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“Even if you’re the last thing I see, I’ll be waiting”

Voiced by Jay’s mom.. it’s the softest part of the whole musical, those were her last thoughts as she died, Odysseus hadn’t seen her in 10 Years. Odysseus recognized her voice immediately. He Joins her in singing. I’m devastated. Actually sobbing.

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Jorge casting his own mother as Odysseus' mother

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About the lines in "No Longer You" that go

Tiresias: I see your wife with a man... with a trail of bodies.

Odysseus: WHO!?

*half-beat*

The wording here and the half-beat are VERY INTENTIONAL, I think. The half-beat gives you JUST enough time for your brain to auto-fill an answer, and the word "who" rhymes with "you" (plus the fact that the word "you" has already been lingered on once or twice by this point in the song). All this comes together so that, when you hear this line, you instinctively want to shout back "You!" because you KNOW the answer and it's SO OBVIOUS, but Odysseus can't see it!

10/10 amazing artistry

(Also, most of us have seen this before. I won't explain it, but...)

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hhhhh i can’t wait for summer i’ll stay up all night writing w/o consequences like being tired

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raise your hand if you’re feral over Odysseus shouting, “WHO!” when the prophet says he sees Penelope with a man who is haunting

a man with a trail of bodies

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Wait for it

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Jorge is an angry owl!

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ODYSSEUS SCREAMING “WHO?” BUT IT'S HIM. THE HAUNTED MAN WITH A TRAIL OF BODIES STANDING BESIDES HIS WIFE IS HIM.

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The bit after Anticlea when ALL I HEAR ARE SCREAMS goes so loud is just so asjdkdkd!!

Also POLITES MY BABY YES ITS AN AMAZING LIFE BUT ODY IS STILL GONNA BE A MONSTER :(

The whole of No Longer You is so swoopy do u know what I mean? Like the music is swoopy up and down kinda?? I LOVE it!!!

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"Odysseus when you come home, I'll be waiting. Even if you're the last thing I see, I'll be waiting."

"I'm right here, Mom. Can't you see I'm waiting? ...I took too long."

Jay, come here a second. I would like to have a word about why I'm silently bawling my eyes out at 1am because of Anticlea saying she will always love her son whom she died waiting for.

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started with “i keep thinking about the infant from that night”

ended with “and if i gotta drop another infant from a wall / in an instant so we don’t die / then i’ll become the monster”

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“I took too long…”

Jay you will be sent my therapy bills I hope you know that