So. Obviously The Luck Runs Out References In Mutiny Are Heartbreaking And Fantastic.

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!!!

I'm so tired of the Eurylochus slander

actually y'know what. Eurylochus singing "Ody, we're never gonna get to make it home, you know it's true" and then "how much longer must i go about my life like this, when people die like this?" those lines hit so incredibly hard. they're so raw and human.

this man is wracked with guilt. he's so deeply exhausted. he's completely lost hope; this is his surrender to the tragedy he thinks he's in. (he's actually in a worse tragedy)

he just wants to eat and die with his friends. he's hungry. he's tired. there's blood on his hands. he's lost so much and he doesn't even sound angry at Odysseus for the betrayal anymore. he's numb.

and then Odysseus orders them to flee. and Eurylochus falls back into referring to him as Captain, seeking out what to do next. because he thought he was ready to die, but he wasn't. of course he wasn't.

and then Odysseus lets Zeus kill them all anyways. and Eurylochus dies hungry and tired and condemned to death by a friend.

anyways the thunder saga is fantastic.

She's never going to get to just be with her brother. Just finally know that she can be his big sister. She lost him once and then saw him again only to quickly lose him. Thalia keeps loosing people. In the back of her mind she's always going to wonder if Jason is going to pop back up like he did the last time.

you ever just sit down one day and realise that Thalia has essentially been Mourning her baby brother her entire life?

Or are you guys normal?

Leo pierced his own ears while he was on the streets. He couldn't really see what he was doing so he didn't realize that he was bleeding until the next morning when he felt a searing pain in his ears.

He just wants to play :]

Come on Will, he's friendly! :D

Jason didn't learn how to ride a bike until he was sixteen. He got the hang of it almost immediately. Then got really really into it. Like biking every single day for an entire a few hours.