THE VENGEANCE SAGA
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PLUS, MENTIONS OF S.A.
đ± NOT SORRY FOR LOVING YOU
Even though Calypsoâs actions infuriate me, her actressâ voice (Barbara Wangui) is incredible and so compelling. She sounds like a lotus flower, and just that notion is marvelous, now that I say that. She is the island of the lotus eaters, and I do really like that she isnât blindly in love with Odysseus.
She can see she hurt him, but she still believes she was in the right. Sheâs sorry she did all she did, but she wouldnât take a single moment back. Calypso only admits sheâs wrong for âpushingâ him. This allusion only shows that she regrets the pain she caused him when she forced him into bed with her, for several years. But does she regret the action?
Itâs so well written, an apologist song to make excuses for her. But still, itâs only meant to toy with your emotions. And yet, she doesnât play the âone song characterâ, the âtiny plot pointâ. Jorge gave her pain, and anguish, and loss. He made her seem human, while still holding the godlike apathy and blamelessness.
đ± DANGEROUS
And onto my favorite song, for the reason alone that itâs a crazy banger with HERMES IN IT! I knew half of this song when it came out, and can lip sync this in my sleep. By the gods, itâs incredible.
Ahem. Right, the analysis. Okay.
Odysseusâ first four of lament in the beginning hurt extra hard when the silence plays out. The crew would have responded⊠had they lived.
(Anyone else getting nostalgia for last winter from this?? How fast time goes! We have one saga left, andâ shoot, right. Ahem ahem.)
And then, the beloved Trickster Lord comes whirling into frame. Dancing. I can just FEEL the light-up floor, the disco ball⊠youâd think he and Hera would be good friends, huh?
This gives us a little glimpse into Hermesâ lordly self. That he is great with instructions, that heâs almost prophetic with them. Heâs not specific, heâs vague, but looking back, you can only go, âOHHHH!â Hermes is a cunning god, and aside from that, he lifts Odysseusâ spirits. He really is Odysseusâ friend.
And then the parallels. To Wouldnât You Like, to Keep Your Friends Close. Ouch. No, wow. No, scratch thatâ both.
It makes me wonder if Odysseus âDanger is my middle nameâ of Ithaca will ever figure out that Athena rooted for him, in the end. Makes me wonder if weâll hear from Athena again.
đ± CHARYBDIS
GYATT DAMN. TALK ABOUT INCREDIBLE?!
THIS might be my favorite song, for the typical reasons. You can hear the actions, and when I watched the animatics, it only showed me what I pictured. Perfectly portrayed.
I avoided spoilers for this song, not knowing how good it would be. Damn, am I glad.
Storm parallels, of course. And then, the sheer terror and turn of relief, when suddenly you realize heâs not as close as he thought he was. One last obstacle.
Love the fact that when he sings, âSo if you donât have much to say,â you realize Charybdis wonât be singing. I adored that. This song shows off how smart Odysseus really is.
đ± GET IN THE WATER
This song is just plain terrifying. Itâs scary. Itâs cold.
The screaming shakes me to my core. At first, I hadnât been fully on board (haha) with the choice of Poseidonâs voice actor, and then I took a few more listens to Ruthlessness, and reevaluated that thought. Besides that, heâs quite literally perfect for this song, specifically.
Let me tell you that Steven Rodriguez understood the assignment when he was told to say, âI canât,â âNo,â and âRuthlessness is ⊠mercy upon ⊠ourselves ⊠DIE!â
Realizing that the line about âgouging [his] sonâs eyesâ is a cheeky revenge for Polyphemus is incredible. You know whatâs funny? Poseidon and Odysseus arenât so different from each other.
Especially now.
Besides that, oh god, the memories of his loved ones singing into his âfinal momentsâ is painful. Thought weâd heard the last of Polites, Jorge? REMEMBER, JORGE?
Itâs a double entendre, too. Theyâre singing to him, telling him to keep going, and yet, theyâre telling him that theyâre waiting for him, too. Now⊠some for better, and some for worse.
Will they forgive him the same way heâs forgotten how to do, when he dies?
đ± SIX HUNDRED STRIKE
Aka, Poseidon discovers the indomitable human spirit.
Let me tell you, hearing the guitar made me gasp. Missed that riff, in all its glory and power, let me tell you. Plus, the wind bagâs theme, too!
This is a boss battle. Thatâs it. I swear to god, put the instrumental of this banger in Hades by Supergiant.
The screaming in this really made the song. The voice acting. The change of tone. The change of Odysseusâ tone. Heâs never been afraid to talk back to gods, has he?
I was only miffed that there was blood on the trident in the animation, and not ichor. But thatâs what you get when youâve been devoted to Greek mythology all of your life, you become an accuracy snob. All in all though, I ADORED that animation. Like⊠holy shit. Holy FUCKING SHIT!!!
Then, the stabbing and gasping. Poseidon attempting to make him feel bad, second-guess himself, by screaming and calling him a monster.
âLook what youâve turned me into! Look what weâve become!â Odysseus KNOWS that he and Poseidon are similar. Fathers willing to defend their honor, and the honor of their sons. However, Poseidon was always defending his own honor, and Odysseus was always protecting the lives of those involved.
And the CHOKING NOISES from POSEIDON??
âAfter everything youâve done⊠how will you sleep at night?â
âNext to my wife.â
AND I GASPED. AND I CHEERED!!!!!!!!!!!
On a much more hilarious note, I saw @justvea18 post a version of this meme as Poseidon. Was giggling my ass off. Go check it out, please.












