#“ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves”

[gigizetz]

Greet the world with open arms gigi.

But.. but ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves....

[nikoisme]

Aughh i love how act 1 ends with the core themes and motives of epic: penelope, telemachus, "ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves" and "i'll become the monster". Really sets the mood for act 2

[alexbutrandomthoughts]

Odysseus sounding distinctively different in "Monster" is so sj8snwoavs9sisksks

[usuallyobsessedtmblr]

OKAY FINE EPIC: THE UNDERWORLD SAGA

CAPTAIN! CAPTAIN! CAPTAIN! CAPTAIN!

WHY WOULD YOU LET THE CYCLOPS LIVE WHEN RUTHLESSNESS IS MERCY

I keep thinking of the infant from that night

THIS LIFE IS AMAZING WHEN YOU GREET IT WITH OPEN ARMS

Polities?

WAITING (its so fucking angelic holy shit)

That voice,,,,it can't be

ODYSSEUS WHEN YOU COME HOME I'LL BE WAITING

EVEN IF YOU'RE THE LAST THING I SEE I'LL BE WAITING

(i took too long) I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU (I ventured too far) I'LL STAY IN YOUR HEART

Bye mom :(

ALL I HEAR ARE SCREAMS

The entirety of no longer you let's be real here

I SEE A SONG OF PAST R O M A N C E

I SEE YOUR WIFE WITH A MAN WHO IS HAUNTING

A MAN WITH A TRAIL OF BODIES

W H O

The spiralling instrumentals>>>>>

OH RUTHLESSNESS IS MERCY UPON OURSELVES (MONSTERRR)

AND DEEP DOWN I KNOW THIS WELL

I LOST MY BEST FRIEND I LOST MY MENTOR MY MOM

FIVE HUNDRED MEN GONE

THIS CANT GO ON

PENELOPEEEE

TELEMACHUSSSSS

[hecates-corner]

Hear me out…

monster

Penelope

monster

Telemachus

I am your darkest moment

Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves

I am the infamous…

I’ll become the monster.

NOW HEAR ME OOOOOUT!

[void-of-unparalled-chaos]

Okay so time for me to dump my thoughts on the Underworld Saga because I am going insane and tbh I'm not sure how coherent this will be because my brain is mostly keyboard smashing.

The Shades: "When does a man become a monster? 558 men who died under your command. CAPTAIN! CAPTAIN! CAPTAIN! CAPTAIN! Why would you let the cyclops live when ruthlessness is mercy?"

Okay so the harmonies of the Shades are amazing! But also this whole bit is just so... haunting. The call back to Just a Man and Ruthlessness does something to me. Could you imagine being screamed at by the ghosts of everyone you've failed? Also Jay confirmed that the shades in this song are just repeating their final thoughts in life. They drowned begging for their Captain to help them and died wondering why he failed them. This probably fucked Odysseus UP.

Odysseus: "I keep thinking of the infant from that night. I keep thinking of the infant from that night."

I swear I can hear the PTSD in his voice holy shit. Also Astyanax's music box motif being played in church bells in the back. I never would have noticed it if not for Jay's behind the scenes videos but knowing it's there makes this bit so much better.

Odysseus: "Polities..."

I was not nearly as wrecked at this bit until I saw this post mentioning that Odysseus quiet little "Polities..." is a mirror of Polities strangled "Captain..." when he died and now I will never be the same.

Odysseus' Mom

I am not exaggerating when I say I cried during the watch party. Everything about this is heartbreaking. His mom was thinking about him in her final moments. "Odyssues when you come home I'll be waiting" except she wont be. The shocked defeat in Odysseus' voice with "I took too long...". He's right there in front of her, but her shade just doesn't register him. They are so close physically yet still separated by death. Also the fact that Jay's mom voices her that is so sweet omg.

The change from "Here in the Underworld the past seems close behind" to "But in the Underworld your past is always close behind."

STTAGKDUKFUTAATUFOUCOUXGJXG

THE STRINGS!!!!! AND THE PIANO!!!!

Tiresias' voice is so haunting omg

Mason absolutely NAILED prophet who is constantly being shown everything all the time at one I love it sm.

The lyrics in this song are just.... so good. And the foreshadowing is top notch

Jay's voice acting for Odysseus' is also great in this.

The distress and frustration in "We've suffered and sailed through the toughest of hells. Now you tell us ur efforts are for NOTHING?!" and the absolute anger in "WHO!?!?!" (Its you, Ody. See your about to go through a complete change in morals about 5 minutes from now and become a completely different person).

THE DESCENDING ORGAN FOR THE SECOND CHORUS MY JAW DROPPED

Jorge don't think I didn't notice the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hellfire, vibes at the end I see you.

This is my favorite song released in Epic so far and I am not normal about it at all.

The GUITAR! THE ELECTRIC GUITAR!

For those unfamiliar and being dragged along this nonsense post, Odysseues character is associated with the guitar. The acoustic guitar is when he is softer, kinder, and more "human" while the electric guitar represents him at his most brutal, ruthless, and "monsterous". This song is his turning point to which he is done being merciful. He will do ANYHTING to get home.

"Oh Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves..."

Really taking Poseidon's lesson to heart there.

Odysseus: "AND IF I GOTTA DROP ANOTHER INFANT FROM A WALL IN AN INSTANT SO WE ALL DON'T DIE? THEN I'LL BECOME THE MONSTER! I WILL DEAL THE BLOW!... SO WHAT IF I'M THE MONSTER?"

Ayrsgstusigxjgsutaut holy shit holy shit holy shit-

Play this back to back with Just A Man for some psychic damage. What an end for Act 1!

[birdmaam]

Don't mind me just going to hyperfixate on Ruthlessness for the next month or so

[mirnightghost]

Hey, be quiet. They deserve some rest~

Okay, I've been planning on drawing this picture for a week now, so yes, here it is-

I forced myself at first, because it's hard to draw something like that when your friends are rude to you...so-

There are three people to thank: ND Stevenson (obviously), @/mellon_Soup for the reference, and Jay Herrans, because if it weren't for his musical, which I listened to again, I'd be wallowing in self-hatred for being weak. But songs about the Greek gods and the adventures of the Odyssey help to calm, you know-

So-

Still feel tension in fandoms, but as Aceas told me, I can just throw things out here, and just watch the rest (which is already progress yay) Yes?

Yes-

Okay, time to prepare for artfight (as late as always)

OH AND, it's very apt to say that this may be the last day of the month of pride, but this does not mean that you are not valid and cannot be proud of who you are all year :)

It was a fun month of pride, thank you all-

See ya~

(Upd: fuck I FORGOT TO SAY I think they are asexuals and the relationship here is platonic And- AND I DO NOT RECEIVE DOING HEADCONS ON ASEXUSAL CHARACTERS IS NOW A CREDO)

[aro-pancake]

Every time I listen to Ruthlessness I get more and more sure that the gods in Percy Jackson are awful parents.

Luke ran away to a fucking BOAT after fighting with Percy, a son of Posseidon.

If PJO! Posseidon was an inch of a better father, the Andromeda would be keeping company to the Titanic the second Luke set foot on that ship and 4 years worth of problems would be over.

But nooooo 💅🏻 ✨

[forestfullofberries]

nice morals you have here. would be a shame if this cruel world beat them out of you

[cat-crowned-8]

The distressed “Captain! Captain!” said by the crew during ruthlessness and poseidons wrath is just 😭

[tunguszka20]

Okay I think now EPIC has officially messed me up. Like, I literally can't write/type the word "ruthless" without feeling the need to add a "ness" at the end, cause I've wrote/typed "Ruthlessness" so many times. It just feels wrong now, like it's illegal or something to just write "ruthless"

[cecelovegood]

Christmas? Nah. Today is the Ocean Saga Release Day 😤 🌊

[wolfeyedwitch]

I'm pretty sure that Danny Phantom is like the world's gateway fandom. One minute I'm reading your average vivisection phanfic, and suddenly I'm in the crossover Danny Phantom DC universe, and then I read a fic where ghostking!Danny has the title "He Who Is Ruthless In Mercy" and from there I learn the phrase "ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves" and suddenly I'm belting out showtunes at the top of my lungs from a musical about the Odyssey.

Yeah. I know how I got here but that still doesn't mean I understand it.

😅

[americassoldierboy]

This is such a bop and I can’t wait for the full version!

[i-would-get-in-the-water-naked]

Is there any debate on which dnd archetype would Odysseus from EPIC be that needs to be settled? Because at the start of the story, hes Chaotic Stupid and then he moves to Lawful Edgy, thank you very much.