Is A Song Ever So Good That You Don't Wanna Listen To It?

Is a song ever so good that you don't wanna listen to it?

Leo makes random gifts for his friends. He's not the best at talking about his emotions and how he feels but he's good at making things. Whenever his friends have a problem, he immediately starts working on something that can fix it. It doesn't matter if it's a really small problem he'll still try to make something.

So. Obviously the Luck Runs Out references in Mutiny are heartbreaking and fantastic.

But I think the song was also setting up some parallels with Puppeteer.

Puppeteer: "There's no length I wouldn't go, if it was you I had to save. I can only hope you'd do the same." Mutiny: "Don't make me fight you, brother, you know you'd have done the same!"

And the thing is, Eurylochus would have done the same. Earlier in the story. During Puppeteer, he wanted to run. He wanted to abandon his men. And Odysseus was the one to fight for their crew. And it worked!! They got out! Odysseus gave them a shred of hope and got them out of an impossible situation! So Eurylochus learns from that. He grows and changes. He becomes someone who refuses to leave his men at the mercy of a monster. Unfortunately, this was around the same time that Odysseus decided to become the monster.

That's the tragedy of it all; they both change, and they're still at odds! Eurylochus is throwing Odysseus's own past heroic decisions back at him. Odysseus retaliates by reminding Eurylochus of his own past cowardice. They don't know each other anymore!! They're two desperate people trying to make the best decisions they can, and they just keep getting people hurt, and they're both so tired.

Puppeteer: "I've got all the power, yeah, I've got all the power-" Mutiny: "If you want all the power, you must carry all the blame!"

In a way, the Eurylochus vs Odysseus conflict parallels the Odysseus vs Circe conflict. And the Circe Saga ended with Odysseus at Circe's mercy as he begged her to let them leave. The Thunder Saga ended with Eurylochus and the crew at Odysseus's mercy, with "Captain? ... But we'll die." Circe spared Odysseus. Odysseus chose to let his men die. He's come full circle, paralleling the enemy he once faced, and then going further than she did.

Does any of that make sense? I don't know, it's almost two in the morning. Anyways, the Thunder Saga ripped out my heart and I'm obsessed with the tragic humanity of all of it!!!

AUSHRHSNN, FIRST IT WASN'T EVERYONE IT WAS A SCOUT GROUP. SECOND, EUROLYCHUS SAW NO WAY TO SAVE THEM. HE DIDNT BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS ANY WAY TO SAVE THEM. HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SCYLLA. WHAT HE SAW WAS ODYSSEUS SITTING DOWN AND NOT EVEN TRYING TO PROTECT HIS CREW. WE ARE LOOKING IN FROM A THIRD PERSON POV. PUT UR MIND INTO WHAT EUROLYCHUS IS SEEING AND THINKING.

Eurolychus: HOW COULD YOU SACRIFICE SIX OF OUR MEN? OUR FRIENDS

Odysseus:

Odysseus: BITCH YOU WERE READY TO LEAVE OUR ENTIRE CREW AT CIRCE’S PALACE—

Percy sucks at spelling but he makes sure that every name is spelt right because he views it as a form of respect.

Oh he's "I love my wife" out of this. His crew just doesn't get the same treatment.

Zeus: *shows up*

Odysseus: I don’t think I can “I love my wife” myself out of this one guys