I’m Not Sorry For Loving You (Epic The Musical Animatic)

[@JustKels]

Ohh what a deeply horrifying interpretation, seems much closer to Homer’s Odyssey than some. Poor Odysseus. Digging her thumb into the scratches she’d made and magically gagging him were so visceral. Her power over everything on the island but Hermes is so All Consuming in this. The way that she quickly undoes her magic on him when she sees Hermes is watching… really powerful and realistic take on domestic abuse. The way Odysseus breaks down once he’s over the threshold… I just want him to have all the consensual hugs he wants!! Gorgeous work, this is beautifully drawn and the movement is excellent.

[@itsajollyjester]

Thank you!! I wanted to make a very naïve/soft acting Calypso (to match Barbra Wangui’s voice) while still very much showing that cycle of abuse and that she’s the villain of this part of the story (in the Odyssey and in Epic). I made sure to keep Odysseus’s moment at the end as the very last frames I drew so I could take my time in making sure the emotion came through the way I wanted so I’m glad it seems like it paid off haha

[@scarlett6015]

This was so good. I never considered the idea that Hermes was lingering around, forcing Calypso not to delay, but I do love this interpretation! Also, Calypso being so childish because she had no one to raise her but herself! It's miserable! It's lonely! They're so alone together that this is nothing short of heartbreaking!

[@itsajollyjester]

Thank you!! With Hermes, I wanted to show how much power the gods have over mortals and that only other gods could really keep them in check.

[@starrysky324]

calypso: *scratching odysseus, taking away his voice, wrapping him in vines* biblically accurate great grandpa: 🪽👁️👁️🪽 calypso: okay nevermind

[@itsajollyjester]

This made me laugh out loud thank you 😂😂😂

[@Madhav-xh4cj]

Great grandpa... like 10 seconds after this song: 🐬🤣

[@iggyfing2646]

oh i love this. from odysseus flinching when calypso first touches him to calypso desperately clinging to him as the only connection she's had in a century to hermes hanging about to odysseus' look of pure relief at the end when he escapes. i also love that "i love you" was an appeasing as calypso was getting more and more upset because that's also been my headcanon for that bit. chef's kiss. beautiful.

[@itsajollyjester]

I’ve always thought of it as an appeasement since I first listened to it

[@Sokew86]

​@@itsajollyjester I think the same and also It's not the lie that Calipso wanted to her, infact She goes mad.

[@infamous_arin]

i cant tell you how obsessed i am at the minor yet detailed depictions of her abusing odysseus when her temperament gets the better of her and then just simply healing him right after. it only makes me wonder how much odysseus really endured on her island and how much she hurt him until he grew used to it:( i love your artstyle btw its everything

[@itsajollyjester]

I was definitely thinking her actions here aren’t anything new for him unfortunately :(

[@feministmermaid4769]

I ADORE this Odysseus. He's so mature and sad.

[@Harleymotor]

I love this! It really highlights how toxic she is without truly realizing it. She trapped him there and continues to, in her mind she loves him and yet she’s still hurting him. It’s childish and fits her character of being abusive but not with malicious intent. And how Ody is empathetic enough to try to comfort her even when he wants to run!

[@bootyyyshaker9000]

THIS IS EVERYTHING TO ME!! this is exactly what i've always imagined was happening! calypso was raised on her own, it makes complete sense for her to act like a child and lash out in anger because she has no hold on her emotions! hermes watching her throughout, ody's new spark of hope, the beautiful art style - you nailed this so hard!!

[@itsajollyjester]

Thank you!!! And yeah I think she’s definitely an example of a victim becoming an abuser which is always its own kind of tragedy

[@AastralProjection]

this might make me sound crazy but was the twig cutting calypso at the end what clued odysseus into being able to hurt poseidon in 600 strike?? This whole thing is so beautiful 😭

[@itsajollyjester]

YES IT IS!! That look he gives her is meant to be a “they can be hurt?” Realization!

[@JustKels]

Wait that’s SO COOL OMG

[@AastralProjection]

@@itsajollyjester AHH THATS AWESOME

[@lowk_lyn]

@@itsajollyjesterYOUR SOS SMART

[@worldofkhi29540]

just watched this three times in a row, this has gotta be THE best animatic for im not sorry for loving you!!!!!! i love how you don’t shy away from showcasing calypso’s abusive behaviors but you also capture her biggest flaw: her immaturity. it’s clear that she doesn’t consciously realize how powerful and dangerous she is until her powers backfire on her. which i think both humanizes her and adds to how scary this situation (and her island) is for odysseus. not all abusers are aware of how terrible they really are and instead they jump through mental hoops to justify their behavior. add that into the fact that abusers can be set off by the littlest things, my heart absolutely broke for odysseus. it’s clear how being stuck with her for years gave him a shit ton of trauma responses. the most obvious one is him trying to placate her by saying he love her. and less obvious (but much more tragic in my opinion) is his unwillingness to burst into a full on sprint when she first tells him that he’s been set free. while this news brings him joy, it doesn’t bring him hope because years of abuse taught him to be distrust and always wait for the other shoe to drop. he walks slowly but steadily to the shore (excluding calypso’s interruptions) as if not showing visible excitement will lessen the despair that would come if it turned out to be a lie. and also her taking his voice is sooo perverse when you consider that’s he was a warrior of the mind!!! most, if not all, of his past successes were made possible with his wit and tongue. so for odysseus, after breaking up with his mentor/friend and being forced on two occasions to use his voice to sacrifice his men, to be completely deprived of his greatest weapon seems like torture times 50. i’m sure that with every time it happened, he become more resigned to calypso’s abuse because how else would he able to fight back without his voice, his wit? with your interpretation of this song, ody’s method to beat posedion in 600 strikes makes sense. not only did his attempt to verbally make peace with the god of the sea fail, so did his numerous attempts with calypso. it’s no wonder he fully abandons his philosophy and gets a bit stab happy.

[@worldofkhi29540]

forgot to add, that ody seeing calypso bleed is such a cool detail as well!!! in that moment, he fully realizes that she’s childish. which of course, doesn’t negate the years of abuse and isolation she put him through, but it does give him perspective. it’s not hard to imagine that right before he impales Poseidon (for the first time), he remembered seeing calypso’s gold blood. he may not have injured her but if she can be injured by a mortal being, then the same goes for poseidon.

[@itsajollyjester]

YES! I wanted to make it clear that her childishness doesn’t absolve her from being abusive and is even one of the main causes of it (and makes her TERRIFYING!! Childish villains who can’t/refuse to understand their actions hurt people are so scary to me)

[@ballesterosanimations3296]

I think you are the only animator to actually understand that calypso IS the villian. Amazing

[@itsajollyjester]

@ballesterosanimations3296 I get that she's toned down from how bad she is in the Odyssey, but holding someone against their will for 7 years still makes you the villain 🤷‍♀️ (Also I've seen a couple others that don't shy away from it and even make her closer to her odyssey counterpart 😬)

[@ballesterosanimations3296]

​​@@itsajollyjester Please give some names, I'd love to see more accurate representations like this one, I mean, had it not being for her Odysseus could have seen Telemachus grow from a 13 years old to a young man. She stole him from being in arguably the most important part of his life.

[@ra1nynightz]

@@ballesterosanimations3296 MaevetheFae has a really good Not Sorry For Loving You animatic that really shows how abusive Calypso is. I definitely recommend it!

[@ballesterosanimations3296]

​@@ra1nynightz Thanks!

[@margaritatranina7671]

I love it so much! I can't understand why here not a billion likes. I like how Hermes looking to Calipso, cause she will not let him go self for sure

[@jeffmcclure7829]

Great animatic, it opens the idea that he says he loves her almost as a rebuke to all her advances and torture. Like a knife to the heart...

[@dootznbootz]

Both your Odysseus and Calypso are beautiful! I love how you have Odysseus flinch with her. I love how you have Hermes on the ship, almost like, threatening her to make sure that she lets Odysseus go. I love that, I don't think anyone's had that before. It's really neat. Wonderful job.

[@tamaraorozco2459]

Can we talk about Ody hair and magnificent cheek bones?! Like I’m loving this design of Ody!!!!

[@-aspen_official-]

I know this is angsty and calypso being a obsessive villain and stuff, but ODY YOUR HAIR IS AMAZING

[@nyx_writes4201]

So amazing!!!! And such a perfect interpretation of domestic abuse. The way she hurts and gags odesseus. But immediately reversed it once she saw hermes. I lovw the way he doesnt look human too, a lot of people represent him as completely human, but the way there are leaves growing out of his head and he has no mouth and glowing eyes seems more realistic. And it separates him into a more quietly threatening presence, which is what calypso would see him as since she is having her status quo threatened by his presence. And though it is clear in some places thwt she regrets hurting, its not lasting like she's still the child that was abandoned on the island. And she only realised what she done and stopped her tantrum when it physically hurt her. Her remorse is conditional, which is so true for children having a tantrum. This shows how childlike calypso really is and is absolutely amazing. This is so beautiful and a beautiful interpretation of how this happened and your gorgeous art is really the thing that brings it all to life.

[@itsajollyjester]

"Her remorse is conditional" is a really good line! And very true :(

[@ChloeCasey_]

I love how this one is so much more like she's scaring him off but also keeping in context with her past -- my heart can't take this

[@AshleyWoodard]

WOW. I'm so sorry that I slept on this, I've found that I don't necessarily enjoy the animatics for this song so I don't watch them - too many are too sympathetic to Calypso, and while I can understand SOME amount of sympathy, it gives me a bit of the ick when it's too much. This is just about PERFECT, it really drives home that Calypso is a GOD, they truly are not on the same level as humans. Growing up alone with nearly unlimited power, being able to take your frustrations out on anything or anyone only to fix them with a flick of the wrist... that's terrifying. And it seems so casual for her, but it is definitely NOT nothing to poor Ody... the implications are so brutal but so beautifully drawn for us. I loved Hermes looming in the distance, only his eyes visible. Odysseus flinching multiple times at being touched by her, there were so many little details... thank you so much for sharing this with us. There's more details I loved and will love, I'm sure of it, but for now I'll end the comment so I can watch this another couple of times

[@AshleyWoodard]

OH MY GOD, is Calypso still a child?? Like, a teen in god years?? I mean, I guess she is only 100 years!! Is that why Odysseus has to kneel to meet her eyes, is that why Hermes watches and stares her down to make sure she listens?! I could be reaching and totally wrong but that's such an interesting take and would partially explain the tantrums, NOT ONLY is no one there to correct or teach her, but she can't even regulate her own emotions yet!!

[@itsajollyjester]

​@AshleyWoodard I wasn't going for her specifically being a literal child, but she is meant to be young and very immature (and just short haha)

[@itsajollyjester]

Also I also haven't watched too too many animatics of her songs for the same reason I get that she's toned down from The Odyssey but being essentially kidnapped by a GOD on a deserted island for nearly a DECADE his horrific no matter how you slice it

[@Blushy_Music]

I love how Hermes waits for Ody and is like "no no Calypso" I LOVE UR HERMES pls make Dangerous or Wouldn't you like PLEASEEE

[@itsajollyjester]

@Blushy_Music I’d love to animate Dangerous some day! I’m working on a different one rn tho 👀

[@lowk_lyn]

I LOVE THIS OH MY GOD!! The way you made her so canon to homer's odyssey while still keeping the childish version Jorge was going for?? The way you ripped open my brain and took all my interpretations with this song then more?? I LOVE YOU!! HANDS DOWN THE MOST CANON "NOT SORRY FOR LOVING YOU" ANIMATION I'VE SEEN!!! 0:19 oh he looks so shocked and relieved my poor boy... 0:32 I love this scene so much it really shows the one-sidedness of how close they are. Calypso expecting him to stay and listen to her cause in her mind their that close and Odysseus already getting up because he can't wait to leave oh my GOD. Their actions contrasting eachother!!! 0:40 Odysseus lowk looks scared here idk if that was your intention but I love it, he's aware of how powerful gods are when their mad, and calypso seems (to me) to be the type to change and lash out randomly 0:42 THE FLINCHING!!! Even if calypso didn't do everything homer's own did she was still a horrible abuser to odysseus and I love when that's acknowledged!! 0:46 AHH!! HER CASUALLY HURTING ODYSSEUS BUT NOT EVEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT CAUSE HIS FEELINGS/WELL BEING DOESN'T MATTER TO HER ESP WHEN FACED WITH /HER/ FEELINGS WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS MORE IMPRTANT HERE /sarc 0:53 Digging her thumbs into his injury to hurt him more oh my god she's brutal. The way Ody doesn't even react because honestly what else would he expect 1:08 ok this is where i believe you were evesdropping on my rants to my friends because how is it you plucked the idea of, 1: The Island reacting with her emotions, 2: Calypso finding a way to silence Odysseus using her magic/brute force ,directly out of my brain?? It really shows the way she didn't care about what HE wanted to say, she only cares about HER and HER feelings. It's also such a childish thing to do but also a thing that really shows how much power she has over him. Odysseus shaking because if his strongest weapon, his TONGUE/VOICE was taken away from him, just like that. It really shows how powerless he is when it comes to Gods and God knows he hates being powerless. I HC that one of Odysseus' biggest fears is being mute/being unable to talk/weasel his way out of something which just makes this more terrifying for him. 1:25 Hermes showing up, reminding Calypso she can't just delay and dwell to try and keep Odysseus. The fear on her face, despite not being scared the whole time before this, showing that really the only person that can "control" her is someone stronger than her. 1:33 She's getting desperate, instead of using brute force she's trying to open him to the idea of staying because she realized it's really only up to Odysseus. Her removing the wound and laughing it of like it was just a silly mistake, still not owning up to her actions even now AUHG. Her removing her spell on odysseus to again, brush it off while not even acknowledging she did it. Odysseus really just looks tired of her. 1:46 THE LIGHT RETURNING TO HIS EYES WHEN HE SAW THE RAFT TO FREEDOM OH MY GOD DID YOU JUST ST@B ME?? 1:48 the shot of him looking past calypso and at freedom vs. her looking at him hopefully AUUGH him not meeting her eyes, like he's already imagining being free of her OH MY GODDD 1:55 THE FORCED HUG AS IF TO FORCE HIM TO STAY HERE. THE ISLAND ACTING WITH HER EMOTIONS/WANTS AGAIN AND FORCING THEM TO STAY CLOSE LIKE SHE WANTS. THE WAY SHE'S ACTUALLY GETTING DESPERATE CAUSE HE'S SO CLOSE TO LEAVING!!! 2:02 there's something abt Hermes just there in the background shaking his head at her and her releasing him that's so chilling. It really drives home the fact that the only one she'll listen to is someone above her. She looks angry at being forced to do something even though she's been forcing Odysseus to do things this whole time OH THE CHILDISH HYPROCRICY AHH. 2:06 Odysseus looking scared as her emotions spiral more, causing the island to be unstable. 2:11 This shot is so chilling. Odysseus looking at the raft moving farther away like his chance is about to leave and Calypso, his captor, appearing and looking so unhinged and he looks so afraid and oh my god I love you. 2:15 THANK YOU!! I've always seen Odysseus' "I love you" as an effort to get her to calm down, to me he sounded afraid and desperate, just saying what he thinks will calm her down. And it working, her tears leaving and the island calming the second she gets what she wants, her emotions switching just as fast as a child would when they finally get the toy they've been crying and screaming for. 2:18 Odysseus kneeling desperately, looking up at her, showing even so close to freedom that he's at her mercy. HSKFJF 2:24 HER EMOTIONS EXPLODING SO QUICKLY AGAIN AFTER BEING DENIED WHAT SHE WANTS AHH!! Odysseus actually looking scared and getting so desperate he just jumps and swims to the rafts to get away from her oh my god. The island being her outlet to her emotions, her not reigning it in because she doesn't think she'll get hurt and doesn't care if he gets hurt. 2:43 HER GETTING HURT AND ODY LOOKING LIKE HE REALISED SOMETHING!! LIKE HE JUST REALIZED SHE CAN GET HURT TOO AHH! Her stopping when she gets hurt because it wasn't supposed to hurt HER, it was only supposed to hurt Odysseus dfjkfg. 2:53 Ody passing the border that changes the scenery, showing Calypso's border and where she can't reach ahhh. 2:55 The way he looks like he can't believe it at first, then the light returns to his eyes once he processes he's free and then he starts crying/smiling in relief oh my god just let this man see his wife please I beg of you (Side eye to Poseiden). Whoops I got a bit too excited and wrong too much....fangirled too close to the sun I guess. BUT YOUR ANIMATIC WAS AMAZING I LOVED IT AND I LOVE YOU AND UR CHARACTERIZATION I WANT TO KISS UR BRAIN /p /pos

[@itsajollyjester]

No need to apologize! I’ve always loved seeing comments like this on other videos so I’m so happy to get one on mine 😭😭😭😭 you pointed out a lot of my favorite details to draw!!

[@Eclecticgirl17]

I love this depiction. It shows how calipso is overly attached, so much so she'd hurt Ody to keep him. Amazing art!

[@a.n.9800]

2:53 I LOVE the depiction of a barrier around her island, that’s incredible. No one can come or go. This is actually the first time I’ve heard this song and this was a wonderful first animatic to go with it.

[@Madhav-xh4cj]

Calypso: No one can come or go ✨HERMES✨: Really, dawlin?

[@almond_jellii]

I think other comments here are more eloquent than me, but I absolutely love this! Your Calypso feels like a force to be reckoned with and I can see why Odysseus would feel powerless for 7 years. The way his eyes light up when he sees the raft? Perfect. I love the idea that Hermes is there to make sure Calypso actually lets Ody go. If no one was watching, I feel like she would break the raft somehow before he got out of the barrier. Fantastic work! You've got yourself a new subscriber.

[@antoniotrivelloni8191]

Hermes as an enforcer is such an interesting idea. The head shake, with the aggressively implied "unhand him now or the wrath of the Gods will be terrible" threat turns him from the happy-go-lucky messenger into a pitiless killer, and I LOVE IT.

[@itsajollyjester]

I’m a sucker for silly goofy characters being super powerful and potentially ruthless what can I say

[@antoniotrivelloni8191]

@ It’s a balance, a full rough killer is more fit for a spy or cop thriller while the happy-go-lucky character is better suited for a kids novel. For what it’s worth, I think you stuck the balance quite well

[@itsajollyjester]

@ thank you!!

[@judahnorman7727]

The tears of relief when he’s finally free 😭❤️‍🩹

[@Pegasisterlovespuppy]

Okay but this depiction of Calypso is ✨peak✨! THIS IS SO UNDERRATED!!!!

[@itsajollyjester]

Thank you so much!!!

[@Madhav-xh4cj]

1:26 Is this the same guy who has the goofy dolphin laughter? Damn! He looks terrifying here.

[@vanillarosekitchen]

Oh this is absolutely amazing, by far my favorite animatic of this song and tbh the only one that I’ve felt really captures the horror of what it would be like for Odysseus to be stuck with calypso for 7 years. Amazing interpretation

[@itsajollyjester]

The set up of being trapped on a small island with a very powerful but childish being who disregards your autonomy as she pleases is literally a nightmare even without the extra awfulness in the original epic

[@Luna.Afton1]

I love how you portray that literal abuse that happens- the MINUTE she sees Hermes’, she gets regretful, she’s only genuinely regretful when in the eyes of others. When she isn’t, she does as she pleases, hurting Odysseus, forcing him into things, etc. this is really good!! Definitely subbing 2:01 also Hermes’ is just like “Nuh uh. Stop hurting my great grandson rn.” 2:42 ALSO *THIS* HE REALIZES GODS AND GODDESSES CAN GET HURT, DESPITE NOT BEING ABLE TO KILL THEM HIMSELF, HE CAN HURT THEM!! THIS WILL WORK WELL FOR 600 STRIKES IF YOU DO END UP DOING ONE!!!!

[@itsajollyjester]

I'm so glad people noticed the last part being foreshadowing for Posideon!

[@Luna.Afton1]

@@itsajollyjesterITS SO COOL DUDE!!! I HAD A FEELING BECAUSE ANOTHER PERSON (CANT SPELL CHANNEL NAME) DID SOMETHING SIMILAR IN “600 strikes” IN THEIR ANIMATIC!

[@nataliegoodman4131]

This so beautiful! I love your designs for everyone, they’re fantastic. I love how desperate you made both Calypso and Odysseus for the different reasons of trying to keep Ody there and him trying to escape. The relief that Odysseus has once he knows he’s out is immense and I feel it.

[@itsajollyjester]

@@nataliegoodman4131 thank you so much! I really wanted to build that conflict up between them until it hit that peak at the end

[@thetinyfish705]

Oh I love how scary Hermes is here

[@Th3Overthink3r]

This was such a perfect depiction of Calypso, I am in awe. The details are beautiful, I love the foreshadowing, the golden ichor as blood, everything.

[@itsajollyjester]

Thank you! Since I knew I was gonna be drawing her A LOT I actually sat down and wrote a kind of character bible for her so I’m glad it paid off! And the golden ichor blood is one of my favorite details I’m always so sad when people don’t do it haha

[@xxkeilasrequiemxx]

I’m being so fr when I say this is the best animatic for this song🥹 You captured the emotion and narrative so perfectly

[@itsajollyjester]

Thank you so much!! 😭😭

[@hafsahashraf752]

i like how this animatic shows the god side of Calypso - like shes the daughter of a Titan. the island is HERS, it feels her pain and her fury, when she finally allows Odysseus to leave, shes still regretting her actions and the beach reacts with her

[@emmalinesky2578]

This is absolutely incredible!! I love the way you draw Calypso, she looks absolutely stunning!!

[@itsajollyjester]

Thank you!!! She’s kind of meant to look like a Disney princess!

[@SnowFrostTFP]

Bro Hermes he looks terrifying something out my nightmares i created😂😅

[@tyamizuki5304]

This is by far my favorite animatic omg. Desperate to see more of your Hermes too

[@beebee_gunz]

Im so in love with this its SPLENDID!!!!!

[@nop006]

Is it legal to marry your animation? Because I fell in love with it in every way, I love how you don't avoid showing Calypso's abusive actions, how tired Odysseus looks, Hermes "indirectly" threatening Calypso, how she tries EVERYTHING to make Ody stay, from brute force to curing him and retaining him with her plants to have more time to convince him to stay with her, how the island reacts according to his emotions, when his island explodes it even seems that he wants to PREVENT Odysseus from leaving his island, to the point that it looks like a tantrum that a little boy throws when his favorite toy is taken away, AND HOW TERRIFIED ODYSSEUS LOOKS HURTS ME😭in conclusion, I LOVE YOUR ANIMATION, I DEMAND TO MARRY WITH IT NOW(sorry for my bad english)

[@itsajollyjester]

Looking like she was throwing a tantrum is EXACTLY what I was going for

[@velvetcrowe7142]

WOW! I love the idea with Hermes! Beautiful

[@itsajollyjester]

Thank you! He’s kinda meant to show that the only ones that can kinda control a god are the other gods

[@wutyouwant6549]

The hair design is magnificent.Truely! Helps show her emotions and movements .

[@ashleyperrotte3346]

This is the best animatic I’ve seen for this song. Great work!

[@adelinatal5211]

I wanna get my husband into the musical and i`m showing him your animatic for this song cuz is crazy good. Keep up the good work, hope to see more from you.

[@itsajollyjester]

@adelinatal5211 that makes me so happy thank you so much!! 😭

[@Somniatica]

GORGEOUS interpretation

[@o_o.2533]

This is honestly the best animatic I've seen for this song ❤

[@itsajollyjester]

AHHH Thank you so much!!! ❤❤❤

[@fandomtingz]

THIS WAS SO GOOD

[@bluejayjuly7927]

I have got to see more of your version of hermes!!!!!

[@azucenagaray936]

ur brain is so dam big pls don’t die 🙏🏽

[@abimelechperez1756]

I can't tell if odysseus cries were him realizing he's finally free and can see his wife and son or if he pities calypso and wish he could do something to help her get out and help her find true love

[@ballesterosanimations3296]

Definetly the first one

[@bradianevans2309]

absolute peak

[@AugustAugustttt]

Odysseus is FANCY okaaayy! This was so good! 😌

[@starrysky324]

but for a non joke comment I LOVE THIS SO MUCH??? I love your art style so much and i adore your designs for each character so much!!! Odysseus fr does like he spent 7 years in tropical flavored hell instead of looking fresh and exactly like he did in the thunder saga, calypso looks amazing and i love the flowers in her hair and HERMES??? 100/10 AMAZING??? most animators show only his mouth and not his eyes but i LOVE your take of him being just eyes and no mouth he seems so menacing watching them from the raft he prepared for odysseus and from behind them which makes sense bc hes like “bitch… bitch give me my great grandson back… i said to let him go and bitch if you try anything i stg…”, i subscribe to the notion of hermes being as-loving-of-a-grandfather-as-is-possible-for-an-olympian and i love you showing that he was hanging around ogygia making sure odysseus got free, it is now 100% canon in my head (((how obvious on a scale of 1-10 is it that hermes is my favorite character and i go feral whenever he shows up /lh /rt))) and i also love you showing the physical divide between ogygia and the outside world bc of the spell both through color and the line its amazing! new subscriber!

[@itsajollyjester]

@@starrysky324 thank you for saying that about Odysseus because I was a little worried I made him too pretty haha About Hermes design: I love the idea of a kind of trickster god who we hear laugh all the time just. Not having a mouth. I think it gives him a very inhuman feeling that I really like Also I have a very specific idea of Hermes and Odysseus’s relationship and I really wanted to do a Dangerous animatic showing that but we’ll have to see 😅

[@starrysky324]

@@itsajollyjester oh yeah 100% it makes him seem inhuman and like you said in a different reply you wanted him there to also show how the gods had control over mortals and would only listen to a more powerful god and you nailed that bc like i love this dude hes normally so silly all the time and then here i was lowkey startled and afraid /pos when i first saw him so your design is S tier i love it so so much and omg i would love to see your dangerous animatic and see your take on their relationship if you ever want to make it!!!

[@starrysky324]

@@itsajollyjester and also yes the hair is lowkey glorious but like. in a Haggard, I Want To Cut This way and also bros eyes are more haunted than a rural house that a suburban family wants to move into in a horror movie, his design is also amazing and fully captures his agony and imprisonment

[@itsajollyjester]

@@starrysky324 I feel like Hermes’s songs are, yes, very fun and silly But there’s this undercurrent about him being one of THE Olympians who’s messing in mortal affairs and choosing to attach himself just because he CAN and I think that balance would be really fun to try and depict

[@itsajollyjester]

@@starrysky324 A+ metaphor for his eyes

[@eva2465]

INSANELY UNDERRATED you are so talented

[@itsajollyjester]

Thank you so much!!

[@artlly_]

This is fantastic!! There are so many cool details that add so much to this!!

[@itsajollyjester]

Thanks so much!!!

[@nun1p13]

Commenting to bump this omg this is absolutely phenomenal

[@wrong_thyme]

OP HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE THE BIGGEST BRAINED TAKE ON THIS SONG EVER the way she acts like a child throwing a tantrum?? that she tries to _sweep it under the rug_ when Hermes is watching?? her LITERALLY TAKING AWAY HIS VOICE OMG YOUR MIND?? a lot of people seem to think her being basically developmentally stunted excuses her actions, but you clearly show that-no. she's Still An Abuser ☕ and ody. omg ody first let me get the simping out of the way-he's so pretty and his eyes are so pretty and his hair is so pretty and long and his kicked puppy expression makes me wanna pick him up and protect him from the world and and and-🥺🥺🥺 (but fr i had to rewind this a few times bc i was distracted by how pretty he is. this is not a critique btw 👀) no but fr i _appreciate_ that he looks _genuinely scared_ of her. ppl generally make him either a) weirdly sympathetic to her 😬, or b) completely done with her shit and while i like the second one too, this feels so,,, real? like, one of my biggest critiques of this song is how the whole thing is spent entirely on calypso's pity party with ody's perspective being _pretty much brushed to the side even tho he's literally her victim_ and this animatic genuinely fixes all that?? bc we get to _see_ just HOW MUCH his time on ogygia has broken him (even without bringing up what happens at nighttime in the odyssey), he's so resigned to calypso casually hurting and controlling him, it's heartbreaking to watch 😭😭 it really hammers in the point that Yes, he Was Abused, _Even If_ calypso Didn't Mean It, _Even If_ It Wasn't As Bad As In The Odyssey, And Yes, calypso IS A Villain For What She Did Regardless Of Her Tragic Backstory genuinely,, this animatic was HEALING. it is now my personal canon for this song and i'm starting a petition to make this the Canon animatic for the song bc it's so perfect ✍️ this comment is long and rambly but i hope it makes sense. thank you for the amazing video 🤗🤗

[@itsajollyjester]

@wrong_thyme You're good on rambling because I'm gonna ramble back lol I was so surprised when I first started seeing discourse around her character with people justifying/sympathizing with her when this songs basically a 2010s Era KZbinr apology lmao like "I'm sorry IF my actions hurt you, but I've been in a dark place, and maybe you're just sensitive, and also I did nothing wrong actually," Also, I think I accidentally made him too pretty haha

[@wrong_thyme]

@@itsajollyjester lmao yes, Toxic Gossip Train got nothing on this there is no such thing as making ody too pretty!! 😤

[@gloriaheloise4223]

Espetacular!

[@gloriaheloise4223]

Belíssimo, você tem um traço maravilhoso! Muito talento!

[@itsajollyjester]

Thank you!! ❤❤❤

[@Meliss_Ar]

YOUR ART STYLE IS SO MWAHHH

[@elian_arts_]

I LOVE!

[@Lemonsherbertzzz]

This is so good I love this interpretation of!! Also ody drop the hair routine pls

[@jayd.6851]

Guys how do I marry an animation?

[@staruuboy]

PERO QUE BONITO ESTILO TIENES 😭😭😭💕💕

[@itsajollyjester]

Thank you!!! 😭😭

[@iSleepyi.]

BROS A VICTIM 😭

[@merle25168]

❤❤❤