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post-canon orpheus is VERY different from the orpheus we know. he’s no longer filled with optimism and light, in fact you could say that he’s completely given up and feels as if he has no purpose in life. he’s a shell of a man, and he looks it too. the light has gone from his eyes, and they’ve dulled in color a bit, going from a bright green to a kind of murky greenish-gray, and as well his face is very pale and gaunt and he looks so fragile and basically looks like all the life has been drained out of his face. he’s still very young but he looks a lot older than he is, because of the stress that was put on him. and he feels as dead as he looks. he’s not kind or sweet or open either, in fact he’s angry and vengeful, he’s irritable and bottles up everything inside of him, and when people (usually persephone or hermes) try to help him or get him to talk about his feelings, he lashes out at them. he’s never threatening or like, physically violent, but he gets into verbal screaming matches and says a lot of things he’ll probably regret later, out of impulsive anger, tho he isn’t really angry at them, and the only person he’s truly angry with is himself, but he bottles this up and takes it out on other people. 

he’s a ticking time bomb, a fuse waiting to be lit and you don’t want to get in his way. he drinks excessively, trying to forget it all but of course he can never really forget it. the once optimistic dreamer is now world-hardened and cynical, he believes nothing and trusts no one, doubts and mistrusts even his closest friends. he hates the way the world is and he’s given up trying to fix it. he has flashbacks and nightmares and all that shit, probably some kind of survivor’s guilt syndrome or even mild ptsd. his nightmares keep him up at night so he hardly ever sleeps, and you can see it in his eyes. he wakes up hoping that eurydice will be in bed beside him, but of course, she never is. he doesn’t sing anymore, he’s forgotten all the songs, except for a very faint memory of the la la la, but that’s it, that’s all he has. sometimes he sings that, desperately trying to remember the rest of the melody, remember the lyrics, remember anything about it, but it’s as good as gone. his voice cracks as he sings that little bit. he wishes he could sing again and he gets so mad at himself that he snaps his own lyre in two as a reminder of what he’s done.

 he’s a broken man, a shell of a person. physically alive, but not really living, more like existing in a body while his soul is utterly dead. he’s given up on everything he stands for, he’s just given up, he’s one step short of packing up his bags and selling his soul to hadestown forever when hermes reminds him that eurydice would want him to go on and live his life. she’d want him to be strong for her, so he does. he keeps going regardless of how miserable it makes him, and he can’t wait for the moment when he joins her in hadestown. he’s basically the opposite of orpheus tbh.

#i'll sing a song of a love gone wrong ---> out of character. #but brother who are they to say what the truth is anyway ---> ( analysis / character study. ) #oh no i'm not like that! ( headcanons. ) #meta.....sort of.....i guess #sorry that was really long #i just have a lot of thoughts and feelings #specifically about post canon orpheus #so you're getting this from me thanks

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“ORPHEUS was a poor boy. but he had a gift to give. he could make you see how the world could be, in spite of the way that it is. orpheus was a poor boy, and hades was a mighty king. but this poor boy raised up his voice, even though it was trembling.”

                           I’M NOT GOING BACK ALONE. 

                             I CAME TO TAKE HER HOME!

independent & highly selective orpheus of  hadestown. song composed by lily.

#i'm orpheus / come home with me // ---> self promos. #hadestown rp #greek myth rp #mythology rp #musical rp #broadway rp #orpheus rp #this looks way better than my eury one #reblogs > likes

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❝ EURYDICE was a hungry young girl / young and hungry as anything / a hungry young girl against the world / against the wind. ❞

presenting: eurydice of anais mitchell’s hadestown / greek mythos. as loved by lily. independent / highly selective. rules apply. established 4/11/19.

#i'm orpheus / come home with me // ---> self promos. #guys if you like my orpheus blog #go follow my eurydice #:)

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hadestown lyric sentence starters.

❝  flood will get you if the fire don’t.  ❞

❝  there ain’t a thing that you can do.  ❞

❝  it’s an old song.  ❞

❝  i’m the man who’s gonna marry you.  ❞

❝  i also play the lyre.  ❞

❝  i’ve met too many men like you.  ❞

❝  see the world? i’ll make it beautiful for you.  ❞

❝  are you always this confident?  ❞

❝  when you look at me, what do you see?  ❞

❝  lover tell me, if you can, who’s gonna buy the wedding bands?  ❞

❝  the sun is hot, so am i.  ❞

❝  i’m as free as a honeybee.  ❞

❝  what we have, we have to share.  ❞

❝  i’ll give you a song for free, ‘cuz that’s how life oughta be.  ❞

❝  he could make you see how the world could be, in spite of the way that it is.  ❞

❝  i was alone so long i didn’t even know that i was lonely.  ❞

❝  this is how it’s always been.  ❞

❝  all i’ve ever known is how to hold my own.  ❞

❝  i wanna hold you.  ❞

❝  takes a lot of medicine to make it through the wintertime.  ❞

❝  everybody’s hungry, everybody’s tired.  ❞

❝  kinda makes you wonder how it feels.  ❞

❝  if you wanna keep your head, you gotta keep your head low.  ❞

❝  in the coldest time of year, why is it so hot down here?  ❞

❝  it ain’t right and it ain’t natural.  ❞

❝  i recall there was a time we were happy, you and i.  ❞

❝  everything i do, i do it for the love of you.  ❞

❝  if you don’t even want my love, i’ll give it to someone who does.  ❞

❝  hey, little songbird, gimme a song.  ❞

❝  i wanna lie down forever.  ❞

❝  weren’t we birds of a feather?  ❞

❝  help yourself, to hell with the rest. even the one who loves you best.  ❞

❝  ain’t nobody but yourself to trust.  ❞

❝  aim for the heart, shoot to kill. if you don’t do it then the other one will.  ❞

❝  cast your eyes to heaven, you get a knife in the back.  ❞

❝  wouldn’t you have done the same?  ❞

❝  wait for me, i’m coming with you.  ❞

❝  when’s the last time you saw the sky?  ❞

❝  wipe away your tears.  ❞

❝  you sell your soul, you get your due.  ❞

❝  but don’t you see? it’s different with me.  ❞

❝  there must be some mistake!  ❞

❝  it was a mistake, alright. and now you gotta pay for it, for the rest of your life.  ❞

❝  a lot can happen behind closed doors.  ❞

❝  is anybody listening?  ❞

❝  nothing can wake me now.  ❞

❝  why are you getting on your knees?  ❞

❝  i’m asking you to marry me. marry me, say ‘i do’. i came all this way to ask you to.  ❞

❝  the two of us, you and me. that’s how it would have been, if the world was different.  ❞

❝  it ain’t no use; you’re bound to lose.  ❞

❝  is it true what they say?  ❞

❝  how long have we been married?  ❞

❝  i don’t mind if you look at other girls now and then.  ❞

❝  how does the sun even fit in the sky?  ❞

❝  love is not a gilded cage.  ❞

❝  soldier on and then the war will bring us peace.  ❞

❝  the heart of a man is a simple one.  ❞

❝  gotta think quick, gotta save face.  ❞

❝  what you gonna do now?  ❞

❝  men are fools, men are frail. give them the rope and they’ll hang themselves.  ❞

❝  with his kiss, the riot starts.  ❞

❝  you said that you would stay with me.  ❞

❝  can’t promise you fair sky above. can’t promise you kind road below. but i’ll walk with you, my love, any way the wind blows.  ❞

❝  just keep singing.  ❞

❝  the coldest night of the coldest year comes right before the spring.  ❞

❝  doubt comes in and my heart falters.  ❞

❝  you’re early.  ❞

❝  i missed you.  ❞

❝  pour the wine and raise a cup.  ❞

#yes!! send in some of these!! #iii. �� is it true what they say? // ---> rp memes.

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I  REMEMBER  FIELDS  OF  FLOWERS;  LILY  WHITE  AND  POPPY  RED     /     private  &  selective  eurydice  of  greek  mythology  and  hadestown.  as  loved  by  soph.  (  CREDIT  )

#ii. that song was sung by the gods // ---> promos. #the muse from which it came ---> EURYDICE.

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ree/ve  car/ney  was  in  the  music  video  for  ‘i  knew  you  were  trouble’  by  t  sw/ift  and  like  the  video  is  very  peak  orpheus  aesthetic.  

#it's TRUE and you should SAY IT #i can't even watch that video anymore #bc i'm just like #that's orpheus #it feels so weird #orpheus? in my taylor swift video? it's more likely than you think

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If it’s true what they say, if there’s nothing to be done, if there’s no part to be played, if there’s no song to be sung, take this voice. Take these hands. I can’t use them anyway. Take this music and the memory of the muse from which it came

Orpheus + Character Descriptions

#i. a poor boy with a gift to give // ---> orpheus.