#“At the Falls of Eurydice”

[fortunaestalta]

[future-crab]

Goddd thinking about the time loop-y elements of Hadestown really makes the line “I knew you before we met, and I don’t even know you yet” hit different

[rubydubydoo122]

(PLS DO NOT READ AS BATCEST)

Jason: alright Eurydice, calm down, no need to get stabby

Damian: I WILL— why am I Eurydice?

Jason: because… Bruce went to bargain for your soul? Obviously Orpheus failed, but eh.

Damian: and what would that make you?

Jason: Icarus. Duh.

Tim: does that make me Perdix?

Jason: no, Tim. Not everything is about you. Perdix is Stephanie

Bruce: but I didn’t push Stephanie off of a high building

Stephanie: you might as well have.

[fixated-on-something]

Teenage queers will discover Tragedy and make it their whole personality forever

[holly-mckenzie]

Every little penny in the wishing well. Every little nickel on the drum. On the drum! All them shiny little heads and tails Where do you think they come from?

nytw hadestown appreciation  →  Way Down Hadestown

[jackwhiteprophetic]

TODAY I WAS THINKING ABOUT ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE AGAIN and thinking about how this scene looks like one of them just turned around and the stillness and the breathing and the eye contact and "I thought we would have more time" plastered on both of their faces HOW DID WE EVER MOVE PAST THIS

[sarafangirlart]

If your subversion of a myth is basically “what if this couple that love each other in most if not all sources actually had an abusive relationship or hated each other?” Then you are being lazy at best and sexist at worst.

This is about Eurydice/Orpheus and Perseus/Andromeda btw, but other couples suffer from these “interpretations” too.

[redrobin-detective]

So I've been listening to my two favorite songs from Hadestown, Wait For Me (Reprise) and Road to Hell (Reprise), on loop for a few days. And on my 400th listen something occurred to me.

Orpheus was writing his song to "make spring come again". He wanted to "fix what's wrong, take what's broken and make it whole." His entire purpose was to write "a song so beautiful it brings the whole world back into tune." (From Come Home with Me).

And he did. Using his love for Eurydice, he was able to finish his song, his masterpiece. But the cost of his dedication to his music meant his love went hungry and went to Hadestown for food and shelter.

He hoped his love and his music would be strong enough to save her, a task we know was ultimately futile but we still sing about it because maybe one day it will be different but also... He did make spring come again. He helped Hades be more secure in his love for Persephone so she could stay on Earth long enough for their to BE a spring. He did take a broken, strained marriage and help them communicate, make them whole. He did bring the whole world back into tune when he sang their song and another pair of distanced lovers began to dance after so long of arguing.

Everyone else got their happy ending but him and Eurydice.

He did not fail, he just not could not imagine that his song didn't have room for his own happiness. It's a reminder that for every triumph there is tragedy, every repaired relationship there is a breakup and that while it may be spring somewhere, somewhere else it is winter. I don't know, that idea of mixed blessing tragedies in the story intrigued me. Because someone's worst day may be someone's best. And that is why we must always sing these songs, to remember on the bright days and to get us through the darkness and to know, someday, spring will come again.

[eerna]

"why did Orpheus turn to check if Eurydice is there if he can just return to Hadestown if Hades really did lie about letting her go" that's the thing. he can't. the only reason he can enter Hadestown without taking Hades' deal/dying is because the lalalas open the way for him. Eurydice only gave him a chance after he showed her the power of the lalalas. and in Doubt Comes In, his lalalas no longer work - twice he tries to call on them, and twice he fails. he has lost the ability to wield their magic because he stopped believing their power can change the world. if he leaves Hadestown and Eurydice isn't behind him, she will well and truly be gone forever. of course he turns around. of course he can't take those final few steps out of the Underworld without making sure the lalalas worked.

[gnawgag]

orpheus and eurydice- sir edward john poynter // love from the other side - fall out boy

[hercarisntyours]

[thalassous]

THE WIND THE WIND THE WIND

[ ID: A fully coloured bust up of Eurydice. She is facing 3/4s to the left, and looking at the viewer with concern. Her colour pallet is warmer than usual, and her eyes shine with yellow. END ID. ]

[thelesbianluthor]

I understand Orpheus because I too would barely be able to make my brain work and immediately ask a woman as beautiful as Eurydice to come home with me the moment I first lay my eyes on her.

[theguiltinessisyours]

life truly is coming full circle with 11 years I was obsessed with Percy Jackson and now I just watched the pilot of kaos and it truly is phenomenal

[holly-mckenzie]

I’m not like any man you’ve met. Oh yeah? What makes you different? You see the world? Of course I do. I’ll make it beautiful for you. For you I’ll change the way it is. With what? [ORPHEUS, holds up guitar] With this!

It’s an old song It’s an old tale from way back when It’s an old song And we’re gonna sing it again and again... It’s a sad song.. It’s a sad tale, it’s a tragedy.

nytw hadestown appreciation  →  The Tragedy of Orpheus

[averagemrfox]

Yang falling and Blake being unable to reach her in time is the Orpheus turning back to look at Eurydice of the RWBY fandom. Send tweet.