It's sort of soft canon in EPIC that the lotus eaters actually are the little creatures, called "winions". The name originated from the similarly-voiced minion dudes that Aeolis has backing them up in the Ocean Saga (Wind Minions = Winions), and it became canon through osmosis that little gremlin-voiced backing vocals are winions every time.
Polites, my beloved 😭 Now you know why fandom adores him, he is such a sunshine Those creatures are the Winions or Lotus Eaters, in OG story they are humans who were brainwashed by Lotus but in Epic they are those cat-like cute mischievous beings.
I think we can all agree that this is the better way to draw the Lotus Eaters for the musical, as I'm not sure it would have the same vibe if it was just a bunch of naked dudes on the worlds wildest trip.
5:21 "Uuuh, you don't know what kind of story you're in - you're in Greek Tragedy, man" That's just too accurate 😂 Odyssey might not have a clasic fully TRAGIC ending for the protagonist but uhhh... yeah. Ancient Greece did not do optimism lol
Less than 24 hours ago, the 6th saga released, and the first 2 sagas got a rerelease, so Jorge and his team actually get money from it (It's been throuh a rights hell since the beginning, fixed by the rerelease). Do not feel obligated to go back and relisten to the songs you've already heard. Also don't feel obligated to seek out the rereleased version for the songs you have yet to hear. It is entirely fine to continue on your journey as is, watching animatics that are made over the old versions. I also feel it's important to state that it is very likely that by the time you get to the 6th saga that not all the songs will have animatics for them. If that is the case, I would recommend asking your audience what you should do when you do your reaction to the first song of the 5th saga.
im so glad you are enjoying this journey like the rest of us! you shall become a full time winion(what fans like to call themselves) in no time! also everyone agrees our sunshine boys favorite food is pancakes lol
