Eurylochus, the Odyssey: "Every form of death is vile to us wretched mortals, but the most wretched way to die is by starvation. So, let us cut out the finest of Helios’ cattle, and sacrifice to the gods of the wide heavens. And if we return to Ithaca, our own land, let us build a fine temple to Helios Hyperion, and fill it with precious gifts. And if he is angered at the loss of his long-horned kine and chooses to wreck our ship, the other gods’ agreeing, well for myself I would rather die quickly in the waves, than waste away slowly on a desert island." Even in the original, Eurylochus really sounds like he had just kinda given up at this point
@christabeldjauhari2271
Ай бұрын
Yeaaa Eurylochus in Mutiny made me feel all sorts of wrong with how absolutely hopeless he sounds, pretty much suicidal ideation at that point :(
@danylonazarov
Ай бұрын
@@christabeldjauhari2271 Well, seeing how captain you relied on to lead you home is ready to sacrifice you, i wouldn't have much hope left either
@Thomazbr
Ай бұрын
It's not in the musical but by this point Eurylochus and crew were on the island for a month, starving to death, trapped by Poseidon's storm, just staring at the cattle everyday. Eurylochus just went "Fuck it, let's do this".
@Slash_to_your_heart
Ай бұрын
I will once more state that most of his fucking problems would be solved if he brought a fisherman with him
@christabeldjauhari2271
Ай бұрын
@@Slash_to_your_heart I'm not too sure if Poseidon would have let them stay still long enough to fish let alone get any fish but hey doesn't hurt to try
@honeyhoney6794
Ай бұрын
Some fun facts: - In the Odyssey, Circe is the one that tells Odysseus to steer close to Scylla because it’s either her or Charybis, but the latter would kill more men - The cattle belongs to Helios, the god of the sun, who is also CIRCE’S DAD It’s funny how even after they left Circe’s island, she’s still very important to the story
@bakugoufan1232
Ай бұрын
While you are probably correct (I'm not saying your wrong) I think for epic even though helios is the sun god at the time of the odyssey, I think for epic the sun god is going to be apollo because in god games when Zeus tells athena who of the gods she has to convince to let ody go, one of them is Apollo and helios doesn't pop up in the song any way so far.
@Isaidicannotdraw
Ай бұрын
Not to mention, Circe is the one who turned scylla into a monster
@SantosoWijaya
Ай бұрын
@@bakugoufan1232Apollo has major beef with the Greeks. They defiled him and his priestess, and they sacked Troy. Apollo is Troy’s patron deity.
@cora5403
Ай бұрын
@@bakugoufan1232I think that's just because Helios got his "apology" in this song (the apology / justice being that Zeus killed the people who disrespected and killed his cattle). The gods Athena has to convince are just half of the Olympians, nothing more. Although, while thinking a bit more about this, I do have to agree that this could make a lot of sense considering that Jorge has not posted anything from the Athena vs Apollo argument nither has not confirmed which sun god it was.
@honeyhoney6794
Ай бұрын
@@bakugoufan1232 I meant the original story when I commented but for Epic, I totally agree with you Plus Apollo is just cooler so I hope there’s a switch up lol
@cirrusB612
Ай бұрын
“The blood on your hands is something you won’t lose; *_all you can choose is whose.”_*
@randomwriter9570
Ай бұрын
Honestly I wish that line was in Thunderbringer, it would have been PERFECT
@cirrusB612
Ай бұрын
@@randomwriter9570 I think this works; in the Troy Saga Zeus was almost comforting him with the line. Here he couldn't care less. Plus it's on us to remember, which drives it home harder.
@mariannachierici2944
Ай бұрын
It's almost like it is: the big emphasis on "CHOOSE" and "someone's gonna die today and you have got the final say" it's basically the same thing as the dilemma in The Horse and The Infant - as Odysseus singing "please don''t make me do this" & the reprise of the chorus of Just a Man reinforce.
@marii.trd_
Ай бұрын
they are also quite literally a reverse of each other as ody chose who died in the first song of the first saga of the first half and the last song of (technically) also the first saga of the last half
@foreilise
Ай бұрын
WHAT TBE FYC
@JayJay-q4e
Ай бұрын
That melody that plays at the end of Thunderbringer is called “Telemachus’s Lullaby” if you weren’t hurting enough
@seohyeonchoi2150
Ай бұрын
Woah that's really cool! How did you did you find this out?
@SantosoWijaya
Ай бұрын
@@seohyeonchoi2150sneak previews from Jorge’s socials
@Stephanie-md6xy
Ай бұрын
Oh that's interesting! Doesn't the same melody play at the end of My Goodbye?
@blazegaming0822
Ай бұрын
@@seohyeonchoi2150 Jorge said it himself in discord a while back
@ysabellarivera8166
Ай бұрын
HEY! >:0
@aroseydragon2873
Ай бұрын
The reason for having Zeus make all those comparisons is because he is both a god of judgement and also a MASSIVE creep
@Geokerlake
Ай бұрын
Yea I mean its accurate considering how horny he is
@oceanberserker
Ай бұрын
And there's practically NO ONE in Greek Mythology that can check him. Face it, Zeus isn't called the Strongest of the Olympians for nothing.
@RWQFSFASXC8
Ай бұрын
@@oceanberserker Nyx can, she did it when protecting her son Hypnos from him (because he put him to sleep). But that's the only time she cared to do it.
@oceanberserker
Ай бұрын
@@RWQFSFASXC8 Why do you think I said Strongest of the OLYMPIANS?
@error8119
Ай бұрын
@@oceanberserkeridk if it’s “no one can check him” i feel it’s more “the ppl who have an actual chance at doing so never care enough to actually do so”. His brothers for example, Poseidon and Hades have been said to rival him in strength even if not stronger they’re pretty much close enough, but Hades wants nothing to do with Olympus usually and Poseidon doesn’t rlly care to be the king of all the gods, nor does he usually find fault in Zeus’ dealings anyway
@lauranielsen4707
Ай бұрын
Anyone else notice how during Thunder Bringer it is one of the first times the crew doesn't call out to Odysseus when they're about to die/in danger. Because for the first time during their travels they know that he wont save them. Even during Mutiny, when they leave the island, they turn to Odysseus for guidance, despite claiming not to trust him anymore. But this time, where it's their captain himself that dooms them, not a single person, not even Eurylochus calls for him to aide them. Odysseus has put himself(Penelope) first and the crew knows there's nothing to do about it, and instead accept he wont save them, and therefore attack him. Just a fun thing I noticed :)
@shinrin1081
Ай бұрын
YOU STOP
@m1sh474
Ай бұрын
i have 0 love for the crew of the odyssey
@omarsalem1219
Ай бұрын
Every fun indeed 🙂😂😭😭😭😭
@hindymarkowitz1340
Ай бұрын
Very well said. I like how you mentioned he puts Penelope first, not even his own life. I have a lot to say on that, actually, but I have absolutely no patience writing it all in a little comment section and you probably won't have patience reading all of it lol
@Geokerlake
Ай бұрын
@@m1sh474 Hey man, ik its a story but realistically speaking if the man whom you entrust your lives to has chosen tht the cost doesnt matter, fear runs in, especially since after all theyve been through Odysseus is their last hope and tht hope has now become your doom. YOU FIGHT FOR YOUR SURVIVAL
@AereliaOfTheCrows
Ай бұрын
I do appreciate that AnniFlamma animated Zeus as appearing younger than her Poseidon. Zeus is so commonly the big white beard guy that everyone forgets he's canonically the youngest brother of the original 6 Olympians.
@agatha6999
Ай бұрын
Anni has said thats Jorge’s design for Zeus
@kokocarillo9931
Ай бұрын
In the Iliad he has brown hair too. So he’s probably around 40’s I think.
@fandemusique4693
Ай бұрын
Same for Samantha_aart's version, which is actually hot unlike usual depictions of Zeus in modern media, Unfortunately her full animatic of thunder bringer will use the old man version.
@cloversghostsings
Ай бұрын
I mean its complicated, Zeus is the youngest, but when he releases his siblings he becomes the oldest and the rest becomes based on the order they're released from kronos' stomach
@amw5288
Ай бұрын
Plus the white beard looks like clouds too so it has become iconic for that reason too
@HelloThere-.-
Ай бұрын
26:14 Mortious is such a genuinely nice guy that he doesn't catch Mr. Cheater Zeus himself is just straight objectifying pride like he would a woman
@rhov-anion
Ай бұрын
It's totally on par for Zeus, to be honest.
@rustyattacker
Ай бұрын
The lore is correct!!
@feistsorcerer2251
Ай бұрын
I mean yes he's objectifying pride but they are also all metaphors. There is deeper meaning, and it's delivered in a way very fitting for Zeus with the way he views and treats women.
@skycastrum5803
Ай бұрын
The objectifying bit is a minor part of that scene tbh. Sure, it's part of who Zeus is, and reflects perfectly how he sees his role. But the main part of all that is exactly how the captions introduce him. The fact Zeus is comparing Odysseus's pride to a women is nothing compared to how screwed what remains of the crew are.
@philhelias
Ай бұрын
I mean, it is a little bit beyond “Cheater Zeus” talk, I think. Zeus punishes men for hubris, he’s the ultimate judge in the conceptual sense, if we consider his importance as a deity to the ancient Greeks. Pride - hubris, impiety Eurylochus shows by slaying the cow, overstepping the limits of what a mortal can do - is very much within his domain of power, and it’s his divine right to treat it as such
@jasmineperez4439
Ай бұрын
Mortious: ANNI NO! PLEASE NO! Jorge: ANNI YES! PLEASE YES!
@phoenix_songbird
Ай бұрын
I was right their immediately panicking lol
@joesplace2960
Ай бұрын
My heart has been obliterated.
@phoenix_songbird
Ай бұрын
@@joesplace2960 yeah, as soon as I spotted anni I had a sinking feeling, I was right that hurt!
@cynthiawoods4442
Ай бұрын
One of my absolutely favorite bits of Thunderbringer is the fact that Zeus' name is never actually said. So far he's actually one of the only, if not THE only, god who's name was never said at all. All we hear when he's being introduced is thunder. But the thunder alone is more than enough for us to know exactly who is showing up regardless of the fact that we're not told a name. His presence is simply that powerful and meaningful.
@disneybunny45
Ай бұрын
The closest introduction we get is "And suffer a gruesome fate to the Thunder Bringer". But that really just feels like Zeus is showing off a little bit.
@Evnyofdeath
Ай бұрын
So the thing with "pride is a damsel" bit is that Zeus is humanizing the concept of pride as a woman and then saying *he* is the only one allowed to have unchecked pride by saying he's the only one allowed to defile and deflower her
@feistsorcerer2251
Ай бұрын
He's also using that metaphor to talk about the way he's going to give Odysseus a hard choice that he can't hide from. "Try all she can not confess, in the end it's all the same once I apply all the pressure". Odysseus might not want to, but he's going to have to choose between him and his crew and show where his priorities lie.
@navimcfarland9113
Ай бұрын
Sometimes only tragic events or extreme situations can break the pride of someone. Even a King
@miles820
Ай бұрын
Fun fact there is actually a goddess of pride in Greek mythology called hybris so at least pride is a damsel
@navimcfarland9113
Ай бұрын
@@miles820 I wanna know Jalapeño's search history because there is no way he knows all of this on the fly
@skycastrum5803
Ай бұрын
@@navimcfarland9113 I think you underestimate someone simply being interested in mythology. Put enough time in it, and you may not have everything come to mind immediately, but it's all floating around somewhere.
@deniajuarez4929
Ай бұрын
The “anni leave me alone😭”was too real right before we know what is to come
@windwulfboi
Ай бұрын
Zeus is a lot of things. But fair is one I wasn’t expecting for Thunder Bringer. “Choose: 1) accept punishment for your failure as a king and captain Or 2) let the perpetrators die for their crime against the gods. By the way Odysseus, don’t forget what you’re going to lose with that decision. You’re up cloud Penelope!”
@JaneD0e_LuckyNxmbr7
Ай бұрын
I mean he’s the god of law, order, and justice which he was bringing per helios’s request, the crew committed hubris by killing the sun gods cows and now someone must pay. Its an extreme punishment but hubris was the worst thing you could commit back then :P
@forgotten13th37
Ай бұрын
@@JaneD0e_LuckyNxmbr7 he isn't the god of law that is the goddess Themis which she is the personification of justice, but goddess of law, custom, divine order. She is usually displayed with blindfold and sword& scale. Zeus is playing judge, jury and executioner. That doesn't really care about due process. As well, he also have bet to wager on in this games of the gods.
@forgotten13th37
Ай бұрын
@@JaneD0e_LuckyNxmbr7 wait, nevermind zeus is also god of law and order huh. So their two deities for rough definition of the same thing. But one more open to his chastity.
@TheAngelofFate17
Ай бұрын
Zeus is the king of having others chose between to evils. He enjoys it honestly. Horse and the Infant: Ody either killed the baby and live with the guilt and him that house haunt him for the rest of his life or risked the baby growing up and killing him when he was far too old to defend himself. ThunderBringer: either he sacrifices himself where he never gets home, where his wife and son would continue to suffer or he sacrifices his men and survives to then be trapped for another couple years on an island where he can’t escape. And Zeus KNEW what Ody would choose yet still gave him the ultimatum anyway? The AUDACITY.
@JaneD0e_LuckyNxmbr7
Ай бұрын
@@forgotten13th37 yeah domains can overlap a bit like how Hera is the goddess of marriage but Apollo and Calliope’s son, Hymenaeus, is also the god of marriage but he centers more on ceremonies
@ck6164
Ай бұрын
I love how you do the half of mutiny in the thumbnail by coloring part of the word
@VegaTheLyra
Ай бұрын
I noticed that with the other video! And the highlight is flipped now!
@mr.notseen2409
Ай бұрын
Thx for pointing this out to me.
@user-yh6kx6rr8z
Ай бұрын
I love how one of his main worries wasn’t that he just cut a song in half, but what would he do with the title and thumbnail 😂😂😂
@Smk42217
Ай бұрын
I thought it was an error in the thumbnail last time, but now it makes sense
@BlueCookies1116
Ай бұрын
Yeah it's so silly lol
@stellaranimates
Ай бұрын
"Deep down I would trade the world to see my son and wife." He was being honest. Edit: When I made the connection with this line, I had not even connected Scylla's "Deep down" But wow! I love foreshadowing! So cool!
@WeRideAtNoonCuzDawnIsTooEarly
Ай бұрын
Yeah, “Deep down...”
@thatonebread3585
Ай бұрын
Scylla's "Deep down..." really pulled Ody's heart strings to bring that back lol
@eclipse9727
Ай бұрын
Fuuuuuudge I didn't even connect the dang Deep Down parallel. That is... genius.
@error8119
Ай бұрын
she’s literally saying in the song “deep down we both would do THIS” “i know you because deep down we both know THIS”
@RavensaursRex
Ай бұрын
Something I have noticed. Post Monster Ody almost never uses "we" when talking about going home or the trials everyone have gone through, where as before monster he uses 'we' quite a bit. But now it's almost always 'I' when talking about struggles or making it home.
@mariannachierici2944
Ай бұрын
Yup. He is a different beast now, indeed.
@bethanyjackson2719
Ай бұрын
Scylla even calls that out. "Deep down, we only care for ourselves". I have a lot of thoughts on how that applies to both Odysseus and Eurylocus, but yeah. There's a lot of personal pronouns in the latter half of Mutiny.
@alixmalone19
Ай бұрын
And during Mutiny he starts "Please don't do this, *I* need to get home" and, because I want to believe the best of Ody, after he REALLY hears his crew he slips back to "Reconsider, *we* can get home"
@EmiStAmant
Ай бұрын
Something I feel like a lot of ppl gloss over abt Zeus' charactrerization is he's not just personifying Pride as a woman to show off how much he gets around, he's expressly doing it to *possess* her. There's a deep violence to the way Zeus, king of gods, pursues many of his trysts (such as Io, who he turned into a cattle to then hide from Hera) and it's being underlined here-- while he's not the only Olympian to chase and bed a fleeing woman, he's showing off that aspect as a boast. It's something only a king can get away with announcing-- Poseidon plays it chill and pretends he's laid-back until provoked, but Zeus tells you what he is and then dares you to do something about it. Just a bit of characterization that I really appreciate Jorge using, it makes him into a great heel for this moment and turns his ultimatum into something almost expected.
@wilddeath1
Ай бұрын
Also doesn't hurt that pride is a female god in the greek mythos. So add that to the characterization and well... you get zeus.
@skycastrum5803
Ай бұрын
Similar boat, though would probably add that people tend to have this weird way of judging fictional characters, like they exist in modern society. You kind of lose the image of things without keeping in mind that pretty much everything is framed by Zeus. He's not just a king. That's Odysseus. He doesn't dare you to do anything. The possibility of going against him is a foolish afterthought, and his assuredness in himself is fully justified.
@EmiStAmant
Ай бұрын
@@skycastrum5803 Oh, certainly-- one does have to remember that the gods were *representations* of their domains, so of course they often acted in violent and awful ways (see Persephone: of course Death steals away a young woman for itself, that's what death does all the time). It's just interesting to keep in mind since Jorge is retelling all of this to reflect a new, more contemporary story and theme-- reflecting on mercy and cruelty in old heroic myth-- and put in the allusion to Zeus' sexual violence in as an intentional move. Gotta look at them in both mindsets at once, old and new. Mostly I just find it wild how many people don't seem to connect the dots when reacting to Thunder Bringer and, say, seem to make it out to just be Zeus being suave or something. Even without knowing the myths, the phrasing gets pretty clearly coercive in those lines.
@Akajaro
Ай бұрын
The one thing that's always stuck out to me for Mutiny part 2, is how IMMEDIATE the danger motif is. Usually unless there's already a fight happening, we have a second of silence or low beats, then the danger motif creeps in like a rolling fog. Here? He kills the cow and INSTANTLY there's a chorus going "Ya shouldn'ta did that."
@mithikz7608
Ай бұрын
14:40 "he still cares so much for his friend" ....Thunderbringer just looming waiting to ruin the day
@puck4274
Ай бұрын
I mean. The fact that he wasn't willing to die for their crime doesn't change the fact that he cared.
@SilimSavertin
Ай бұрын
I care deeply for all of my friends, but if the gods were real and one of them pissed off the gods so much that it'd either be my head or theirs, I'm not dying for their fuckup.
@ryomahoshi4529
Ай бұрын
@@SilimSavertinso true
@anonym0us371
Ай бұрын
Here's a fun fact - according to Homer's Odyssey poem, Eurylochus of Same, i.e. Odysseus' second in command, isn't just a childhood buddy, he was Ody's brother in law by marriage to Odysseus' younger sister, Ctimene. Ody didn't just damn a friend and brother in arms - he did it to *family* twice over by widowing his sibling...
@thanhquangmai871
Ай бұрын
Jesus Christ that’s dark 😭
@freya101psh
Ай бұрын
I love how Zeus doesn't sound angry. He sounds like a kindergarten teacher asking if you want a time out when he makes Odysseus choose. It's not like it was his cows after all.
@marthafein1149
Ай бұрын
I think he sounds like he's enjoying the sadistic choice. He's not being kind.
@revanhart
Ай бұрын
I mean, canonically in the Odyssey, he is made to mete out punishment because Helios threatens to make the sun shine in the Underworld if Zeus doesn’t avenge his cow. He truly doesn’t care one way or the other which choice Odysseus makes; he’s just there to do his job as king of the gods!
@freya101psh
Ай бұрын
@marthafein1149 I didn't mean he was being kind more implying he is talking to a child
@justErin839
Ай бұрын
Funny thought but at the end of mutiny when Ody yells "Eurylochus NO!" it's not just because he doesn't want him killing the cows but also because he knows what those words can do to someone. He knows the pain and suffering the words "i'm just a man" can lead to. He doesn't want Eurylochus experiencing that same pain he has had to experience.
@ivanethan5461
Ай бұрын
Not many people talk about it, but the penelope part in thunder bringer might not be just be in Odysseus's mind. Since the gods can summon vocals whenever, what if Zeus just went "hey make this really hard choice, but im going to give you a "gentle" nudge into the other direction" just to spite him
@thatonebread3585
Ай бұрын
Neil Illustrator's animatic for Thunder Bringer shows this really well
@kainaza9158
Ай бұрын
I noticed how Zeus always knew Odysseus weakness from the beginning and knows how to best manipulate/sway ody into making a decision, because not only does he summon Penelope here but in The horse and the infant Zeus also implies that Odysseus can say goodbye to Penelope if he doesn’t kill the child. It feels so manipulative and, considering we’re talking about Zeus here, very fitting.
@TheRichmaster24
Ай бұрын
Something I find interesting is that Odyseuss and Eurylochus still call each other "friend" after the sacrifice/mutiny; it really shows that we picked up their journey late and they've experienced so much
@TheAngelofFate17
Ай бұрын
They are also brothers in law since in the original Odyssey, Eury is married is Ody’s sister.
@beckenfuggle644
Ай бұрын
This reaction is everything. When Ody started singing "please don't tell me you're about to do what I'll think you'll do?" My jaw dropped.
@starlit_sunrise
Ай бұрын
All of us: He cut out half of mutiny 👁️👄👁️ Mortius: I’m just a man ✋🏻😫
@TotalBookworm57
Ай бұрын
Everyone watching the thunder saga: absolutely crying their eyes out 😭 Jorge: smiling knowing that everyone watching is crying their eyes out 😊
@Ace_011
Ай бұрын
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again, I can’t decide if Thunder Bringers lyrics imply Zeus is trying to threaten or seduce, and both prospects are terrifying.
@whitenobeard
Ай бұрын
Let's be real, it's Zeus he's doing both.
@sairen2588
Ай бұрын
why not both he does terrible things to the women he sleeps with
@SantosoWijaya
Ай бұрын
@@sairen2588literally one of them demanded to see him in his full glory and got melted to death Indiana Jones style
@sairen2588
Ай бұрын
@@SantosoWijaya i was more thinking of the golden shower one but yeah melting to death not fun nor was the Hercules and brother situation but its Zeus he is the biggest of the dicks
@oceanberserker
Ай бұрын
Zeus: "There's a difference?"
@themindgayer5367
Ай бұрын
Fun fact, the ending melody is called "Telemuchus's lullaby" 😭
@Lala14-zo5cw
Ай бұрын
😭😭
@icemagiciangh
Ай бұрын
With so much art now being made out of mythology, I wonder how different this batch of media would be if Rick Riordan had never written Percy Jackson
@davekrall4583
Ай бұрын
so true
@Sate12
Ай бұрын
I doubt it would have as big a strong hold in the collective psyche of the media. There have been small films and remakes of the stories for centuries. Hercules and Xena were big in the 90s. Clash of the Titans was popular in 1980s
@yuukinoyuki9064
Ай бұрын
@@Sate12 Each remake that made it big has definitely effected the collective psyche, though? Percy Jackson also did a lot in getting people into the Greek/Roman mythos as a whole rather than one specific story. I'm sure Epic would have still been created and the musical would have continued to draw people in. But we stand on the shoulders of giants, part of what has made the enviornment just right for Epic was Hamilton bringing in a wider audience to musicals, Covid making piece-meal releases like this more acceptable, and the last two decades repopularizing greek mythology through Percy Jackson, Lore Olympus, and the Hades video game series.
@justinrivera1618
Ай бұрын
I never read Percy Jackson, and when I saw the movies, I was even more unimpressed. The only reason I got interested in this was because Odysseus is one of my favorite heroes.
@ariel6574
Ай бұрын
@@justinrivera1618 what movies are you talking about? there's only one season of the series /j
@SaraSong-mw3zm
Ай бұрын
Bad part about cutting Mutiny: I had to wait longer for my favorite part of it Good part about cutting Mutiny: We get the EPIC transition from Mutiny to Thunderbringer in one video I'll take the Good part lol
@Slash_to_your_heart
Ай бұрын
Fun fact:Half of Odysseus' problems would be solved if his crew knew how to fucking fish Edit:To specify. If they knew how to fish,they wouldn't need to land on polyphemus' island. If they didnt land there,they would not have had to harm him. If they didn't harm him,POSEIDON wouldn't be pissed off at them etc. They wouldnt have ended up at circe's which would have saved em from going to the underworld and then going to scylla and then literally everyone else dying. This is speaking musical wise of course. It is more complicated in the original
@grapeleiva2266
Ай бұрын
For real, there’s ocean all around them
@rtn6748
Ай бұрын
@@grapeleiva2266I mean, the God of the Ocean’s actively working against em, they might be unable to get a good catch 😂
@grapeleiva2266
Ай бұрын
@@rtn6748 oh, that’s true lol
@thatonebread3585
Ай бұрын
Idk man, Poseidon's kinda angy at them LOL
@michellewest4796
Ай бұрын
@rtn6748 that wasn't true before Polyphemus, the first time the hunger fucks them over
@DCTurtleTrekki777
Ай бұрын
So fun thing. Every time I hear Zeus say "king of Ithaca" I laugh because all I can see is like a sassy rolling of his eyes and little head shake as he says it if that makes any sense... But I get sassy boy energy from that 😂😂
@firstcanonkill1767
Ай бұрын
HAHA
@Azziyaisalwaysonline
Ай бұрын
A while ago I was compiling a list of every insult said to Odysseus in EPIC, and I decided to count “King of Ithaca (derogatory)” as one of them
@purplebaggyboi
Ай бұрын
Either he rolls his eyes or mockingly 'bows' to Odysseus before his all "Choose." since it does sound like a command than a request
@disneybunny45
Ай бұрын
@@purplebaggyboiNeal Illustrator' animatic has Zeus bowing for the "King of Ithica" part. While he is in HUGE among the clouds, further belittling Odysseus and the crew.
@elli1579
Ай бұрын
At least Eurylochos is less of an idiot in this. In the Odyssey, Odysseus makes them swear an oath to not slaughter the cattle and to only eat the wine and bread that they have, and hunt any other animal. I kid you not the very next page after the oath ( Odysseus is exploring alone and has gone to sleep) Eurylochos goes “ brothers let’s go and kill Helios finest cattle”
@anastasija6866
Ай бұрын
Odysseuses crew are worse than toddlers
@marii.trd_
Ай бұрын
he literally said "hunt the other, just not the cows" and eury answered with " F U, i want steak and burgers!! >:("
@_thE_lEttEr_E_
Ай бұрын
@@marii.trd_Lmao
@anastasija6866
Ай бұрын
@marii.trd_ I think it's even written somewhere that that island also has sheep, so they did have another choice, but Eury wanted beef, both in his stomach and against the sun
@marii.trd_
Ай бұрын
@@anastasija6866 they do, like- they have the food given by Circe and other animals they could hunt but nooo eury specifically wanted steak
@gryfon_gamez8184
Ай бұрын
I really wish that in thunder bringer they brought back "the blood on your hands is something you won't lose, all you get to choose is whose" because it's a perfect fit for the song
@jamie4707
Ай бұрын
the part where eurylochus says, "Captain?" literally reminded me of the scene in star wars where anakin offs all the younglings for some reason absolutely heart shattering
@ronaldryanabinuman6607
Ай бұрын
Mortius after accidentally cutting mutiny in halif: IM JUST A MANNN FORGIVEE MEEE FORGIVEEE MEEEE IM JUST A man…..
@fatema1819
Ай бұрын
Luke as Zeus has a choke hold on all of us huh?😭 Not to mention the animatics😳 (which may I add,are INSANE)
@Silly_n_Miley
Ай бұрын
SAME BRO WHYD THEY MAKE ZUES HOT 😂
@omarsalem1219
Ай бұрын
Yes
@jacerush-so9zl
Ай бұрын
he quite literally sounds like markiplier which creeps me out 😭😭😭
@chopin7788
Ай бұрын
@@jacerush-so9zlThis made me laugh a lot. Thank you.
@mayadargeon2172
Ай бұрын
Gotta love how Mortius is trying so hard to connect Appollo to this when it's actually Helios' cows. better than Sunny Hades tho, I guess.
@awildnoviceappears
Ай бұрын
Plot Twist: Every god is actually Hades. Athena is Wise Hades, Poseidon is Wet Hades, Zeus is Electric Hades, Helios is Sunny Hades, etc.
@anastasija6866
Ай бұрын
And all the creatures are Poseidon, we have Pocyclops, Posiren, Poscylla
@mayadargeon2172
Ай бұрын
@@awildnoviceappears Apollo shall be Sunshine Hades, to make the distinction.
@mayadargeon2172
Ай бұрын
@@anastasija6866 Noooo, all the monsters are ALSO Eurylochus!
@RenAki5
Ай бұрын
With the Thunder Saga now over, Mr Jorge has finally told us what the first 4 lines the choir in "No Longer You" sing at the end. They are: Siren Song, Scylla Throat, Mutiny, Lightning Bolt He also said, he isn't going to reveal the rest just yet because it's "spoilers for other parts." THEY LITERALLY SING WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE REMAINDER OF THE MUSICAL!!
@elieli2893
Ай бұрын
Knowing the kind of serial bed-visitor Zeus is, him likening the concept of pride to a woman he then describes himself assaulting seems in line with mythology 😭Of course there are probably other interpretations too, he's calling the crew and Odysseus prideful and straight up tells them he's come to crush them in as cruel a way he can possibly manage, but what a metaphor to use D:
@iron1icx813
Ай бұрын
Bro finally realized that it was half of mutiny with the text being half gray and pink 😂😂😂❤❤❤. Though maybe it would be better this way with the part after this leading straight into thunder bringer.
@FlintsForge6931
Ай бұрын
our mutiny is finally over also the motif u mentioned might be the "survive" motif if they dont make a choice , they will die , so they make that choice too survive odysseus killing the infant the crew choosing too fight polyphemus eurylochus killing the cows for food
@kabartmatozu3791
Ай бұрын
İkr i think rather than calling it a motif for Zeus its more likely a survive motif because Ody had to kill the infant in order to survive and save his family or they have to kill the Polyphemus in order to survive and Eury has to eat the cow or he will starve
@kabartmatozu3791
Ай бұрын
İ just realized i kinda repeated your words lmao sorry i just wanted to say İ agree with ya
@FlintsForge6931
Ай бұрын
@@kabartmatozu3791 its ok lol
@teniyaw4111
Ай бұрын
Its crazy cause i can see that but i also see it as a foreshadowing to zeus and ody realizes what will happen if the kill the cattle
@lavander_4fools
Ай бұрын
I love that Mutiny in the title is part gray and part pink. Also that you finally reacted to the best part of Mutiny
@danylonazarov
Ай бұрын
Am... An i the only one who likes first part more? Cause... Like... Actual mutiny?
@lavander_4fools
Ай бұрын
@@danylonazarov The whole song is good that's why it's my favorite
@mattmayhem4377
Ай бұрын
@@danylonazarovI loved part 1 so much, I’d been waiting ever since the snippet, it was so badass
@somethingweird2611
Ай бұрын
@@danylonazarov you could say the crew also mutinied against the sun god by killing his cows
@deathstrokecat5390
Ай бұрын
In my opinion in the beginning Zeus is comparing Oddyeus’s pride to the women he seduces into committing adultery. As in- “your pride is my bitch. And I’ll throw it away like trash.” as well as him basically making an entrance by singing his own theme song.
@user-zf1mr9zw3n
Ай бұрын
The call back to the horse and the infant with the line @please don’t make me do this” is amazing
@springspAce.
Ай бұрын
omg I can't wait for him to finally react to iny
@j.e.s.m.4686
Ай бұрын
32:11 FINALLY!! Glad someone notice that before me! I noticed that the Opening Main Menu for EPIC sounds like the piano melody of "Hopes and Dreams" from Undertale.
@Anna-so4ub
Ай бұрын
Oh! Before I forget, the sun god they are talking about is in fact not Apollo but Helios, whose cattle are also called the Oxen of the Sun and are kept on the island of Thrinacia in mythology
@sirengacha8717
Ай бұрын
Also Tiresias fully tells Odysseus in the Odyssey that they can make it home if they don’t kill the cows, and Eurylochus still fully kills the cows
@lellenny
Ай бұрын
@@sirengacha8717 i mean yeah but that's because they'd been stuck on the island for a month with literally nothing to eat. he wasn't just being an idiot
@sirengacha8717
Ай бұрын
@@lellenny true
@anastasija6866
Ай бұрын
And weren't the daughters of Helios also on the island, tending to the animals
@3rdEyeLenny
Ай бұрын
Now that you've seen Thunder Bringer, I can say this: Polyphemus' still technically keeps his end of the deal "You shall be the final man to die" Well, the rest of who was in the crew died in Thunder Bringer, so his promise holds up. Now, no matter if he lives or dies, he's the final one to die, either by old age or by god.
@jaycolus3893
Ай бұрын
33:20 That is the face of a man who knows what he’s done.
@edwardnowakowski5990
Ай бұрын
Something I love about Zeus personifying pride as a woman. He’s saying all men seek and desire pride, but only Zeus is entitled to it. Really fits Zeus’ character
@disableddragonborn
Ай бұрын
They recorded a video promoting "Thunderbringer" at Steven Dookies (Polites) wedding, and it's so good. They all look great, but Luke in a tuxedo while wearing his lightning bolt necklace is such a great look.
@Boomerkbom57
Ай бұрын
So glad that Mortius realized the infant and cyclops motif at the same time I did. I was thinking what lyrics it was referencing, only for me to suddenly realizing the line I was saying was me combining lines from 2 completely separate songs, and only noticed that they all shared a melody when I asked "Wait how is that possible"
@Phasmania
Ай бұрын
The relationship between Eury and Ody has possibly become my favorite part of EPIC so far, their fight ofc but the fact that Eury not only spared him, but called him friend/Ody after and had no energy left to be angry. He just sounded so done with fighting to survive and didn’t wanna starve which was tragic. Which is why my headcannon alongside the animatics that do do is everyone attacking but Eury who sounds so dejected by the end
@ivysylvan
Ай бұрын
I JUST realized that the tune from Survive is also Zeus's part in Horse and the Infant A vision-- of what is to come-- cannot be outrun-- can only be dealt with right here and now-- My brothers-- the rest of our fleet-- they wait at the beach-- And if we're defeated they're good as dead-- But now it makes so much sense, seeing not only that Zeus is about to come back AND they're about to repeat same events that triggered Survive.
@AceBradMan
Ай бұрын
Zeus basically describing pride as yet another woman he can manipulate for his entertainment and pleasure fits so well
@mandrionabendberg3182
Ай бұрын
Ody´s pride was that all of his men survived the war. His pride is now broken and sacrificed for a vague chance of going home.
@SeriouslyWhoDidThis
Ай бұрын
One of my favorite touches in this part of Mutiny is during the overlapping vocals. When it’s just Eurylochus and Odysseus at the same time, Ody’s line is “I need to get home”, and he’s still doing that breathy, vulnerable falsetto you picked up on. But when the crew joins in chorus with Eury, Odysseus puts his vocal “mask” back up, and his line is “WE can get home”. It really drives home the point Eurylochus was trying to make in the first half of the song: Odysseus is so desperate to get home that, for a moment, he forgot about the men under his command.
@Sam-fp2qh
Ай бұрын
If you want any recommendations for the next Musical Mondays, I recommend My Heart Says Go. It's written by Odysseus himself, Jorge Rivera Herrans, about a guy who drops out of med school to pursue a music career. It's also (at least slightly) autobiographical, seeing as Jorge wrote it after dropping out of med school himself to pursue a career in music.
@chaospuppy6730
Ай бұрын
Something I like that I think Jorge mentioned about the BTS for Thunderbringer is that Zeus is so full of himself he doesn't even acknowledge Odysseus and his crew until the second verse XD
@silvertongue231
Ай бұрын
I love how golden the lightning looks against the darkness in that last animatic
@KSmith-kp5jz
Ай бұрын
My favorite(?) thing about the end of Mutiny is the fact that Odysseus completely gives up on hiding his intentions. He is so vulnerable and weak from his wounds that he loses all pretense and says “I need to get home” instead of “we need to get home.” That’s just how I view it though. You could argue that since Eurylochus has basically said they’re never getting home that Odysseus has given up trying to represent the desire to get home as a collective want.
@AUCreatoer
Ай бұрын
I love Anniflamma's animatic so much. It really shows how guilt ridden and tired Odysseus is.
@MasterZeus94
Ай бұрын
It's interesting how in Mutiny we get a parallel to previous Odysseus songs - Horse and the Infant, Just a Man, Luck Runs Out, Storm, and then Thunderbringer is basically Eurylochus's Ruthlessness!
@kenzieabner-gl5po
Ай бұрын
can’t wait to see your reaction, when eurylochus started singing the how much longer till… i broke like why jorge why 😔
@loftydabird54
Ай бұрын
The ad timing was sweet this time around 👌 *Eurylochus punches Ody-* Ad "I wish it didn't happen after a MUTINY-" Ad
@BiasFree
Ай бұрын
Did you notice the book ends? Siren Penelope tells Ody to jump in the water in suffering and at the end of the Saga that's where he ends up.
@breannadahlinghaus8209
Ай бұрын
24:14 Jorge mentioned somewhere that he is showing how far Odysseus is below Zues in Zues's opinion that Zues shows up on Odysseus's ship and doesn't even address Odysseus until the 2nd verse. Ita a power play!
@13TheAce
Ай бұрын
*realizes he cut Mutiny in half* Ehh, simple mistake. You’re ‘just a man’ after all. 😜
@awildnoviceappears
Ай бұрын
"MORTIUS, NO!" ... "You've doomed us... YOU'VE DOOMED US ALL, MORTIUS!" "...captain?"
@gadea3213
Ай бұрын
Neil's animation for Thunder Bringer IS TOP NOTCH! I hope Casper and you react to that one!
@thanhquangmai871
Ай бұрын
Duvetbox too! Their version is amazing as well
@reubenproctor9344
Ай бұрын
Mortius have you ever considered listening to Jorge's earlier musical 'my heart says go'? I waggled me ears at it yesterday and it is really very good; I think you would enjoy it a lot, and it really deserves more recognition. As always, looking forward to another reaction from my go-to reactor!
@beckenfuggle644
Ай бұрын
The piano at the end is called "Telemachus's lullaby" jorge said. I think its a rendition of Athena's motif slowed down.
@legitimatemedicine
Ай бұрын
So a few notes on character motivations: Eurylochus is often accused of plain stupidity, but I think thats a disservice to the character. By Scylla, he's seen that his friend and leader values his and the crew's lives less than his own. By Mutiny, he's giving into despair and suicidality. He's not stupid, he's depressed. Zeus is using the figure of a young woman, a damsel, as someone he has the right to violate. So he's saying, as king, he has the power to violate and ruin prideful people in the same way that he assault and rapes women. It's such a good, concise summary of his character. Hes such a despicable villain that our protags have no hope to fight
@draeonic
Ай бұрын
⚡ : "pride is a damsel in distress" because of me, I'm the one distressing her :D
@Amberdragon-3243
Ай бұрын
I am so happy I was not the only clueless person who discovered that Zeus' part in the Horse and the Infant is the same as Survive because of the end part of Mutiny there. I thought I was just stupid when I suddenly realized. 😂 Thank you so much for these reactions, Mortius! I always end up enjoying the songs more after watching you react to them.
@Scatterbrained_Watching
Ай бұрын
They way you just keep throwing yourself at the wall behind you in emotional distress 😭😭🫶 I feel you man
@Half_Orphan
Ай бұрын
One thing some people have noticed, is that in Just a Man when he sings ‘When does a man become a monster’ for the first time, the mutiny instrumental plays quietly in the background. It’s answering the question. ‘When does a man become a monster’? It’s when others view you as such.
@meaypie11
Ай бұрын
Oh my gosh, Jorge's evil grin. 😂😂
@bjornk14
Ай бұрын
Eury mutinies and takes charge of the crew for real, after which we see him go on the same musical (themes) journey Ody did. He makes all the decisions based on whats best for the crew and in contrast with Ody he fails, leading all of the men to their death. "If you want all the power, you must carry all the blame".
@benjamin8547
Ай бұрын
The animators when Jorge makes them animate the most gut wretching angst (they are also fans of epic after all): PLEASE DONT MAKE ME DO THIS, DONT MAKE ME DO THIS
@LiviSleepy
Ай бұрын
Nahhh, they enjoy it, have you seen their Tumblrs? 😂
@benjamin8547
Ай бұрын
@@LiviSleepy nah that's devil work 💀
@moonjuice7
Ай бұрын
I just want to drop in an appreciation post for your editor. Their comments on screen are a wonderful addition to your reactions. Go Mason!
@omerll
Ай бұрын
I like how Jorge is excited because im pretty sure he said that Thunder Bringer is his favourite song in all of epic
@max_2da_max336
Ай бұрын
-iny, and of course Thunder Bringer! I absolutely love your content, I first saw you in your reaction to The Dragonborn Comes, and as A Fellow Nerd I was immediately hooked! As time went on and I saw your consistent ability to vocalize *why* I like certain music, I got more and more into your content, and now with your pivot into musicals (Epic, Six, Hamilton, and beyond), I'm fully re-entering my shameless, music(al)-loving self that has taken more of a backseat in recent years. That is to say, thank you for giving me a space to reconnect with my inner child and feel safe to be me. I really appreciate everything you do, and while I'm not in a position to be a part of the Patreon right now, once I am, yours will be the first! In any case, thank you for all you do, not just for me, but for everyone in this little found family you've made. I'm so happy for all your successes, and can't wait for what the future holds, here, with OAR (go subscribe if you're Not Mortius And Made It This Far), and everything else to come! Well now I guess there's nothing else to say except, Gals, Blokes, and All Other Folks 😉👉👆 I'll see you in the next video 😁👋
@ian3523
Ай бұрын
the way zeus isn't even singing about what is happening and the current events and just talks about himself, just shows how narcissistic he is and the fact that he refers to pride, and other stuff as a woman and describing about controlling her is also another way of showing just how much of a horndog he is
@illuminategacha9776
Ай бұрын
I love how despite Odysseus's determination to make it back to his son and wife, right after killing off his crew, his brother, to save himself, even the thoughts of those he holds dear cannot compel him to try to swim towards the surface. He'd thrown himself away and become the monster to protect them, not just himself, and now he was, thanks to his own actions, surrounded by the corpses of the rest of his friends. And he didn't swim up. He didn't look for a piece of the ship to cling to until he reached land or found aid. He didn't take hold of the chance he'd given himself because now that his fear has passed, the cost is too great.
@JacobMinger
Ай бұрын
Zeus is basically singing his own theme song while also bringing Odysseus’s darkest thoughts and pride out in the open. Back in Just A Man Odysseus sings “Deep down I would trade the world to see my son and wife.” This is something he’s been hiding from the crew to this point. Zeus is using his godly powers to literally give Odysseus the choice (hence the Penelope vocal.) While also forcing the choice on him in front of his whole crew.
@chrissy8764
Ай бұрын
I live for all the times the songs make Mortius go off screen 😂
@Anonyomus_commenter
Ай бұрын
16:51 I love that there are actually TWO danger motifs here, I think it’s the first time we’ve gotten two back to back.
@tanna_k
Ай бұрын
Mortius really released Scylla + Mut and Iny + Thunderbringer
@user-wo1ch6nb5h
Ай бұрын
The way Mortius prophesied Calypso’s appearance I can’t even
@shishineraoiba
Ай бұрын
I'm so looking forward to him realizing he was right
@Neffffi
Ай бұрын
I honestly think that you reacted to mutiny in the best way possible.
@disableddragonborn
Ай бұрын
Odysseus is gonna have a lot of explaining to do to his sister. "Your husband stood up to me after I tricked him into unwittingly condemning six men to death, I took issue with that, got stabbed, then we ended up on an island, your husband was starving and not able to think rationally because of the hunger, and when the sun god sent Zeus to confront us, he gave me the choice of sacrificing myself or the entire crew, and to make a long story short, you're a widow."
@morrowzoranov
Ай бұрын
11:55 to be fair, helios is syncronized into apollo in many myths, which is why apollo is also sometimes depicted with a herd of sacred cows, we don't have any of the lyrics for apollo's section in a future song but we know he's in it, and there's no implication helios will show up at all in the musical, so it's possible jorge will just classify apollo as the god of the sun for the sake of simplicity
@VegaTheLyra
Ай бұрын
19:12 I love how as soon as he realises he's cut Mutiny in half, his first reaction is saying that the comment section is going to cruify him, which, in retrospect, _they did_ lol
@powerofdesign4229
Ай бұрын
I have a theory for ‘Thunder Bringer’! We know that gods like Athena and Zeus can show visions of someone’s past and future respectively, and we first saw this with Zeus in the very first song ‘The Horse and the Infant’, when he showed Odysseus a vision of what would happen if he didn’t kill the infant and keep in mind that he was alone when this happened. Now in ‘Thunder Bringer’, Odysseus saw another vision of Penelope but none of his men had mentioned it as one of Zeus’s visions, so either that “Penelope” was another vision way for the God to lower Ody’s guard or the King had been away from his home for so long that he started becoming delusional and his mind brings her up to keep his sanity in tact.
@30092nana
Ай бұрын
9:16 I have a little thought about this. So with this musical motif being played 3 times that’s gotta be a pattern. So the most common theme that I can see is survival Horse and the infant: Ody needs to take care of the baby in order to live and *survive* in the future Survive: They are being attacked and need to fight in order to *Survive* Mutiny: The crew is starving and beaten and brought low. They need to eat in order to *survive* From my perspective it’s looking like this motif is when life can potentially be on the line (other than the danger motif) and the situation is dire. Though I could be absolutely off base, but a fun thought I was chewing on
@sorinamarcu5357
Ай бұрын
9:44 I think mean both. That part of the song survive is about doing anything to well survive and not let the cyclop kill you. In the same way killing the cows and eating them is a way of keeping surviving and continuing existing. In horse and the infint however the lines that Zeus has talks for that specific melody is about the future (the vision) that is to come and can not be stopped from happening. However in this case the melody have a double meaning, or at lest I see it this way, being not only about that vision zeus mention but also send us back to "No longer you" when the profet also is presenting the future to ody. If my mythology knowledge is not wrong the profet tell ody how his man will kill the cows and this is hidden in theblines "I see portraits and betrayals and a brother final stand". That line was not only about Eury and Ody fighting in the first half of Muttany but also about Eury's betrayals (explaining why in Sylla the animatic showcase Ody cold and untouched by Eury's confession) and alsp eury's final stand representing his decision of whether or not to kill the cows. Am I delulu for thinking so dip, probably but I love hiperanalysing stuff :D
@violetknaack5139
Ай бұрын
I find it pretty cool how in Thunder Bringer only the lightning cracking is Zeuses intro unlike the other gods name being chanted by an ensemble. I think because Zeus needs no introduction everyone will know who it is by only hearing lightning
@noelorenzetti9324
Ай бұрын
I think it’s also a nod to the fact that Zeus is not a “boss fight” as Jorge would call it, he is there to kill someone and you can do nothing about it
@violetknaack5139
Ай бұрын
@@noelorenzetti9324 Then what do you think that would make Circe? She was there to “kill” the men by turning them into pigs, but also not a boss
@shadowcatX2000
Ай бұрын
Technically it's not taking place after a mutiny, it's taking place during a mutiny.
@PhantomSkitty
Ай бұрын
Yes. Zeus's part of Horse and the Infant is the same as Survive, which is the same as the 'Some island... the first one we found' part of Mutiny. Good job on finally catching it, Mortius. xD
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