The Best Is Yet To Come

It's a place of wonder, excitement, and discovery. So join us while we have an Adventure in Odyssey. (This is a side blog for @banana-with-a-bow-tie)

[grape-flavored-rukuuuuuu]

BRO THEY DIDN'T JUST DO THAT

[harlowdoylepi]

HOLD EVERYTHING-

[theworstofallpossibleworlds]

we must kill whit

it is only by killing this man that we will become free

[hubert-meltsdon]

An arc where Whit dies could be really interesting. Whit leaving the last time really pushed the series forward and helped the characters grow. How might Odyssey change if this pillar died? I imagine it being something like Alzheimer's. This brilliant man who has dispensed so much wisdom over the years grows less and less capable and he has to deal with death staring him in the face and the people he has helped over the years come to his aid and support him and remind him of all the things he taught them and assure him that everything he taught will live on and the good fight will continue even after he is gone. Even as his mental abilities start to go he is able to find comfort and hope in looking forward to Christ, and his love for God and others stays shining even to the end.

[hubert-meltsdon]

Eugene: Dear God, my new Father in heaven. I am uncharacteristically at a loss for words, so please accept my verbal fumblings as I finally respond to your promptings.

...

Whit: (on the answering machine) Hey! Anybody home? ...Anybody? Connie? Eugene, where are you? Hello? (Sighs) Eugene, we have to talk. There's something I've been praying about since I met you. It's very hard to explain. Well, I'd like to talk to you about that. Hold down the fort, will you? Okay?

[hubert-meltsdon]

(Door opens. Bell chimes)

Eugene: Good day, gentlemen!

Whit & Tom: Hello.

Eugene: Ah, you realize, of course, that there is a more efficient way to let you know a customer has come in than the employment of that small bell above the door.

Whit: Probably. Are you a salesman?

Eugene: No, sir. My name is Eugene Meltsner, and I am a science student, and, might I add in all modesty, a recognized genius at the Campbell County Community College. I'm sure you've heard of it. Whom do I have the pleasure of addressing?

Whit: Uh, I'm John Whitaker and this is Tom Riley.

Tom: Howdy.

Eugene: (chuckles) "Howdy." An abbreviated form of the phrase, "How do you do?" or in the older English, "How do you fare?" Um, in answer, ah, Tom, I fare well, thank you.

Tom: What'd he say?

Whit: (chuckles) I think he said he's fine.

Tom: Did I ask?

Whit: Well, I guess you did.

[hubert-meltsdon]

Jack: You've reached an inevitable point, Eugene. All the distractions have been stripped away; all the comfort zones are gone; Whit, Katrina, even Whit's End. The "everything" you mentioned has brought you to this point.

...

My guess is if you could look at everything that has happened to you since you arrived at Whit's End, you'd see all the things that have driven you and are driving you to a decision.

Eugene: Mr. Allen, I'm not sure what to say.

Jack: Just say, "Yes," Eugene. Just say, "Yes."

[hubert-meltsdon]

[hubert-meltsdon]

Eugene: (panicked) He has no apparent strategy! It's as if he's moving his pieces completely at random! And somehow he consistently stumbles upon victory!

Whit: (concerned) Eugene-

Eugene: There are times when I'm convinced that this is a game he doesn't know the rules for!

Connie: (gasps with horror) Eugene, you just ended a sentence with a preposition!

Eugene: Impossible. Prepositions are not words I end sentences with.

Connie: (gasps again)

Whit: Eugene.

Eugene: Oops.

Whit: You need to get some sleep.

Eugene: You don't seem to understand. The world no longer makes sense. Today, Bernard Walton beats ME at chess; tomorrow, the earth will revolve around the sun!

Connie: Earth does revolve around the sun, Eugene!

Eugene: AAAAAAAAAAAHHH!

[bimmyjarclay]

Connie: What’s going on here, Eugene?

Eugene: There are answers on this machine, Miss Kendall, and I am determined to find them.

Connie: Answers to what?

Eugene: TO QUESTIONS!

[hubert-meltsdon]

Katrina: Eugene, Connie thinks a kiss hello would be appropriate behavior.

Eugene: Connie wants me to kiss her hello?

Katrina: No, me.

Eugene:She wants you to kiss her hello?

Katrina: No, Eugene-

Eugene: We should all kiss hello in one big sloppy smooch fest?

[hubert-meltsdon]

Connie: Whit

Eugene, an intellectual: Mr. Whitaker

[hubert-meltsdon]

Whit’s End Staff Meeting

Whit: There’s only one thing worse than brain-washing and that is (rips away paper from whiteboard revealing Eugene’s name)

Bernard: Eugene.

Whit: NO.

[hubert-meltsdon]

Jason: Eugene, how would you feel about a trip to the Middle East?

Eugene: I'd have to think about it. Okay, I thought about it. Let's go.

[hubert-meltsdon]

Hank Murray: I'm gonna hide behind the counter with Brain Boy here.

Eugene Meltsner: That's me.

[hubert-meltsdon]

Connie: Boy, it smells like upwhit in here

Eugene: Miss Kendall, What, prey tell, is upwhit?

Whit: nothing much, what’s up wit you?

[hubert-meltsdon]

Remembering the recognized genius

[hubert-meltsdon]

Me, getting ready to listen to the episode Gone… : “Oh the episode Whit leaves isn’t that sad. I’ll be fine.”

Me, the second Eugene’s voice cracks assuring us he’s confident he can cope as he breaks down and cries in Connie’s arms:

[applesauce1131]

"Spontaneous? But how do I plan for that???"

-Eugene Meltsner

[cluelesslyhopeless]

AIO Album Cover Art, all featuring Eugene Meltsner. In Memoriam - Will Ryan (1949-2021)

I love seeing how the art for Eugene has changed. Especially when we finally got to see his eyes!