The Underworld

I cannot even express how excited I was to listen to the Underworld Saga. It did not disappoint at all (of course, I wanted more songs, but the trio was amazing). Spoilers ahead for Epic the Musical.

"The Underworld" was an amazing setup for what we had coming. There are just so many tiny details! There are callbacks with "Full speed ahead," "Open Arms," and of course, we also have the "Ruthlessness" callbacks with the army. That would be so horrifying. He's surrounded by the 500+ soldiers who relied on him and trusted him to bring them back home. He even stated back in the Ocean saga how he didn't lose a single soul in the war. It's when they leave that everyone starts dying. Then, we have the heart-breaking Polites cameo, reminding Odysseus of how he cost his best friend his life. Now, the part that got me a little choked up was when his mom showed up. I have read even the story, so I know that she's gone, but it hurt so much to hear him realize he'd been at war so long that he never got to see her alive again. Him saying "Bye, Mom," just tears my heart strings right out. I love the contrast too of the quiet sadness in his voice with this line, then immediately yelling "All I hear are screams!" There's so much rage and pain as he's forced to confront everything that's kept him away from his family--including those he'll never be reunited with in life.

Then, we have "No Longer You." When I say the snippet did not do this song justice...(sighs dreamily). I still enjoyed the snippet, but this is probably my favorite of the bunch to listen to. The melody, the vocals, it's all just so beautiful. The tune just seems to float like you could do a ballroom dance with someone. That's not to say that the lines aren't great too. I love how this one plays on Odysseus's fears and how his increased time away from home has jaded him. The prophet basically says, "I see you with your wife, but you're messed up from your time away" and our Ithaca king is just pissed that he saw someone with his wife. Uh, buddy...well, I guess you'll find out soon enough. It's also so fun to know the story and get reminded of what Odysseus will be doing when he returns to Ithaca, fighting subjects who just assumed he had died and don't have respect for anyone in his family now. Even this entire concept to me in fascinating since it considers an underlying theme of the play: how people change due to their experiences. Odysseus will return, but it'll never be the same Odysseus who left in the first place.

And we end with "Monster" which is such an awesome ending to a first act. I wish this was live, so the audience could erupt in applause. (Small detail, but I love the music at the beginning. It's so unique when compared to the other songs and is pretty cool, gradually growing when more instruments are added). A bigger detail is that you have the instrumental intro matching the intro for "The Horse and the Infant." It just shows how far they've come and calls back to the very first time Odysseus was responsible for a lost life in the musical. My favorite line in this song is "I'm the only one whose line I haven't crossed." That's saying something too because this song is full of amazing lines. I just love the implication since we know Odysseus has often had lines he thought were too far. He didn't want to kill the baby, chose to spare Polyphemus, didn't kill Circe when he won in the fight, etc. Still, as he finally admits in this song, he did kill the baby. Despite that, he hasn't crossed his line. Why? I think it's because he keeps pushing it back each time he's confronted with something he doesn't want to do but feels he has to. It ties into the end of this song where he considers everyone he's lost, fully understanding the scope of it now that he's seen the spirits of his loved ones. Turning into someone he never wanted to be doesn't matter anymore. If he's a monster who still has a living family and hasn't proven the faith people had in him was foolish, then it's fine. He might have even been a monster before by not going against their enemies with everything he had. It's all a matter of perspective. Was he a monster for killing the baby, one for causing so many in his fleet to never return to their families, or one for both of those choices? The ending going back to "The Horse and the Infant" with him calling out for Penelope and Telemachus AND pairing that with the repeat of "Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves" is marvelous. It's almost like it's in the same sentence where he's explaining his actions to them, telling them that he has to become a monster because it'll make things alright for everyone they hold dear.

The only thing that made me mad about this is that I have no clue when the next saga is coming out or what it's even called. So, I'll just be playing the songs on repeat until I can add however many more to the playlist.

The way your OH MY GOD on the shoe post (IG) made me CACKLLLLEEE.

Glad you liked em

LMAO THAT WAS YOU??🤣🤣 now i know who to blame if i snag the kicks💀💀💀

Time to yearn, time to learn

yes the peacock miraculous obviously needs to be felix's and is extremely significant to him and there's so much poetry about the fact that he is the holder of the very miraculous that created him and him being the holder of it is deeply entrenched into the plot. HOWEVER.

sometimes i miss the cat!adrien vs dog!felix dynamic. because it was really fucking funny

*Placing this down and scuttling away*

Wow. That could not have turned out worse.

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kiss kiss fall in love ( + blurry post kiss sketches)

miami nightmare - l.n

Warnings: Sad Lando, smut, 18+, oral (male receiving)

Pairing: Lando Norris x fem!reader

Summary: Based on sprint today :(

A/N - omg Lando bless him tbh he’s gonna blame it on himself

LANDO POLE PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

Shit. Lando did not sound happy on the radio. Not at all when he was pushed off of the track by no fault off his own and spun around. You watched as he walked back to the garage, his figure on the TV radiating anger as he ignored the waves and sympathetic smiles. Without even removing his helmet, he made his way to you, seeing your arms open to receive him. “I’m sorry, love,” you mumbled, pulling his helmet and balaclava off as he sighed.

“Well, we have 18 laps to spare,” you shrugged, leading him through the garage. “To do what, mope around?” he asked sarcastically as you hummed, shutting his driver room door. “Y/N…” he begun, squinting at you as your fingers clawed at the bottom of his fireproofs. “Gonna make it better for you,” you said, lips on his neck as he gasped. “Fuck, Y/N,” he groaned, your lips trailing down his now bare chest and towards his v-line.

You lowered his suit, eyes on his as he watched you, lips parted slightly, curls falling perfectly on his forehead. “So gorgeous,” he said, watching as his cock sprung against your cheek, your hand wrapping around the base. You giggled, his length pressing against your face as he sucked in a breath of air. “You do it,” you said, letting him wrap his hand into your hair, your lips sucking softly on the top of his cock.

“Fuck, like that, Y/N,” he pushed softly onto your head, making you take his tip into your mouth. You hummed against him, pulling back for some air, before he pushed you onto him again. Your hand reached the parts of him that your mouth couldn’t, rubbing your salvia up and down as you twisted your hand. “Fuck, you’re taking me so well, doll,” he cooed, his fingers grazing your cheek. Your eyes watered as he pushed you further down, his cheeks flush

Your eyes rolled as you hollowed out your cheeks to fit more of him, struggling at this point. You felt his hand come down on your cheek softly, stinging slightly before caressing the contact area. “Stay with me, doll,” he mumbled, hand pumping himself as he let you off of him for a few seconds, before bringing you back down. “Look, at you, hm? Taking me so well,” he teased, drawing small circles on the top of your chest, feeling him hit the back of your throat.

“Shit Y/N,” he cursed, pulling you off of him as he felt the knot unravel in your stomach. “I’m fucking close,” he groaned, cheeks red. You hummed in protest, moving his hand off of you and sliding back onto him, a gasp leaving his lips as he felt himself release. “Y/N, what are you- fuck!” he moaned, head thrown back, sweat dripping along his cheek. The hot cum hit the back of your throat as he groaned, pulling you off of him as you giggled.

“Oops,” you shrugged as Lando reached forward, using his thumb to push the hot liquid back into your mouth. “Thank you doll,” he giggled airily, “might DNF every race,”. You hummed, “I only swallow if it’s not your fault,” you shrugged as he groaned. “That’s what I get for DNFing? What if I win, Y/N, god?” he laughed, bringing his lips to yours.

Page 8 of my Miraculous Mentor AU comic A Matter of Trust! In which Plagg doesn't quite get the awestruck reception he was looking for. Adrien got a very sanitized retelling! 🫢

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Maybe the monkey wrench was the friends we made along the way

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Trying a different way to draw my fav boy. May try to keep it like this from now on, I kinda like it ^^

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Beach date gone "wrong". Rip to Elliott and his dislike of sea cucumbers, but they are cool weird little creatures. Did you know the largest species of sea cucumber can get to 3 meters long.

Machi's Idea #4

The JL can't understand what's wrong. They did their best effort to honor the king of dead and celebrate accordingly with the most strict protocol. Yet the king seems equally dull and annoyed. The JLD knows what's going on but they decided to say nothing in the hopes that this would teach the JL a lesson. Jason tried to explain the situation but none of the "adults" (aka Batman) listened to him so he decided to get his point across by getting into a fist fight with the king. One hour later they are kissing and Jason is explaining to the JL that ghost bond through fighting.