I love how Scylla seems *gleeful* in her singing, knowing full well that even if they leave, their boat will still have a monster on board. It just won't be her.
I think what I love most about this Scylla design is how the false “lady” Scylla isn’t ‘pretty’ and how it sloughs back to reveal the central head. It brings to mind an anglerfish dangling a lure and- because the humanoid form is a bit creepy itself and not traditionally beautiful- it makes it feel even more like “something inhuman and monstrous that is imitating without understanding”. It’s top tier creature design
@@FirebladesSongIn some versions of the Greek myghs a few monsters weren't born evil, ugly or monstruos , they were people that pissed of a spirit or God and were cursed. Syla, medusa, arackne and a few others who's names I can't remember were some of those cases. Syla was a beautiful young woman who was very vain and selfish despite having a face of an angel and stole circes man so she got cursed as a monster. (Circe wasn't always a witch, she was technically a nymph or minor godess who fell in love with a boy but scyla went after him)
I love how many people have Eurlochus begin to realize she’s aiming for the torches whenever a person has it before they die. It adds a lot to the scene.
Wow your comment suddenly made me realise something: probably a coincident but - "Keep your head down, he is aiming for the torches!" (King) I read somewhere in the comment that Scylla does not attack Odysseus because she recognises him as her kind. 🤔
@@evaxu1325also bc he doesn’t have a torch. It was in the livestream that eury figured that out (six torches - six heads of Scylla - that’s what ody meant when he said “Scylla has a cost”)
the fact that gigi’s crew members all have distinctive designs as well as the main cast so you recognise them from previous animatics makes it so much more sad when they die because you recognise them and have grown to like them 😭
This, I was thinking the exact same thing. Like the guy Scylla picks up he's got such a distinct design you can't help but feel a little sad about it all
I find it wonderfully ironic that, even though she’s singing about people being inherently selfish, Scylla’s main head is the last to eat. She made sure that the other eels ate first before she got one of the crewmates. Seems Scylla isn’t as monsterous (to herself anyway) as she would like to think 😊
fr really highlights the bais in a person to care more about himself in the end though if i had som etrue friends , i would consider dying for them in such situation...but my family would be heartbroken its crazy moral dilemma
Really cements the idea of ruthlessness being merciful to yourself, like another reply said. My theory here is that she knows people don't usually come through deliberately, or with as many people as he had. So took this opportunity to feed *all* of her heads while she has a guaranteed meal.
False sense of security? I dunno if its just me but if I saw a random pale woman swimming in the middle of the sea with no inhabited land in sight just staring at me, I'd turn the ship around in an instant. It just makes it creepier in mt opinion.
@@PalomaRivera-Osorio Well they don’t know any better ngl. They just saw a woman, not 6 giant eels. Also they kinda stood there but backed up after they saw her transforming. If that helps ig. Though if I saw anything in that water, I would have been suspicious too lol.
The fact the "face" never blinks, it doesnt change expression, and even more scary is that its mouth doesnt move. The only thing you can pay attention to is her "eyes", forever staring at you. She's staring at the crew, but we are always thrown with them when she is, so shes staring at us.
@@fiony1oh my gods that would make so much sense. I’m pretty sure Scylla was originally a nymph taking a bath in a spring one day, but either Amphitrite (Poseidon’s wife) or Circe poisoned the water, shocking and transforming her into a monster before she could escape
@@tsutomumybeloved7411 It was Circe, I’m not sure if this is correct but Scylla captured the heart of Glaucous, a god-transformed human who Circe loved and she did the act out of spite
I like how when Eurylochus says "I'm so sorry", Odysseus is facing where Scylla is in the water, implying that he has spotted her and knows she's coming. So Odysseus' response to the apology is making up his mind to sacrifice his men to allow the rest to pass safely (or perhaps making peace with that choice, since he is the one to announce that this is the lair of Scylla, showing that he knows he's leading his men into a monster den so he should've thought of this solution before entering) Likewise, now knowing (or confirming) that Eurylochus is the one who opened the bag, Odysseus also keeps Scylla's presence a secret and doesn't tell Eurylochus why they need to ignite 6 torches. Because the last time he revealed even a little bit of what he has (ie the wind bag), he got betrayed by his men who did not trust in him enough and believed they knew better than him. It's like that event has cemented that he is not trusted by his men, so he has no obligation to trust them back. But he is also still their captain and still holds the duty to bring them back home. Just as it was his duty as a soldier to go to war, even when he did not want to. Which are similar conditions that led Odysseus to do the Trojan Horse scheme, ravage Troy, and kill the baby. In the end, it feels like it's the same desperation and tiredness as the war that made him a mythic figure, just different location.
@victoriacastillo3978 Scylla always starts off as a beautiful naiad, but her origin has 2 popular versions: 1. Poseidon had an eye on her, but his wife Amphitrite was jealous and poisoned Scylla's spring, turning her into a monster, or 2. Circe was jealous of Scylla bc the guy she liked- Glaucus- liked Scylla more. So Circe poured a potion into the sea water where Scylla was bathing, turning her into a monster. Option 2 is more commonly adapted these days, due to the Circe-Odysseus connection tieing in thematically well with how the mistakes and punishments of the Greek pantheon family end up rebounding worst on to the mortals and heroes who have to deal with it
@lazykcdoodler Option 2 fits better overall with what is also known of Poseidon an Amphritite, as well. Not that she isn't Hera, but... Poseidon has the most known sired children in Greek mythology for a reason. And honestly, given that Amphritite is the goddess of safety and protection on the seas, her characterization in mythology has always struck m as busy taking care of others and fine with Poseidon not drowning them, even if it meant he was fucking something lse.
@@fallen_star2319Actually, Odysseus was able to survive his rerurn to Ithaca in the original myth thanks to her giving him some sort of scarf that prevented him from drowning, and so when Poseidon saw it he decided to spare his life Edit: My bad, I mixed the names, that wasn't Poseidon's wife but another sea Goddess, but still, it made Poseidon reconsider it
I love the fact that vultures are constantly flying and perched outside Scylla's lair. Because there's always casualties, and they're hoping to get whatever's left!
@@miadaorerk1681He was ready with the popcorn after the harpy takedown and the Ody just, gives up without trying, no wonder he was spoiling to punch his mentor in the face... I mean hes always up for starting shit with athena but now he had an ACTUAL reason to!
Okay okay okay but - the absolute APATHY coming from Odysseus. No apprehension or hesitation when he gives orders. Barely acknowledging Eurylochus’s confession. Always at the front, not even looking back as his crew and friends are mauled and marred. Always looking to the exit, full speed ahead.
I always felt like with the way Ody delivers that line...Eury's confession was like the final nail. Like realizing that his closest friend and confident was the one who ultimately betrayed him(who also was the one who stole the bag from in the first place) and then caused pretty much everything else (the soldiers dying, Circe, the underworld, now Scylla). Like, it only takes ONE thing to break the camel's back....that confession? That was it. Im loving these animatics because I get to see how other people view lines and delivery and others
@@phoenixvalentina3741I think he already knew, and was trying to deny it as long as possible. especially since he dismissed eurylochus so thoroughly in puppeteer
@@dreemurrinthenight I love this interpretation because in other animatics he seems angry, here he is just tired and seems solemn knowing that the confession doesn't change the fact that 6 of his men will die
Making Ody’s crew unique looking definitely paid off. When the last dude died I was heartbroken, because I knew him!! He was in previous animatics!! He was a person, a person who Ody casually fed to Scylla.
The thing to remember though is that in his eyes, Eurylochus and the crew betrayed him by opening the wind bag back in the ocean saga. So to him, he probably saw them more as cannon fodder so he couldn’t be betrayed again
@@G4rden_Gh0st_ I think that helped him in the moment live with the decision that he made but I like the thought that by the second half of mutiny all of that anger and hatred had burned out and Ody and Eury were just tired. They'd been through so much together that they could forgive even those things. Eury calls him a nickname and respects his place as captain again, Ody tries to talk Eury down in the same way (and to the same melody) as in Luck Runs Out. We see the care they still have for each other. I think that Ody is too human to be able to justify what he did in that way long term.
I adore the fact that you can't see Odysseus's eyes. Usually hidden eyes are a sign of severe emotional stress. I like to think this is him hiding the how much he hates having to sacrifice his crew. Honestly if I think anything else I might cry 🥲
Hey, I know it's a month later, but did you ever think about how even after Mutiny, he didn't want to sacrifice his crew in Thunder Bringer? Adding to the theory that he hates having to sacrifice his crew.
@@spoopyvirgil4944 I mean yeah, which captain wants to sacrifice his crew? These are men he has sailed with for most of his life, his brothers, his family. Yet he is forced to sacrifice them over and over, and as the story continues, he is forced to sacrifice them WILLINGLY. Scylla's lyrics, while it could be interpreted as telling the men to accept their death, could also be singing directly to Odysseus himself - telling him to live in misery, as a "wraith", a ghost of a man who has given up so many to save himself.
@@spoopyvirgil4944 Okay thinking further about the lyrics, yeah, she's singing to Odysseus himself. The 2 verses she sings outline his choices - to die as a man alongside his doomed crewmen, or live as a monster until he dies steeped in the blood of those he sacrificed. Odysseus chooses the latter and at the end of the song, harmonizes with her to show he agrees that he is the same as her.
It's also really neat how her movements are puppetlike and not quite natural, since it's foreshadowing how the face is a mask for her true form. It just really adds to her Uncanny Valley design, and I love it!!
Adding on to this, there's also how the human face is completely inexpressive, but the eel heads were lively and grinning, really emphasizing the mask-like quality of the human face
well i believe according to the myth, scylla was once a beautiful nymph, transformed into a sea monster by Circe, who was jealous of her because some guy liked her or something?
@@JoaoPedro-eq3hj Depends on the version of the myth, since there’s a few different stories. I like thinking of how the different variations factor into the same design! Makes you think about how it works no matter the origin.
It also serves as a visual parallel to the theme of the song, that Odysseus is willing to sacrifice innocent lives for his own survival as part of embracing being a "monster". He too is putting up a human front to his men before laying them before the slaughter
The uncanny valley for scylla is executed so well, just her head floping over to the side when her head is first showen and her having no eyebrows is so chilling. She looks human yet so alien at the exact same time. (Also no one eye man i loved his design 😭)
I Think from context we can assume that was Perimedes, as in Epic the characters of Perimedes and Elepenor were going to have a bigger part, but ended up getting cut into background characters(the ones who ask about the wind bag in “keep your friends close”) but Elepenor dies on Cerci’s island, he falls of the roof and breaks his neck in the original story, and Jorge has said that it does happen in Epic just off screen. I thought one eye guy was Elepenor but since he’s here it must be Perimedes
@@suziegonzalez2261 oh did he that’s so interesting, so that means one eye guy must be Elepenor, but he is supposed to be dead by now, ah well it’s still so sad seeing Eury run to him 😭
Giving each crew member their individual design is so thoughtful yet so cruel. It hurts so much more to see a familiar man with one eye, that you've seen in all the other animatics, die, than if it was a faceless mannequin. Especially because his character just LOOKS like that sweet and kind father figure kinda guy aND I AM SUFFERINGGG
Little details I love: - The colours shifting as they enter the cave (and exiting) - Eurylochus reaching for his sword when he feels the boat shudder - That nice shot of the contrasting purple and red - The gill-like rib cages scylla has -The disembodied hand still holding the torch (thats terrifying) - The moment that Eurylochus realised that she's aiming for the torches. These are just the few I noticed but Im sure there are many more.
Unrelated note, there's a line from one of the songs in the last saga "Keep your head down, he's aiming for the torches!" And i think that fits for Odysseuss monster symbolism
For some reason, Scylla being an Eel like monster makes so much sense! Cause she lives in this narrow rocky passage and eels usually hide in cramped rocky spaces like cracks and crevices and then attack their prey from there. Eels are also nocturnal and have poor eyesight, which may be why Scylla would specifically go for the torches, which are more visible. And eels hunt in packs by swimming in large circles around groups of fish, like scylla dances while circling the ship (Feel free to correct me on anything. I just really like the concept of eel Scylla) Edit: I know there's a bunch of people that depicted Scylla with eel heads, but most of them focused more on her human characteristics, this version feels more eel like to me, which I love. (But honestly, i like any version of Scylla. Yay creativity and having your own original concept for something!!)
It also makes sense since Scylla traditionally hunts from the rocks with the 'dog heads' coming from her middle... Either those 'dog heads' are eels (Cause many people call them puppies and they're constantly opening and closing their mouths like barking dogs) OR they were inspired by sealions/seals, and the Eels make more sense since eels hunt from the rocks while seals rest there and go swimming into the open ocean to hunt and may have several cohabitating a crevasse, plus eels can bolt out and grab things without leaving the rocks much easier than dogs OR seals/sealions due to being long and snakelike.
Also the eel like snakey hydra kinda look was pretty much what Homer originally gave for description in his writing. Later guys like Ovid gave her the half woman with dogs at her waist plus her curse origin story. I’ve also heard she may have been inspired by giant squids and octopuses whose tentacles can resemble snakes to an untrained eye and act kinda like snakes and the fact octopuses snatch prey from caves and holes in rocks.
The dog part is mostly from Homer saying she makes sounds like a dog rather than having actual dog parts and looking it up the dog part might come from “skylax” which is probably where her name comes from meaning “dogfish” or “dog shark” aka shark. Which makes sense since she’s also mentioned to have 3/many sets or rows of teeth like a shark
I’m so happy you pointed that out! I was looking for someone to mention the added symbolism of Scylla being styled after moray eels. I think it bears noting that Scylla is absolutely big enough to just smash the whole boat, but Odysseus gives her six distinct targets instead to prevent this
the way her eyes are at 1:00 and 1:37 ?? the neck elongating and revealing the monster ?? The way her face is also on top of AN EEL’S HEAD OML scariest Scylla I’ve seen 😭
0:58 I love the way Scylla goes from looking up at the boat to looking directly at 'us' once she notices that she's being watched. Also her design in general is top tier.
I love the little detail at 1:20 where Eurylochus goes to grab his sword before Odysseus dismisses him. Really adds more to the “We didn’t take a stand, we just ran” line in mutiny because Eury was going to fight but was told not to.
I absollutely love how at some moments like 2:13 Scylla appears to be having *fun*. Dancing and moving in such a methodical way. She is enjoying what is happening, and is having the god damn time of her life.
The way gigi depicts the "human head" as 1 of the 6 heads is really accurate cuz other animators make the human and "serpents" heads a separate thing giving her 7 instead
@@irfanmahaddie6107If we go by the myths the other animators are more accurate. In the versions where Scylla is cursed and turned into a monster her top half remains but 6 monstrous heads spring from her thighs. However, technically they’re supposed to be dog heads and she’s supposed to reside up on a cliff, so it’s clear we’re taking creative liberties with Epic’s Scylla.
I love the contrast of the mournful words of Scylla’s song in how she’s almost gleefully playing and tormenting with her food. Like the gods forced her into becoming this monster but unlike Odysseus she’s finally broken after centuries and embraced it. And that translates also to how she sheds her human mask and becomes this uncanny mix of human and other- like she can empathize and understands them but she’s become so Other that even the gods are terrified to enter her territory.
Oooo, I LOVE that Scylla looks like an actual sea monster that could exist in Greek myth. The idea of a predator with a false face is already common in the real world in various species and the idea of it happening to mimick the appearance of a human is HAUNTING
This is easily the most unsettling depiction of Scylla I’ve seen so far. That thousand-mile stare combined with the uncanny movements once she reveals her true form - bravo!
If you love scary Scylla like me I recommend BrittPowwPixel’s version, she’s terrifying and Gigi’s version I find scarier but she’s also super scary there
The way scylla is staring at us is like how you open a packet of gum in class and the whole class will look at you like how scylla stares at Odysseus and his men- Lets all admit this scylla scares us and will cause nightmares... SHE LOOKS LIKE JEFF THE KILLER WITH THOSE DAMM EYES GIGI-
I love the use of eels for her many mouths, especially the use of what seem to be moray(?) eels because they have 'dog-like' snouts and faces which ties into the fact Scylla's many mouths were supposed to be dog-headed or dog-like forms.
I absolutely love this Scylla design. Full horror with the emaciated body and vacant eyes before the eel heads with the central one having both the false face and long stringy hair. Perfect for both the buildup to this song and the portrayal in the scene. Also like the extra frames on her movements, because those moments really get sold by the extra fluidity, especially on some of the bodily contortions.
I love how lifeless the “human looking” Scylla looks, like a puppet being controlled by strings. I also love how it’s a fake camouflage atop the actual face, which many real animals have and use either for protection or to lure in prey.
I love when we first see the "lady", she seems rather stiff and animated. But when her full form is revealed, Scylla becomes much more expressive in contrast.
absolutely love the scene from 2:07 ish and onward where eury tries to attack one of the heads, gives up and runs away with x-guy instead only for him to go back to the torch just as eury realizes the purpose of the torches 10/10 would cry again
I love how the the mask detail of Scylla kinda makes her even more like Odysseus. They are both people who became monsters and try to hide it with a more human approach, but drop it once they know they will get what they want, like Odysseus in his conversation with fake Penelope Just a headcannon i got based on this design. God i just love this design!
I especially hate/love the way she looks directly into the camera with her dead fish eyes. It's almost as if she's breaking the fourth wall and staring directly into the audience's soul; she recognizes that we know as well as Odysseus what is about to happen and that we're just as monstrous as him because we are entertained by it
2:31 This is easy my favorite part, the front facing dead eyed woman before she shifts to the side revealing the more monstrous side. The chills I got from that were insane, Gigi stays making bangers!
Okay but the scene where we only see dark purple outlining the bright red torches from Scylla’s POV, showing us that’s LITERALLY all she can see in the darkness, is such a brilliant touch(and looks amazing too)!
That was terrifying. Scylla's wide eyes and just dead expression, followed by the reveal of her true form. And then how she gestures when she's killing the crew, like she's on stage. And then how she kills the last crew member, bringing it to her masked head like she's making a point. Chills.
I love that the way Scylla looks and moves and changes form, she vibes kinda like a fucked up hydra siren which is really interesting since we just had the siren song, its like a continuation, like the siren was sending her gross ass sister dinner
I love the how Scylla’s lair has so many signs that the place REEKS of death. -The birds, specifically the crows and vultures fearing the corpses of the guy ship there. -The many MANY skulls riddled around the cave. However the cave is probably dark so the crew doesn’t see or notice them just yet -The blood. There is blood stains all over the walls of the cave you see. Due to the many other people Scylla ate. -The Smell, the fact one of the crew members is plugging their nose because of the smell, the biggest sign this lair is marked for death. -The structure of the cave looks like a teeth as the ship moves closer into the cave it’s like the cave is eating the ship, like Scylla is about to do to the crew -Finally Odysseus himself. His lack of a reaction to anything. A lot of the crew looks worried and unnerved but Odysseus remains compassed to an alarming degree. Only reacting until he learns about the bag even then that is brief. His guilt is eating him away so he mentally shuts himself off so he can what has to be done. By far one of my favorite animatics of this song and I am so happy about it because this is probably one of my favorite songs so far in the musical!! 💜💜💜
Nooo she snatched my fav guy from the crew 😭. Also, this whole situation is even more messed up when you learn that the reason Scylla is the way she is is coz of Circe
@@JabamiLain Not really. She doesn't do anything wrong in the original myth. Glaucus tries to rape her, and when she escapes he asks Circe for a love potion. Circe falls in love with Glaucus and curses Scylla out of jealousy. The book Circe makes Scylla look like a bad person, but in the original myth she's just another victim of the gods.
The version of the Myth where Circe cursed her out of jealousy is just one version of the Myth. Before that, she was depicted as always being a monster
@@marijavicic3010 older versions of the myths have her as a child of Typhon and Echidna, 2 most powerful monster gods of Greek mythology, so she's just another powerful monster.
I absolutely love how to drew syclla just stalking in the beginning with little to no expression and that blank wide eye stare gives me uncanny valley vibes which i love and makes her seem Truley monsterus and that transformation when she attacks the crew just MWAH chefs kiss right there. Everything from the design, movement, transformation is absolute perfection.
I love the detail of some of the crew members blocking their noses from the smell of unlucky sailors… such a small yet good detail! And the absolute dead pan stare Scylla has is so disturbing
Things I liked: 1) The sun setting down with the lyrics 2) The crew’s expression when he starts talking. “Oh boy here we go” they say. 3) Switching to Scyllas’s vision and seeing what she sees is cool. 4) Not seeing Scylla after leaving her lair but her voice still carries out the final line.
I love that Gigi tends to use the same background character designs for these animatics so you can see where everyone starts and ends. I particularly noticed the one-eyed bearded man get nabbed by Scylla :(
I always love when people incorporate the angler trap aspect in their animatics. Love that fact that her face stops moving when she shows her true form.
this scylla design makes her so alien, especially with that widened stare which is essentially a frozen frame of what she once was… seriously gigi, i LOVE your designs so much! you cooked!!!
This is the best Scylla I've seen so far ! Fully a monster with one head wearing a mask. The way she transformed is beautifully chilling. And that image where her human face reappear from the right angle, facing us whith glowing eyes, as her monstrous mouth is talking underneath ? Well done !
I love how Odysseus flinches when he's told about the wind bag similarly to how he flinches in "Keep Your Friends Close" with the line "Everything's changed since Polities". he's similarly looking away to hide his immediate emotional reaction -- even we don't get to see it!
For the gods! This is the best version of Scylla I have ever seen, from her “human appearance” that terrifies and disturbs A LOT, to her “true way” that will give me nightmares. The movements she makes while she is killing the crew, not only for devouring and taking the price offered by Odysseus, but she is dancing because she is enjoying it. These details make Scylla really a real monster.
That design for Scylla is so haunting. The woman body slowly elongating and the reveal of the eel face underneath is such a unique take on here appearance. Also, the way she poses almost makes it seem like she’s dancing as she’s tearing the torchbearers apart, especially around the 2:15 mark. Excellent work.
I swear to God this is the most terrifying design of Scylla I've seen, her face is just so uncanny and I love how most animatics try to sync in the deaths of the crew with the screams that can be heard on the background
I'm so excited to watch my favorite character X-Eye Guy and the rest of the crew take on Scylla! With Odysseus's leadership and cunning, she stands no chance. Full speed ahead!
In the mythos, many argue that Scylla is little more than a natural calamity, devoid of any rhyme or reason which has always struck me as extremely cruel fate and punishment for what is essentially not her fault - being extremely beautiful to the point Cerci got jealous of her beauty. This depiction is Scylla is in odd contrast with the mythos, but also somehow more disturbing (at least to me), very good job.
The way Scylla moves and is so articulate her expressions as she sings and feasts on the crew are some of the most unique I’ve seen in all the Epic animations I’ve seen. I genuinely give you props for your portrayal of Scylla!! Keep up the amazing work
What i love about this design for Scylla is it /feels/ like a human turned monster. The way she moves her whole body to use the eel heads, like someone who wasn’t born with them but had to learn how to use them. Yet it still feels fluid and smooth. Plus the eels to represent the extra appendage is such a cool idea!
I've watched a couple animatics and while every one is great, this depiction of Scylla is probably the most terrifying. When her human face shifted upwards to reveal another eel head I got chills, but the last shot of her? dang. great work
The dettails of the eyes - the six heads have pitch black eyes with yellow pupils, while the masked head has yellow eyes and black pupils - it gives kinda a human-like uncanny expression, I love it so much
I like how you made the eels control the movement instead of the human half of Scylla; like her monster form has completely taken over her. Her attacks felt more violent that way! And the transition from the blue of the cave to the colours for Mutiny was cool!
I absolutely loved that Scylla's eyes are not straight up "evil" or traditionally scary but they have like zero emotion in them which makes her look EXTRA scary.. and how she hides behind that rock in 1:06 will haunt me for a while, WELL DONE. Your design for her is so original overall. Also, the crew making faces due to the hideous smell of rotten corpses of other sailors and other stuff was a nice touch (or at least that's how I interpreted it). The best Scylla animatic I've seen so far❤👏👏👏
i am in awe and absolutely terrified, this is the most unsettling visual representation of any greek myth I've seen, the design and the movements are so uncanny and incredibly animated oh my
In 0:17, there are two birds flying over the ship. If I'm not wrong that's a nod that Hephestus and Ares are watching? It may that those birds are both associated with death or it could be a combo of both. Regardless, I love rhe detail!
I think you might be correct about them being Ares and Hephaestus watching because in Gods games Ares mention that Odysseus didn't even tried to kill Scylla, which means he was there
i'm particularly fond of this interpretation of scylla because even her "human face" is uncanny. a lot of the ones i've seen depict her as seductively beautiful but this feels worlds more fitting to me. amazing animatic as usual!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE how inexpressive and stagnant Scylla’s false face is, contrasted with how animated and expressive her “true” eel face gets when she goes off, such a cool detail!! Also can I sign up to be a torch bearer? No reason just uh… trynna get a closer look is all
Everyone's talking about Scylla, and rightfully so, she's super creepy, great Job. But damn, the emotion you managed to pack into Ody's posture when he hears of the betrayal is just something else man, i love it
One of your best yet! I love how creative Scylla’s design is, with more human like anatomy. And the detail of her eyes dilating when she kills the last man, almost like a cat. Keep doing what you’re doing! Would love to see Thunder Bringer one day.
Okay, but the way you can see her in the background when he confessed he was the one that opened the wind bag at 0:59 is chilling. Like she's listening in on them and that's when she pegged Odysseus as a monster like her.
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Crew member #23: "Gods, I hate rowing duty." 😒
Crew member #23 after Scylla: "Gods, I love rowing duty." 😬
Nahhh 😂
I gotta know what one is crew member #23 😭🙏
Crew member #23 after Thunder Bringer: " "
@@inigochicano Oh that’s tough…
@@inigochicano nawww thats dark
I love how Scylla seems *gleeful* in her singing, knowing full well that even if they leave, their boat will still have a monster on board. It just won't be her.
OHH that's cold
A different beast indeed
Damn. *snaps fingers repeatedly* you spitting like a fax machine
As if she's not just singing for herself, but singing for him as well.
Who?
I think what I love most about this Scylla design is how the false “lady” Scylla isn’t ‘pretty’ and how it sloughs back to reveal the central head. It brings to mind an anglerfish dangling a lure and- because the humanoid form is a bit creepy itself and not traditionally beautiful- it makes it feel even more like “something inhuman and monstrous that is imitating without understanding”. It’s top tier creature design
Well scylla wasn't originally a monster so I figure even without beauty it would have intelligence
@@AmbyrRavyn Well, that depends, as it was the Romans (mostly Ovid) who added that. To the Greeks, their monsters were monsters from the beginning.
The way shes so emotionless and the way she moves reminds me of like Sadako and Kayako and its honestly genuinely so unsettling and freaky
@@FirebladesSongIn some versions of the Greek myghs a few monsters weren't born evil, ugly or monstruos , they were people that pissed of a spirit or God and were cursed. Syla, medusa, arackne and a few others who's names I can't remember were some of those cases. Syla was a beautiful young woman who was very vain and selfish despite having a face of an angel and stole circes man so she got cursed as a monster. (Circe wasn't always a witch, she was technically a nymph or minor godess who fell in love with a boy but scyla went after him)
I love how many people have Eurlochus begin to realize she’s aiming for the torches whenever a person has it before they die. It adds a lot to the scene.
WHAT
Girl got it pre ordered
Wow your comment suddenly made me realise something: probably a coincident but - "Keep your head down, he is aiming for the torches!" (King) I read somewhere in the comment that Scylla does not attack Odysseus because she recognises him as her kind. 🤔
@@evaxu1325also bc he doesn’t have a torch. It was in the livestream that eury figured that out (six torches - six heads of Scylla - that’s what ody meant when he said “Scylla has a cost”)
@@evaxu1325wait I didn’t even realize that in King he’s using the exact same strategy he used in Scylla, but he’s the monster this time
the fact that gigi’s crew members all have distinctive designs as well as the main cast so you recognise them from previous animatics makes it so much more sad when they die because you recognise them and have grown to like them 😭
Ikr? It made me cry over x-eye 😢 like I watched other animatics and felt sad but this one broke me 😭
@@Marleniki SAME 😭 it was so sad :(
This, I was thinking the exact same thing. Like the guy Scylla picks up he's got such a distinct design you can't help but feel a little sad about it all
I’m gonna miss X-Eye Guy
@@awesomeaman113 may he rest in peace :(
I find it wonderfully ironic that, even though she’s singing about people being inherently selfish, Scylla’s main head is the last to eat. She made sure that the other eels ate first before she got one of the crewmates. Seems Scylla isn’t as monsterous (to herself anyway) as she would like to think 😊
You know what they say about being merciful to yourself...
@@falconstudios146 Poseidon once said: RUTHLESSNESS IS MERCY UPON YOURSELF!
Aren't they all syclla?
fr
really highlights the bais in a person to care more about himself in the end
though if i had som etrue friends , i would consider dying for them in such situation...but my family would be heartbroken
its crazy moral dilemma
Really cements the idea of ruthlessness being merciful to yourself, like another reply said. My theory here is that she knows people don't usually come through deliberately, or with as many people as he had. So took this opportunity to feed *all* of her heads while she has a guaranteed meal.
That’s the best interpretation of Scylla. The fake woman face to give a false sense of security before revealing herself as a sea creature is amazing!
False sense of security?
I dunno if its just me but if I saw a random pale woman swimming in the middle of the sea with no inhabited land in sight just staring at me, I'd turn the ship around in an instant.
It just makes it creepier in mt opinion.
@@PalomaRivera-Osorio Well they don’t know any better ngl. They just saw a woman, not 6 giant eels. Also they kinda stood there but backed up after they saw her transforming. If that helps ig. Though if I saw anything in that water, I would have been suspicious too lol.
The eyes on the false woman are actually scarier than the full monster
@@flamenami true true. Both are scary honestly.
@@PalomaRivera-Osorio plus its looks like she has like no brows lol
The fact the "face" never blinks, it doesnt change expression, and even more scary is that its mouth doesnt move. The only thing you can pay attention to is her "eyes", forever staring at you. She's staring at the crew, but we are always thrown with them when she is, so shes staring at us.
it's because the "face" is nothing but a mere puppet
NEW HEADCANON!! That's the face she made right before she was turned into what she is now
@@fiony1oh my gods that would make so much sense. I’m pretty sure Scylla was originally a nymph taking a bath in a spring one day, but either Amphitrite (Poseidon’s wife) or Circe poisoned the water, shocking and transforming her into a monster before she could escape
@@tsutomumybeloved7411 It was Circe, I’m not sure if this is correct but Scylla captured the heart of Glaucous, a god-transformed human who Circe loved and she did the act out of spite
@@tsutomumybeloved7411"It's just a prank bro"
-circe
I like how when Eurylochus says "I'm so sorry", Odysseus is facing where Scylla is in the water, implying that he has spotted her and knows she's coming. So Odysseus' response to the apology is making up his mind to sacrifice his men to allow the rest to pass safely (or perhaps making peace with that choice, since he is the one to announce that this is the lair of Scylla, showing that he knows he's leading his men into a monster den so he should've thought of this solution before entering)
Likewise, now knowing (or confirming) that Eurylochus is the one who opened the bag, Odysseus also keeps Scylla's presence a secret and doesn't tell Eurylochus why they need to ignite 6 torches. Because the last time he revealed even a little bit of what he has (ie the wind bag), he got betrayed by his men who did not trust in him enough and believed they knew better than him.
It's like that event has cemented that he is not trusted by his men, so he has no obligation to trust them back. But he is also still their captain and still holds the duty to bring them back home. Just as it was his duty as a soldier to go to war, even when he did not want to. Which are similar conditions that led Odysseus to do the Trojan Horse scheme, ravage Troy, and kill the baby. In the end, it feels like it's the same desperation and tiredness as the war that made him a mythic figure, just different location.
And in the end, we know who was the one to return...
I mean he didn't actually have to kill the baby he could have simply accepted his eventual death
crazy how men had to fight for thie lives like that...and then some women say all men are trash which really hurts my heart
@@Comment27560 Found the incel that never had to fight for their life
I like the way Scylla almost dances around the ship, it really highlights her origins as a naiad. Almost perverts it to the amazing affect.
What are the orings of Scylla?
@victoriacastillo3978 Scylla always starts off as a beautiful naiad, but her origin has 2 popular versions:
1. Poseidon had an eye on her, but his wife Amphitrite was jealous and poisoned Scylla's spring, turning her into a monster, or
2. Circe was jealous of Scylla bc the guy she liked- Glaucus- liked Scylla more. So Circe poured a potion into the sea water where Scylla was bathing, turning her into a monster.
Option 2 is more commonly adapted these days, due to the Circe-Odysseus connection tieing in thematically well with how the mistakes and punishments of the Greek pantheon family end up rebounding worst on to the mortals and heroes who have to deal with it
@lazykcdoodler Option 2 fits better overall with what is also known of Poseidon an Amphritite, as well. Not that she isn't Hera, but... Poseidon has the most known sired children in Greek mythology for a reason. And honestly, given that Amphritite is the goddess of safety and protection on the seas, her characterization in mythology has always struck m as busy taking care of others and fine with Poseidon not drowning them, even if it meant he was fucking something lse.
@@fallen_star2319Actually, Odysseus was able to survive his rerurn to Ithaca in the original myth thanks to her giving him some sort of scarf that prevented him from drowning, and so when Poseidon saw it he decided to spare his life
Edit: My bad, I mixed the names, that wasn't Poseidon's wife but another sea Goddess, but still, it made Poseidon reconsider it
Is there some place you went to learn all of this do do you just know the origins of Scylla off the top of your head?
I love the fact that vultures are constantly flying and perched outside Scylla's lair. Because there's always casualties, and they're hoping to get whatever's left!
I also like to imagine that's Ares way of easy entertainment and is how he noticed that Odysseus didn't even try to fight Scylla.
@@miadaorerk1681 yooo that's a clever idea!
@@miadaorerk1681He didinivin fite seelah 🤨
@@xsxeno didinevintri to keelah
@@miadaorerk1681He was ready with the popcorn after the harpy takedown and the Ody just, gives up without trying, no wonder he was spoiling to punch his mentor in the face... I mean hes always up for starting shit with athena but now he had an ACTUAL reason to!
01:06 gigi showing us the 6 people that will die, a really good foreshadowing 😭
Omg, I didn't even notice that when I first watched it
danggg!! I didn't even notice that
OMG, that is so clever and soooo evil :O
I thought that they were the same after rewatching it but wasn’t sure.
WAIT OH MY GOD
Okay okay okay but - the absolute APATHY coming from Odysseus. No apprehension or hesitation when he gives orders. Barely acknowledging Eurylochus’s confession. Always at the front, not even looking back as his crew and friends are mauled and marred. Always looking to the exit, full speed ahead.
I always felt like with the way Ody delivers that line...Eury's confession was like the final nail. Like realizing that his closest friend and confident was the one who ultimately betrayed him(who also was the one who stole the bag from in the first place) and then caused pretty much everything else (the soldiers dying, Circe, the underworld, now Scylla). Like, it only takes ONE thing to break the camel's back....that confession? That was it.
Im loving these animatics because I get to see how other people view lines and delivery and others
@@phoenixvalentina3741I think he already knew, and was trying to deny it as long as possible. especially since he dismissed eurylochus so thoroughly in puppeteer
He looks so dead inside
Fr, bro did not want to believe that, but after he confessed then he didn't care anymore@@dreemurrinthenight
@@dreemurrinthenight I love this interpretation because in other animatics he seems angry, here he is just tired and seems solemn knowing that the confession doesn't change the fact that 6 of his men will die
Making Ody’s crew unique looking definitely paid off. When the last dude died I was heartbroken, because I knew him!! He was in previous animatics!! He was a person, a person who Ody casually fed to Scylla.
I literally said, "Not x eye guy!" out loud because he had *character* for being a background guy!
The thing to remember though is that in his eyes, Eurylochus and the crew betrayed him by opening the wind bag back in the ocean saga. So to him, he probably saw them more as cannon fodder so he couldn’t be betrayed again
@@G4rden_Gh0st_ I think that helped him in the moment live with the decision that he made but I like the thought that by the second half of mutiny all of that anger and hatred had burned out and Ody and Eury were just tired. They'd been through so much together that they could forgive even those things. Eury calls him a nickname and respects his place as captain again, Ody tries to talk Eury down in the same way (and to the same melody) as in Luck Runs Out. We see the care they still have for each other. I think that Ody is too human to be able to justify what he did in that way long term.
I wouldn't say "casually". But otherwise, yeah...
Yeah I think he was turned into a pig!
I adore the fact that you can't see Odysseus's eyes. Usually hidden eyes are a sign of severe emotional stress. I like to think this is him hiding the how much he hates having to sacrifice his crew. Honestly if I think anything else I might cry 🥲
Hey, I know it's a month later, but did you ever think about how even after Mutiny, he didn't want to sacrifice his crew in Thunder Bringer? Adding to the theory that he hates having to sacrifice his crew.
@@spoopyvirgil4944 I mean yeah, which captain wants to sacrifice his crew? These are men he has sailed with for most of his life, his brothers, his family. Yet he is forced to sacrifice them over and over, and as the story continues, he is forced to sacrifice them WILLINGLY. Scylla's lyrics, while it could be interpreted as telling the men to accept their death, could also be singing directly to Odysseus himself - telling him to live in misery, as a "wraith", a ghost of a man who has given up so many to save himself.
@@spoopyvirgil4944 Okay thinking further about the lyrics, yeah, she's singing to Odysseus himself. The 2 verses she sings outline his choices - to die as a man alongside his doomed crewmen, or live as a monster until he dies steeped in the blood of those he sacrificed. Odysseus chooses the latter and at the end of the song, harmonizes with her to show he agrees that he is the same as her.
I love how Scylla’s ‘face’ is just a mask to hide her real monstrous form. That’s so creative for her!
It's also really neat how her movements are puppetlike and not quite natural, since it's foreshadowing how the face is a mask for her true form. It just really adds to her Uncanny Valley design, and I love it!!
Adding on to this, there's also how the human face is completely inexpressive, but the eel heads were lively and grinning, really emphasizing the mask-like quality of the human face
well i believe according to the myth, scylla was once a beautiful nymph, transformed into a sea monster by Circe, who was jealous of her because some guy liked her or something?
@@JoaoPedro-eq3hj Depends on the version of the myth, since there’s a few different stories. I like thinking of how the different variations factor into the same design! Makes you think about how it works no matter the origin.
It also serves as a visual parallel to the theme of the song, that Odysseus is willing to sacrifice innocent lives for his own survival as part of embracing being a "monster". He too is putting up a human front to his men before laying them before the slaughter
The uncanny valley for scylla is executed so well, just her head floping over to the side when her head is first showen and her having no eyebrows is so chilling. She looks human yet so alien at the exact same time.
(Also no one eye man i loved his design 😭)
Sameeee rip! T.T
I Think from context we can assume that was Perimedes, as in Epic the characters of Perimedes and Elepenor were going to have a bigger part, but ended up getting cut into background characters(the ones who ask about the wind bag in “keep your friends close”) but Elepenor dies on Cerci’s island, he falls of the roof and breaks his neck in the original story, and Jorge has said that it does happen in Epic just off screen. I thought one eye guy was Elepenor but since he’s here it must be Perimedes
@@LofiPoetI thought Jorge confirmed that Perimedes is the one who stabbed Odysseus in Mutiny
@@suziegonzalez2261 oh did he that’s so interesting, so that means one eye guy must be Elepenor, but he is supposed to be dead by now, ah well it’s still so sad seeing Eury run to him 😭
@@LofiPoet either way, everyone ends up dead by the end of this saga 🤷♀️
Giving each crew member their individual design is so thoughtful yet so cruel. It hurts so much more to see a familiar man with one eye, that you've seen in all the other animatics, die, than if it was a faceless mannequin. Especially because his character just LOOKS like that sweet and kind father figure kinda guy aND I AM SUFFERINGGG
I agree but my brain just went I CAN TAKE THE SUFFERING FROM YOUUU
I loved that too
@@blazingbuddy173SAME😂
She’s just swimming there… MENACINGLY
Yeah, the way she went to the side and just STARED was scary af-
@@Demi_Sukimata It was😭😭
SpongeBob reference.... nice
Give it a moment
Get out of there Odysseusbob
Little details I love:
- The colours shifting as they enter the cave (and exiting)
- Eurylochus reaching for his sword when he feels the boat shudder
- That nice shot of the contrasting purple and red
- The gill-like rib cages scylla has
-The disembodied hand still holding the torch (thats terrifying)
- The moment that Eurylochus realised that she's aiming for the torches.
These are just the few I noticed but Im sure there are many more.
I love the shot of the six torches reflecting in her eyes once she shows her true form
Also holy sh** in the opening scene the birds that are circling the cave are vultures
The hand was such a great touch!!! Then someone else grabs the torch and theyre immediately taken
Unrelated note, there's a line from one of the songs in the last saga
"Keep your head down, he's aiming for the torches!"
And i think that fits for Odysseuss monster symbolism
I don't know if this was intentional but in the overhead shot at 1:13 the ship looked like an eye and it freaked me out for a second
For some reason, Scylla being an Eel like monster makes so much sense! Cause she lives in this narrow rocky passage and eels usually hide in cramped rocky spaces like cracks and crevices and then attack their prey from there. Eels are also nocturnal and have poor eyesight, which may be why Scylla would specifically go for the torches, which are more visible. And eels hunt in packs by swimming in large circles around groups of fish, like scylla dances while circling the ship (Feel free to correct me on anything. I just really like the concept of eel Scylla)
Edit: I know there's a bunch of people that depicted Scylla with eel heads, but most of them focused more on her human characteristics, this version feels more eel like to me, which I love. (But honestly, i like any version of Scylla. Yay creativity and having your own original concept for something!!)
It also makes sense since Scylla traditionally hunts from the rocks with the 'dog heads' coming from her middle...
Either those 'dog heads' are eels (Cause many people call them puppies and they're constantly opening and closing their mouths like barking dogs) OR they were inspired by sealions/seals, and the Eels make more sense since eels hunt from the rocks while seals rest there and go swimming into the open ocean to hunt and may have several cohabitating a crevasse, plus eels can bolt out and grab things without leaving the rocks much easier than dogs OR seals/sealions due to being long and snakelike.
Also the eel like snakey hydra kinda look was pretty much what Homer originally gave for description in his writing. Later guys like Ovid gave her the half woman with dogs at her waist plus her curse origin story.
I’ve also heard she may have been inspired by giant squids and octopuses whose tentacles can resemble snakes to an untrained eye and act kinda like snakes and the fact octopuses snatch prey from caves and holes in rocks.
The dog part is mostly from Homer saying she makes sounds like a dog rather than having actual dog parts and looking it up the dog part might come from “skylax” which is probably where her name comes from meaning “dogfish” or “dog shark” aka shark. Which makes sense since she’s also mentioned to have 3/many sets or rows of teeth like a shark
I’m so happy you pointed that out! I was looking for someone to mention the added symbolism of Scylla being styled after moray eels. I think it bears noting that Scylla is absolutely big enough to just smash the whole boat, but Odysseus gives her six distinct targets instead to prevent this
Scylla gives such uncanny valley vibes I both hate and love it
Same
Me too
I mean...Jorge did want us to have nightmares...and gigi did just that
the way her eyes are at 1:00 and 1:37 ?? the neck elongating and revealing the monster ?? The way her face is also on top of AN EEL’S HEAD OML scariest Scylla I’ve seen 😭
Ngl the best one I’ve seen
I'm lretty sure the ell is her real face and the human like face is a bait,judging by how it doesn't move AT ALL
Mine might not top this, but BrittPowwPixel's Scylla is also very scary!
0:58 I love the way Scylla goes from looking up at the boat to looking directly at 'us' once she notices that she's being watched. Also her design in general is top tier.
I noticed that too!! Love that detail!
I love the little detail at 1:20 where Eurylochus goes to grab his sword before Odysseus dismisses him. Really adds more to the “We didn’t take a stand, we just ran” line in mutiny because Eury was going to fight but was told not to.
Sadly fighting really wasn't an option in the face of a monster they had no means of killing.
@@jay-vg5eg
Also I'm pretty sure Scylla is immortal or something, only Hercules could kill her
@@dustydudle880 didnt Hercules only made her retreat?
@@khoinguyen5004 if thts true that really puts into perspective what ody did was the actual ONLY choice he could make.
@@jay-vg5eg from what i remember he forced her into retreat using the hydra venom. Im i wrong?
I absollutely love how at some moments like 2:13 Scylla appears to be having *fun*. Dancing and moving in such a methodical way. She is enjoying what is happening, and is having the god damn time of her life.
You know she doesn’t get a full buffet very often, she’s living it up
We love that for her
@@NerdAlert4224 Girl Dinnner
@@bonedusttyasssss 😂
She realized she was in a musical and was getting an all-you-can-eat buffet of course she was having the of her life
The way gigi depicts the "human head" as 1 of the 6 heads is really accurate cuz other animators make the human and "serpents" heads a separate thing giving her 7 instead
No offense tho.
@@irfanmahaddie6107If we go by the myths the other animators are more accurate. In the versions where Scylla is cursed and turned into a monster her top half remains but 6 monstrous heads spring from her thighs. However, technically they’re supposed to be dog heads and she’s supposed to reside up on a cliff, so it’s clear we’re taking creative liberties with Epic’s Scylla.
I love Scylla being more animated which adds the uncanny valley to her because the frames she's in is much smoother than the rest of the animatic
I'm just now am seeing that! Giving like the more "human" part of her is fake
I love the contrast of the mournful words of Scylla’s song in how she’s almost gleefully playing and tormenting with her food. Like the gods forced her into becoming this monster but unlike Odysseus she’s finally broken after centuries and embraced it. And that translates also to how she sheds her human mask and becomes this uncanny mix of human and other- like she can empathize and understands them but she’s become so Other that even the gods are terrified to enter her territory.
The only "god" involved was Circe, in some version of the story sooooooooo.....
Definitely a cat and mouse situation.
@@IceQueen975 yeah, Ovid's, and he came much later. More commonly, she's the daughter of Hecate and a minor sea god.
2:35 You can hear him in the background crying out, "Help!" Oh my God...
Omg you can…
you can also hear them screaming in the background when they get grabbed😭 when I realized that my jaw was on the floor
@@notkiersten24you can hear one guy scream for his mom☹️
@@Taylorlovergarden are you serious?
when?😭
@@notkiersten24 2:06 😭
Oooo, I LOVE that Scylla looks like an actual sea monster that could exist in Greek myth. The idea of a predator with a false face is already common in the real world in various species and the idea of it happening to mimick the appearance of a human is HAUNTING
I heard that the white spots on the back of a tiger's ears are there to imitate eyes, so they aren't attacked from behind.
It’s also a reference to how she was once a nymph who was cursed to be a monster.
This is easily the most unsettling depiction of Scylla I’ve seen so far. That thousand-mile stare combined with the uncanny movements once she reveals her true form - bravo!
Right right
Definitely my fave depiction
If you love scary Scylla like me I recommend BrittPowwPixel’s version, she’s terrifying and Gigi’s version I find scarier but she’s also super scary there
@@agatha6999 I just finished watching that one!! That was really good as well - thanks for the recommendation!
Funny thing is Zeus or Poseidon would still see her and say “bet”
OUGH the light of the torches in scylla's eye at 1:55 when it's revealed the human part is a mask,,,,, chilling as fuck
The way scylla is staring at us is like how you open a packet of gum in class and the whole class will look at you like how scylla stares at Odysseus and his men- Lets all admit this scylla scares us and will cause nightmares... SHE LOOKS LIKE JEFF THE KILLER WITH THOSE DAMM EYES GIGI-
она чем-то напоминает момо!
Tbh, I wonder if the eyes would squish or be stiff like plastic. Shame I can't gouge a fictional character's eyes out :(
If she doesn't blink her eyes must be crusty af, one blink and it cracks💀
How it feels to chew 5gum:
Bruh she fr looked like a puppet while being dragged away 😭😭😭
I love the use of eels for her many mouths, especially the use of what seem to be moray(?) eels because they have 'dog-like' snouts and faces which ties into the fact Scylla's many mouths were supposed to be dog-headed or dog-like forms.
They could’ve been sea lions I just realized
I absolutely love this Scylla design. Full horror with the emaciated body and vacant eyes before the eel heads with the central one having both the false face and long stringy hair. Perfect for both the buildup to this song and the portrayal in the scene. Also like the extra frames on her movements, because those moments really get sold by the extra fluidity, especially on some of the bodily contortions.
2:31 imagine stoping mid-meal to give your dinner one last song before viciously ripping them apart
What a show
You’re telling me don’t sing to your beef?
Dinner and a show
@@Tdog773yeah I thought it was pretty normal!
I love how lifeless the “human looking” Scylla looks, like a puppet being controlled by strings. I also love how it’s a fake camouflage atop the actual face, which many real animals have and use either for protection or to lure in prey.
Why was I more scared of the human version of Scylla 💀💀
@@Immy-pn8rwProlly cause her face is fucking terrifying bro. She looks like a Momo
@@Immy-pn8rwuncanny valley! Its probably the same reason why most people are more scared of seeing a ghost or creepy pasta over a dragon
I love how this is the first animatic I've seen where Scylla isn't beautiful and isn't just a body on a bigger body
1:12 Odysseus looks so tired, he looks like he doesn't care anymore because he know he has to be ruthless
Cause ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves.
I love when we first see the "lady", she seems rather stiff and animated. But when her full form is revealed, Scylla becomes much more expressive in contrast.
1:48 THAT HANGING HEAD IS SO CREEPY GIGI
HELP IT IS
absolutely love the scene from 2:07 ish and onward where eury tries to attack one of the heads, gives up and runs away with x-guy instead only for him to go back to the torch just as eury realizes the purpose of the torches 10/10 would cry again
I shall call him Elpenor 2
I also hate that before he dies, X-eye looks back towards the ship :)
He's a coward, but he's a coward with a homie to protect
We can also see Eury running to X-guy just before he grabs the torch and gets caught. I am not okay
I love how the the mask detail of Scylla kinda makes her even more like Odysseus.
They are both people who became monsters and try to hide it with a more human approach, but drop it once they know they will get what they want, like Odysseus in his conversation with fake Penelope
Just a headcannon i got based on this design.
God i just love this design!
Sirenelope
0:46 THE WAY ODY'S SHOULDERS SLUMPED IN FEELING OF BETRAYAL
WE GONNA BE THROWING A MUTINY FOR THIS ONE WHILE WAITING🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥
YEAAAAA 🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥
What you did there... I see it!~
Something approces
YES SIRRR 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
My animated epic playlist needs it lol
The way Gigi animated Scylla's "normal" form gives off major uncanny valley vibes-really freaked me out tbh
I especially hate/love the way she looks directly into the camera with her dead fish eyes. It's almost as if she's breaking the fourth wall and staring directly into the audience's soul; she recognizes that we know as well as Odysseus what is about to happen and that we're just as monstrous as him because we are entertained by it
@@SherryandPie THIS❗❗
2:31 This is easy my favorite part, the front facing dead eyed woman before she shifts to the side revealing the more monstrous side. The chills I got from that were insane, Gigi stays making bangers!
I love how Odysseus is emotionless throughout the scene. It just adds to the idea of him losing too much and becoming a monster.
Okay but the scene where we only see dark purple outlining the bright red torches from Scylla’s POV, showing us that’s LITERALLY all she can see in the darkness, is such a brilliant touch(and looks amazing too)!
THIS WAS AMAZING!!!! GHHHHH AND SCYLLA LOOKED SO CREEPY OMG- also i love how the two gooberinos look here at 1:41 lol
You can really tell by Odysseus’ body language how betrayed he feels. It’s phenomenal.
That was terrifying. Scylla's wide eyes and just dead expression, followed by the reveal of her true form. And then how she gestures when she's killing the crew, like she's on stage. And then how she kills the last crew member, bringing it to her masked head like she's making a point. Chills.
I love that the way Scylla looks and moves and changes form, she vibes kinda like a fucked up hydra siren which is really interesting since we just had the siren song, its like a continuation, like the siren was sending her gross ass sister dinner
I love the how Scylla’s lair has so many signs that the place REEKS of death.
-The birds, specifically the crows and vultures fearing the corpses of the guy ship there.
-The many MANY skulls riddled around the cave. However the cave is probably dark so the crew doesn’t see or notice them just yet
-The blood. There is blood stains all over the walls of the cave you see. Due to the many other people Scylla ate.
-The Smell, the fact one of the crew members is plugging their nose because of the smell, the biggest sign this lair is marked for death.
-The structure of the cave looks like a teeth as the ship moves closer into the cave it’s like the cave is eating the ship, like Scylla is about to do to the crew
-Finally Odysseus himself. His lack of a reaction to anything. A lot of the crew looks worried and unnerved but Odysseus remains compassed to an alarming degree. Only reacting until he learns about the bag even then that is brief. His guilt is eating him away so he mentally shuts himself off so he can what has to be done.
By far one of my favorite animatics of this song and I am so happy about it because this is probably one of my favorite songs so far in the musical!! 💜💜💜
Nooo she snatched my fav guy from the crew 😭. Also, this whole situation is even more messed up when you learn that the reason Scylla is the way she is is coz of Circe
In Circe's defense, it is stated Scylla already sucked as a person, even before the transformation.
@@JabamiLain Not really. She doesn't do anything wrong in the original myth. Glaucus tries to rape her, and when she escapes he asks Circe for a love potion. Circe falls in love with Glaucus and curses Scylla out of jealousy. The book Circe makes Scylla look like a bad person, but in the original myth she's just another victim of the gods.
The version of the Myth where Circe cursed her out of jealousy is just one version of the Myth. Before that, she was depicted as always being a monster
@@marijavicic3010 older versions of the myths have her as a child of Typhon and Echidna, 2 most powerful monster gods of Greek mythology, so she's just another powerful monster.
@@slimetank394 that’s an interesting version. I think she was always a monster, though.
I absolutely love how to drew syclla just stalking in the beginning with little to no expression and that blank wide eye stare gives me uncanny valley vibes which i love and makes her seem Truley monsterus and that transformation when she attacks the crew just MWAH chefs kiss right there. Everything from the design, movement, transformation is absolute perfection.
This is the most expressive Scylla I've seen portrayed. And it's all the more horrifying for it.
I love the detail of some of the crew members blocking their noses from the smell of unlucky sailors… such a small yet good detail! And the absolute dead pan stare Scylla has is so disturbing
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X eye guy!
Things I liked:
1) The sun setting down with the lyrics
2) The crew’s expression when he starts talking. “Oh boy here we go” they say.
3) Switching to Scyllas’s vision and seeing what she sees is cool.
4) Not seeing Scylla after leaving her lair but her voice still carries out the final line.
I love that Gigi tends to use the same background character designs for these animatics so you can see where everyone starts and ends. I particularly noticed the one-eyed bearded man get nabbed by Scylla :(
Scylla when I catch you scylla. (I'd die)
The way scylla did the thing at 0:59 creeped me out :'D
SAME!
Same l was what the f🧍🏃😶
Literally and I was watching at night
She kinda fine tho
@@keatonwright3208 wtf-
I always love when people incorporate the angler trap aspect in their animatics. Love that fact that her face stops moving when she shows her true form.
I love how the vultures being in Scylla’s lair implies they feed of the corpses she leaves of sailors and also remind me of mythology accurate sirens
this scylla design makes her so alien, especially with that widened stare which is essentially a frozen frame of what she once was… seriously gigi, i LOVE your designs so much! you cooked!!!
This is the best Scylla I've seen so far ! Fully a monster with one head wearing a mask. The way she transformed is beautifully chilling. And that image where her human face reappear from the right angle, facing us whith glowing eyes, as her monstrous mouth is talking underneath ? Well done !
I love how Odysseus flinches when he's told about the wind bag similarly to how he flinches in "Keep Your Friends Close" with the line "Everything's changed since Polities". he's similarly looking away to hide his immediate emotional reaction -- even we don't get to see it!
For the gods! This is the best version of Scylla I have ever seen, from her “human appearance” that terrifies and disturbs A LOT, to her “true way” that will give me nightmares.
The movements she makes while she is killing the crew, not only for devouring and taking the price offered by Odysseus, but she is dancing because she is enjoying it.
These details make Scylla really a real monster.
0:45 hey, eurylochus, would you mind holding that torch for me?😁
2:04 He did have one but he dropped it
I LOVE at 1:24 when the perspective changes to Scylla and the torches are highlighted bc that's what she aims for omggg i love this detailllllll
That design for Scylla is so haunting. The woman body slowly elongating and the reveal of the eel face underneath is such a unique take on here appearance. Also, the way she poses almost makes it seem like she’s dancing as she’s tearing the torchbearers apart, especially around the 2:15 mark. Excellent work.
I think this is the first version of Scylla that looks like she *really* enjoys her job
This was honestly the best animation for this song! This take on Scylla is genius and perfect!!!!❤️
I love how much Gigi discussed simplyimg the Scylla design and I have a feeling that is not at all what happened lol
I swear to God this is the most terrifying design of Scylla I've seen, her face is just so uncanny and I love how most animatics try to sync in the deaths of the crew with the screams that can be heard on the background
Literally her face freaks me out lol which I think is the whole point. It’s so disturbing
0:39 does this cave stink so bad this guy has to cover his nose???
It might be the smell of rotting corpses.
1:08 it looks like another crewmate is doing it here too
I love how when we briefly see from Scyllas POV, the torches are very obvious while everything else is dark and muddy.
I'm so excited to watch my favorite character X-Eye Guy and the rest of the crew take on Scylla!
With Odysseus's leadership and cunning, she stands no chance.
Full speed ahead!
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ME FR
So how we feeling rn?
@@aweirdoandaphone4135 i feel distraught and betrayed
I’m sorry man
In the mythos, many argue that Scylla is little more than a natural calamity, devoid of any rhyme or reason which has always struck me as extremely cruel fate and punishment for what is essentially not her fault - being extremely beautiful to the point Cerci got jealous of her beauty. This depiction is Scylla is in odd contrast with the mythos, but also somehow more disturbing (at least to me), very good job.
Really ? I was always under the impression she was the brains, while the other monster was the brawn competing against her.
35 HOURS?
GIGI IM GONNA DROWN IN MY SORROW AND FEARS BUT IM STILL PULLING AN ALL NIGHTER
The fact that the color pallet for the end of this animatic is the same as hers for Mutiny BUT REVERSED is GENIUS.
The way Scylla moves and is so articulate her expressions as she sings and feasts on the crew are some of the most unique I’ve seen in all the Epic animations I’ve seen. I genuinely give you props for your portrayal of Scylla!! Keep up the amazing work
I love the moray eel look to Scylla!! Her whole design is horrifying in an analog horror kinda way, it’s so uncanny but so perfect!!
What i love about this design for Scylla is it /feels/ like a human turned monster. The way she moves her whole body to use the eel heads, like someone who wasn’t born with them but had to learn how to use them. Yet it still feels fluid and smooth. Plus the eels to represent the extra appendage is such a cool idea!
I've watched a couple animatics and while every one is great, this depiction of Scylla is probably the most terrifying. When her human face shifted upwards to reveal another eel head I got chills, but the last shot of her? dang. great work
The dettails of the eyes - the six heads have pitch black eyes with yellow pupils, while the masked head has yellow eyes and black pupils - it gives kinda a human-like uncanny expression, I love it so much
I like how you made the eels control the movement instead of the human half of Scylla; like her monster form has completely taken over her. Her attacks felt more violent that way! And the transition from the blue of the cave to the colours for Mutiny was cool!
I love your depiction of Scylla, that she’s like a hydra, and has the shape of a moray eel. You’re an amazing animator! Keep doing what you love!
The fact the eurylochus finally tells Ody what he was gonna saw from all the way back in he Circe saga, and Ody cracks, is so heartbreaking
I absolutely loved that Scylla's eyes are not straight up "evil" or traditionally scary but they have like zero emotion in them which makes her look EXTRA scary.. and how she hides behind that rock in 1:06 will haunt me for a while, WELL DONE. Your design for her is so original overall. Also, the crew making faces due to the hideous smell of rotten corpses of other sailors and other stuff was a nice touch (or at least that's how I interpreted it). The best Scylla animatic I've seen so far❤👏👏👏
i am in awe and absolutely terrified, this is the most unsettling visual representation of any greek myth I've seen, the design and the movements are so uncanny and incredibly animated oh my
In 0:17, there are two birds flying over the ship. If I'm not wrong that's a nod that Hephestus and Ares are watching? It may that those birds are both associated with death or it could be a combo of both. Regardless, I love rhe detail!
I think you might be correct about them being Ares and Hephaestus watching because in Gods games Ares mention that Odysseus didn't even tried to kill Scylla, which means he was there
It would be cool, because in God Games that will be released, Ares mentions how Odysseus does not fight Scylla
i dont recognize the other but one of them is a vulture, which is Ares' bird. Not sure if its intentional but i love that idea!
Why Hephaestus he isn’t known for birds
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In god games he talks about how odysseus sacrificed his men to Scylla
Gigi should become the official animator for this musical atp....
Fun fact! She is!
i'm particularly fond of this interpretation of scylla because even her "human face" is uncanny. a lot of the ones i've seen depict her as seductively beautiful but this feels worlds more fitting to me. amazing animatic as usual!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE how inexpressive and stagnant Scylla’s false face is, contrasted with how animated and expressive her “true” eel face gets when she goes off, such a cool detail!!
Also can I sign up to be a torch bearer? No reason just uh… trynna get a closer look is all
We are the same, you and I (looking sinfully at the eel woman)
You're just asking to be eaten.
This was so good. Scylla was legit terrifying. 2:20 looks like they're enjoying taking the sacrifices which makes it even scarier. Claps all around
God I thought she was terrifying looking in her “normal” form, and then you gave that WICKED EEL DESIGN!
So who else isn't going to sleep tonight for this animatic
Literally at 12 am for us here🤣🤣🤣
All in favor, say aye. AYE
Me it's only 1:30 am for me! 😅🤣
ME!
I can't cause class starts like 30 minutes before the premier :(
Everyone's talking about Scylla, and rightfully so, she's super creepy, great Job.
But damn, the emotion you managed to pack into Ody's posture when he hears of the betrayal is just something else man, i love it
One of your best yet! I love how creative Scylla’s design is, with more human like anatomy. And the detail of her eyes dilating when she kills the last man, almost like a cat. Keep doing what you’re doing! Would love to see Thunder Bringer one day.
Okay, but the way you can see her in the background when he confessed he was the one that opened the wind bag at 0:59 is chilling. Like she's listening in on them and that's when she pegged Odysseus as a monster like her.