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If you set your EPIC playlist in homeric order:

1-4 of the Wisdom Saga

↓

Horse and Infant - Thunderbringer

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God Games

Guys, it does things.

It emphasizes the Problem and not the Man, creates new tensions and makes every crack in Odysseus's sanity since the Infant, feel heavier. It introduces the videogame vibes earlier and also how Athena's time stopping works.

On the con side, it's a little less thrilling when everything is a flashback.

Yes I'm aware I'm saying something very obvious, changing the order in a narrative changes the narrative. But, what a fun exercise. 10/10 will do again.

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EDIT

I’m so happy there are so many people on board! I hope you enjoy the experiment. So, just in case you get lost,  I guess I’ll expand on my vision (you’ll probably have more ideas, though):

We start on Ithaca, Telemachus, and the suitors. We meet Athena, we’re introduced to the time stop and the video game fights. We learn she regrets breaking her friendship to someone. Then, we learn this someone is Odysseus and we get BIG EPIC INTRO TIME through Athena’s mind travel (if you've seen the Phantom of the Opera, kind of like the chandelier intro moment). And now Odysseus is suicidal and we have all these voices that will make sense further in the musical. So, what’s the tea?

Ok, now we’d need to imagine some kind of transition, but. Off to The Horse and The Infant we go. And now there’s a noticeable difference between the enthusiastic Odysseus that was back then and what he is now. And how cold Athena was. And it’s kind of a punch to the gut. And then things get worse and worse. And then God Games.

And then we would be free to go forward with the story. Ta-da!   

EDIT 2

Telemachus introducing the Monster theme in the conventional, fantastic way, and then the Actual Monster development of Odysseus? Arghh