I Can't Help But Wonder (EPIC: The Musical Animatic)
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- The entire time I was drawing this, I was losing my mind over how sweet these three are. Also you have no idea how difficult it was to remember to keep the boys faces covered in blood or remember that Telemachus is wearing a cloak now. So. Many. Revisions. Still this was super, super fun to draw.
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I Can't Help But Wonder (Epic: the Musical Animatic)
Music by Jorge Rivera-Herrans @JayHerrans
Music sung by Jorge Rivera-Herrans, MICO, and Teagan Earley
#epicthemusical #animatic
Part with Athena and Odysseus broke me. They needed that hug. And Athena returning the ring was everything to me. She know how much that ring means to him.
what is the meaning of the ring?
@andraboz8134 that should be his wedding ring. In Love in paradise Calypso throws it in the ocean.
I love the way you portray Athena’s relationship with Odysseus his family, intimate in that she’s more than a mentor or Guardian, she’s apart of their family.
EXACTLY!!!!
THIS!!! They both knew that mistakes were made by them, but chose to focus on this moment. As they were back at Itacha, at the same time, alive after all this time. She watched him in the war and now she can see him home. They came full circle.
This is why I love your interpretation of Athena’s and Odysseus’s reunion
It gives off the feeling that this is less of an official ‘goodbye’, and more of a ‘see you till next time’
🥲yeah
The way Athena is like. a maternal figure to odysseus in this animatic has me VICIOUSLY unwell actually
i spy Ody defending his son when Agamennon tried to kill Telemacus to convince him to go to Troy
I was just about to comment that!! I loved that detail so much
He never forgot and never forgave.
I believe that was another guy named Palamedes, though I wouldn’t be surprised if he was involved
@@shannenwilliams9866 It was Palamedes. Pala basically put baby Tele in front of the plow: Save your son, go to war. Ignore your son...lose him.
Palamedes got what he deserved though
@@littlebean4585 what happened to Palamedes?
The kiss on the forehead?? Don't talk to me, im emotional
Ugly sobbing 😭.
Which forehead kiss?? 'Cause both dealt -1000 emotional damage to me 😭😭😭
@@adelaidesalcove SAME
HE GOT HIS RING BACK!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭
FINALLY 🎉🎉🎉
There were so many stunning parts. That one's my favorite.
2:17 I WAS HOPING SOMEONE WOULD ANIMATE THE SCENE WHERE PALAMEDES NEARLY KILLED TELEMACHUS BY PUTTING HIM IN FRONT OF ODYSSEUS'S PLOW TO TEST HIS SANITY!! IT'S WHY HE WENT TO TROY😭😭
OMG YEAH
I was so stoked when I saw that!!!!!
That is so clever!!
He was forced to go and then forced to miss 20 years that he'd never get back. I can't imagine that. It was bad enough when I lost my loved ones to sickness and old age but to be deliberately kept from them out of spite because of someone I accidentally slighted like Odysseus plus all his trauma... I know it's a story but I just can't fathom it, how he stayed halfway sane and didn't give up. Every time I hear this son or the song with Athena and Telemachus, I keep crying. Regret and missed opportunities are a strong theme here and I sympathize so hard.
@@raechelcleberg8854 No seriously!! And the worse part about it all is that when Telemachus was a baby, Odysseus stopped pretending to be insane to save his life, and now 20 years later? Hold Them Down? His boy was being threatened IN FRONT OF HIM, AGAIN. Like you just KNOWWW he was remembering his son being in danger 20 years ago!! It makes their long-awaited reunion SO DEEPLY EMOTIONAL!!
Athena was just like Odysseus mother, she love him but never want to admit it😭
2:15 ooh the reference to Odysseus being recruited to the war, nice touch! and the nods to Penelope's naiad heritage in her design, love it. and Athena returning Odysseus' ring, paying off your "Love In Paradise" animatic is wonderful. lovely work!
I love this version we see a full resolution between Odysseus and Athena. And we see what looks to be the more gentle side of Odysseus come through which would fit in with Penelope’s words “don’t tell me your not my husband” after testing him with the olive tree. Which also fits my view that up to ichbw was a cooling down moment his war is over he just needed someone to point it out to him
Oh my GOD, the moment when Telemachus is looking at the statue that's taller than him, only to flash back to his father who is shorter than him???? I lost it, ugly tears everywhere. Also the hug from Athena, also the moment where he lay down in her lap. So much crying, I love this so much.
Also love the blood spatters, not enough people give them the gore they really should be wearing after killing 100+ people lmao.
AAAhhh the Telemachus forehead kiss, I'm so weak
OH MY GOD A SECOND FOREHEAD KISS. You're killing me over here.
I love your art style so much.
@@AlysianaHunter "What's this??? A second forehead kiss with a steel chair!!!"
You're 100% correct. The second forehead kiss came at me like a steel chair and took me out completely.
Literally watched the whole thing again so I could giggle gleefully at the two forehead kisses.
Odysseus laying his head in Athena's lap..excuse me! Everyone is so beautiful in your art style and I love how you portray Odysseus as still trusting Athena like he's clearly forgiven her and Telemachus has softened her and she allows herself to show more affection ..I just..Odysseus has every reason to be afraid of gods and goddesses and keep his distance but he's known Athena for years and she's family at this point. I love their dynamic here
Not me casually dropping everything I was doing prior just so I could watch this animatic
4:39 YES THE RING
Adkjghdfjghdfkjgh thanks
@@meganmay5277 lol, same. I was so mad I came in, like, two hours after it was out. Where was my notification!
Sameee we love when maeve posts 💚💚
THAT KISS IN THE FOREHEAD
THAT HUG
THAT CLOSENESS
DON'T TALK TO ME I'M EMOTIONAL
I am in love with your portrayal of the relationship between Athena and Odysseus (and obviously Telemachus and either of them both)... The wedding ring storyline has me screaming in my head every time it comes up, it's just way too clever 🥹. Thank you for these beautiful five minutes I've spent weeping! 🩵
The little caduceus badge on Ody’s clothes I’m dying
Ody’s hair is LUSCIOUS and I I want it. The hair envy is strong rn.
This animatic is beautiful, you did an amazing job!
Athena is everyone's Olympian godmother.
This is now one of my all-time favorite Epic animatics. Your Athena has always been a favorite, and this just cemented her in first place. The way she and Odysseus crumpled to their knees was an absolute chef's kiss moment. Her holding him... my heart. And the delicate tracery of glowing lightning scars that somehow only serve to make her more beautiful? I am in awe. Her giving back his wedding ring just before he goes to see Penelope is just the most beautiful staging and follow-through from your earlier animatics as well. You deserve all the love for this piece of sheer artistry.
(Forgive the writer waxing verbose over here, that part of my brain doesn’t shut off when I see something that inspires it... which this definitely did!)
I love seeing Ody still covered in the blood of the suitors during this song and Will you Fall in Love With Me Again, it really changes the framing for each
You're Odysseus/Athena reunion is literally the only one that I have seen that made me super emotional and I totally cried about it. Thank you so much for your hard work!!
The way Athena is showering Ody with hugs, carresing his cheek and kissing his forehead?? And Ody just laying down on Athena's lap??? I'm not okay 😭😭😭😭
So drop dead gorgeous!! And the beautiful little flashbacks interspersed throughout. I actually paused on the aftermath of Telemachus's near murder, simply because so few people actually capture that and you managed to capture the emotions so beautifully. And Ody dancing with Telemachus on that very same balcony. Athena returning the ring. AAHH!! Love it all.
Athena with lichtenberg figures is cool as hell
I knew I wasn't going to be ready but that this was going to be AMAZING and I was SO right! The way Athena immediately hugs Odysseus cus she regrets not doing it before KILLS me and the way he melts into her and lays in her lap cus he's just SO tired after everything I am UNWELL!! Also the Palamedes reference is just PERFECT!! I've only seen one other animatic mention that asshole and it fits so well I wish more of them mentioned that whole mess! Man Palamedes is SUCH an asshole, but at least he got what was coming to him.
Anyway, last thing I want to mention is HE GOT HIS RING BACK AND HE'S SO HAPPY!! 😭😭 I am also a HUGE sucker for a good forehead lean and forehead kisses and this animatic had so much of that I am so happy!
I just can’t get over how HAPPY everyone is in this animatic!! That should be! And the way Odysseus lays on Athena, holds his head in her hands, how they speak… it’s like she’s his mom! I don’t know if that was your intention, but I see it like he’s getting to be held by his mother one last time. I’m awestruck each time I watch this again. Thank you.
I needed Ody being with his son after “Love” in paradise, hope Calypso’s crying somewhere right now. ❤
WAIT ATHENA IS COVERED IN LIGHTNING SCARS NOW. thats such a neat call back!
Including the plow incident was golden
Those forehead kisses! The toy owl! The ring showing Ody that Athena never forgot him! So incredibly sweet.
the hug ?? the flashback to young ody ?? Athena comforting ody ?? ody getting hiss ring back ?? absolutely beautiful 🌟
I love how you put contact between the characters, how they hug and touch faces and hands, it makes the scenes so cute and emotional 🥰💞
I love how Ody treats Athena like his mother😭😭😭
Pardon the paragraph 😅, there's just so much about this animatic I wanted to mention.
Firstly, the way you portray the subtlety in emotion is IMMACULATE. The swelling tears in the beginning, the shifting eye contact, the little sweeps Odysseus does with his thumbs on Telemachus' face, the blush when he mentions Penelope, every single emotion is so wonderfully conveyed and I was so delighted to see it! And the FOREHEAD TOUCH between Odysseus and his son?? Beautiful, more than words can describe, take my money and take my soul you wonderful artist you.
The flashbacks, oh how they hurt but they were so wonderful to see. Odysseus holding his baby boy (the baby has an owl!), the family cuddling in bed, that moment where Odysseus sings "prepared to die for you" and it cuts to his pretense of madness being exposed, and he looks so angry and is holding on so tightly to his wife and child. And even later, those little flashbacks of a younger Odysseus compared to the Odysseus that he's become now... oof.
ODYSSEUS AND ATHENA FINALLY GOT THAT HUG! I've seen so many animatics where they don't even touch, which is understandable, but that hug touched a part of my soul, thank you so much for including it. It's just... they're both such different people know, and that hug between them is so desperate and emotional... yet things will never be the same between them. No matter how tightly they hold onto one another, they ultimately have to let go. I think it's a bittersweet embrace for this, but man was their reunion incredible to see.
Your designs are absolutely gorgeous, and I'm astounded every time I go back and rewatch your animatics. Odysseus' long hair and braids, Persephone's pointed ears referring to her heritage, the intricate details on the clothes and in the background and in the throne room in The Challenge, it's all so wonderful that I'm running out of words to convey how beautiful it all is.
I apologize again for the length, there's just so much I wanted to say. I don't know if you'll read this, but if you do just know that you are an astounding artist. Thank you for all that you do, I wish you all the best ❤
(Also Telemachus is taller than his Papa 😭)
i noticed that how in the talk with Athena they are embracing each other and it makes the talk more emotional i feel like alot have them distant from each other from there different journeys but here they will always be family
😭😭😭😭😭MY HEAT THE PART WITH ATHENA AND CAPTAIN OMG MY HEART😭😭😭
His name's Odysseus ;-;
@ I know that but I’ve been calling him captain since the first saga so it just feels natural
Omg Athena and Odysseus, the body language you put there... holy shit.
That caught me so off guard and it put a whole new reading on the moment from what's usually depicted... and it totally worked too! stunning.
Sidenote: I found the moving eyes distracting during odysseus and telemachus. idk what I would do to show motion otherwise but I think it was that it was moving so far to the corner looking away like... so much? idk... just a small thing. otherwise found it absolutely gorgeous.
Awew... the tenderness between Athena and Odysseus is a nice touch, especially given the shift in Athena's character.
Please animate this whole thing 💜 You can even take ideas from old animatics and make it in your style. Your style is so freaking beautiful. I wanna see “I will fall in love with you” and even the beginning songs in your style
This is criminally under viewed. This is so stunning it hurts. I am weeping over Athena treating Odysseus as her son the same way Ody treated Telemachus
That ring!!! I live how much planning you put into your animatics, and the interaction between Athena and Odysseus was so wholesome. I meeded it
You're the only artist who I've seen make the reunion of Athena and Odysseus so emotional and I love it! It's absolutely perfect!
Your character designs are so gorgeous too!!!
This is so beautiful, I can only hope that you animate the other songs too. There were so many little details that I loved, like how Athena's skin is scared due to the events of "God Games".
UGH this is FANTASTIC, ody and telemacus embracing ALWAYS gets me, its why this is my favorite song of the saga. HOWEVER, no one has ever got me BAWLING over athena and ody reuniting, its unbelievably good athena is my favorite character and you portrayed her very well.
HE FINALLY GOT HIS RING BACK!!!
Man, I really love the EPIC fandom. there's so many dedicated animators with their own interpretations for the songs. I love love that Athena hugged and kissed Ody's forehead. it's much needed T_T thanks to this fandom, I had picked up The Odyssey and I got your reference at 2:16. ^_^ thank you for animating!
Mother Athena is something I can see since she strives for protection and good heart for him yet in her eyes she failed but couldn't be more happy to see him alive every since their separation. I was not expecting her design at all she looks so gentle.
This made me cry. You are so unbelievably talented and skilled!!!
The wave, the tears in the eyes, the way that both father and son stand and hold themselves. They are so similar but were forced to wonder if they are alike😢. When Ody kissed his forehead I cried. Also, toddler Telemachus is adorable, I wanna pinch his cheeks. Not to mention, he hugged Athena. That was so so nice, I needed to see it. After all that happened they are friends. But also more. Athena is in some way not just a friend and teacher, but also, a mother figure, a sister figure and an aunt. She's family. And in the end they were just happy to see eachother. The ring, though, was my undoing. She gave him back one of the symbols of his love😭, and after Ody thought it was gone forever. She let this brave, smart, glorious looking warrior have back a piece of his heart. And this time when they parted it was with a hug and not yelling. It was a see you type of goodbye and not the final farewell.
MAEVE PLS DO AN ANIMATIC FOR WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH ME AGAIN AND MY LIFE IS YOURS (this is genuinely so good I binge watched all your animatics, your style and how you portray everything is so perfect )
Your art style of Odysseus and Telemachus is so beautiful!! That forehead kiss is so lovely, the father and son finally reunited.
Don’t mind me. I’m sobbing with the Athena scene
Athena is definitely visiting for tea a few times a month with this family, she’s practically everyone’s mum. 😂I love how gentle she was with Odysseus, how she hugged him so tightly, brushed his hair with her hand, kissed his forehead, she truly cares for her friend. AND THE RING AAAAAAAAA❤️❤️❤️
This is the most fabulous looking Odysseus I've seen. Even with the blood on 😂👍
Every child deserves to be loved like this
thank you for adding the plow scene that is the reason Ody ever even went to Troy!! or the reason was the pact obviously but how they could see he faked his insanity by trying to have him kill Telemachus!
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ODY AND ATHENA A HUG 😭 I needed that so badly, I feel so content seeing Athena show him so much love omg 😭❤️❤️ And the hug between Ody and Telemachus got me all choked up. 🥹 Such a beautiful video!!!
Oh, this is wonderful! So beautiful! Also, I kind of appreciate that you made Telemachus a little taller than his dad! I haven't seen many people do that, I think.
This was amazing! I love the Athena part - it healed my Epic broken heart a bit that they comforted each other in this version...
I can't wait to re-watch and cry a whole lot for years to come. Every frame was beauty. Thank you so much, Maeve.
My God, your character designs and animatics are so pretty. These are the most underrated Epic animatics
Dang, don't think I've ever been this early. This animatic is amazing!!! Also you had NO RIGHT to make Odysseus and Telemachus so pretty 😭😭😭 The part where they hug 🥺🥲
WAAAAAAAA THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND TENDER AND I LOVE THE HUGS AND THE EVERYTHING IM JUST ARGHHHHHHH
1:59 THE OWL TOY 😢
This is the one song that makes me cry every time I listen to it.
Oh I love this, the flashbacks, the glimpse of the scene of why he went to Troy, your art style, the interactions between Ody and Athena and Ody and Telemachus. Perfect
2:17 I LOVE IT!IT'S SO COOL THAT YOU PUT THAT IN!THEY LOOK SO CUTE!!!
I’ve been WAITING for someone to flash back to young odysseus at the “show yourself” part AGHHH
This is the BEST version of the Ody/Athena interaction I've EVER seen!
Oh my god I'm so excited for your WYFILWMA. Idk if you're gonna do it but I'm excited all the same
I always imagined that they were both covered in blood while they sang this song, and this is the first animatic I've seen that portray's this. I love this. I also love the detail about how Telelmachus nearly died by Ody's hand because Palamedes placed him in the way of his plow to confirm if Ody was insane enough not to go to war.
I don't have words but It's emotional animatic. I love the sweetness inside of It. I love the first thing has done Athena is hugging Odysseus,it really shows how much compassionate and human she has became. Now I am very curios how you handle another animatics
Also cant wait for Would you falll in love with me again, also.
I'm excited for when you do warrior of the mind.
This has become my favorite I Can't Help But Wonder animatic. It made me tear up. The flashes to the past, the camera fading between Telemachus and Odysseus, the RING, the super sweet reunion between Athena and Odysseus! It's all amazing
I love this style of animation so much. They all look majestic and mythical. So gorgeous 😢❤
thank u for making ody and athena hug, this is what ive been dying to see from animatics. thank u thank u thank u
ODY LYING ON HER LAP?? THE FOREHEAD KISS? THE RING?????????????!?!?!? so tender, so intimate, so heartbreaking. im crying actl tears finally their relationship is done justice
Your use of colors really made me feel like I was there. 😢
oooh I love how you portrayed Ody and Athena’s interaction!!
Wow. Wow. Wow!!
Another absolutely stunning animatic by Maeve. The kiss on the forehead… 😭 i’ll just be here in the corner trying to recover…
Plllslsls animate (would u fall in love with me again?) it was be such a joy to watch with that beautiful ARTSTYLE!!
I cried like a baby T-T Thank you, it's a good kind of pain.... Also gorgeous animatics and beautiful rendition
Started sobbing when telemachus throws his arms around his dad. You are so talented
Oh this one did it for me
How you detailed the bonds between everyone how you you did their emotions ook oh god crying again
Maeve...THIS IS BEAUTIFUL!! IT'S PERFECT...IT'S WONDERFUL!😔😔It's just how I imagined Odysseus and Athena's reunion...it wasn't something like "they saw each other again, and that was it" wasn't BEAUTIFUL! The affection the care that Athena took in keeping the ring...WOW 🥲
always love new interpretatons of Epic the Musical this beats the cake
I'm crying now...this is amazing
IDC THIS IS THE BEST ONE IVE SEEN, LIKE THE EMOTIONS ARE PORTRAYED SO NICELY IM SOBBING
Oh yes! Thank you! I knew you won't disappoint me! Since the day of the premiere party I never could listen to Epic like before, because I knew Athena did not have her happy end. YOU FIXED IT! You gave me my favourite musical back.
Your designs are so stunning, and while I still cry over Odysseus and Telemachus’s reunion, I cried even harder at Athena & Odys reunion 😭😭😭 love how you depicted it - thank you for your beautiful animatics to these amazing Epic Songs❤
3:40
I’m a literally crying right now…. I love this so much, they needed that hug and the way he laid his head in her lap, and the way she kissed his forehead
Ughh and the he leaned into her touch 😭😭😭
WHYYY JAY WHYYY THEY NEED TO BE FRIENDS AGAIN PLEASE I AM BEGGING YOU 😭🙏🏽
No but you made me so happy yet so sad
Baby Telemacus with the owl carving!!!
Younare speedrunning with these animatic releases and I respect it so much. I love your Athena design, and I love how close youve decided to protray them as.
ODY AND ATHENA! THE HUG! THE COLLAPSE! HIS HEAD ON HER LAP!
ODY WITH BABY TELE! TELE WITH PENNY LOOKING AT THE SHORELINE!
YOU! GET! IT!
:0 awww I love it aw Athena is hugging ody 😊 love your art ✨💕
EEEEEEE! Finally someone having them hug!!!!! Ive been waiting for your animatic because I absolutely knew you would have them hug! And now it's finally here!!! Thank you for giving me therapy.
Love that Penelope and Telemachus have pointed ears. Telemachus less so because he’s 1/4 nymph while Penelope is 1/2
I love this
Well done!!!!
Very elegant drawing style!
Baby Telemachus 😊😊😊
Had to go back and pause the video to savor the frame of Odysseus holding Baby Telemachus in the field. Haven’t seen someone use that moment in an animatic. Perfect use and placement of the moment! 💯
The tears and hug between father and son.❤❤❤
Athena signaling her presence with a blue strobe light 🤭😉 Good use of color!
That hug and section with Odysseus and Athena 👌🏻🥹
Once again, Bravo!!!