#eurydice
(almost)Final candle of the set! Hungry young girl Eurydice!
Eurydice: Hostage or not, sometimes it’s nice to be held.
I work for the Hadestown gift exchange for @threadcutters
The up top crew is just having fun while Hades isn’t there! Hope you’ll enjoy the gift, it was a challenge :D
BUT—
Well, there you have it
Ladies and gentlethems
ANDRÉ DE SHIELDS!!
HAPPY TRAILS TO THE MAN WITH FEATHERS ON HIS FEET!!
HAPPY TRAILS TO THE MAN WITH FEATHERS ON HIS FEET!!
HAPPY TRAILS TO THE MAN WITH FEATHERS ON HIS FEET!!
He’s leaving tonight
And the crew is sending their goodbyes
I’ll be adding more to this post as I find pics :)
hands u my role reversal au
great game 11/10 please play if you have the chance
thinking about how orpheus turning to look back at eurydice isn’t a sign of mortal frailness but a sign of love
“Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved?”
― Ovid, MetamorphosesThis is true no matter the version you’re reading.
1. Eurydice trips and Orpheus turns to help her because he loves her.
2. Orpheus cannot hear Eurydice behind him, and fearing that he’s been tricked, turns to make sure she’s there.
3. Orpheus makes it out of the Underworld, and so full of love and excitement to be with Eurydice, turns to embrace her, forgetting that they both need to be out of the Underworld.
No matter what happens in the story, Orpheus loses Eurydice because his love for her compels him to look.
Orpheus, I can forgive you, then,
There’s not a soul alive who wouldn’t have looked backThe Descent, by Tyler King
Don’t forget Gluck’s opera, where Eurydice doesn’t know Orpheus is forbidden to look back, Orpheus is also forbidden to tell her, she assumes he must not love her anymore, and Orpheus finally looks back to reassure her of his love because he can’t bear her anguish.
In that version in particular, but possibly in all retellings, a part of us wants Orpheus to look back, because his failure proves his love.
What gets me is that Orpheus’s love for Eurydice is the reason why he descended after her in the first place… but its also the reason he failed. Had he loved her a little less they would have made it out. Had he loved her a little less and he never would have gone down after her at all.
some late night orphydice for your soul ✨