Love in Paradise / EPIC: The Musical_Animatic

[@fengyingli5130]

I like the detail of the desperation in Odysseus’s eyes as he tries to swim away and how when Calypso jumps in after him, she does it gracefully and expertly and manages to catch up to him easily due to her being a sea nymph.

[@L-ghtlessSky]

and then the way she kinda stops him from escaping?? RRHHHH

[@Arthur_Morgan1878]

That’s a cool fact :)

[@EvieMartin-f6p]

And he’d probably be slower since he’s scared of the water

[@L-ghtlessSky]

@@EvieMartin-f6p oh, he isn’t actually - that’s just him lying to the siren

[@kitsunerozu5056]

​@@L-ghtlessSky someone didn't get the joke

[@novemberfriday]

I love how you drew Athena's different reactions when she went through Odysseus' memories and saw the other gods! Her very unimpressed and annoyed face at Poseidon was great. What she must've felt seeing her family members mess with her favorite human...

[@CILLANTRO_not_soap]

The way she looked the most confused at Circe with the pig in her lap and not even ACKNOWLEDGING Tiresias is amazing

[@DevilSpade]

i do headcannon that she agreed with almost every decision he made (not him trying to save his men from a witch after getting his men killed by a god) but even though she knew ody sacrificing his crew was prob the best thing he could do for himself it's just so far from the ody she knows

[@sassysass6202]

She kinda did, it was like she was thinking​@@CILLANTRO_not_soap

[@scorcher5083]

That was great honestly

[@reicho3034]

Poseidon and Athena have been known to be at odds with each other now and then. Remember Athens? That city got its name after a sort of “competition” that ended with Athena as the victor.

[@elanavarro922]

The last frame, Calypso wrapping Odysseus feet with vines, nice detail.

[@BB_Creative]

I DIDN'T EVEN SEE THAT!!!

[@feathered_turtle]

and her crying behind him

[@sherylannd6813]

Like it's her making sure he can't jump is so crazy!

[@Yet_AGOTI]

The positioning of the vines implies he jumped and she dragged him back up.

[@elenjulia8271]

@@Yet_AGOTI omg no please

[@NathaniaDemecillo]

“She’s my wife. Calypso: Imma pretend I didn’t hear that.

[@L-ghtlessSky]

“ANYWAY-“

[@MarieThings]

Please her face is so what I imagined

[@ALM-tc4ph]

Calypso: sorry I think you misspelled my name, it's Calypso not Penelope. It's ok love I'm not mad Ody: wtf

[@SunFlower-mi2fb]

Odysseus: She's my wife. Calypso: ..oh what a whore- Anyways!~ ^^

[@Lucia-i4i]

@@ALM-tc4ph😂

[@lewisskulls6684]

When PTSD is stronger than Calipso's spell

[@ciarameehanbravo7690]

Dam that is too accurate

[@angrylizardman1472]

Surprised more people have pointed that out

[@Frey_Gray]

Imagine how much worse his survivor’s guilt would be thanks to living in an almost paradise that his crew would’ve probably found

[@demonictelevision9427]

Ody waited 20 years to see his family. I'm going crazy waiting 1 MINUTE to see this masterpiece

[@alienzxist]

REAL 😭

[@linuxsbc]

Calypso forcing him to bow using vines is great. I've only seen it with one other animatic, and it totally makes sense with how much she's forcing Odysseus to do what she wants.

[@NerdyCountryGirl93]

Actually she did really love him

[@anniefemmas5097]

​@@NerdyCountryGirl93 That she loves him and that she forces him to do what she wants are not impossible to coexist.

[@linuxsbc]

@@NerdyCountryGirl93 So? People can abuse those they love, and this kind of abuse is because she is obsessed with him (though she doesn't actually care about his feelings). There's a reason r*pe is so common from family members and partners. In this song, Odysseus repeatedly refused ("Hell no," "I won't be drawn to live in paradise"), but Calypso overrode his objections each time. This is further confirmed by Athena talking about how she's kept him "out of [his] control" and how he's depressed the next time we see him.

[@aphpoznan]

​@@anniefemmas5097It is impossible to coexist. If they abuse, they're not loving. Refering to @linuxsbsc comment, a reason why r_pe most common comes in the family and partnership has nothing to do with their love but with power they have over one. With the selfishness or/and madness of the r_pist. And love with selfishness CANNOT coexist. We can love them but they do not love us if they abuse us. "The power they have" meaning, the trust and also dependence. The trust their victim has in them and the trust of other family members. That's why r_pe comes so often from older family members to younger. Uncle to nephew, stepdad to stepchild, etc. Isn't it the easiest opportunity to take advantage of someone? Having their trust and having them depended? Dependency is also why so many maids were SA'd in the past. Trust is also why some priests take advantage of children. So no, it has nothing to do with them being our loved ones, it comes from the power they have as pretending to be our loved ones. And maybe that, that then it's harder for the victim to realise and overcome their hurt. Calypso doesn't love Odysseus. She never learnt what's love and how to love. She's mad, for what she cannot be blamed as everyone would go mad after that many years of isolation. However, her feelings are still selfish, because she wants him to stay for her happiness, not his or theirs. So that cannot be love, because love cannot be selfish. She saves him from jumping not because she loves him, but because she cannot stand the idea of being alone again. „Life would be so much worse if you had died” she's talking about her life. and there's nothing in him that makes her feelings, it's just the fact that he exists and she isn't alone anymore. It's kinda understandable. But it's still not love.

[@LilyBiby-dp9bi]

@@NerdyCountryGirl93thats a shit excess, she literally raped him knowing he’s married and didn’t want it.

[@ezzyberry]

Odysseus's face waking up is so me in the morning 😂😂😂

[@TheHolyGemstone]

The messy hair too, like 😂

[@aphpoznan]

He looks like a rat and I love it

[@w1ndgeneral226]

Name one person who isn't like that in the morning. *It definitely will never be me.*

[@javier_7774]

​@@aphpoznan Can't believe you found LITERALLY the perfect word to describe it😂

[@austinkendrixfadera1705]

Real

[@eeemmmaa-j5s]

i love how at 3:11,Ody’s eyes look so lifeless.And also?!At the end,the vines around Ody’s legs as a way of telling that he is stuck in that island?!Amazing

[@evecampbell3069]

Also so he doesn't jump off the cliff I think.

[@AngelaRafter]

Yeah the eyes had so much detail by having no detail(if that even makes sense). They aren't sad or angry or anything really, just empty.

[@gamingloser5909]

I'm pretty sure the vines around his ankles implied her tried to jump off the cliff

[@novemberfriday]

0:17 Athena couldn’t help but cringe yet again at that moment 😂

[@homabasiri2218]

He posted cringe with that one

[@YSAn-e3f]

I can just hear her say "Gods, that was stupid"😂

[@cliopainuly6802]

"...do I really wanna help you?"

[@honeyjm8324]

@@cliopainuly6802well it was her fault

[@gheata_playz874]

Athena: ....maybe i shouldn't have instigated that....

[@Bug_doodles]

I love Athena looking through his history by moving time and basically swiping through videos like we are on KZbin

[@SometimessSam]

Now you're making me think of Athena viewing memories like KZbin shorts thanks bro

[@FlSCHL]

Athena stalking his insta stories fr

[@revvsc]

1:08 the way Odysseus looks at her like "is this fr rn-" when he sees Calypso gives me LIFE. Also I love how Calypso isn't just some cute, harmless girl here, she's a GODDESS, who definitely has power over him.

[@lilytiger8746]

Dude, the chills I got when Odysseus turned around and not just saw Calypso, but every person she unintentionally reminded Odysseus of with her words

[@-G4Y_D1N0-]

i honestly think it was extremely intentional what she did, especially with the open arms line. She says it herself that Odysseus ‘talks in his sleep’ so it isn’t to far off that he talked about missing Polites, his mother, and possibly feeling like her failed his crew and, subsequently, Eurylochus

[@omarsalem1219]

​@@-G4Y_D1N0-no, it wasn't Calypso isn't like that at all

[@cheshiremadness8614]

I 100% believe it's intentional- she wants to control him, to manipulate him into staying with her no matter what he truly wants; she may not understand the full extent of what those words mean to Odysseus but (with him talking in his sleep and the nightmares he likely has from all that he experienced) she knows they hold weight to him

[@ziplog61]

ody's mom: I'll stay inside your heart Polites: Open arms Erylachus(I think I spelled it wrong-): idk

[@incontelligent]

​@@ziplog61it's Eurylochus, and it's by her calling him Ody, which is a nickname I think we've only heard from him

[@shadowrealm4206]

The beauty! How calypso giggles like the idea of a mortal killing her is so silly, how she literally drags him from the sea and how the divine light fades from her eyes and her broken smile as she realizes no godly magic can fix what's been broken

[@foxcourt5639]

I love how your interpretation shows that Calypso is lost and doesn't know how to act with Ody, a mortal, acting so depressed and so disturbed. In here I believe that she loves him, at least the idea of him and is desperate to live the perfectly "love in paradise" As always, I loved your animatic, love the expressions (Ody face waking up help lololol) Congrats, Ximena ❤❤❤

[@karinanicole3665]

Agreed, she seems to really wish she could heal/help him even if it is more for selfish reasons

[@cottentwt2226]

It also sucks that she's cursed to love every mortal that gets washed up at her island.

[@madame.rosier]

@@cottentwt2226 she's not thats a PJO thing

[@mangamouse520]

Yeah, it seems more like while she’s been there, she’s daydreamed about this narrative of someone appearing to her, who will love her forever, that even when he says he has a wife, it’s like that “anyway” line was her removing his words from her mind to stick to her fantasy.

[@sebastiandanielzelayagirao5461]

AFJASDJFSFJJA athenea in 0:17 like " omg he just doxed himself"

[@disofbz4467]

The las part where Calypso is PHYSICALLY restraining Ody with the vines broke me

[@artsofabuttercup]

3:53 I like how you made calypso in the end after seeing ody break down in tears, she too, starts crying its like she's in a mesh of feeling bad for him but also not really wanting him to leave... but anyway, love ur animatics!

[@happyfrigginrainbowcookies]

I also like that they're sitting back to back. Even though she knows she can't really help him or fix his issues, she's still staying by his side. He's all she has, so of course she would.

[@leratomasoga4639]

When he clasped his hands and cried, i felt that. At 4:11 the fact that he wouldn't move and Calypso had to tie his legs so he wouldn't jump was so good. And is it just me or did she give yandere vibes? which suits her character ngl. Amazing work as always.

[@Arosukir6]

Slight correction, that moment is at 3:11.

[@EvieMartin-f6p]

Did you see her face when he said he was married? Absolute yandere vibes

[@JJ-jq3fe]

Less yandere more desperate Odysseus was likes the third hero to wash up on her island and she was desperate for him to stay so she wouldn’t be alone anymore (except for Hermes every like 50 years)

[@CrystalGeny]

The detail of even Calypso’s powers not being able to break through Ody’s mental strain and trauma- AUGH IM GOING TO EXPLODE XIMENA YOU EVIL GENIUS 😭😭

[@babygurl36100]

I love this interpretation of Calypso. I've read in some places that in order to keep Odysseus trapped there, she would constantly sing to keep him under a spell. To see that being used here with her eyes glowing as she sings and Odysseus succumb to her spell is amazing.

[@tsutomumybeloved7411]

I love it and also hate it bc like, it’s one thing to emotionally abuse/persistently try and wear someone down with your unwanted affections for years, but it’s an entirely other thing to completely rob someone of their autonomy by putting them under a spell. Circe tried the same thing in There Are Other Ways too

[@lorikeetrainwing]

Circe was using ordinary seduction. She already knew he'd done Moly, which means she couldn't put a spell on him if she tried. In Epic it also comes with summoning a monster, but in the original Moly specifically protects against her magic, and I see no reason that would change.

[@tsutomumybeloved7411]

@ Actually, Hermes outright says that the moly’s effect only lasts until the battle is over. When Odysseus tells Circe she lost at the end of Done For, the battle is officially over and the moly presumably fades from his system, making Odysseus vulnerable to her magic once more

[@1mtry1ng_myb3zt]

1:07 Odysseus looks like he just woke up with the worst hangover

[@daejaruiz8396]

Yeah, the liquor was called "Almost Dying!" 🥃😵⚡

[@lotuzribbon]

With a shot of "Seeing my friends die"

[@thegloriousryan8981]

Honestly it reminded me more of the feeling of waking up after a 5 hour nap in the middle of the day and just not knowing what planet you're on

[@DearAnem0ia]

"Damn, that party with Zeus was crazy-"

[@the05thatasked52]

​@@DearAnem0iahe gonna wake up pregnant

[@TheMaskInTheCloset]

3:37 It’s kinda cool that when Eurylochus’s part came up, the shadow got darker and “sharper” cause Eurylochus died upset with Ody (I don’t think that was intentional, but I like to think it was)

[@NicoleFlores-hq5nh]

I like the detail of Athena looking annoyed at Poseidon, a nice call back on their rivalry in the Greek Mythology 0:25

[@austinkendrixfadera1705]

Athena: Well that's not something you don't see every day (Flashback to the time Poseidon flooded the plains around Athens because the Athenians chose Athena's olive tree over his saltwater spring)

[@OokamiTheFadingFlower]

The way he looks when he's first waking up is so relatable. I love everything about this

[@carolinatonos5742]

I love all your animatics but I specially like the detail in the 2:22 when she looks down while saying that "No one can't come or go", showing that she's also trapped there and hinting that all of her acts come from desesperation; not that I think she's in the right but is a special way to show the grey morality that all the characters had form the begining of the musical.

[@tetragaming6332]

She's the only one trapped there if she had just let him leave the first time. "No one can come or go" is her refusing to let him leave, she doesn't fall into the Grey, she's actively in the black by choice. Circe was Grey

[@IbroVrgovcevic]

I'd say it is in the grey area. If it were "No one will come or go", that would actively be black, telling him "No one can come to save you, you're here with me, and only me" in a subtle, malicious meaning. But I'd say, "No one can come or go" is a clear known fact to her, so driven in by thousands of years of loneliness that she just can't and won't let him go, not wanting to endure it again. She's happy, telling him about the island now that he's here. It's actually the possibility of being able to take it in different ways I find fascinating. Because with the lyrics, it can be taken two ways. But none are white.

[@tetragaming6332]

@IbroVrgovcevic except we know her words are a lie. She was genuinely shocked Odysseus got there, no mortal has ever been there. Meaning, she would have no idea how her island works. That means "No one can come or go" should probably be read as a Captor to their prisoner. "No one can come to save you, and you can't leave." With her ignorance to what Odysseus is allowed to do, it paints her song as an attempt to break his will, making him resign himself to living with her. She's spelling out his new reality like she's taking a pet on a house tour.

[@shalomproduction6367]

nothing about her is grey

[@Ambulance_Raccoon]

Ody looking at us like “Help. Me. Please”🙏

[@makodorodo]

I love how in this one frame (3:29) Calypso tried to use her powers on Ody but her powers didn’t work on because Odysseus is too tired to even be CONTROLLED by her.

[@ra1nynightz]

3:30 The pain in his eyes _hurts_ me so bad, Ximena you cruel, amazing being

[@kandicefranky3253]

He’s also too mentally broken for Calypso to control him anymore.

[@halothere6995]

Why do they have to make such good animations? Now I’m sad.

[@caylasudie4475]

I love the details of Calypso's eyes glowing and her using her vines on Odysseus. It kinda gives me 'child with too much power' vibes. Which fits, given we know she's been alone for ages now. Even the end card could be her way of trying to compromise with him: I can't let you die, but we can't go inside. So I'll tie you down and stay here. Keep up the good work!

[@camillathevolscian]

Interesting detail that the last page is torn because if Athena doesn't intervene, Ody's story ends here :(

[@Yet_AGOTI]

Excellent details throughout. It is her singing in Odyssey that enchants him, and i think you show that well here as she pulls him from the water, turning "you're mine, all mine" into a trigger phrase. Her controlling the island is a nice touch. Making him bow while while keeping up the kind facade is s nice touch. And at the end, i can't help but notice the length of those vines, where they sprout from the cliff, and the fact that they are just around his ankles. It seems to imply that he jumped in the end thinking even Athena wouldn't help him and that she caught him and dragged him back. She isn't crying because of him. She's crying because he'd rather die than be with her.

[@JhoeryMoya-by4lf]

And that is a detail that terrifies me and tears me apart inside 🥲

[@roselover411]

1:23 with the fast cuts between Ody and Calypso's expression about being married XD I love the way every step he takes she's right at his side. He can't escape from her or her island. I know she's trapped there too, she's been exiled and can't leave, so I understand her clinging to the only person to ever end up there alive in 100 years, seeing it as destiny, that he must be meant for her. It doesn't excuse her actions but it does explain them. The final frame where she's used vines to prevent him from taking the plunge is desperately sad.

[@DrawRoMoon]

Calypso being carefull with him in the end... I almost cry...

[@kunilsen2519]

I looove how desperate you made the whole situation. From the start, you can see in the eyes that Calypso is clearly also desperate and unwell, and Odysseus' fast spiral from mildly alarmed to desperatly trying to swim away. And the ending when they are on the cliff, both on the ground and so desperate for completely different things. Her for him(or anyone), and him to just get away(to be free in any way).

[@selenefoster8013]

0:31 *To save Ody or not to save Ody, that is the question.*

[@RamsesVT]

I love how Athena's face during "Ruthlessness" is just giving, "Ugh, Uncle Poseidon is going on one of his monologues... AGAIN..." And the ending sequence is just 🤌 Just such a raw emotion, I loved it!

[@gabrielleshields4196]

I love how you depicted the entire song! The panic attack, how Calypso was speaking to him face to face, everything. The last frame where she's keeping him on the ledge instead of letting him go made me tear up a bit. Keep up the good work!!

[@LittleTehri]

I do love how you're portraying the more forceful element of this part of the story, Calypso outright not giving Odysseus a choice and using her powers to influence him and make him stop resisting. But the way you portrayed his complete breakdown on the cliff is absolutely perfect, complete with Calypso worrying and not really understanding what's going on. Beautiful animatic!

[@OrcaBerry]

This is the only animatic I’ve seen where Calypso herself doesn’t look thrilled about the “no one can come or go” bit. Great depth to her character

[@foolslayer9416]

2:54 One dead cyclops. All he had to do was kill one goddamn cyclops. He could've avoided all this, but he had to spare the wrong cyclops.

[@PuccaLover15]

Not only that, but reveal his name. If he just kept his mouth shut at the end instead of gloating, he still would've been fine.

[@halothere6995]

@@PuccaLover15570 men would be alive, Eurylocus would be alive. Whatever Eurylocus did was a result of Odysseus’s arrogance.

[@PuccaLover15]

@@halothere6995 Well, Eurylocus did also open the bag of winds when Odysseus told them not to, which sent them further back, but yeah the rest is a bit of Odysseus's fault since he revealed his name instead of keeping his big mouth zipped.

[@RandomGuy-tc2gf]

Ody would have never been in this situation had Athena let him grieve polities' death. Instead she hammered down on him in an intense moment which led to him gloating to spite Athena, which led to my goodbye, and everything else.

[@foolslayer9416]

@@PuccaLover15 Yeah, if Eurylochus didn't open the wind bag, Ody's mom would still be alive.

[@dawnanimations8010]

I LOVE HOW ATHENA FALLS THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SCENES AND ALMOST INTERACTS WITH THEM!! Also I love how spaced out Odysseus looks when he first wakes up and sees Odysseus!! You have improved SO much in terms of animation from your prior animatics, everything is just pure eye-candy and the emotions are so heart-wrenching :((

[@KagedBird]

God this song makes me cry every time- ESPECIALLY with such a gorgeous animation to go with it. The anguish Odysseus felt when screaming out was so real. Love the detail of Calypso crying while holding Ody to the ledge with vines to make sure he couldn't jump- she's finally realizing that he's been unhappy for so long and could very well lose him.

[@ailenguglielmone4140]

I love the detail of Calypso using her divine powers with a vine to stop Ody from jumping at the end

[@spidery7618]

1:15 that little hand motion is incredibly well made, oh my goodness

[@Vanessa_03]

That last frame though?! Ody depressed as ever with plants wrapped around his ankles and Calipso crying? God its perfect! I mean this whole animation is absolutely gorgeous!❤

[@3-10_to_Yuma]

I love how ✨scrunkly✨ he is in the first few minutes

[@marskosmos8737]

You did amazing as always I especially loved the bit where Odysseus is trying to swim away. It shows how he was truly stuck and my heart broke for him. I haven't seen any one else depict that yet!

[@acidstrip]

You made him so beefy oh my god I’m crying my heart got ripped out and stomped on 😭😭😭

[@Yeonjuns_respect07]

The first part where Athena was going through the different gods/people Odysseus encountered was so funny especially with how interactive it looked

[@GrassPotati]

The way you mixed Calypso’s nuances of being very much in the wrong with her obsessiveness and what Jay had said about her genuinely believing she’s helping Ody (without sacrificing that she is still, at the end of the day, a powerful goddess) was so incredibly masterful! I feel it’s a perfect showcasing of what her character is like in Epic vs the Odyssey, bravo!!! I also adored the reactions from Athena during the Time Dive!! Incredibly well characterized animatic overall!!

[@mysteroads5598]

This is so perfect. ❤ You included his wound from the mutiny, which is such a nice touch! And I love Odysseus trying to swim away, only to be pulled by back by Calypso, and his anguish on the cliff... you could just *feel that.* Such an great animatic!

[@book1182]

how this mf didn't die floating around in salt water with an open knife wound astounds me. Absolute cockroach of a man, nothing can kill him

[@CinnaScone]

YES! All this! There's no way his wound from mutiny is healed by now, so it's nice to see that resolved. Calypso is a delightful mix of cute and terrifying, and the emotions we get from Ody throughout are a GUT PUNCH. Excellent work, Ximena!

[@michiyokiyomi]

This Calypso is my favorite, I love the way you incorporated the use of her powers and she's more manipulative but also more expressive about Ody's upset on the cliff. Your expressions never disappoint 😂

[@YEthanT-N]

2:10 cool detail of when jorge said they glow when using their powers

[@F_doesnotwanttobehere7]

Your Odysseus design is so pretty😭 and calypso’s aswell. Plus the cliff seen IS SO WELL DONE OMGG

[@Argylithes]

the very end when they are back to back and she has him tied up by the ankles to be sure he won't jump... that's heavy.... such a good detail. it's amazing.

[@eesmareed]

We love a chance to see Odysseus shirtles- I mean to see his inner turmoil (Amazing work as always!)

[@hiwnaw6300]

Calypso healing him was an amazing detail

[@paolar836]

3:05 I have several favorite moments of this animatic but something about how you had Odysseus clasp his trembling hands here and then raise them to his face really stood out to me in a good way!! Odysseus's torment depicted in just that motion of the hands and growing into his lament until the end of the song! I loved this. And how sinister Calypso was here!! Love love love love thank you for sharing this you're incredibly talented!!!

[@somethingthatexists4797]

This is definitely my favourite portrayal of EPIC calypso and Odysseus’s dynamic omg, on one hand it’s absolutely a fucked up power dynamic that hurts him deeply, on the other hand she truly cares about him and it’s very believable that the Greek canon couldn’t have occurred with this calypso and leads nicely into im not sorry for loving you. You hit that balance perfectly and I love how both her dragging him from the water (away from danger and freedom) and her restraining him from the cliff edge (held prisoner and held safe) with vines both symbolize this so well. Also the expressions are hilarious the details are EPIC and the colours are gorgeous!!!

[@watermelonrhine1534]

I ADORE the close up on their eyes, specifically calypso's eyes with the hearts you portrayed her obsessive frankly terrifying love for ody i love just abt everything about this animatic i could name 100 more (omg the animation in the "goddesses can't die part is amazing) but i think the eyes are my favorite

[@I_will_have_an_emu_army]

Odysseus: having a mental crisis Me: *Ody with a beard* . . 3:02 . . Also, I love how when Calypso pries Odysseus's hands away from his face, just how shocked she looks, and when Odysseus falls to the ground, how she's crying too. Cause remember: Zeus cursed her to fall in love with every person who washes upon her shores, but the catch was that that person was always going to have something they wanted more than her, likely resulting in several heartbreaks on her part, all of which were out of her control. This still doesn't excuse how she treated Odysseus, but in these moments it's almost like she knows what's going to happen next. She knows Odysseus isn't happy here. She knows she's the reason why he's falling apart so badly, something that maybe she wishes could have been different-maybe she hadn't wanted this is in the first place either, though of course she doesn't have a say (cause of Zeus and all). And she knows she's going to eventually lose him, and that he'll eventually leave. I suppose it's simply sad on both parts. I wish for Odysseus to go home, and I wish for Calypso to be free of her curse so she can finally live peacefully.

[@BitesforNugget]

First animatic I've seen Ody with a mustache in. Good touch. Also glad I'm not the only one who pictured Ody trying to swim away. (Knowing damn well he can't)

[@sidneyisacat]

This animatic does an amazing job of showing that Odysseus has been a prisoner of Calypso. He's not relaxing on an island except for some episodes of PTSD, he's been physically hauled out of the water, he's been forced to bow, he's been man-handled and dragged around his gilded cage, and the final shot shows him bound to the very cliff where he was having his mental breakdown. And as for that final shot, two possibilities come to mind. First: Calypso, in her own way, thinks she cares for Odysseus, enough that she will keep him from killing himself via cliff-dive into rocky waters. Second: Calypso, no matter how much she thinks she cares for Odysseus, is his jailer, and has physically chained him to the island in a precarious position. And she has made this man so miserable that Odysseus, who journeyed for 20 YEARS, who killed an infant, fought a cyclops, defied the God of the Sea, fought a sorceress, traveled literally to Hades and back, outsmarted sirens, made it past Scylla with minimal damage, and sacrificed his entire crew, just for the hope of seeing his wife? That man? She has driven him to nearly giving up and making all of that effort pointless by committing suicide in a mere 7 years.

[@Len..K]

Ok but just Athena's part made me go feral dkwndwkjds- THE WHOLE THING IS CRAZY GOOD!!

[@RitaKanonye]

Best scenes in my opinion 😁 0:17 Athena must have been like "I raised an idiot".😅 0:21 I love how she jumped into the past❤ 1:26 I Love how Odysseus looked so awkward 😅 2:10 I think you're the only animator that gave calypso plant powers ❤ 2:23 she's totally trapped there too😅😢😅 2:37 wait a second, where exactly did Odysseus want to swim to?😂 3:44 omg he's hyperventilating 😢😢 3:54 calypso is actually crying for him and honestly I'm crying too😢😢😢 Over an awesome, detailed and emotional animatic ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Hey-imbored]

2:28 this man is swimming away😂😂😂 the way she dive in the water😂😂

[@Koari-waffle]

OMG so MANY details I love it! It just shows how much you care. Like the faces Athena makes when seeing what happened to Ody. I love the take on Calipso! Using more her powers to restrain/manipulate Ody

[@11icelord]

3:31 is just a thought but I think Calypso used magic here to try read Odysseus' mind and found something about the friendship of Ody and thought it's was a good idea use the "open arms" motto.

[@AndresRodriguez-x8d]

Ody is absolutely JACKED

[@gheata_playz874]

1:01 😂 hi Cal, i like you already

[@Eclecticgirl17]

I really like the posing here. It is unique. I like the hair bounce of Calypso

[@euclidtheorem4817]

I never realised before that it was Calypso's "Open arms" that triggered that line from Polites...

[@BeyondTrash-xe1vs]

Wow, the way you captured Odysseus's agony was so powerful! The vision clouding was such a potent effect.

[@Newtcicle]

Oh. My. God. I don't think I could even put into words how much I love this animation. Athena's design, Odysseus's hair changing, Calypso's hair designs, the colours of the backgrounds and how it slowly gets darker over time, Athena slipping through all the memories, Calypso controlling the vines of the island!? This is just incredible, such a good work and incredible art style👏👏👏

[@Jemeysontaylor3]

Definitely my favorite animatic for this one. Your art has always been some of the absolute best in the epic fandom. Well done!

[@Vex-ls2uj]

My gosh that was amazing, not me literally sitting here BAWLING MY GOD DAMN EYES OUT on this thing, good job Ximena, you are the first animatic artist that has made me cry over love in paradise👍😭💔

[@Skippy_noodle]

Real

[@LadyGillgamesh]

When Ody was crying on the cliff I started to tear up, this was amazingly made. The expressions are amazing.

[@Esdarella]

The way you draw Ody crying broke my heart 😭 (I love this video it’s a masterpiece)

[@ameeraharb7942]

THE END CARD??? HOW DARE YOUUUU 😭😭😭😭😭 THE WAY ODYSSEUS WAS CRYING THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE ANIMATIC??? OH MY GOD 10/10 (pay for my therapy 🥹) Edit: Also I was SO terrified of you adding Penelope in the second half, and I don't know if it makes it better or worse that you didn't! REGARDLESS, I LOVE YOUR ART THANK YOU FOR SUCH A GOOD LOVE IN PARADISE ANIMATIC!!

[@alexburacosky314]

god the kinky face when Odys pushed her away lol

[@Stupid_storytime]

I love how obvious you made it that Athena hates Poseidon 10/10

[@SHINYA_CORE]

Ok nah I actually started tearing up at 3:08 and they didn't go away until I finished watching it. The detail and raw emotion you portrayed in Odysseus. Especially with him flinching away from Calypso 💔 well done Ximena

[@dawnmighthavebeenhere]

OH MY GOSHH this might be one of my favorite of your animatics so far, not sure because they’re all amazing of course, but the detail.. the vines on his feet, the way he tried to jump in the water, the desperation on both of their faces, Athena’s different reactions as she watches his memories, the clear power difference, the designs, the emotions … I love everything about this it’s amazing! The panic attack at the end was so beautifully done, I nearly teared up. Great work as always!

[@Tacoalien]

3:30 anyone realize that Calypso tried to use her magic to calm him down like she did in the ocean early, but this time it didn't work so Calypso panics as she doesn't know what to do but realizes that Ody is in so much pain that even her powers don't work on him

[@elleiguess1124]

0:22 "Oh this looks fun" 0:25 "Told you, it would end badly if you dox yourself." 0:28 ".....You will not fall for her tricks, right? 0:31 "Nice skull..." 0:33 "Damn... Cut off their tails fr?" 0:37 "Dude..." 0:40 ".... Dad, wtf."

[@expvnse]

The side-eye at 1:09 fucking killed me LMAO

[@expvnse]

Alright - finished the whole thing and DAMN. DAMN. DAMN YOU. OWWWWWWWWWWW - so good tho. so fucking good.

[@patchworkgolem]

Such a cute Athena going through the memories, one of the best depictions of Calypso (that she's my wife scene and her crazy eyes and scary body language/magic), and that ending!! You spoil us!! 1:53 was such good visual characterization and 2:36 was terrifying in a way I wish more were!!

[@xchrysantha]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEES I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU lol.

[@megsuec]

THIS IS MY FAVORITE LOVE IN PARADISE ANIMATIC BY FAR WOW!!!! How Calypso at the end realizes she's powerless to help Ody and no matter how much she loves him, she'll never be able to relieve him of his trauma. I also like how when he looked at Calypso at the end he saw his loved ones, people who loved him so dearly that died at his hand (or that he made suffer) and when it pans back to him, he looks absolutely distraught. Her eternal love for him reminds him of the others who loved him eternally, who would've gone to the end of the earth for him. and what did he do in return? He let them suffer. He let them die. I think your illustration of that is super powerful and not something I've seen done by anyone else. Keep up the good work!

[@TheAngelofFate17]

I KNEW your version of Love in Paradise would be immaculate! I knew that you would give us the most broken, and gut wrenching expression on Ody’s face when he lets out that scream at the end and leave our hearts shattered into bits 😭💔 This was wonderful, beautifully heartbreaking! The way you made Ody age, the beard!? The vacancy in his eyes, the desperation, the grief. Oh the grief! 😭 our poor Odysseus, these single frames at 3:30 and 3:46 absolutely WRECKS me, his scream, the way he falls to his knees *sobbing*

[@goddesshestia288]

I don't often comment much of anything into videos and whatnot but i really have to say smt cause HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY shi i have seen so many animations by this point about epic but like your art style is just so incredibly gorgeous and the expressions u make literally gave me chills. You inspired me to get back into learning animations and drawing in general. I can't wait to see more stuff you make in the future. Keep up the good work

[@ryu979]

I really love this Animatic because all that Calypso does is so controlling, she inteends to be lovey and affectionate but all it is all in a very obsessive, conteolling way. With the ending of the vines wrapped around Ody feet is such a cool detail and with Athena going theough Ody's memories, you always do such great animatics

[@fauxsynder]

These expressions are SO beautiful! The ending with Ody reliving all the deaths he's had to deal with was heart-wrenching. Amazing work!

[@Rxdxm]

1:54 freakylpso

[@L-ghtlessSky]

freakalypso

[@Rxdxm]

@@L-ghtlessSky this guy gets it

[@shalomproduction6367]

calypshit

[@Danoninofavaxo17]

EPIC WOOOOOOOHHHH THE QUEEN IS BACK BABY

[@rommielee5888]

Oh my god Ximena this whole thing was just a MOOD!!!! And if I recall your first animatic with Athena in it! Athena jumping into the memories was cute, plus her reactions. The upward angle as Ody wakes up of Calypso watching him sleep was just perfect. Her expression after getting pushed away by Ody, she is all red flags!!! You did great at showing how menacing she actually is! I always like to see how people handle the Ody's break down at the end and I think Ximena's is currently my favorite, BrittPixelPow's (I hope I have that right) Is a close second. Amazing work as always Ximena!!!!

[@jelzyart]

Man...this is the only version of this song that genuinely made me start to tear up. The ending? With the screaming and pure emotions in Ody? Oh my gosh....you can actually feel and sense the pain he is going through. Amazing job!!!! I shall now go and cry in my little corner....

[@ThiefofRPGistheWanderingSoul]

First off, thank you for taking time out of your busy days for making this Ximena, this was quite the surprise. You always draw Odysseus as so sympathetic and that is really exemplary with this song combined with the animatic. Athena's time dive was very fun especially with your expressions for Athena, especially seeing Circe, Aeloeus and Tiresias. I like your unique design of Calypso and her pulling Odysseus back to shore. She gives me a very "aw shucks vibe" Your scene showing the darkness surrounding Odysseus as he hears his friends' voices, was rather well done. But I'm sorry, Odysseus with that Mustache looks so funny I couldn't help giggling to myself.

[@_.n3k0._0]

If there's one thing Ximena knows how to do well, it's expressions of pain and despair... My heart beats faster when I see Ody's expression when he says: "Just let me close my eyes..." 3:28

[@samikay626]

How Athena looks at the memories is scratching my brain nicely. The little flick to move to the next, the flick to line them vertically off the platform, jumping off the platform and cycling through the memories as she falls…. It’s just so fun! Adds a very nice energy to it.

[@samikay626]

Also the little ody at the start and his wake up face😭😭😭😭 so funny