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Cast your eyes to heaven...

Better bit late than never. My first and only post to this beautiful event. Thank you for all your amazing work in Hadestown miss Shelton!

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a lil jessie!eurydice for @anywaythewindblowsweek :)

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Hand them a rope and they hang themselves

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So this was initially planned for Sunday, but I ended up finishing it yesterday, but it didn't fit the prompt, so now it's being posted today. Time management! Yippee!

Anywho, here's my little contribution to @anywaythewindblowsweek ! Clotho has decided to cause some problems :) and they are critters bc I said so :))

[Image ID: A digital grayscale comic. A jack russell dog [Orpheus from hadestown] tiptoes through Hadestown, but a voice sneers, "Oh, you've got to be kidding me... Orpheus looks up, shocked and afraid. The silhouette of a tabby cat creeps down a steel beam. This cat continues, "...Well, alright, while it's not the first time a sensitive sap strolled through here... at least he had a smidge of confidence in him. You, however... Oh, good gods." The cat reveals herself as Clotho, one of the Fates. She stares down at Orpheus, grinning deviously and saying, "A whimpering pipsqueak like you will just end up as another dead body for Hades to deal with." End ID]

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In her shoes, in her skin 😔

#in her shoes in her skin

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Day 2 of sad week :<

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happy trails, jessie.

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Day one of the week of sad 😔

#windblowsweek #vipers and vultures #hadestown

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Morning! Day 1 begins!

A little prompt reminder:

Day 1, 9/4: Vipers and Vultures - Focus on Jessie’s work as a fate in the Broadway version of Hadestown, the fates in the Broadway version, the fates as narrative foils to Hermes or the manifestation of the characters’ inner psyche.  

Make sure to tag #wind blows week, #windblowsweek, or @anywaythewindblowsweek !!

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Any Way The Wind Blows Week: A Send Off to Jessie Shelton - September 4-10

Hey everyone it's Attie @threadcutters and Drago @eriktheshitmusician !!

Jessie, who had been a first "Fate 1" back in New York Theatre Workshop, will be leaving the Broadway production of Hadestown, where she also played a Fate One, a Worker and understudied Eurydice, on September 4th.

This sort of feels like an end to an era to us, in a way - as she’s one of the last principal cast members to leave, as well as one of the only things left tying us back to NYTW - (Patrick is still here, but he’s not specifically NYTW.) And as the NYTW production means a lot to the fandom, and the Fates in general need more love, we thought a send-off to Jessie might be a fun way to celebrate both.  So that's what's gonna happen! Inspired by Sephweek, Workers Week and Hermes Week - we threw something together! It formally starts on September 4th and goes through the 10th, but we thought it would be better to get the prompts out ASAP.

You can create anything centered about Jessie in Hadestown or reblog older ones tagged with #windblowsweek or @anywaythewindblowsweek and it will be reblogged to this blog.

It can be any type of work ranging from fan art and fanfics through gifs and edits, Cosplay, covers to infinity and beyond. You can even play a part of the show she plays on violin or do a piece of one of the dances. Whatever you can think of, that centers around Jessie and her roles in Hadestown.

You can choose from one of the prompts below and tag your work with the prompt name along with the general #windblowsweek, or tag this account! The prompts will roll out daily, but feel free to jump back to old ones or just create art unrelated to the prompts and tag us! Feel free to retroactively tag us in any work that you think fits too. 

Day 1, 9/4: Vipers and Vultures - Focus on Jessie’s work as a fate in the Broadway version of Hadestown, the fates in the Broadway version, the fates as narrative foils to Hermes or the manifestation of the characters’ inner psyche.  

Day 2, 9/5: Crows and Buzzards - Focus on Jessie’s work as a fate in the New York Theatre Workshop version of Hadestown, the fates in the NYTW version, the fates as stand ins for the ensemble, or their fluidity + ever present nature. 

Day 3, 9/6: In Her Shoes, In Her Skin - Focus on Jessie’s work as a swing for Eurydice or as a Worker: her characterization, how her portrayal + dynamic with the other characters differs from the other actors, and what makes it special.

Day 4, 9/7: You Get A Knife in the Back! - Focus on the Fates as bringers of fear and misery, their underhanded and sometimes violent tactics, or the moments when they seem to enjoy whispering doubt.

Day 5, 9/8: The Ones Who Bloom in the Bitter Snow - Focus on the lighter moments in the Fates’ lives: their dynamic with each other, Hermes, Hades and Persephone, or the moments where they seem to be acting out of kindness or mercy. 

Day 6, 9/9: Always Singing in the Back of Your Mind - Focus individually on Jessie’s fate herself - exactly how her portrayal carries throughout both versions, what goes on in her head, or how she specifically reacts to the events of the show. 

Day 7, 9/10: Set Out Walking and You Don't Look Back - Focus on all of Jessie’s work in Hadestown together, whether it’s just a simple send-off or something meta that ties it all together.

For the later prompts, feel free to focus on any version or expand some of the prompts to the other Fates! This is just for fun and to celebrate one of the most long-standing members of Hadestown! 

Have fun, go crazy, be wild. Happy creating!!

#hadestown #hadestown nytw #hadestown broadway #the fates #eurydice #jessie shelton #wind blows week