continue doing so.

Odysseus defenders unite, we will very politely educate the Epic girlies about the original text.

Ooooh epic girlies (mostly on TikTok) I am BEGGING you to learn the mythology because no. No no no Circe and Calypso are not girlboss. No you do not want to ship the with Odysseus.

Girl I am begging you. Do not call original Odysseus a cheater I am still saying it. Don’t go down this bath girl. Hold my hand and we will read the myths together so you understand

The possibly Odyssean task of figuring out what’s for dinner.

“Let me interrogate the pantry. I’m thinking of pasta”

Pantry is borderline empty, so is the fridge. Theres Orzo but I made orzo yesterday.

“Ok what about rice and eggs”

Barely any eggs in the fridge

“Ok what about chicken”

No chicken.

“Okay what about potatoes?”

No potatoes

“Let me then make some mango sticky rice”

No mangoes. No coconut milk.

So now I have to go get mangoes and coconut milk, but I also just need to go grocery shopping because the kitchen is BARREN.

Do you guys think Odysseus could do math? Discuss, go crazy.

Odysseus really was sick and tired of Polites haunting the narrative huh?

guess you could call that a. shippy cup

I have like…0 expertise in music, but I WILL find a way to make a motif for Achilles just for me. Just because I want to. For my little hypothetical Ilion the musical.

Achilles’ instrumental motif would have to be something that can be played slowly for elegance, but also rapidly and can be distorted to truly encapsulate his rage. Something similar to how Odysseus’ motif and instrument (guitar) can be sped up, slowed down, and distorted to show his caring, wits, and ruthlessness.

Achilles is a great warrior, but also a musician. We see him drag Hector’s body around Troy, but we also see him gracefully playing his lyre to Patroclus. My current thought is that maybe Achilles’ instrument could be a violin. It’s graceful, can be played in high action scenes, and we have that lovely distortion of the instrument that can work beautifully when used properly. Oh yeah and it has an electric counterpart which Jorge can use for more supernatural moments in the story…or something like that.