What's Your Take On Odysseus's Trauma And Recovery Back In Ithaca?

What's your take on Odysseus's trauma and recovery back in Ithaca?

*looks at all the comics I made*

Lol but really, I realistically expect it to be severely rocky. He’ll have good days, mostly bad days, but what keeps him grounded is of course his family, you know?

But imagine losing your entire fleet under your command...

...only to come back to an entire population of thousands of people, expecting that you will lead them.

What if he fails again?

ok sorry i dont care anymore. yes, i support palestine, but im tired of yall called zionists nazis. thats an insane thing to say to someone, especially a largely jewish community. yes, i agree what theyre doing is wrong, but calling them nazis is disrespectful to all jewish people. please find better ways to word your frustrations, this quite honestly disgusts me.

It's beautiful

you guys know that one telemachus birthday animatic. and a commentor said that it would be antinous if he was possessed by polites. i like this au a normal amount

The new Pristine Cut announcement trailer is so cool... I've watched it at least a dozen times at this point. But there's this one part I can't get out of my head: that final line from the Narrator.

"I—I refuse to let her get the last word in."

Banger voice acting and accompanying music aside, it's also an interesting character beat for the Narrator imo. He's framing the situation like a debate that the Princess is getting the last word in, and not as a situation with a single correct answer (Slay the Princess) the way He usually does.

I think it shows a little more self-awareness from Him than usual: a moment of hesitation and a quiet admission of His lack of control over your opinions and actions. If He really was able to convince you, it wouldn't matter if she got the final words, because you'd choose to slay her regardless.

It's also such an specific thing for him to focus on... He's not just stopping you from freeing her or stopping her from ending the world, He's stopping her from getting the last word in. Because that's usually what happens, right?

The game starts with His narration, His perspective. You need to slay her, or it will be the end of the world. But then you get her perspective, and as the game progresses, inevitably the Narrator falls behind as you and the Princess go through more and more loops that He can't remember and can't meaningfully respond to. You and She build a vastly sprawling dialogue across a network of lives, and meanwhile He's struggling to get his first words in.

And even when you discover your true identity and talk with him openly through the mirror, He inevitably shatters, and moments after that you talk to Shifty, who has much more space to argue her position. The Princess always gets the last word in.

...except for in this trailer. The sentimental moment with the base princess cuts abruptly to the Narrator. Usually when He talks about stopping you in-game, you have the power to resist or outright ignore Him, but here? The video just ends. He gets the last word in.

I just wonder, what does this mean for the Pristine Cut? Will there be a point where the Narrator really does get the last word?

Something something the Moment of Clarity Chapter III only happens if you repeatedly refuse to make a choice. The consequences for refusing to either slay or save the Princess are that you lose all ability to make meaningful choices.

Something something while there are no wrong choices, not choosing at all is the only ‘wrong’ choice

Y'all asked for a part 2 of Odysseus seducing Zeus. This is all you get. .... Part 3