I NEED TO RANT ABOUT THE UNDERWORLD SAGA
No one will understand what I went through listening to the saga.
The Underworld: The Underworld is an absolutely BANGER of an opener.
The introduction to the underworld is nice, THEN BAM!
Emotional pain. You can't tell me "I took to long" IS NOT EMOTIONALLY DAMAGING! Polites hurts because we have actually met him and have seen him with Odysseus and his crew and them he became a pancake, but his mom. His mom hurt so bad.
Reminder, Polities and Odysseus' mom are singing THEIR FINAL THOUGHTS!
And Odysseus' mom is played by his IRL mom which is actually so sweet.
AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THIS EMOTIONAL MOMENT THE SONG GETS LOUD AND PICKS UP AND IT SOUNDS SO COOL!
I interpret that part as Odysseus trying to drown out all the other voices, not knowing if other's he knew were down there. Mainly Penelope because if his mother was down there, he didn't know if Penelope also died.
No Longer You: I enjoyed No Longer You. It's a big pit of foreshadow. It's also a warning to Odysseus about what's to come, but Odysseus doesn't understand.
Odysseus thinks that the person who is no longer him is an entirely different person when in reality it's still him, but he has changed beyond recognition.
This leads to the final song...
The Monster: This song is amazing. I'm not going to lie, I might like The Underworld better, but this song is also amazing.
The Monster shows Odysseus' descent from "what if I am" to "what if I become" to "I am" and "I will become" the monster. It also has him question all the actions taken against him along with his own actions.
Could the actions taken from his enemies have been for a good cause?(the cyclops avenging his sheep, Circe protecting her nymphs)
Could his actions have been monstrous?(killing a literal infant and then claiming he would do it again)
He doesn't want to lose anyone else and he would take on the form of a monster to protect everyone he cares about and make it home.
This saga is phenomenal and I adore it
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