Thunder Bringer - EPIC: The Musical (Animatic)

so my take on zeus is he has his typical human-like form, but also a huge cloud one that mimics his every move (for intimidation + hes full of himself)

i understand if you dont like it

epic is by @JayHerrans !!

[FluffeeSMASH]

The idea of Zeus having a Stand version of himself is one I really like. Lets him have that personal touch of interacting face to face with people while also letting everyone and everything for miles around know that the King of the gods is present.

[fandemusique]

Zeus appearing both at the size of a human on the ship and with a giant more bearded/older form in the clouds is a great way to show his different aspects and how divine he is, as he's not bound to the idea of "only appearing at one place and only have one appearance".

And I love how he both show anger and sadistic pleasure, as he's there to give justice even if he like making suffer those he's there to punish!

[TR_BLOX]

0:54 Eury thinking he has a chance to attack zeus will always be funny

[arandomaddict]

Eurylochus! Him protecting Odysseus even after everything even trying to fight the king of the god! You can tell Eurylochus is just grieving when he attacked Odysseus with the other crew members 😢 he loved his brother but he always will look after the crew and is hurt that their captain chose to give up on them.

[LEGOMANIAC]

The way that Zeus looks so tired when he says "Someone's got to die today, " followed by that almost sad-looking smile... It's almost like he sympathizes with Odysseus. Being King means you have to make choices that tear your heart out--even as king of the gods.

[BitesforNugget]

Eurylochus protecting Odysseus from Zeus, waiting and watching the rest of the crew's premature judgment, ready to attack Ody while hoping he'll make the choice that keeps them alive only for him to choose to sacrifice them. Damn, this is good.

[SimplyPeachyKeen]

Zeus: *King of the Olympian gods, literally uses a lightning bolt as a weapon*

Eury: ...I can take him

Ody: No, you can't–

[brenndanmcdonaugh]

Love the split aspects of Zeus. I've always imagined their avatars are just puppets of the larger divinity

[loonelytoon]

Woah, the close-shot of a sword being exctracted slowly by one of the crewmates while they all wait for Ody very obvious response was a very cinematographic touch, like something out of a Sergio Leone movie.

[CHOSHASHI]

3:14 i love how zeus is like I KNEW IT for a split second

[TR_BLOX]

3:46 ALSO, U DID NOT HAVE TO TROW POLITES AND EURY THERE, I ALR GOT ENOUGH DEPRESSION FROM THE SAGA-

[andifishgallery]

Eurylochus attempting to protect Odysseus and Odysseus just shoving him out of the way breaks my heart.. their brotherhood just completely shattered it AAAA

[the-plague-artist]

I love how Zeus looks in this and cloud version of him. Definitely my favorite version of this song.

[stardust.]

Zeus' dual forms is a very interesting touch

[DSleepPlays]

I appreciate that you had multiple crewmates with tears in their eyes as they went to attack Odysseus after he made his choice. It's not just Eurylochus that was betrayed, it was the entire crew. They all charge Odysseus knowing their fate is already sealed, and the tears of everyone shows that they all know just how hopeless their aggression is at that point.

[combatwombat]

I love how sleazy your zeus looks (and i say that in the most affectionate way) its perfect for him

[crimsonmaverick]

I LOVE how you depicted him morning his crew mates at the end- I think that’s a much stronger visual personally than him just thinking about Penelope again.

The music gives a very strong reminiscing vibe of that nature.

[CyrahLia_]

The cloud him and the actual person!
Eury protecting Ody still, up until the point where Ody picked them to die-
Odysseyus stepping up instead of his crew despite them killing the cows and not him!
Polites at the end had my crying- 😭❤️‍🔥
I love the small hints and moments, it makes it so niceee!!!
This is SO GOOD

[alelasso]

I will always find it funny and ironic that eurylicus says "but we'll die" after knowing full well the consecuentes of his a actions after killing the cow odysseous told him NOT to kill. Like yeah dude you'll die, you literally asked for it. I like to think that odysseous would have normally probly chosen the crew if polyphemus and monster hadn't happened.

[valmid]

*Blooper:*

Oddie: Hold up; didn’t you also forced me to choose whether or not I must kill a baby?