#I blame jorge

[azadale]

whoever decided to blind write a bunch of theatre paperwork (costume plot, master prop list) I blame you for my lack of sleep. me. i blame me. also jorge and his inexplicable need for luke holt in so many roles. *tears hair out here* anyways it is 3 in the morning, and I need to move onto blind writing a cue sheet even though I have never done that before

also here is a link for others to join me in my madness:

[azadale]

i cannot wait to make my aphrodite costume design/her set piece for god games *insert gremlin laugh here*

hi guys! it's me, Janani (formerly known as J. Maya) <3 you might know me from my mythology & literary-inspired music, my time as a former pun champion, Survivor, the internet at large, or EPIC: the musical :)

I'm new to Tumblr, and I wanted to come on here and say hi!!!!! in honor of my birth on this site (from chaos and seafoam, much like the lovely Aphrodite herself), feel free to ask me anything in the comments and I will answer to the best of my abilities <3

love you!!!!!

[australet789]

I know life and fate are scary But I wanna be legendary

Real life disney-princess coded Telemachus. The family is complete

[astal-art]

He whom I valued more than all others, and love as dearly as my own life? I have lost him.

[s0fter-sin]

what up i’ve been obsessed with would you fall in love with me again like every other person on the planet and i can’t stop thinking about penelope’s final verse

she’s so angry; angry that odysseus would dare to suggest that her love for him has faltered or his actions were enough to destroy it. she’s been waiting, working her fingers raw unweaving her shroud every night, not sleeping as the suitors camp inside her home; every day a threat to her and her son, to her kingdom if an unworthy man - and they are all unworthy - should take the throne. she knew they wouldn’t wait forever, that at some point her deception would be realised; her dedication to her husband means she is at constant risk and the first thing odysseus does when he sees her - if this even is him - is question her love for him?

the very first thing he says (other than her name) is, “i am not the man you fell in love with.” penelope asks him if it’s really him standing there or if she’s “dreaming once more”. once more. she’s felt the cruelty of hope before; has looked at her doorway and seen odysseus the same as when he left (which is probably partly why she’s so shocked by how he actually looks) and felt unfathomable pain when her hopes were dashed over and over again. she asks if he is really her odysseus and he says no

yes, in his mind, odysseus can’t see how he can deserve her love after everything he’s done - the atrocities he’s committed, to himself he isn’t the same man, “i see a man who gets to make it home alive, but it’s no longer you” - but all penelope hears is her husband, the man she loves and waited for, doubts the strength of her love

penelope asks what kind of things he’s done and it must be shocking to hear; his actions so different from the man who left her behind even if he did them in name of returning to her. but when she asks him to move the bed, it’s as much a challenge as it is a test. she’s asking him to prove that he is the monster he claims to be; that if he’s changed so much and become so heartless, he should have no qualms about ripping the symbol of their love from its roots. and it’s also her only way of actually determining if this man who claims to be her husband yet doesn’t take her in his arms, is actually him

“just a moment of labour would bring me some peace” - if he does what she asks, then she will know either he’s changed so much that he’s no longer her odysseus or he’s another fake and was never hers to begin with; that her husband didn’t just stand in front of her and claim she can’t love him as he is. but she’s done. she was already willing to die when she stood behind the twelve axes she challenged the suitors to shoot through. she’s so tired. she just wants it all to be over

“only my husband knew that, so i guess that makes him you” - i guess. even after telling her something only odysseus and her knew, penelope’s still not convinced that it’s truly him. how many men came to her door claiming to be her long lost husband, banking on time and distance to dull memory of his face and voice, on her longing and desperation for odysseus to blind her into believing them?

but if this is her husband? if the man she’s loved through decades of absence has finally returned to her?

“i will fall in love with you over and over again” - an exhausted promise, the core of who penelope is and how she feels; assuaging his doubts and his own clear pain

but

“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” - penelope is screaming at him; how dare odysseus say this to her? dismiss her love and her suffering? he saw the men outside, he’s smart enough to know what they were here for and instead of apologising for being gone for so long, instead of begging for forgiveness for inadvertently putting her and their son at risk, instead of embracing her and putting an end to her torment, odysseus doubts her

“and i’ve been waiting, waiting” - the tone shift of penelope screaming at him to lamenting how long she’s been waiting is heartbreaking; it’s quieter as she gets lost in the pain of her grief, her anger failing as she recalls the memories of her long years of solitude. odysseus tries to call her back with his gentle “penelope” - such a contrast to his own exhausted anger at being asked to destroy their marital bed now that he understands why she asked that of him - but she can’t hear him; she’s too trapped in the memories. he tries again, still gentle but more insistent, and this time she does hear him and her anger comes rushing back along with her grief. her “waiting, waiting,” becomes almost accusatory; she’s been alone for so long and it’s bc of him, bc he wasn’t there, bc he left her waiting

that abrupt “oh” at the end of the verse isn’t just a vocalisation; in that moment, she’s realising that she has realised that he truly is odysseus. she knew it was him before she even processed it. she wouldn’t be this angry if he were anyone else; love and grief and anger coalescing in one single divine moment where penelope finally believes her odysseus has returned to her

“for you” - she’s been waiting and waiting, years turning to dust, her sleepless nights and days spent living in fear and preemptive grief- and it was all for him. odysseus is actually here. which means her waiting is over

“how long has it been?”

“20 years”

“i- i love you”

[happypeachsludgeflower]

When I first listened to ‘Not Sorry For Loving You’ (the unfinished version on YouTube a few weeks ago), I saw people commenting that Calypso was dumb (and other such rude things) because Odysseus told her he was married and wouldn’t love her. She was told up front and still didn’t understand why he wouldn’t love her.

And yea, he did tell her. It’s not his fault she didn’t believe him. She really should have listened.

But I don’t think she was necessarily dumb, or that it was all her fault either.

From what she says in the song, she was abandoned on that island when she was a young child (I know that’s not exactly accurate to Greek myths, but it’s her backstory here so it’s what I’m going with). And no one can arrive at, or leave her island unless a god intervenes. She’s been alone on that island for a hundred years since she was a kid.

Can you imagine growing up in insolation for a hundred years without a single person to speak to or touch? She probably doesn’t even have solid memories of other people by this point. It makes sense that the first human she’s seen in a century, the first person she’s talked to, the first person that’s broken the cursed solitude that was driving her insane—of course she loved him. Why wouldn’t she?

I for one, cannot blame her for having terrible social skills, no comprehension of boundaries, or a full concept of what no means. I’m frankly surprised she even knows what love is (if she even does at all?? It’s debatable if she loves him romantically or not). Of course she wouldn’t understand when he said no.

Anyway, all I’m saying is, it wasn’t either of their faults.

If you want to blame someone blame Zues for sticking both of them there and being the world’s largest ass.

[argentasterdisaster]

Ballad of the She-Beast

(TW: blood, death)

[saixria]

Kinda funny how ruthlessness = fire one liners in Epic

[fantasymusicwarrior]

But is he a muppet (wrong he’s a monster)

[mrskillingjoke]

Doing math and having questions

Odysseus Said that He "has taken 600 men to war-"

Does it mean 600 including him or is He the 601th?

they have (as i once read, i could be wrong tho but it works with my mathing so...) 12 ships.

So in each ship should be 50 people. (Probably except for Odysseus ship... If it's actually 601 people)

That also means that the cyclops killed 7 people (8 If 601 is the real Deal [i think you get what i mean when i do it in parentheses]) {is this Part useless to my question? Yes. Did i wanted to include it? Also yes.}

We know it because Poseidon Said 43 men left.

So my question is now... Does Jorge included the Guy falling drunk of circes roof, or Not?

Because in the underworld they saying 558 men died under Odysseus' command.

And it could be that they included the drunk Guy. But it is also possible, that they didn't Care about him.

Like are they still 43 or 42?

Does it make a huge difference? No, probably Not.

Do i still wanna know? Yes, deeply.

Did Jorge intentionally did the Thing? Blaming one death to much over Odysseus?

[motogp-museum]

i saw people asking where that last picture of Jorge was from in this post by @imeriayapping on the dash

i unfortunately know exactly which video it's from, and have decided that if i've seen it, you must see it too 👍

(The woman is a supermodel named Tatiana)

and just for fun, here is another barracuda ad that they made him do. The Jorge girlies were trading stills from this video like no tomorrow

[azadale]

PDF of the Script

have fun dear techs and actors ;)

note: i have 0 music sheets, sorry TwT - I have talents, but not that type.

[serofitzyapstoyou]

How I envision Epic the Musical is so different than how everyone else sees it.

LET ME EXPLAIN. I don't know how it happened, but I have always associated this musical with pirates. I think it's because I was super into Just Roll With It (The insanely powerful D&D podcast) when I started to listen to Epic non-stop. So when I was trying to put together a "movie" in my head, I used all of my JRWI ocs in place with the character in Epic and made the world loosely based off of Mana (The world where the character of JRWI: Riptide took place) but all the plot is the same.

Some of the changes:

-Odysseus and his crew are Navy soldiers and Ody met Eurylochus and Polities when they were just training to become soldiers.

-Ody is a Triton (fish person) and has a normal, boring sword because he uses "Shape water" (Self-explanatory but he can basically freeze water into whatever) most of the time since he's literally surrounded by it the entire musical.

-Eurylochus is a human but with like two sets of wings (he looks like an angel essentially) and his weapon is a bow & arrow.

-Polities is a Tabaxi which means that he is just an anthropomorphic cat and he uses a long staff (like a monk)

-Athena and Zeus are Elves or at least have the appearance of them, Poseidon is also a Triton (just a more powerful one than Ody, obviously), Hermes is just the same thing as Eurylochus but more celestial, Penelope is an Elf, and Circe is a changeling

I have a lot of other stuff I added/changed like small details and what not but I would be here yapping for hours if I got into that so maybe next post

[theoneandonlyespa]

I was listening to the Ithaca Saga from Epic The Musical, specifically the song The Challenge (my favorite from the saga btw) and since im currently obsessing over Miego from Ace Attorney all over again i cant help but think of them whenever i hear the lyrics:

Let the arrow fly

Once you know that your aim is true

'Cause I'd rather die

Than grow old without the best of you

Though I never thought

That these would be the lengths we go for love

I would not have it any other way

And though I never thought that it would end like this

Just know I'll be here

Waiting, waiting

First and second paragraph remind me of Diego and the things he did while processing his grief over Mia. Meanwhile, the third paragraph reminds me of Mia as she waits for Diego to wake up, and im just... damn it im sad, they lived through their own greek tragedy and it makes me sad (i mean, it's good writing and i love a good tragedy, but it makes me cry bc my shipped heart wanted them to be together)

[pomburel]

"But I don't know how much longer I'll last since we saw that storm"

Well, y'all didn't last until 9pm est that's for sure

[piepiepiemag]

i dreamt that i was being held hostage by jeff the killer, but then i was like “you know what, this is fine, at least i don’t have to go to work” and i think that’s the realest fucking thing ever