the only gifts from my Lord were a birth and a divorce. but I’ve read this script and the costume fits, so I’ll play my part
[ID: 6 gifs of Eddie paired with lyrics to The Lumineers “Cleopatra”. All using a basic white font.
Gif 1: Eddie hugging Christopher while seeing on a porch in 3x15 “Eddie Begins” paired with the lyric “but I was late to this”.
Gif 2: Eddie talking to Ana during their break up scene in 5x03 “Desperate Measures” (specifically the dialogue “I should have said something sooner”) paired with the lyric “late for that”.
Gif 3: Eddie coming home to Buck after his date with Ana in 4x08 “Breaking Point” (at the point where Buck says “You’re late” before turning the corner) paired with the lyric “late for the love of my life”.
Gif 4: Eddie in 3x15 “Eddie Begins” after the helicopter was shot down and he’s crying while looking at a photo of Chris paired with the lyric “and when i die alone”.
Gif 5: Another gif of Eddie in 3x15, this time in the well when he’s calling into his broken radio paired with the lyric “when i die alone”.
Gif 6: The gif starts as Eddie right after being shot in 4x13 when he reaches for Buck, this portion has the lyric “and when i die” and then the gif flips to being Eddie saying he’s leaving the 118 in 5x10 and adds the lyric “I’ll be on time” under the “when I die” /ID end]
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, Metamorphoses
This 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 back
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.
I’d be the voice that urged Orpheus When her body was found I’d be the choiceless hope in grief That drove him underground I’d be the dreadful need in the devotee That made him turn around (Hey ya) And I’d be the immediate forgiveness In Eurydice
