[EPIC: The Musical] SUFFERING | Animatic 

WHEN HIS HAIR GETS SHORTER??? LIKE SHES CREATING THE ILLUSION THAT HES YOUNG AND FRESHLY IN LOVE AGAIN UGH I LOVE THAT

I love how the rest of the crew saw siren!Pen and went “Nope! 😰”

0:40 I *love* the subtlest change in her eye here. 'Dang. I have to switch tactics, smooth and quick if we're going to have a chance of eating today.'

I LOVE HOW CRINGED EURYLOCHUS IS WHEN HE SEES ODY'S HAIRTUCK LIKE "BRO FOR REAL??"

I love how you can tell Odysseus is not as unaffected by seeing his wife as he sounds.

I love how in scenes he appears younger or as “his ideal self”, like the siren is trying to show him his ideal life and future. It seems to slip when the illusion is broken or he's shifting the conversation. Great idea!

The way you kept cutting to the crew below deck is the funniest part of this whole animatic.

Gosh! I love how even with knowing that he has no daughter, he still very affectionate with her. It's a nice touch, and make think that he'd absolutely be a Girl Dad :3 Wonderful work!

The way you made Ody hold the siren as his ‘daughter’ was adorable 🥰

Interesting choice have the weird illusion stuff even effect Odysseus; like just speaking the siren makes him think of a time before everything went to hell, lol. Also, really cool choice to have the sirens literally boarding the ship; adds to threat they present that they don't necessarily NEED men to jump into the water, and I fully get why the crew is ducking out of sight until the right time in that case. Great stuff!

I love odys expression when he saw pene. Like we know he prepared for the sirens but seeing his wife would def still make him emotional. Also the end of the song"the things id do for you" if he wouldn't have known that those were sirens, i bet you he'd jump for her

I love how much you showed Ody directly interacting with siren!Penelope it makes everything so much sadder in a way

1:14 yeah, I’m the crew with seeing Siren Penelope! I love it! “I ain’t going up there with you cap! I’m staying down here!” 🤣🤣

I absolutely LOVE how subtle it was that the Siren was feeling weak to Odysseus, and that stemmed from the fact that Ody was showing all his love that he had for Penelope onto her look-alike. It seemed as if she knew “he really cares for this person”. Adding onto that it really felt like instead of the Siren trying to lure in Ody it was the other way around, I could practically feel it when she put the child in Ody’s arms. Him holding the child and the Siren looking so warm and content because he himself was so soft with the kid! And then the subtle eye shift of the child’s ‘human’ eyes to ‘siren’ eyes, as if the child was reminding her what the point of all this was. LOVE IT ❤❤❤

Love the little bit at 0:37 where the Siren get's thrown off and almost touched by the genuine love and affection Odysseus has for his wife almost like how he got Circe to trust him only for the siren to take a beat and come back to themselves and their purpose.

This is the first one I’ve seen that goes with the original story of Odysseus being tired up which I think is cool

Love the little bit at 0:37 where it seems like the Siren is a bit thrown off and moved for a moment by the tenderness and genuine love Odysseus has for his wife almost like how he was able to get Circe to trust him for that very same quality before the siren takes a second to remember it's purpose and go back to trying to trick/eat him.

i love the detail of him being tied to the ship and for some reason the rest of the crew hiding below deck is really funny, like im jiust picturing they have the other end of the rope and every few minutes just give it a little tug to snap ody back to reality

I love how soft and longingly he looks at Penelope and how sweet he is towards the fake daughter, she's absolutely adorable. And the cut back to Eurylocus being like wth when Odysseus does the hair tuck!

Not going to lie. I love how there's a lot of siren magic going on here also this is a first her already coming on the ship

OKEY, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST ANIMATIC THAT I'VE SEEN THAT THE LITTLE "oh no" OF THE SIREN SEEMS LIKE GENUINE ( 1:31 ) AND IM CRYING BECAUSE I REMEMBER THEY KILL THEM ALL 😭

the way you've drawn and animated Odysseus when looks at his 'daughter' at 0:49 is so goddamn sweet- it makes me think he's actually entertaining the idea of a daughter with Penelope, longing and fond. the emotion on his expression is just beautiful gorgeous storytelling, well done

That was actually pretty good! Its quite original, I especially like how the rest of the crew was just hiding under the deck and watching the show!

I've seen a ton of animatics of this song that are very good, but i really love the inclusion of Odyseus seeing "Penelope" and it actually evoking some emotion in him. He hasnt seen her in over a decade, and ive really felt like that line "dont you miss me? More than you know." Would come with some tears or something. Fantastic interpretation. ❤❤🎉🎉🎉

The vibes i get from this siren is she does actually kind of mean it. She does want to take the suffering away from him. The dead don't suffer, after all.

This animatic tore me to shreds. Siren Penelope sewing in the illusion, reminding Odysseus even more of home; Odysseus in the illusion scenes being younger bc he was pretty young when he left Penelope and Telemachus 😭 but also the part with the crew hiding and dipping when they saw Siren Penelope's true form is so funny🤣 (Also I'm a newcomer to your channel but your opening scene with your pen is SO COOL!!)

I love the little details sprinkled around. Him being tied with a rope, the slit in the 'daugthers' eyes, the crew noping out of there, the sirens design is really cool to and I just love the style of this!

0:39 "...s-so this is what it feels like.." o///o Gosh you're the only one that had the siren actually get a bit flustered from Ody.

Oh, oh I love this The designs of the sirens, the crew hiding under the deck, Eu being worried about Odysseus even though he knows things are going to plan, the flicker of the illusions, then the sirens climbing up behind 'Penelope' to represent Scylla, and then just your wonderful art throughout it all. So much to love in one video

The little glimpses of how the sirens look is extremely clever. This is how Ody and everyone else most likely sees them, because of the Beeswax, but "Penelope" is who we'd see without a means to block the enchanting voice.

Appreciate Ody being tied up at the start. It's a detail I love to see in animatics for this song.

AMAZINGGG I absolutely LOVE how you made him younger in the siren illusion thing screams

Siren: “~Come and play with our daughter~!” Odysseus: *No, look, I was...Wait a minute. Penelope would never say that* (Ice Age 4)

The little slit pupils showing that the baby is a siren......

Love how you kept the detail of him still being tied to the post in the original story! Also loved the bit where we saw Eurylochus looking up from below deck looking nervous rather that’s in fear for themselves or for Odysseus!

I love how long his hair is! And all the sirens climbing on deck at the end is so cool! Also your Scylla design is incredible!!!

My theory with the daughter is that the Sirens can only pick up on what people want, so she interpreted a desire for a daughter as a desire for a person who already exists, instead of wanting to go home and have more children with Penelope.

Love love love this, adore how the siren's illusion is portrayed here

The loose hair in combination with the glitching and the invading sirens is majestic and terrifying (Plus the crew nope-ing out 😂)

I kind of liked how for the beginning part of the song, it's the siren closing the distance and Odysseus consistently stepping away, but when he asks her about what route to take, he's the one stepping close and the siren's the one turning away to answer. Combined with the fact that it looks like the siren's face does turn sad hearing his situation and even right before she answers his question, it feels like this version's siren shows genuine sympathy for him, even if she is still going to eat him. I saw a lot of other animatics show the siren as uninterested in Odysseus' plight or taking joy in telling him, so this was an interesting interpretation. Though, this siren does go back to smiling as she tells him the answer's "the lair of Scylla", but I liked how serious her face was while initially giving the answer. Because even the sirens take gods' wrath seriously I guess. And when she goes back to smiling, I feel like maybe it's more relief because facing Scylla is bad enough that some people might choose to die here than take that path, so in a way, the siren might still feel assured that she has her prey or that being eaten is the "better" option/a mercy for Odysseus. Then again, I could be entirely wrong and she's just a really good actress committing to the bit.

i love this interpretation of suffering a lot because in different beasts ody says “you oretended to be my wife so i just played along” so i like how when he first saw the siren he was shocked and sad i think its very realistic

Cute fluffy art style. So cute. So fluffy. I sure hope nothing bad happens to any of them!

I love how the sirens climb onto the ship at this lineeee 2:27 (ALSO I FREAKING LOVE THE WAY YOU DRAW HANDS)

I like how this version addresses where the rest of his crew were while this was all happening! (Didnt make them cringe any less while he played his dramatics any more than usual though)

I like how the style of her hair sort of has an anglers lure at the front of it, implying the undertone of a threat.

I LOVE the way you draw the sirens, and people!! Your artsyle to to d¡e for!

This might be my favorite Suffering animation just because of the crew and the siren daughter!! She’s so cute!

This might be my favorite Suffering animatic. Your Sirenelope design is BEAUTIFUL and I love how Ody does seem somewhat entranced by her, only to remind himself it’s not his wife. I also love how flirty this one is verses other portrayals where it’s pretty obvious the siren is not genuine. Love it!!!

I love that in these animatics the Sirens disguise starts to flicker and become less perfect the longer Odysseus refuses to enter the water. Perhaps it's cause her skin is drying out and it's hard to maintain a disguise when she's dried out?

0:52 love that right here we can see the daughter (who i am assuming is a younger siren) looking at siren penelopy like "why aren't we eating him yet", makes me thing this isn't the first time they were disguised as one of their victims kids.(but its definitely the last)

OUGHHH THE EXPRESSIONS ARE SO GOOD. Odysseus crying at seeing his wife, the Sirens waiting below, Siren Penelope's face when he cups it! ODYSSEUS APPEARING YOUNGER WHEN SEEING THE KID AND HER?!!! My heart. Also fhdhshsh the crew popping up deck, seeing the Siren, and going 'nope'. I love the others climbing onto the ship and their faces when Scylla is mentioned, as well as the brief glimpse of her in this! And Siren qualities popping up as the song goes on, like the spikes, ears and eyes and the glitches!!! This is so good!!!! Also OUGHH the sword, which means he has to stab the thing that looks like his wife.

sdlkfj OH MY WORD!!! EVERYTHING EVERYTHIGN!!! THE DESIGNS! ODYSSEUS TEARING UP AT SEEING HER, HER embroidering, Him going up to hold her face and becoming "young again", him actually playing with the "daughter", the crew peeking before going back under and Eurylochus clearly being worried. PENELOPE WITH HAIR DOWN?!1 lksjd fOHH

My ears must have water in them because every time they sing 'I can/will take from the suffering from you' I hear 'I will drown you.'

FINALLY SOMEONE ACTUALLY TIED HIM TO THE MAST!!! Idk why no other animatics do that, it's literally the smartest thing Ody does in that situation and it's just so cool Love this love everything about this whatever u end up doin keep it up cause ur style is CRAZY good

Y'all need to hear this hc bc i think it's adorable - A saw a hc online that the 'daughter' wasn't just an illusion snd was a young siren trying to learn :] (with ofc they leave the fucking baby instead of killing her, maybe found a new pack or smt?)

there's so much to talk about here!!! the way he starts crying the moment he sees her?? the rope tying her to the mast, which has to be my favourite way of doing this scene. the way he sheds, like, ten years when he holds his 'daughter,' representing the chance for a family that he lost to the war. the confusion on Sirenelope's face when Odysseus refuses her. the sheer romance of their interaction. this is so good

Oh I love love loved the tears in Odysseus's eyes when he first sees "Penelope"

I really like all the extra little scenes you made, it built up the story, and felt very cinematic because of it. Great gob!

One of my favorites just for the art style. And I like how you play the genuine tension for both of their crews

The fact that she act to genuine 😢

Something I havent seen anyone else mention: whether it was intentional or not, every siren (including Scylla) has a strand/chunk of hair hanging in front of their face from the water. Siren!Pen has this in her disguise as well, but it isnt affected by the water. Brilliant I tell you ❤

2:14 Eurylocus no soportando el coqueteo de Ody. Amé

Finally someone who ties Ody to the mast!! (Well, kinda, but still), I was hoping someone would pick that up from the books!

I love how even your Scylla’s human half looks like it could fuck you up

OOOO i love your art style and I think yours is the closest animatic i've seen toying with the "it's a flashback" at the beginning of the song which was what I always imagined to be happening so awesome work!

Woaah your thumbnail changed that's really epic. I ADORE this animatic with my life, rewatch it so much it's crazy. The art is just inexplicably alive I can't help but be super immersed

0:38 Odysseus has that masked charm in him

Woah, I love EVERYTHING about this animatic. The fact that Ody changes hairstyle, showing a more “perfect” version of himself, how Penelope slowly, during the end, transforms into her siren form, THE EXPRESSIONS OF EVERY CHARACTER… god, I love this so much (also I love Odysseus’ long hair lol). Fantastic Job!!!

AAA this is so pretty!! I love your expression work, even knowing it’s an illusion Ody beings so happy to see her AUGH my heart. also the crew poking their heads up, seeing Sirenelope and going “NOPE no thanks” was so funny

THIS IS LITERALLY INBETWEENS AWAY FROM BEING AN ANIMATION HOLY SHIT THIS IS GORGEOUS

Imagine he didn’t have beeswax in his ears after the “now jump in the water!” And he wasn’t so “shy and terrified 👉🥺👈”

Not Ody rizzing the siren up

Everyone else has already pointed out so many great things about this animatic and they're all right and correct, but I do have to point out the faces the sirens made when siren Penelope mentioned Scylla. Like OH NO, NO, NO, DON'T EVEN GO THERE

Nice try beast! We all know there's no way that the real Penelope is shorter than Odysseus. Your facade was nearly perfect. Nearly

OOF, I absolutely adore this! First off, i love your design for Siren!Penelope, both in the illusion form and the fishy form. i also love Odysseous, and how once the ilusion sets in he becomes younger, I catched it in the second time rewatching, and it's such a nice touch! I love the way you draw anamtomy of the body and hands. The crew waiting beneath the floor was fun, and a good way to fully portray the true form of penelope. I also love how in this animatic instead of being below the water, siren!Penelope was already on the ship, as it to portray a more homely scene to lure them into lowering their guard. I also adore the "daughter", they were adorable and i wonder if they were a siren as well. An instersting idea brought in the shot with the crew is that the beeswax means the ilusion isn't working, so odyssoues is just REALLY good at roleplaying. The siren also appears to get a bit too into the role, a lot of animatics have siren!Penelope be bored when tricking him, stating the thing about scylla but the sirens expressions 1:55 seems to imply they're legitimatelly shocked at her answer. Oh yeah, i also love your scylla design! I adore everyones expressions thought the whole thing, and the way the ilusion somewhat glitches out at 2:25 before setting back in. I love the final shot with odysseous and his sword, you are awesome!.

I loved the detail of his hands being tied to the post because in the actual book, this is when he is traveling through the sirens and he really wanted to hear their voices so he told his men to tie him to the mast and put wax in their ears so they wouldn't die.

Siren Penelope: It’s through the lair of Scylla~ Other sirens: O_O sis are you fine??? Scylla's really scary why you talk about her...

Just a fun thing to drop by here! The entire animatic odysseus never looked away from penelope (apart from putting down the kid) because he’s reading her lips ^^ that’s why his sometimes ‘off’ look was on purpose and to answer some headcannons He didn’t hear the song, he felt the mist or the smoke ^^ !!

0:38 WAS THE SIREN FALLING IN LOVE THERE?? U CAN ALSO SEE, A FEW SECONDS LATER, SHE LOOKS SAD ONCE HIS TOUCH LEAVES HER, LIKE SHE WAS REGRETTING TRYING TO TEMPT HIM

I love the crew peeking out 😭😭🫶

I LOVE THE LITTLE ADDITION OF ODYSSEUS BEING TIED TO THE SHIP LIKE IN THE ACTUAL ODDYSEY😭😭

The boat at the beginning

I saw how Odysseus was tied to a pole, in one of the versions of the myth Odysseus actually ties himself while they passed by the sirens so he can listen to their songs. Love it! I love the many interpretation the Epic fandom makes! IT'S SO FUN SEEING EACH LITTLE EASTER EGG THAT EITHER CONNECTS TO THE MYTH ITSELF OR CREATES A BIGGER IMPACT! AH! In love.

Gigi gets alot credit for their animations and they deserve it, but alot of artists like you don't get enough credit, this was amazing!

Historically accurate blade!

This is one of the best i have seen yet ! I absolutely love the caracther design and how much it actually resembols the odissy

UGH! I love all the subtleties here! I also love the moment the other sirens appear behind PeneloSiren when she talks about Scylla. Here other heads trying to take the opportunity to monch on some Greek men. I ALSO LOVE HOW SHINY EYED THE SIRENS ARE!!!

1:30 I love her face so much "oh no😟" 😭😭

0:48 This is one of the few animatics of this song I've seen where a "daughter" is included. At most, the animatics have the mention, then carry on.

THIS IS AMAAZING I love it sm omg!! Definitely one of my favourite suffering animatics so far!! The way Odysseus goes back to looking like his younger self... the crew beneath deck ... and Eurylochus' worried glance, like he's concerned that Ody might actually go with the Siren! And the way you draw movement is so good, I could look at it forever aaahh!!

This is the most detailed animatic so far. I've been binging.

Penelope (Siren), after the second time singing the chorus: My Gods, I'm so hungry!

Okay.. first off your art is amazing!! ♥️ Secondly, I think this is the first time I actually low-key ship Odysseus and Siren-elope (as a crackship). I love their dynamic here, and love how she somewhat was falling for him versus her being irritated with him in all the other versions.

I love his change from how he currently looks back to his younger self before he left I love this whole animatic lol (The design you have for the Sirens is just 🤌 its epic - pun intended)

Sorry too YOUR AMAZING ✨✨✨✨✨✨ I’ve watched this like 5000 times and I also love the crew below just watching and listening .😊

This is amzing! I love your style!

I LOVE ODY’S LONG HAIR SO MUCH This animatic is so cool :D

OMG this little look in 1:13 got me rolling on the floor!!

1:56 ACTUAL CHILLSSSSS

When the crew went "nope" it was hillariouse