God Games - Hera | EPIC: The Musical ANIMATIC

Audio by ‪@JayHerrans‬

[@booksandmusicals]

I like that when Athena told Hera about Odysseus having "the mind of a genius" Hera reminded her about the Cyclops! It was like "girl, GENIUS? Are we talking about the same guy who did THAT?"

[@ahumanbeing9459]

Athena:”he has the mind of a genius!” Hera:”he thought taunting Prometheus after blinding him was safe, also, he ended up across the ocean from where he was trying to go”

[@CaptainPoseidon282]

@@ahumanbeing9459 you mean Polyphemus?

[@ahumanbeing9459]

@@CaptainPoseidon282 probably! I’m a bit too tired to answer as it is 3am, and probably was during the time of the comment, so if it seems like I’m meaning Polyphemus, probably am.

[@ahumanbeing9459]

@@CaptainPoseidon282 also, there’s too many Greek myth characters..

[@ahumanbeing9459]

@@CaptainPoseidon282 checked, and yep, meant Polyphemus I mixed em up, sorry..

[@bilalsha1374]

i actually adore the hera design it works so well

[@emmastraub6842]

The Queen has arrived 👑

[@archsage121]

Im so obsessed with your Hera design

[@Thechillilover]

Great vid!

[@GreatSmallestPuddle]

Hera never deserved that.

[@Thtgirlzaylee]

The fact she looks kind of sad at the end becuz the gods are never loyal especially Zeus 😭😭

[@RosesSpindle]

As far as I'm aware, Eros and Hades were both loyal spouses. But yeah, the exception proves the rule here...

[@halfknight2310]

@@RosesSpindle hades had that thing with minth. but it was never a full thing. just got together, went to the surface and then hades realized what he was doing. (If I recall he also kidnapped another person but it also went nowhere... he might have turned them into a tree)

[@Catradorafan]

@@halfknight2310 he did kidnap Persephone but that was cuz Zeus said it was alright and he let hades marry her without her or Persephone’s mom knowing

[@halfknight2310]

@@Catradorafan no. I meant another person. I know about Persephone. There was someone else

[@CanetaErrante]

@@RosesSpindle If Eros wasan't too busy making terrible crimes happen through his arrow (on some versions, even hades going out of the way to kidnap Persephone's his fault) and sometimes making an incestuous monstrosity happen because he felt like it... I don't think he is the kind who enjoys getting laid as a hobby, like Zeus

[@Ekiaio]

I love what you did for Hera! I love how here room is centered around peacocks and birds and how you made it look like Athena was fighting with her while she was trying to convince Hera.

[@Macros9723]

Zeus is tweaking if he's cheating on HER, LIKE DAYUM

[@galaxygalay0925]

FR

[@emersonbouillon]

Real

[@wiilov]

Trust me. She deserves it.

[@N.I.A23]

Every time I see a new interpretation of hera, she becomes hotter and hotter.

[@Macros9723]

@@N.I.A23 She's so mother

[@notphotogenic4552]

I love how Hera looks like an actual queen here, as she is the queen of the olympians

[@SingingSealRiana]

Even if she is 9nly ever disrespected

[@kokocarillo9931]

You know, I love how Hera says “baby”. It reminds me how her and Athena tended to be with each other in the Iliad. Like, Hera seemed to love Athena as her own child, despite Athena being a bastard. At least that’s how interpreted it. Anyways, I love the game reference, Hera’s peacock motifs, the way she moves around, and overall her design!!! Great job!!!

[@CallmeOzymandias]

That's a great point you brought up. It's possible that Hera preferred Athena over Zeus's other children cause she's actually one of the few who isn't a bastard. Athena's mother was Zeus's wife before Hera.

[@howdoiturnssj3]

Athena isn't a bastard. She's the only daughter of Metis, Zeus' first wife. Hera would enjoy her more than all of the other illegitimate kids.

[@kokocarillo9931]

@@howdoiturnssj3 thanks for that, I seemed to have forgotten that Métis was his first wife lol. Once again, thank you for that correction!!!

[@rafaelmascarenhas1675]

@@kokocarillo9931 she was short lived since zeus literaly ate her.

[@kokocarillo9931]

@@rafaelmascarenhas1675 Metis right? Yeah, I remember about that. She turn into a fly or something right? Then he ate her because he was scared of his son overthrowing him (like he did to Cronus, and how Cronus did to Uranus). I remember thinking that was very interesting.

[@SignumInterriti]

"That little thing with Circe was no cheating, I promise they were just manipulating each other by beeing hot"

[@Savagewolver]

As far as I know, Odyssey didn’t actually have sex with her or anything like that. it was just to get away from the pig sorceress.

[@VegaTheLyra]

I love the peacock fan that Hera has!

[@artistxgrotto]

THIS IS SO GOOD WTH THE DESIGNS ARE SO PRETTY AND AND ITS SO SMOOTH AAA

[@PaxPandemonium]

Anyone get Devilman Crybaby vibes from the background chorus 0:04

[@CaptainPoseidon282]

The gods play street fighter with the lives of mortals Also, thats exactly how I think of Hera, infact you literally made everyone look exactly the way I pictured them which I love

[@thecollectorcorner1519]

Lol if the gods fought it would be the end of the world. Demeter for example, holds the very weapon that kronos wielded during his reign. The scythe can wipe any being out of existence. Hestia, keeper of the flames of olympus can also burn the world should she wish to. Hecate, can envelop everything in darkness.

[@CaptainPoseidon282]

@@thecollectorcorner1519 yeah. In the Illiad artemis picks a fight with Hera and proceeds go get absolotley wrecked

[@ChupacabraRex]

HA, I love this.The desings are amazing, the animation is extremely fluid and the expressions are also amazing. the use of shades and colors was also really good!

[@oneswimmingboy]

My favorite versions of Hera area always the ones that are drop dead gorgeous. She's THE Queen of the Gods for a reason.

[@londonmason6129]

Ikr. Hera was actually said to have been the most beautiful goddess in creation before the birth of Aphrodite. One of her most common epithets is Cow-eyed, basically she was known for having large, dark beautiful eyes. And in the Iliad Zeus refers to Hera as being more beautiful then all the women he ever slept with

[@Helur_Loves_Cats]

I LOVE THIS PARTTT 0:13

[@icommitars0n]

The one thing zeus isn't good in... Not cheating on the nearest woman! **gasp**

[@MachaMochi-ot5qb]

Hera was like wait THAT WAS POSSIBLE

[@brotherbarbatos8981]

I’mma be real, looking at Hera; if I were Zeus, I’d have more trouble being disloyal then loyal.

[@fluffycat2728]

AHHHHHHHH WHY ARE YOU SO EXTREMELY INCREDIBLY SUPER SUPER SUPER UNDERRATED ALGORITHM HOW COULD YOU

[@JKStudios42]

This is amazing! Great job.

[@andifishgallery9400]

Holy cow this is so smoothly animated and creative! I love the health at during their confrontation and Hera’s design looks gorgeous!!

[@Esha_4951]

I love ur toh animations memes 🤩💖

[@mrr___]

This has to be some of the best designs I've seen for them yet. I love how Hera actually looks the part of the Queen of Olympus.

[@Son-Of-Poseidon1808]

That ‘hey baby’ at the beginning is so smooth

[@aden__adenn]

Hera really understood the God *GAMES* assignment

[@Jade_Dragon]

This is my favorite hera design

[@TheBaconFarmer]

i love how it turns into a game fight

[@Rosie.The.Somali]

BEAUTIFUL! 🙌✨

[@amber_1103]

She will forever hate disloyal people like Zeus or Jason *Jason and Odysseus are related but she doesn't know that*

[@Blushy_Music]

still waiting for "Wouldn't you like" honey youre doing such a great job!

[@aivanandrewsaga5661]

She looks so fudging good!!!! Dangg!!!

[@cloudphoenix241]

Wow! Your Hera design is so incredible, and the way the expressions were done is 10/10

[@illuminategacha9776]

Okay but I have a rant here. Very few of us would blame Hera for liking Odysseus better than Zeus, as he actually honored his marriage promises. Much of the community is quick to point this out in comments about any character's fidelity, and others have pointed out that the first three of Athena's arguments could apply to Zeus, but what Odysseus has on Hera's husband is that he's never cheated. This is his one-up. Now, Odysseus never went out of his way to one-up Zeus, but considering Zeus may be the biggest serial adulterer in Greek mythology AND it was considered socially acceptable for Greek husbands to be unfaithful, the difference is glaring. And Zeus made it clear in Thunder Bringer that he is the king and dominator of pride, a pride that could be wounded when a mortal has a moral high ground on him. The kicker here is that whenever Zeus wants Odysseus to do something that the king of Ithaca would find immoral, he brings up Penelope as incentive to become the monster. He warns Odysseus about Astynax growing up to be an avenger, and when Ody hesitates, when he tries to find any other way to handle the situation, he tells him "If you don't end him now... you can say goodbye to Penelope." "If you spare this child, Penelope's blood will be on YOUR hands." And in Thunder Bringer, he jumps on the chance to make Odysseus make a painful, immoral decision. And at first, Ody's not sure. He doubts his conscience can handle another friend's death, even after all they did to him, and he begs Zeus to not put this choice in his hands. The crew reminds him not to be the monster, and Zeus _steps in_ to direct Ody's decision by sending a vision of Penelope. We know it was Zeus's doing because when Ody thinks of his wife, her instrument (viola) or motif appears. Yet this wasn't the case, and she sings a line only ever heard from a fake. In the canon animatic, she's completely lightning yellow and descends from the clouds like an angel. This was Zeus using Odysseus's love for his wife to turn him into a monster, using the rock that makes up his moral high ground to hold up the walls of a valley of blood. And that's twisted. It's brilliant. tl;dr is Zeus used Penelope to get Odysseus to sacrifice others, turning his love for his wife from a moral strength to a fatal weakness, all to protect his own pride

[@JamalPrice-wq2sv]

By far the best Hera animation. And all the others were great!

[@Rozelemosichb]

I hope officially we see the rest of the songg

[@TheNarrator497]

Where in the world are all of these amazing animators coming from I’ve seen *two* in the past day-

[@iamgerixd]

THE BAR BIT WAS SO CREATIVE

[@Zombie_gir1-z1h]

"release him."

[@carmenmariacm3011]

Great animatic! The peacocks motives (fan included), the points on the "fight" and the gestures of Hera towards Athena...

[@Cheemsinasuit]

The animation is amazing but is no one going to talk about the owl house reference?

[@Esha_4951]

@@CheemsinasuitI’m so happy that you catched that, I needed a simple design of an owl and Owlbert was the first cute owl design to cross my mind 🦉

[@starringsnips]

“How many times have you watched-“ “Yes.” “That’s not-“ *”Yes.”*

[@LaIvuPitaya]

It’s giving Pascu y Rodri (I love the peacock fan btw)

[@rafaelmascarenhas1675]

love the concept of | God Games -> went for a fighting game UI | genius

[@redcure]

i love your artstyle when will be your next animatic aaa 😭💝💝

[@WYD28]

Her eyes glowing is so good!!! Shes just so pretty!! 0:12 this is such a great interpretation

[@kayliz4917]

YOUR HERA DESIGN LOOKS SICK WHAT🔥🔥🔥

[@jadencrawford2772]

I like the fighting game framework. Creative

[@galaxygalay0925]

SHES SO PRETTY WHO WOULD CHEAT ON THAT LIKE WHATTTTTTTTT

[@victoriagonzalez5109]

Love how Athena has the owlbert the owl house icon when they were at the fight scene

[@Lemonade-Tree]

Oh my god the hp bar was genius

[@errantstars8294]

The health bars are an awesome addition

[@PointerNguyen]

It's giving 80s disco mom

[@AadenKirby]

Am I the only one who noticed owl bird form toh

[@Rozelemosichb]

I KEEP REWATHING I NEED THAT FANN AND HER..

[@eleislyruin6385]

Hera is soooooooo cool !

[@elenjulia8271]

Their hp going down🤣🤣

[@Elzie-Star]

When I first heard the audio I immediately pictured Hera with fan and tilting Athena with it. After watching a lot of different videos I could never find any who drew it and i’m so happy to see this! It’s exactly what I imagined! Your designs are so beautiful especially with the way you made seem like an actual game and the little details (Odysseus and the Cyclops) is so funny!

[@ironvlogger9712]

Hit a nerve didn't she Hera

[@SonovaDragon]

This made me laugh!

[@nieboniebieskie3502]

TOH owl symbol!

[@honeysaturn1507]

HELP I LOVE THIS SO SO SO MUCH its incredible designs and visuals and ugh its great my fav hera one yet 🤩

[@سلمانقتل]

Perfect 😭😭

[@xXShinyEonKunoichiXx]

I love what you did with the inkstrokes! It looks so elegant!

[@valmid5069]

This is rent-free in my head lol

[@Icylovetunes]

Hey so whos the singer for hera in this? The offical song came out and it is.. decent but it sounds like they changed her voice

[@whoami_whyami]

iirc, its actually teagen earley (athena's singer) but lower

[@ThiefofRPGistheWanderingSoul]

Great animatic! Loved Hera's design incorporating Peacocks well and combining it with the video game aesthetics. This reminds me why I'm so happy the Telegony is thankfully non-canon to this show. The story for those who don't know was the retcon/fanfiction to the end of the Odyssey that was written about 100 years later by a different poet. Basically it gets rid of the happy ending for Odysseus and had him sleep with Circe and create a son to kill him and then take Penelope as his wife, suspiciously similar to the completely different tale of Oedipus Rex.

[@Esha_4951]

@@ThiefofRPGistheWanderingSoul I was cringing so hard when I read that version of the Odyssey, like imagine marrying ur stepson and Telemachus with Circe?!

[@tumblingartist]

Oooh this is awesome!! I love the little health bars while Athena is trying to convince Hera

[@RawwkinGrimmie64]

I've seen a few animatics with loading screens during the instrumentals, but this is the first one I've seen with a PvP video game display. I love it so much! CRITICAL! made me cackle.

[@skyaltaria]

omg the fight layout + critical hit!!!!!!! LOVE IT. i love how hera rebuts with the cyclops lmao and the peacock fan!!! amazing

[@chinesa-ruiva]

This is truly BEAUTIFUL and so cute plus I love how you make the movements!🥰😍

[@sureklidizifan8859]

I hope this amazing video will be watched more.

[@spectralsoul4574]

We eating GOOD with this one🗣️🔥🔥

[@RainbowCutie1789YT]

Nice❤

[@delphidivinity2]

THIS IS SO GOOD Augh I love how fluid the movement is ❤ Bravo 🎉

[@ellagreen3514]

Whoaaa, I have no words for this! I love how at the beginning, Athena is let in through a curtain-type doorway, and then the game inspired exchange between them. This was such a pleasure to watch, an absolute masterpiece! ❤❤❤

[@Nanette-Book-Lover]

I love Heras voice❤❤

[@gabriellecollier8127]

Such a unique voice.

[@vazak11]

Glorious

[@scruffsgoosey]

THIS IS SO GOOD

[@dhroober]

Oooohhhhhh soo pretty!!

[@LuciaUndergrove]

I love the details! It looks so good!

[@polarbears3197]

Who’s the tiny person

[@Esha_4951]

@@polarbears3197Odysseus 🦉

[@polarbears3197]

I kinda meant the one opening her as room

[@Esha_4951]

@@polarbears3197 oh srry I misunderstood 😅 I actually just designed a character cuz I needed someone to open the curtains lol