#muse: eurydice

[melpomeneprose]

𝚃𝚈𝙿𝙴𝚂 𝙾𝙵 𝙿𝙴𝙾𝙿𝙻𝙴 𝙰𝚂 𝙱𝙸𝚁𝙳𝚂.

repost, don’t reblog. bold whatever applies all the time, italicize the ones that are circumstantial.

Eurydice, a hungry young girl, a runaway from everywhere she’d ever been, no stranger to the world, no stranger to the wind.

Eurydice-> Εὐρυδίκη (Greek) -> literally translating to -> “Wide Justice.”

Songbird vs rattlesnake.

sparrow.     innocence, big dreamer, waking up too early, walking home, being afraid of meeting new people, slim hands, always cold, reading a book under a tree, the smell of the forest, missing your home.

eagle.   independent, caring too much for others, sharp looks, walking down the city late at night, the tallest and more spectacular building, iron, being single and okay in a world that tells you that being single is bad.

swift.     falling in love easily and heavily, traveller, the infinity of the bluest sky, storms, broken smiles, forgetting people who used to be your beloved ones, feeling out of place, mistrusting people, a fleeting romance.

crow.     feeling as if you have seen so much and as if you know a lot, prejudge, tight hugs that leave you breathless, a grey sky, serenity, intelligence, being left behind, chains, smoke, the pride of someone wise.

dove.      petals, jealousy, being tired of living with the same old faces, whispered secrets, marble, sundresses, white clothes, the first sunset of winter, pride in who you are, learning to get over someone.

seagull.     family, golden light, the sea murmuring in your ear, summer afternoons, caramel ice cream, collecting seashells and other things and calling them treasures, living breezy and carefree, swimming in sunlight.

canary.       artistic, getting excited easily, dancing and singing while you are alone, looking at your friends having fun, no phone, being afraid of judgement, spring, a meaningful gift, the first ray of sunlight.

Borrowed from: @honorhearted. 💕

Tagging: @audaciiae (Apollo), @lifedreamt (your choice), @curseconsumed (your choice), & @ladyseidr (Orpheus). 💕

[carrotsofthepirabbean]

Sorry but the Australian cast has a certain.... je ne sais quoi (sky shattering talent)

[authorafterhours]

Hannibal sits in his glass prison, waiting, waiting, and wondering if this is how Eurydice felt. Longing for her lover to return for her and yearning for just a glimpse of his face, his gaze? Even if it doomed them?

Especially if it doomed them, Hannibal supposed, as he recalled the storms in Will's eyes and how he would gladly drown in them.

He could sympathize; he had his own Orpheus to wait for.

[dayas]

Somebody’s bound to have said this before but can we talk about all the different meanings for the lines And you know how those Muses are/Sometimes they abandon you

First: Orpheus being abandoned by his mother, a literal Muse, hence why he’s being raised and protected by Hermes.

Second: Muse in the figurative sense, as inspiration, and it being notoriously fickle and fleeting. Muse abandoning Orpheus while he attempts to finish his song, though he abandons his own Muse just the same.

Third: Orpheus abandoning Eurydice in her time of need. Not on purpose; he’s entirely too wrapped up in his song. But nonetheless, she calls for him and he isn’t there. Unintentional as it may have been, he still abandoned her for the song he needed to complete.

Fourth: Eurydice as Orpheus’s other Muse, half figurative and half literal. Eurydice encouraging Orpheus to finish his song, which causes him to hyper focus on it, while Eurydice abandons him for the stability and comfort she needs. She abandons the unknowns and stormy weather of his world (which she knows intimately) for the shelter, certainty and safety of the world six feet under the ground below.

What I love about Hadestown in part is the depth it gave to Orpheus and Eurydice’s relationship. When the chips were down, neither of them could give the other what they needed: shelter for Eurydice, and an end to the song for Orpheus.

Orpheus also quite literally descends for his Muse (Eurydice) and discovers his figurative Muse and finishes the song. Eurydice realizes that she wants to be with Orpheus in the world above, and that the price for what she wanted was steeper than she knew. They both return to each other and realize (too late), that they are all they need.

Those lines foreshadow all the tragedy to come in a million different ways and yet we watch Orpheus and Eurydice fall in love and believe that maybe this time it will be different.

God. What a show. What a mind, Anaïs Mitchell.

[cashandandrogyny]

The show ended there btw

[despairtwins]

[geodethecrow]

I'm soooo normal about Orpheus and Eurydice . . . blorbos from my mythology fr. like. he loved her so much and she loved him so much that they trusted each other and they trusted Hades that he would let them Walk Out Of Hell!! and then human nature catches up and Orpheus is consumed with doubts because of course he is. wouldn't we all be? that's the tragedy of it because Eurydice is is there right behind him, loving him, and trusting him but she can't do anything. and they're both helpless, Orpheus couldn't do anything other than look back because he's human and we are Weak. we love too much and that's our downfall.

[maniacwatchestheworld]

Gilda and Harvey

Orpheus and Eurydice

Why do we tell the story again and again

Maybe the story will change

A very interesting comparison! And a very apt way of putting things! However, I don't think that the analogy is perfect. Because Gilda is the artist and Harvey is her muse. And Gilda would never look back. After all. No one believes in Harvey Dent more than Gilda. (Except for Bruce maybe.)

[pandy-peaches]

Eurydice singing in Asphodal 😍

I could sit here for hours just listening to her sing 💖

[brdcge]

im also gonna go ahead and drop a small starter call here, no cap, for new followers/followers i dont interact w/ much ...

[melpomeneprose]

All of his sorrow won't fit in his chest It just burns, like a fire in the pit of his chest And his heart is a bird on a spit in his chest / Nothing comes of wishing on stars and nothing comes of the songs people sing however sorry they are

Give them a piece, they'll take it all Show them a crack, they'll tear down the wall Lend them an ear, and the kingdom will fall The kingdom will fall for a song

What does he care for the logic of kings? The laws of your underworld? It is only for love that he sings He sings, for the love of a girl...

[optimistic-autistic]

they would be besties and you can't convince me otherwise

[hadestown-ontheside]

guys a made a whole side blog for hadestown analysis what the freak 😭

[avelera]

As the weird mythology-obsessed kid growing up, I have countless times been disappointed by how little most people know about mythology, even in spaces where I thought people SHOULD know a bit more than the basics. (Namely, college level writing classes. Not just the students, but the teachers. At a top 20 liberal arts college. Literally just. Actual literature professors of mine not knowing relatively known stories like that Aphrodite cheated on Hephaestus with Ares. Reader, I was gobsmacked.)

The fact is, at least in the US, your average person on the street, NOT ON TUMBLR, but I mean like actually outside this bubble, doesn’t know much mythology. They might know Zeus, or Hercules, or “Mighty Aphrodite” based on recent TV shows or the Disney movies or the aforementioned song.

I’m reminded of this XKCD comic which really nails it:

This also applies to mythology. More people than you, the reader of this, probably don’t know who Orpheus and Eurydice are than you might think. Hadestown returned those names to the sort of mainstream and even THAT niche of musical theater is still, well, pretty damn niche.

Thor 3 has Zeus in it, and Hercules, and obviously Thor. But the Thor franchise is wildly inaccurate to actual Norse mythology is probably the biggest influx of mainstream knowledge of mythology where you MIGHT be able to talk to the average person about who, say, Loki is. But it’s doubtful they’d know a single historically accurate myth, unless MAYBE they’d also played God of War. But again, these are still very nerdy niches within the general mainstream culture.

I dunno. Maybe there’s no point to this. Just that sometimes I see people on here, especially in the Sandman fandom, kind of surprised by mythological knowledge not being more widespread. But in my personal experience, even in very nerdy circles, it very often really, REALLY isn’t.

[myfriendstoldmenotto]

When I saw Hadestown I got the muses and fates confused so I thought Orpheus’s mother abandoned him just to show up later and bully him and his lover

[cashandandrogyny]

When the chips are down is one of the best songs ever btw