#he's orpheus

[blood-orange-juice]

Have you noticed how Aventurine has all the attributes of a proper epic hero?

Special Circumstances Of Birth, for example. If you look at world mythology, the hero is usually a descendant of a god or blessed by a god, and their birth is accompanied by some rare natural phenomena.

A tragic event forcing him to leave his home and shaping his goals.

An exceptional talent that comes naturally to him and separates him from other mortals.

The way he wins allies through skill and cunning. One of the best moments of 2.1 is when you realise IPC colleagues haven't thrown him to the wolves, they are rolling along with his insane plan. They trust him.

(this whole story he is, in fact, surrounded by allies and helped by them)

There's probably something else but I forgot.

Not usually a trait of an epic hero (usually required for a modern one though) but there's an ideal he strives to achieve. I loved his reason for joining the IPC.

Then there is that whole descent to the underworld thing. I'll be surprised if we don't see him again. And this is where it gets interesting.

I could brush this off as a hero's journey trope but, considering the illusory nature of Penacony, maybe he's more of an orphic hero than an epic one. He's also fragile and tragic in a very orphic way, unlike a proper hero.

Orphics believed in a cycle of reincarnation that could be escaped through their rites. The world was seen as a place of suffering and mortal goals as irrelevant.

Characters of Orphic myths do not return triumphantly from the land of the dead to smite those who wronged them. Their deities lose and are forever changed but get to move on in other forms (Persephone, Zagreus), their heroes acquire little apart from knowledge.

These are stories of surrender, acceptance, and transcendence and if any power is gained in the process it's through discovering or establishing different rules for the world and the characters themselves.

(oh, and probable ethymology for Orpheus' name is that it is derived from a hypothetical PIE root *h₃órbʰos — 'orphan, servant, slave'. now where else have I seen these words...)

It's so unlike the Hero's Journey structure described by Campbell and much more popular in modern media, where a hero gains a solution to the problem that pushed them to another world.

So I wonder in which form will Aventurine return. A hero who will set things right or a new genius loci of Penacony. Or an eschatological deity, perhaps.

Or maybe he's Orpheus himself and he'll come back empty-handed.

[hummingbird-hunter]

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[shinedoitsulikeabright]

Had Odysseus been smarter, he would've perhaps asked Hades to help him evade Poseidon. I mean, Hades was surely annoyed. Poor guy had 500 new arrivals to deal with all because of his brother's little tantrum.

[mistress-of-malevolence]

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I am feeding yall rn. concept sketch for my new pin gijinka, alt ver of the full piece, secret messages, AND I'm adding music to go with it??

[grapefruit185]

orpheus morpheus go eat some walruseses.... ORIFICES... Orpheus drinkin a 40 in a death basket! AH

[nightwonder7]

"Haha, real funny, you guys."

Had a sudden urge to redraw this

[aq2003]

has anyone gotten the idea that odysseus' storyline in hades 2 is a depiction/exploration of trauma over his SA and how he's blaming himself for things that were out of his control? because that's the impression i'm getting from what i've seen. he talks about "goddesses" as his "greatest weakness" and that "he's not one to say no to them"...

when mel invites him to the bath, he brings up mortals having different standards for intimacy than gods and how it usually has a more romantic/sexual connotation. she then asks if he's uncomfortable and he has a startled reaction and brings up circe and calypso again (but never actually by name)

(this isn't ship/romance bait btw. odysseus knew mel as a kid and they're stated in-game to have a sibling/uncle-niece relationship)

also he grew apart from penelope after his return, but the game makes a point of showing that his love for penelope and telemachus is what drove him on at all so that element of his character isn't brought into question

[oriciel]

This is lore accurate btw

[burquillos]

Day 12: Fantasy AU Izuku is freed from the curse (OFA)

[cloudinal]

Day 2 - Touch My Heartstrings

[lifemod17]

zero coherent thoughts, just in pure awe of how majestic he looks

📸: ruthlessimagery

SummerSalt Torquay || 11/10/2024

[mlabyrinth]

The Sandman Season 2 Filming: Tom Sturridge and ??Orpheus? 👀

//HYPERVENTILATING

I can't wait for season 2 anymore! I need it ASAP!

[percy-phone]

is the world ready for mcr orpheus............

[meshimellow]

ok so what if the evil wizard or perhaps a dracula was kind of cuteness

[jackwhiteprophetic]

Yeahh but do you guys ever think about how Bobby made Eddie drive after the lightning so that he didn't have to watch a partner die in the back of an ambulance again or are you happy and joyful

[idontknowwhatimdoing-13]

Hey what if I was Orpheus and you were Eurydice, you know from the tragic romantic love story, and I literally went to hell to rescue you but I don’t care about the tragic ending of their story because when I looked back it was because you grabbed me and told me to listen and I did, and I still promise I am going to rescue you and we are going to stay together forever.

Oh and I’m Charles Rowland and I don’t actually think I’m in love with you but you are the only one I’d do the whole going to hell thing for btw