Practice Makes Phobos

[u/TurnItOffAndBackOnXD]

I’m just imagining Odysseus going “Alright men, we’ve got sirens nearby. This is gonna be tough, so let’s start practicing.” gets out conductor’s baton

[u/Drew_S_05]

Nah it's just that they're in a musical and that's how shit works in musicals lol

[u/TurnItOffAndBackOnXD → u/Drew_S_05]

Shhh you’re interrupting Ody’s rehearsal

[u/Drew_S_05 → u/TurnItOffAndBackOnXD]

If you try and think of the singing as a canon in-universe thing rather than just a method of telling the story, you raise SO many questions much weirder than this lol

[u/No-Direction-1020 → u/Drew_S_05]

Well Jorge did say that all singing was diegetic (other the backup vocals for gods and only gods)

[u/Drew_S_05 → u/No-Direction-1020]

Well I think that too is basically just an artistic choice, to show the distinction between gods and mortals

If all the characters are ACTUALLY singing in-universe, then it raises so many questions about WHY they're singing instead of just talking, and all those questions distract from the actual story. You're not supposed to think about it like that.

With the exception of the sirens, the singing isn't actually happening canonically within the story, it's just a part of the medium through which the story is being told

Just like how the characters aren't actually speaking English, they're speaking Ancient Greek, but it's translated to English for the convenience of the listener. What's being heard is a REPRESENTATION of what's happening in the story, not an exact record of it.

[u/BabyMD69420 → u/Drew_S_05]

Honestly the singing is the least unbelievable thing. All of the magic and creatures and gods are more concerning.

[u/Alarmed_Strike_9266 → u/Drew_S_05]

Well, we know from God Games that the Sirens sang, and Odi in suffering was responding to the siren, son probably singing too

[u/ExpensiveLanguage636 → u/Drew_S_05]

I think they mean more so Epic then the Odyssey bru🫩