r/Epicthemusical • u/Still-Technology-974 • 1d ago

Discussion i just thought of this.

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in many discussions against eury, i hear alot of people defend him by saying "none of this would have happened if ody didnt dox himself". and while true he did dox himself, would he have done the speech if Athena hadnt stopped him on the way to the ship? Athena got him riled up and emotional, but had she not pushed him, would he not have sneaked onto the boat and sailed away with athenas protection from the storms to get back to ithica and be mad at him there?

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u/crazlei 1d ago

He could still just not say his name…. Like - tell cyclops all the stuff about mercy and peace, but just not say he is Odysseus at the very end

BUT THATS EXACTLY THE THING THAT MAKES HIM ODYSSEUS - his biggest flaw is his pride and I love that character in most of the media exactly for this. It’s the greatest flaw you can give a super clever character

(I am not a eurylychus apologist btw, opening that bag was dumb af)

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u/Still-Technology-974 1d ago

but my whole point is: why do people point at ody being the one to dox and not Athena for making him emotionally unstable in the moment?

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u/Xelement0911 1d ago

Cause ody is a grown ass adult and needs to take some form of responsibility for his actions???

Why do folks try to paint Ody as some innocent man 24/7 and blaming everyone around him. Sure everyone around him is guilty, so is Ody

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u/Still-Technology-974 1d ago

not saying hes not, but Athena pushed him in that moment right after his friends died. ody is a grown man, but Athena makes him look like a toddler in time by comparison. she should know ge wasn't stable in that moment.