I can't help but wonder | EPIC: The Musical Animatic 

Odysseus and his son meeting after 19 ish years is just wholesome

I like how he has features of both parents. He is long and graceful like his mum, despite looking so much like his dad.

This scene is so impactful after all the animations you made of Odysseus trying to get back home, amazing!

seeing an aged odysseus and his son who resembles him in his younger years before war tarnished their relationship….. which shows how far both of them have come…. an emotional story, truly

0:41 VERY interesting--I always saw the lyrics "for twenty years I never could outGROW YOU--" as bitter on Telemachus's part; after all, the suitors mocked him by comparing him to his stranger of a father. But here, he's almost embracing the pride the myth of his father gave him, and how that motivated him and led him here. I think that's beautiful.

Earlier: Telemachus: 'Mother, I hate these vile suitors, they never leave, they all want to claim you as Queen just so they can rule as King. Let me fight them!' Penelope: 'My son, you are brave and bold, but it is age and treachery that can defeat youth and skill. If you oppose the suitors, they would unite and kill you. But if only your father was here . . . he would think of a plan to deal with them all in one fell swoop.' Later: Following Odysseus and Telemachus' revenge on the suitors. Nice to meet a man who lives up to his legend.

I really loved the reunion part in the Odyssey, where Odysseus disguised (thanks to Athena) as a beggar and after meeting Telemachus Athena suddenly pops out of nowhere (to only Odysseus) and pulls off his disguise (basically telling Ody that "your time has come to stop being the absent dad, now have an emotional moment with your son!"). Telemachus (after some inital doubt, like mother like son) jumps into his fathers arms and begins weeping as they hold eachother. Pause for a moment to absorb the feels. Anyway the point I was trying to make was your animatic does a great job at recreating that heartwarming feeling you get from reading the reunion for the first time. Fantastic job!

When dad comes back with a life time supply of milk 😢

this is… adorably heart wrenching. i cant even think about how many stories telem would hear about his father, but still never truly know him. the way you animated telemachus crying and yet smiling broke me this is so sweet😭 ALSO I JUST REALIZED HOW LONG THIS COMMENT IS SORRY I JUST HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY

I kinda like the change from the book of Telemachus finally meets Odysseus AFTER the death of the suitors, thematically it's more dramatic.

The full version of this song is going to DESTROY ME!!!

All the EMOTIONS and how you deliberately changed the frames just a little to show all the subtle expressions. AMAZING. WE ALL LOVE THIS, LIKE ALWAYS

This is so cool! I love there interactions, and how Telemachus just lets out all those tears ❤🥹

THE WAY THAT YOU MADE TELEMACHUS LOOK LIKE A MIX OF PENELOPE AND ODYSSEUS MAKES ME CRY.

Oh gigi, you did such a good job. Your Telemachus is my favorite. I love his fluffy hair, he looks so much like his daddy. I can tell you're going to absolutely rip out my heart and smash it on the ground and I'm going to thank you for it

*HOLY CRAP ITS WAY TOO EARLY FOR THIS BUT I APPRECIATE THIS AND LOVE THIS SO MUCH-* Okay, time for a lil analyzing- I don’t know if anyone noticed this, or I may be overthinking this, but at 0:15, notice how Telemachus’ pose is similar to Penelope’s in The Challenge animatic. The lyric is adding to this as well, “Thought about your name so much, it hurts.” Once again, I may be overthinking this, but this has to be intentional, with Telemachus most likely saying what Penelope was thinking for at least 20 years while Odysseus was gone.

Gigi, how could you do this to me, again!?! I'm *internally* crying right now! I just can't take it. Bittersweet overload!!!! Aside from that, you are very creative with these animatics. You just do these SO WELL!!! It's like **chef's kiss**

I like that Telemachus looks like his father, but has the gestures and habits of Penelope

TELEMACHUS LOOK SO HANDSOME HELP ME 🫠🫠🫠

Watching this alongside Wolfy’s part of it… If this entire song remains canon, I can and will start crying. Niagara Falls will have relocated to my family room

Odysseus's expression when he realizes that Telemachus is who he is made my heart melt, AUGH I LOVE YOUR WORK GIGI!! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK >:DDD

The fragile hope in Telemachus' eyes-!!!! Also, I dunno if it's just me but does anyone else think that Telemachus' "I can't help but wonder" sounds a little reminiscent in tune of Odysseus' "what if I'm the monster"????

Bro woke up and chose to make me personally cry This is epic hehe no pun intended

Telemachus: Dad?… Odysseus: …. Telemachus: IS THIS WHERE YOU’VE BEEN FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS?! Odysseus: *Disapears* Telemachus: DAD NO!!

Loving the subtle expressions in this one gigi, youve outdone yourself!!!

HSHDHHDHDH ODYSSEUS AND TELEMACHUS FINALLY SEEJNG EACHOTHER AFTER NEARLY TWO DECADES!! Seriously love this so much!! It really captures the emotions of the reunion

MY SON I'M FINALLY HOME~

I'm a simple person. I see a new gigi animatic in my notifications, I drop everything and watch it. Excellent as always!

Augh my heart!!!!! God I love the angles you use. The zoomed out part!!! They are so small and human in that moment im gonna cry

This animatic really is incredible and incredibly animated. I want to mention the quote from the official clip about the song which is *a reunion for one, a meeting for another* :_)

Well, this was freaking awesome. now we just need a part 2 for Odysseus' part and this will become legendary.

wow this animatic is already so good. can't imagine how nice it must looks without all these tears in my eyes

[TELEMACHUS] All my life, I'd have died to meet you Thought about your name so much it hurts For twenty years I'd dreamt of how I'd greet you Oh, and now you're here I can't find the words All my life I'd have died to know you Days and nights I wish that I could show you For twenty years I never could outgrow you Oh, and now you're here I can't help but wonder What your world must be If we're like each other If I have your strength in me I can't help but feel like Sorrow's all I've known And I can't help but realize For so long I've felt alone [ODYSSEUS] Oh my son, look how much you've grown Oh my boy, the sweetest joy I've known Twenty years ago I held you in my arms How time has flown, oh Used to say I'd make the storm clouds cry for you Used to say I'd capture wind and sky for you Held you in my arms prepared to die for you, oh How times has flown I can only wonder What your world has been Things you've had to suffer And the strength you hold within All I've ever wanted Was to reunite with my own 20 years we've wandered But today you're not alone My son, I'm finally home

At 0:18 Telemachus looks so much like Penelope did in The Challenge and I love it

No joke, I actually almost cried watching this.

You captured the essence of this snippet of the song so beautifully that it's aghh!! Odysseus and Telemachus' faces when they saw each other at the start is a treasure to behold. I'm in love with with the way you make the subtle changes in their expressions impact the whole scene a lot. 😭💖

Ohhhh Telemachus as a child listening to Penelope’s stories and then the large space between them that Telemachus begins to cross!

I love the way you draw Telemachus, he looks so cute.

i don't know if its just the silhouette, but i think Telemachus also looks like his mom 😍😍

I LOVE YOUR TELEMACH AND PENELOPE THEY HAVE LOVELY VIBESS

Gosh, this song makes me sappy. I love this so much.

For some reason the part where he says "I can't find the words" while tearing up makes me cry SO HARD

it almost makes me cry

I just love how soft his voice and song is 0:24 that little moment :,)

Gigi dont make me cry please 😭

Gigi it has been so long since I've cried when listening to a musical, and this animatic of yours brought me to actual tears. You're one of the greatest animators out there! Keep up the amazing work.

Welp- I didn't think I'd cry today- but here we are!! (ITS SO BEAUTIFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL)

I love how this song is a meeting and a reunion. It feels so heartwarming and bittersweet.

Me looking this song up: I feel like crying today

Watching your other videos I love how you can see the passage of time and the toll it’s taken in Odysseus’ hair and beard and the continuity across the series!

This song literally makes me cry

WHY MUST YOU MAKE ME CRY LIKE THIS?!! 😭😭😢

It’s just the allergies 🤧. I’m not ACTUALLY crying 😭.

I cried my heart OUT- 😭😭 PS: your work is so so beautiful! Keep going!!

This.. Is beautiful. No other word are needed

"this is all I did, have this drawing" gigi I love you

IM SO IN LOVE WITH YOUR TELEMACUS DESIGN?? I WANNA SQUISH HIM GAHHHH

HOW HAVE I NEVER HEARD THIS SNIPPET BEFORE?!??? Anyway AMAZING

AAAH! The way you animated this is just so powerful. Like, the way you showed Telemachus hiding his tears was so meaningful to me. It's like he feels that he has to hide his emotions and be strong because he's seeing his father for the first time. And the way Odysseus softens and puts his bow down then he realizes who's approaching him? DHSGAKJH. And the way Odysseus can only watch as he finally sees his son after 20 years away is just so poetic. Like, he's literally unable to move or do anything out of just PURE JOY because he's able to see the one person he loves most in his life. I love this animatic

if just for 1 minutes and 9 seconds ive already started bawling, imagine if you made the full animatic, i'd be crying a river at 3 am

This is gorgeus. They contrast each other so much, yet they are still so similar!

OMG STOPPP THIS IS SO GOOD!!! IMMA GO CRY NOW- 😭

The way I screamed once i saw those tears

Im.. crying. This is beautiful!!! The close up we got of Ody and that light in his eyes… magic

i love how shy tlem looks

1 world AMAZING :o i like every single animation you made for real i recommande all my friend to look at yours, they are my fav

My god this is great again

that was EPIC...

Why thank you for making me cry and sob

Omg this is amasing I love this musical and your such a talented artist I watched most of your animations there so good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This song makes me cry its so wholesome and sweet and the way you potray it makes me xry even more, its so good

AHH this is such an emotional scene!! It makes me sad but also happy

BROOO GIGI YOU LEFT ME A CRYING MESS 😭

when the full song eventually gets released i'm SO gonna cry bro 😭

0>0 this is to wholesome for epic idk why... someones either gonna die again, or or someone's gonna get murdered-

oh oh god the feels

I HAVE NO WORDS TO SAY, SO INCREDIBLE

Im not crying, you're crying 😭😭

Awww my precious boy🥺

I’m crying your animations are always so beautiful

The parallel to The Challenge!!

Jay needs to see this!

STOPPPPPP I’M NOT CRYING 😭

Stop. I'm crying!!!🥺😭😭😭

I’m SOBBING

the emotions comes through so well

I’m crying. This is so beautiful.

AHHHH IM CRYING THIS WAS SO GOOD.. love how SMALL telemachus looks next to odysseus..

your animatics are what i live for

This is so sweet!!!!

i'm not sobbing you are

your telemachus is so sweet :,)))

OO I LUV IT

I would trade A LOT to live in your animated world. Love it more than Disney and Ghibli combined.

GIGI YOU OUT HERE KILLIN IT EVERY TIME 💞❤‍🔥💖

AMAZING, AAA

Just amazing, love it❤

SOBBING

Just…hug guys, you’ve earned that hug.🥰

Noooo I want to cry nowww