unclefungusthegoat
Friends call me Uncle Fungus
Chloe/Uncle Fungus. 28. England. She/Her. Actress. Writer. Cosplayer. Multifandom, but currently Versailles/Monchevy obsessed! If a character is a tragic psychopath, they're probably my true love. AO3 is SpaceGoat.
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I'm surprised Mirrormask (2005) isn't more popular on tumblr. Like what more can you ask for?
Gorgeous and original art and design!
A darkside emo version of the protagonist with a punk haircut!
Cats with creepy little human faces!
These things, which are inexplicably all named Bob (except for one that is named Malcolm)!
Also Neil Gaiman is involved!
If you like fantasy, early CGI, steampunk aesthetics, jazz music, dreamscapes, creative costume design, or generally weird movies then please watch Mirrormask (2005) I need everyone to know about Mirrormask (2005)
#mirrormask is AMAZING#so nostalgic to me#my sister and I used to watch it with our childhood best friend
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The line delivery here in No Longer You was INSANE! Anyways, expect a lot of Odysseus fanart this week because I’m obsessed with this miserable little dude
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#bitter and jealous? me?#it's more likely than you think#just wish the universe would give me a break#instead of continually ripping the rug out from underneath me#and kicking me while I'm down
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objects in art: swords/daggers
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I keep thinking about how Eurylochus does not appear (at least not with any solo lines) in the Underworld Saga. At the start of the Circe Saga, Eurylochus was about to confess something to Odysseus, but because Odysseus is distracted and brushes Eurylochus aside, we never get to see what it is that Eurylochus meant to say. We have also seen Eurylochus defy Odysseus twice now; first when he questions Odysseus before they go to the island of the wind god (this is more doubt than defiance, but it is the start of Eurylochus's departure), and secondly, when Eurylochus says "No we don't!" and chides Odysseus for wanting to go back and rescue the men Circe has cursed. So, we know that Eurylochus has been doubting Odysseus's ability to lead them home to safety more and more since Odysseus's departure from Athena.
(Notably, Eurylochus does not question Odysseus throughout the first two sagas, even during the attack with Polyphemus. He only begins to question Odysseus after "My Goodbye".)
The events in the Underworld in both the Odyssey, and from what we know about Act II from the lyrics we have so far, so this lack of lines becomes particularly chilling. Song IV in Act II, "Mutiny", details Eurylochus's turning away from Odysseus and taking a stand against him as Captain. Eurylochus blames the deaths of their men on Odysseus; on his cowardice, his mercy, and on Odysseus's selfish obsession with getting himself home over the lives of his crew.
In the lyrics we have from "Mutiny", Eurylochus says this to Odysseus:
"When we fought the cyclops,
you were quick to hatch a plan
And when we fought with Circe,
it was you who left behind no man
But when we saw this monster,
we didn't take a stand
We just ran"
"You miss your wife so bad,
you'd trade the lives of your own crew"
"If you want all the power you must carry all the blame!"
These are interesting to me, because when they cross through the Underworld in the Odyssey, Odysseus makes two deliberate choices that endanger the crew in order to save more lives than he would have lost if he did not. Circe and Tiresias give him two bits of advice in this area;
Do not touch the cattle of Helios. They are sacred to the Sun god, and the crew will pay dearly for touching the cattle (Tiresias).
Cross closer to Scylla when they pass her and her sister Charybdis in a strait in the Underworld. Both of them are monstrous creatures that sit on either side of the river; if you stray too far from one, you are pushed into the arms of the other. Circe advices to pass by Scylla because she will kill "only six" men, whereas Charybdis will kill the entire crew and drown the ship.
In The Odyssey, Eurylochus disobeys command number one by persuading some of the starving and mutinous crew to kill and eat a few of the cattle. This leads to Eurylochus and the remainder of the crew - except for Odysseus - to be killed in a storm by Zeus. Their ship is also destroyed, and Odysseus is stranded on Calypso's island.
Now, in context of all of this, Eurylochus's silence in The Underworld Saga is extremely loud to me. Eurylochus is already doubting his devotion to Odysseus, and has already outright challenged Odysseus's actions that lead to the deaths of their men. So now, when the souls of those same men are confronting Odysseus in the Underworld and Odysseus is actively choosing to become a monster? Eurylochus is suddenly silent.
I can only picture him standing on the deck of their ship with the rest of the crew, watching Odysseus see their crew, see the prophet, and be turned more by the threat of another man with his wife than the crews' sacrifice. Odysseus is more disturbed by his wife's (theoretical) moving on than he is the deaths he has caused, and he actively states he is willing and going to become a monster.
Maybe Eurylochus says nothing because he already saw a monster standing where Odysseus stood.
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Arthur holding his baby boy
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In honour of the end of the first act:
#my fiancé was like 'you should totally listen to this'#AND HE WAS CORRECT#now I'm an even bigger fan than him lmao
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"..Mom?"
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Here is your daily Reminder to Click for Palestine!!
Thank you for your help!!
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UNDERWORLD SAGA- MY THOUGHTS
My goodness you guys do I have thoughts.
FIRST- the way this is such an ensemble heavy saga the 'all i hear are screams' in the first song WOW. Its because they have the whole crew back. They're singing with everyone, and I hadn't realised how much independent and almost quiet it had gotten during the circe saga, which speaks as a metaphor in itself
SECOND- Polites is back!!! Thank youuuuu actual tears were falling, the way odysseus' voice breaks when he says his name, similarly to his mother (regarding his mum, holy moly [pun intended] he didn't know she was dead- the guilt he must feel 'i took too long' broke me) polities that sweetheart, I can imagine even his ghost is so encouraging to the crew that's left on the journey, they needed that guy for morale big time.
THIRD- aight onto the prophet, anyone who read the odyssey is screaming rn, the foreshadowing is soo good but mysterious and twisted enough that it fits greek prophecies soooo well. Piggybacking off that 'palace in red' when we get to the suitors that shit is going to POP OFF damn it I cannot wait. Mentions of penelope being under pursuit. The WHO?!?!?!? Oh. My. Gods YES THAT WAS BRILLIANT. he's so angry and he loves his wife so much, I will never stop guessing over the two of them. Perfect.
FOURTH- the third song, pretty sure I screamed. The tension. The foreshadowing. The regret. The guilt. IT HAS EVERYTHING. All the references back to previous events, giving perspective from the other characters to stop portraying them like the enemies is so so important for the legacy of greek mythology. Perspective is everything. Onto THE BRIDGE!! HELLO? THIS MAN IS BOTH A GENIUS AND ACTUALLY INSANE. HE IS A MADMAN AND I LOVE IT. Drop another infant from a wall..... I actually have no words that is insanely cool. Odysseus has changed so much. Athena needs to hit him up again, now he'd kill for his people, you can see just how tired he is and how much he wants to go home. He's scared for penelope and telemachus, literally nothing else matters anymore.
Overall. 10/10 and this is only HALF WAY can it even get better than this??
#AGREED#epic the musical#if I ever write anything half as good as jorge has achieved with this I'd cry with joy
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i think i like this guy
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