And That Is Why We Hear The Melody Of "Just A Man". Because That's What Odysseus Is. Not A Monster Or

And that is why we hear the melody of "Just a Man". Because that's what Odysseus is. Not a monster or something else. He is just a man who wants to come home.

And Penelope is the one who helps him see that.

And That Is Why We Hear The Melody Of "Just A Man". Because That's What Odysseus Is. Not A Monster Or

Still thinking about EPIC because I just love how EPIC handles Ody’s guilt.

Now, I don’t think I need to deep dive on how Odysseus’ guilt drives him in Act I. We’ve been obsessing over that for ages lmao, but very briefly: He feels awful for killing the infant Astyanax, and tries to force Polites’ “Open Arms” philosophy in order to ease that guilt.

Then, in “Monster,” Odysseus grapples with how his guilt leads him to make mistakes, asking: “What if I’m the one who killed you / every time I caved to guilt?”

And the implication is that gives up his guilt, deciding he needed to be a monster who “threw that guilt away.” And yet.

He never does.

He never stops feeling guilty—not about what he does in Act I, and not about what he does in Act II. We see it in how he agonizes over Zeus’ impossible choice in “Thunder Bringer”; in “Love in Paradise” when he’s haunted by the ghosts of his loved ones. And it’s not like he’s unaware of what he’s doing—Odysseus knows he’s been trying to suppress his feelings, most of all guilt and remorse.

In “Six Hundred Strike,” Poseidon rhetorically asks “How will you sleep at night?” He wants to know how Odysseus is going to live with his guilt, if he even still feels guilt. Odysseus answers his rhetorical question literally, “Next to my wife.”

Which, not only is that just a raw line, but it also does give a rhetorical answer. Odysseus knows that he isn’t going to be okay, that the guilt will way him up inside for the rest of his days, but he also knows he can count on Penelope. That she will help him shoulder his burden.

And he’s prove right in “Would You Fall in Love with Me Again.”

Because, finally. After twenty years, Odysseus is home, safe and sound—and all at once the guilt hits him. The pain and regret over every decision he had to make comes crashing down the moment he no longer had to suppress it.

And he hates it; he hates himself for making those choices, even when there was no other way to get home.

So he tries to dehumanize himself once more—to convince Penelope and himself that he’s become some kind of remorseless monster. Because that’s how he coped with it last time. That’s how he survived “Monster.”

And Penelope sees right through his bullshit. She cuts through his guilt and self-loathing to tell him, in no uncertain terms, that he is still human; that he is loved. And in doing so, tells him that it’s okay to grieve, to feel that guilt and let it go. He’s suffered enough.

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3 months ago

You all need to read this!!! It is as heartwarmingly sweet as fresh baked apple pie!!!!

I love this so much! It gives me diabetes i swear!!!!

EPIC: THE FAIR MAIDEN
EPIC: THE FAIR MAIDEN
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EPIC: THE FAIR MAIDEN
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EPIC: THE FAIR MAIDEN

EPIC: THE FAIR MAIDEN

sum. : You wake up in the EPIC: The Musical universe on Odysseus’ boat just as they’ve set sail back to Ithaca. And you just so happen to be equipped with the skills and game mechanics of your favourite comfort game: Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Might as well go with the flow and help your favourite characters get home safe. But whispers begin to circulate on your association with the gods as a being with miracle powers — uh oh….

relationships : plaotnic various epic characters/female reader -- platonic odysseus/reader ; platonic polites/reader ; platonic eurylochus/reader ; platonic elpenor/reader ; platonic perimedes/reader...

tags. : EPIC x ACNH ; reader is a comfort gamer ; female reader ; modern day reader ; pure comfort ; reader helps ody get home ; happy ending for everyone! ; isekai and transmigration ; fix it fic ; animal crossing new horizons game mechanics ; characters know their future

inspiration : i was inspired by my love and current obsession of epic the musical as well as my love for fix it fics, the animal crossing: new horizons game and the isekai and transmigration genre -- put together, it's all very niche so im writing this purely for fun and i'm happy to have anyone read this at all

EPIC: THE FAIR MAIDEN

chapters :

one : the second miracle [new] two : the favourable circumstance [new]

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EPIC: THE FAIR MAIDEN

taglist : @bluepanda08 ... [open]

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6 months ago

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT!!!!!

Odysseus is all alone and it is made clear by the "missing" chorus of men.......

Six hundred men…six hundred deaths under my command…cause I had only one goal in mind

AND THEN SILENCE. CAUSE THEY ARE ALL GONE??

You brain automatically fills in the voices but there’s nothing, it’s like they truly died and we hear the voices of the dead. This is horrible.

SICK MR.RIVERA-HERRANS, SICK IS WHAT YOU ARE.

3 months ago

ok but something something about how when 'Just a Man' is reprised in earlier sagas its always the part which goes

"when does a ripple become a tiddle wave, when does a man become a monster"

but in the last song 'Would You Fall in Love with Me Again' when its reprised it not that part but rather

"i'm just a man who's trying to go home, even after all the years away from what I've known, i'm just a man who's fighting for his life, deep down I would trade the world to see my son and wife"

and the symbolism of it because throughout the musical Odysseus was changed and his worldview different but at the core he is still the same man and ugh i cant articulate its so dhshshdgdwkakw

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3 months ago

I will fall in love with you

Over and over again

I don’t care how, where, or when

No matter how long it’s been

You’re mine

Don’t tell me you’re not the same person

You’re always my husband

And I’ve been waiting, waiting

Waiting, waiting

Waiting, waiting

Waiting, oh!

For you...

This is literally Y/N and Loki from Time after Time. This is their theme song, playing in the background in the last chapter. It's them.

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How Im Feelin Right Now Lads

how im feelin right now lads

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