#if it’s not i will be Severely Dissapointed

[nexxocatt]

ETM ACT 1 RANTS

So, I thought, since ACT 1 of ETM is now officially done,,, why not talk abt it? Y'know, for fun? Cause I have some thoughts😇 Let's begin, shall we?

MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

Also; TW: Mentions of death, violence, swearing (I think that's all. If you feel triggered, feel free to click off!!)

TROY SAGA

I have a love/hate relationship with 'The Horse and The Infant' tbh, like YEAHHH NEO AVENGE THE HELL OUTTA ACHILLES!!! But also oh Jeez, Zeus wtf man. Also when I replayed the whole ACT I was really scared that it was playing 'Monster', since they start with the same opening😭😭 (And yes it was on shuffle)

I FUCKING LOVE THE VOCALS IN 'JUST A MAN' Like oh meh Gods who possessed Jorge to sing like that, holy moly (hehehe refference). But yeah, very heartbreaking song, especially when that "when does a man become a monster?" part hits. AND THE "FORGIVE ME"S😭😭

In 'Full Speed Ahead' I love how Ody says "Polites!" cuz like THAT'S HIS BESTIE!!! YAYYY :D Also, I saw a tiktok that was depicting the last part (when Ody tells Polites to get ready cuz they're going over to that island, and Eury is like we don't know what to expect) as the trio with the 'Pessimistic Realist'(Eury), the 'Realist who doubles as a Sunshine Protector'(Ody) and, ofc, the 'Sunshine'(Polites) ((And Ody lowkey becomes a mass murderer when Polites gets hurt))

I swear 'Open Arms' will forever be my fav song on this Saga, I just LOVE how Polites is like a supportive bsf to Ody and is trying to get him to approach the world differently. The Lotus Eaters were probably so happy to get them to face Polyphemus so that they won't have to worry abt him

I hate & love at the same time how Ody shows one act of kindness and Athena's like "🤨📸 Are you slacking off work??? Nahhh, not on my watch." But also the hopeful "Goddess and man, bestest of friends!" and then the broken "Okay :')" break me everytime cuz like Ody really just wants to get close(platonically) to Athena😭😭

THE CYCLOPS SAGA

I hate how Polites is like "I can't believe there's so many sheep here, just for us! :D" like buddy, do NOT believe it😭 Also I believe in the headcannon that Polyphemus was really about to let them go before Ody hit him with the "Eye to Eye" verse

Didn't realise that in the opening of 'Survive', the ensemble sings the sylables of "POLYPHEMUS" before a video pointed it out (I believe the name was 'Epic: The Musical but only when someone's name is said' and it had the opening of 'Survive'). Also can we just agree that the broken "captain" in 'Survive' and the several "CAPTAIN!"s in 'Ruthlessness' are gonna haunt Ody forever😭🙏

I truly believe that in 'Remember Them', Ody was really about to just leave before Athena showed up and he decided to reveal his name, home address, and social security number to one of his enemies🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ But can you blame him tho?? Like I find it pretty reasonable to let your defeated enemy know who they messed it, so that they won't fuck with you or anyone you hold close again.

Even before 'My Goodbye', when Athena said "don't dissapoint me" in 'Warrior of the Mind' I was like "Then don't be dissapointed! How 'bout that???" (As you can tell I'm fed up at Athena's reasoning for leaving Ody. And then she has the AUDACITY to call Telemachus her friend and then disregard viewing Ody the same way🤨📸)

THE OCEAN SAGA

I relistened to 'Storm' during a school roadtrip, when it was raining heavily, and LITERALLY AFTER the song was done, the rain stopped😨😨 Also love the addition of trumpets to show that it was Poseidon who started the storm(cuz trumpets are his signature instrument if I remember correctly)

I feel like 'Luck Runs Out' is heavily skipped troughout the musical, but it's a really cool song that just radiates "Odysseus No. Odysseus YES" energy

'Keep Your Friends Close' is my fav song in this Saga bc I really love whoever sings Aeolus' role😍😍 Also the "Everything changed since Polites" line made me audibly and visually scream😭 Like okay, BOLD😤😤

I will always laugh at the "ALL I GOTTA DO IS OPEN THIS BAG" "WHAT" part😂😂 Like he just lost 557 men and he just BOLTS IMMEDIATELY. And I was really confused when Poseidon said "I mean you totally could've avoided all this, had you just killed my son", cuz like, wasn't it in the prophecy that ody was meant to blind Polyphemus, not kill him?? (This is not meant to show hate to this specific part, only to show hate to Poseidon, bc he gave PTSD to my fav boy and was wrong at the same time😤)

THE CIRCE SAGA

I immediately started crying at the start bc the opening instrumental sounds like the "Watch where the birds fly, they will lead us to land. There we'll hunt for food, my second-in-command" in 'Full Speed Ahead' and it really shows that now there's just the two of them, Ody and Eury, 'cause they lost Polites(whom I'm still mourning). Also the "What" and the "Damn" Ody says during Eury's explaination are giving me life😭🙏

I saw in an animatic of 'Wouldn't You Like' by Ximena Natzel on YT that at the last chorus Hermes was just throwing Ody around in the air and I feel like the "Oh-woah"s Ody sings are him going along with whatever Hermes is doing and he's enjoying himself🥺 (But not for long)

I have no idea what to say for 'Done For' other than I think it took over the entire fandom when it released on Feb 14th. I love how Circe immediately knows that Hermes gave Ody the Molly flower and Ody's like "Alr ya caught me, but hey, Imma still defeat you"

I also don't know what to say about "There Are Other Ways" other than the "Or maybe the world will need a puppeteer more!" part is making me question my sexuality😳 (ofc I won't steal Talya from Jay but I'm just saying). Oh also the "12 long years" part definitely took over the fandom at that point😭

THE UNDERWORLD SAGA

I made the BIGGEST mistake of listening to this Saga on a school roadtrip (the same one I was on when relistening to 'Storm') and almost CRIED MY HEART OUT when I heard both Polites and Anticlea's parts😭😭 there's also a sound on TT where it first shows Polites' part in 'Open Arms' and then in 'The Underworld' and I'm crying so hard😭😭😭😭

I love Mason's voice when playing Tiresias so much ong. Also: "Who?" Odysseus asked calmly. LIKE FOOL IT'S YOU!!!!

I love the song 'Monster' so much, mainly for the fact that Ody's asking himself if the other beings they encountered along the way feel as guilty as he does. I also feel like Astyanax is just vibing to the song and Hector's like "That's literally the guy who killed you???" And he's like "Womp womp. This song's fire!!" (Cringe, Ik, but you can't stop me)

On a last note: JORGE WHEN I CATCH YOU JORGE- /j

But seriously, you wound us, Mr. Jalapeño; YOU WOUND ALL OF US.

Hope y'all enjoyed my rant🤪🤪

[arushofbulletstothehead]

Winning the “they would not fucking do that” competition

[prettyflyshyguy]

i have never touched Supernatural in my life (no real or good reason why)

I feel the need to preface with this, because i was tired and stressed tonight and doomscrolling youtube shorts and I'm about to go on a fucking rabbit hole wiki dive because in at least 1 episode Dean falls into the "reluctantly became a vampire" pit and i'm dying squirtle

[bumblingbabooshka]

’Cause it’s my problem if I want to pack up and run away It’s my problem, it’s my problem if I feel I need to hide And it’s my problem if I have no friends and feel I want to die

[ghostb0o]

I've been seeing people say people here are being more optimistic about the state of the qsmp

Bitch wh e re

On a more serious note I have so much empathy for quackity rn. Irl I recently just had had a community event I was helping plan ("helping", it was mostly me :///) fall through and it fuckin SUCKED. Similarly enough it was due to me naively trusting people to do their jobs without 247 oversight. Thankfully it was just group project shenanigans and not like financial embezzlement or whatever the hell is happening over there. I felt and feel like a shit failure for my thing and I don't even have masses of people on Twitter to deal with so I respect the guy a lot for not imploding and booking a trip to Niagara

[cxinis]

for every newly published romance book i read i have to read 5 pschotic female rage books

[beegswaz]

ink saying the universe hates me as if i dont already know that 😭😭

[muttalert]

thinking about oddtaxi again :3 and the ending that knocked the show down a peg for me :(

[itlswhatltls]

I've always known Vini Jr is a big fat loser and this past week he's been treading through a seriously disgusting path already, but he really just hit an all-time low with his twitter post. Like fuck him man. What a piece of shit.

[spockoholic]

I went to a filipino food/cultural fest with my filipina friend this weekend and tried balut (steamed fertilized duck egg) which was a entertainment hit with both my friends family and with the granny who was at my table who filmed and narrated me eating it 😂 caucasian girl tries balut for the first time

[zenyuumi]

DOLLCHESTRAS AWOKE FULL VERSION DROPPED YESTERDAY AND I DIDNT KNOW????

[albino-whumpee]

U want to talk a bit about your project? If so here's a free ask for you to do that

oh! Sure. I have talked about it in discord, but ah, it´s the videogame one.

The project was basically a gamified planner that incited players to do their tasks by having rewards inside a game using pomodoro dynamics.

But my lack of communication skills and design choices made it hard to actually make a game out of it.

So it went through quite a lot of changes.

The biggest one was making the world be in complete darkness. Like eternal night, but it´s because of a darkness cloud that slowly creeps into your phone. So if the darkness swallows you, it´s game over.

This changes the game entirely and has become a game where you have to strategically use your resources to light up a world in complete darkness. You achieve this by gathering resources and:

Building lamps and giving them energy.

Energy you obtain from completing activities in real life.

Those activities are set up by yourself and the system works with reminders. If you don´t mark the activity as done for the day, you don´t receive rewards.

Making buildings that make gathering resources more efficient.

Building a lighthouse to show you the way to the next map.

Building a boat to continue your adventure.

The excuse of the game, aka. story, is that you have to help a small creature get back home in exchange of helping you and aiding as your guide and companion.

The project keeps its core of being a tool to keep yourself active and have more fun doing activities when you can´t see the light at the end of the tunnel. I´m not subtle, either hahah.

But it´s been a harsh long process because there´s too many elements and dynamics to consider. I´m working on this project alone, so you can imagine the amount of work this is.

I have like 10% of it done.

Not gonna lie, I´ve wanted to give up on it so, so many times. Idrk anymore why I keep at it.

In the end, is this game actually fun to play? Or is it just a lot of features taped together in the shape of a "game"? Is this game something my intended players will actually enjoy playing, or am I just making it unnecessarily difficult?

It´s...hard :¨)

[enviousinfluences]

I feel awful because I need to take a break from work like a real weeks king mental health treatment thing but I really need money and patreon isn’t something I can pause

[maxellminidisc]

The YYH shit...hmmmm hMMMMM??? Honestly when will Netflix stop trying to milk anime with live actions like I feel like live actions always flatten the hell out of the stuff they're adapting because comparatively animation will always be more conducive for stories in the realm of fantasy, action, and grand efforts of imagination. Which is like the biggest fucking irony since we associate live actions with literal dimensionality LMAO

Like we've had this discussion about how animation would be a perfect medium for bringing comic book movies to life in a better way than the mcu's attempts, as best exemplified by the spider verse movie. In this case the same is true but in a different way. The story has already been told in a solidly and much beloved way in an animated medium, why mess with a perfectly good thing?

[sapphichobbit]

sigh tiktok has been talking about this anime that actually looks good but its only on premium crunchy roll and i reallllly dont want to go through the effort of watching an anime on a sketchy site

[absolutelynoterica]

The fish rots from the head