#( muse || orpheus )

[my-name-is-apollo]

Orpheus and Linus being mortal while having two gods as their parents (Apollo and usually Calliope) makes sense to me only if their biological father was a mortal and Apollo just came into their life like this:

I mean, Oeagrus is mentioned as the father of both Orpheus and Linus in some versions. And in Dionysiaca he also leaves behind Calliope and a new born Orpheus (and his entire kingdom) to join Dionysus in his war against the Indians. So Apollo stepping in as a father figure is entirely plausible.

#Orpheus #Linus #Calliope #Apollo #Orpheus is also raised by all the Muses in one version #its sweet now they all came together to help Calliope :3 #apollo info

[attheendoftheline]

Something about the Fates serving both as themselves and as every active force against Orpheus and Eurydice (Eurydice especially). They are the wind. They are the storm. They are the rocks, stone and beasts that stand in the way. The judging eye and the - literal active controllers of fate and life.

Again one of my absolute favorite moments is when Eurydice is fighting the storm and they just pluck everything out of her hands with a smile. It’s both wonderful as a ‘wind so strong it feels someone grabbed it away from you’ and it feels personal. They’ve been following her her entire life and right as she gets a good thing it’s taken from her/the hope to stay is beaten out of her.

It makes me wonder if at some point, in a retelling or perhaps the first time, one of them must have done something and the Fates have taken it personally ever since. No matter how many times it happens they ensure it ends the same. They are the voice in Hades ear, they are Orpheus’s doubt, Eurydice’s worry. Hermes just narrates but from the very beginning the fates manipulate and weave what they want to happen. In some versions they fell slighted because Orpheus actually gets them to cry, maybe that was it. Or maybe Eurydice turned against her path one to many times and fell in love over and over despite how they try to get her to move on. Who knows? But I love it.

#character study #scene analysis #fate #hadestown #hadestown broadway #hadestown musical #orpheus hadestown #eurydice hadestown #orpheus and eurydice #orphydice #the fates #fate as a concept #meta #character musings #Greek myth #musicals

[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.

#Maggie rambles #idk sometimes people expect to know who Calliope is just from hearing her name but like #calliope is just a name? even mythology buffs can’t necessarily name all the muses #lots of people in Greece still have mythologically informed names #Orpheus and Eurydice is actually a pretty niche myth if you’re not like an opera fan which is also not super common these days #just most people aren’t into these generally pretty old niche knowledge spaces #even people who are VERY EDUCATED don’t necessarily know their mythology #I was English major and there were people who needed a primer before we read Paradise Lost because they didn’t know the references #these were ENGLISH MAJORS #idk I’ve grown very bitter about this over the years lol and it makes me sigh when mythology buffs are somehow surprised by this

[artbyanca]

#Apollo #Calliope #Orpheus #greek mythology #greek god #greek goddess #muse #muse of epic poetry #myht #mythology #family #love #baby #father #mother #child #pen and ink #illustration #drawing #art #artists on tumblr

[darabeatha]

 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐒:ㅤJason .

#;self #self #;about #;j.ason #;about muses #PERSONALS DO NOT REBLOG #umm umm anyways i love him; he is the definition of ancient greek hero and incredibly flawed #bc he now has a second chance he's desperate to cling to life and make things different this time; he is wiser now!!! he'll show everyone!! #or so he thinks #curious fact; he and o.dy are cousins! #and on the argo; a.chille's dad was present as part of the crew #alongside a buuuunch of heroes that are well known #like h.ercules; orpheus; theseus; castor and pollux; atalanta; medea; laertes; peleus; etc etc #even a.sclepius in some sources #he dies by getting crushed by a rotting piece of the argo (the ship) it is quite poetical in a way #he dies lonely and unhappy #it all starts with that ship and ends with it; where is the glory at the end? did any of that adventure hold any meaning? #did he learn anything? #fascinating thing indeed

[gemkun]

what form of love do you embody ?

      ⸻       love as devotion

  [   devotion   :   love   ,   loyalty   ,   or   enthusiasm   for   a   person   ,   activity   ,   or   cause   ]   when   ruth   said   to   naomi   ❝   where   you   go   ,   i   will   go ,   and   where   you   stay   ,   i   will   stay.   your   people   will   be   my   people   ,   and   your   God   my   God   ❞   and   when   hozier   sang   ❝   i'll   be   the   dreadful   need   from   the   devotee   that   drove   [   orpheus   ]   underground   ❞   and   when   deathcab   for   cutie   sang   ❝   if   there's   no   one   beside   you   when   your   soul   embarks   ,   i   will   follow   you   into   the   dark   ❞

tagged by : @scrtilegii ( love u ) tagging : @autymns , @ephemyrals ( aventurine ) , @avgiin , @justiceblooms , @celesticlnstcrs ( jing yuan ) , @defiedlife , @oneireth ( sunday ) , @halchron ( yusuke ) , @eldkitch , @drolliic ( akechi ) , @prodigls ( dazai or ratio ) , @longerhuman & anyone else who wants to

#* ✦ 𝐈𝐕. ❮ isms ❯ ⸻ ❝ #* ✦ 𝐕𝐈. ❮ muses ❯ ⸻ ❝ 「 veritas ratio 」 #* ✦ 𝐗𝐈𝐈. ❮ dash games ❯ ⸻ ❝ #veritas being as devoted to his lover as he is to his work #sounds like the biggest tragedy honestly #when the ultimatum comes i wonder what he'd choose #the fact it starts off with a definition killed me #and the story of orpheus and eurydice? like damn obliterate me

[memory-of-deross]

He struts in with his notebook in hand, rewriting our histories with his pen!

dividers by @/cafekitsune.

General.

✦ This is an askblog focusing on musing the Novelist’s various costumes, often all taking place in their own separate verses, however certain ones may (heavily) reference my own AU found at @immortalpheus due to being connected to it. Canon (ToR and or AoM) is yet to be included in such cast at the moment, however it may be added as a portrayal later on. Because of this though, the blog will be heavily headcanon based and may not include aspects or change things around depending how I may want to write them.

✦ It will be more text reply oriented, though doodles may be added for fun here and there.

✦ Activity will very much be on and off due to the Mun’s life. (Sam/Victor, they/them pronouns)

✦ Characters (crossover, OC, etc) are free to interact! General questions will just be answered in the “main verse” unless specified otherwise.

✦ Sensitive topics or themes such as cults, death, murder, manipulation, sacrificing, suicide, and more may be present with certain portrayals or answers in the blog. Should these topic arise graphically, there will be a warning ahead of time. However, under no circumstances will sexual NSFW be present in the blog - flirting or suggestiveness (if not taken too far) is fine, but otherwise, ehh… this isn’t the place.

✦ Racism, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, etc is not welcome in this blog and especially its asks. Generally, while I will try to entertain asks the best I can, that will only be within reason and anything containing these or otherwise things that I just might not feel comfortable answering will be deleted and or ignored.

✦ Alice DeRoss will be portrayed as Orpheus’s sister in this blog as well as the Little Girl in most costumes as his daughter! Please refrain from sending any asks referring to any ships regarding these two.

✦ Muses that may require further context that doesn’t have any in-game or other information (such as fan-made costumes) will have their respective posts as basics.

Muses.

When sending an ask, please send their accompanying emoji or specify who is being referred to due to how many muses are present on the blog. Asks that remain untapped or unspecified will have a random Orpheus answer. Besides them on this list, their main tags can be found for ease.

❄️ Hollow. ~ ❄️ (borealis of eden. hollow)

♠️ Highroller. ~ ♠️ (the rigged cards of life. highroller)

♾️ The Immortal (may be referred to Immortalpheus or Immorphy; can be found at the corresponding blog as well). ~ ♾️ (venomous cycles of ouroboros. immortalpheus)

📽️ Screenwriter. ~ 📽️ (starlit script gleaming. screenwriter)

🔎 Scholastic. ~ 🔎 (tended pyres of knowledge. scholastic)

🗝️ Homesick. ~ 🗝️ (sea bound folds of the heart. homesick)

🎭 Orfeo (can be portrayed either during the events of Orfeo’s Game or the “aftermath”, in which he has woken up). ~ 🎭 (tragedys gaze. orfeo)

🪶 Omen (fan-made Season 17 Essence 3 / Man in Red based costume). ~ 🪶 (forewarned feathers and quill. omen)

🩸 Evil Thoughts. ~ 🩸 (blood of the naive. evil thoughts)

Tba — may be added in the future, currently unavailable.

🪽Prophet (Fantasy Series & Halloween lore based).

🧧Folk Writer.

🪞 Duke Raven.

🖋️ ToR/AoM or base Orpheus.

✦ Thank you for reading! Enjoy the lives that unfold, another chapter written!

#✦ (the pen lifts yet again. ask answered) #✦ (between the inked lines. headcanons) #✦ (the authors musings. ooc) #identity v askblog #idv askblog #identity v #idv #identity v novelist #idv novelist #identity v orpheus #idv orpheus

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

girls (gn) i need your help. what header should i get on twitter dot com

#the first one has the muses which is literally what i study #but the second one is about orpheus so same as my profile picture #i cannot choose i like them both equally

[scientistswishingwell]

There’s something about the story of Orpheus and Eurydice that’s held my soul in a vise gripe since I saw Hadestown

And I think it’s the fact that the story is of course, devastating, but it doesn’t mean anything

Not to say that it’s meaningless, but that so many other stories in mythology are used to explain natural phenomena or take down histories or tell cautionary tales about what happens when you mess with the gods

No, in this case, it’s just a tale of two people who loved each other, and would go to the ends of the earth to save one another. It wasn’t about destiny or being forced down some awful path or making terrible mistakes and being filled with regret. At its core, this is just a story about love, in it’s most human vulnerability and strength.

I mean, think about someone you love. Doesn’t even have to be a romantic partner. I know, in my absolute core, that I would go to the ends of the earth and back and around again for my partner. I’d die for my sister. I’d live for my dog.

Sure, Orpheus walks the lonely road to hell and nearly makes it back. And maybe, sometime in history, there was a man named Orpheus who loved his wife and when she was taken from him, he followed, in one way or another, never to return. It’s not vengeance. It’s not destiny. In a way, it’s not even valor or chivalry or bravery. It’s just love. At its core, it’s just love. And maybe the people left behind honored that by telling their story.

So it is a sad song, an old tale. And we sing it again and again, because we hope that if someday we have to follow our lives into hell with no hope of returning, there will be some vestige of our love left behind.

So if I am remembered for anything, thousands of years after I have gone, let it be for my love.

I was here, and I loved, and I left with love, and I didn’t get to come back, so sing my song, in my absence, with love.

#hadestown #orpheus #eurydice #love #mythology and folklore #greek myth retellings #essays #writers and poets #greek myth poetry #it’s a sad song #but we sing it even so #musings #stuck in my brain #flowers #the road to hell #all I’ve ever known

[buttlet]

i keep seeing people mourn for the poet but what about the muse. the muse is bound to destruction for the poet’s success. the muse is born to die, to be someone mourned.

#always an angel never a god #always eurydice never orpheus #poetry #poet & muse #aesthetic #shitpost #writer #ramblings #digital diary #random #poet aesthetic #tumblr poetry

[andessence]

thanks to those who answered the character interest poll! fascinating results. now as a treat, here's a STARTER CALL for the top faves: QUASIMODO, ORPHEUS, OLIVER, & ACHILLES. hit the heart and please reply with which muse you want! length and verse will vary

#i'm actually successfully getting through drafts so it's TIME... i can perhaps indulge in new threads!! #||x forget your shyness [ quasimodo: starter call ] #||x i'll give you a song for free [ orpheus: starter call ] #||x boy for sale [ oliver: starter call ] #||x sing oh muse [ achilles: starter call ]

[beautifulbookishdisaster]

I lost my muse, and after that my world went gray. It's hard to find inspiration in a world without color.

-Katee Robert, Midnight Ruin

#book quotes #bookish quotes #book quotations #katee robert #dark olympus #olympus #orpheus makos #orpheus #eurydice dimitriou #eurydice #muse #lost muse #midnight ruin #page 159

[azuries]

(holds you at gunpoint) kazuma in anatole's coat

fought for my life trying to draw this. asougi my muse my detested

edit: edited the coat bc it was rly bothering me otherwise and it was late when i drew it ueueeu

#piano arts #kazuma asougi #kazuma asogi #dgs #tgaa #tgaac #anatole kuragin #im actually crying why does this fit hiim so well. #ive been wanting to draw this for the longest time and finally i HAVE. #once i draw kazuma in the phantoms outfit im gonna be like that gravity falls meme where im like finally i have them all #kazuma in london orpheus.. kazuma in poto #and finally kazuma as anatole #kazuma slays theater drip fr fr #//strokes screen #you are my muse and i fucking hate you for it. this wasnt a willing choice hes just too fun to draw sexily

[artbyanca]

Probably the most musical family in the mythos: Kalliope, Orpheus and Apollo hanging out.

#Apollo #Kalliope #Kalliope muse #muse #Orpheus #Greek Mythology #myth #mythology #Greek gods #god of music #god of light #muse of epic poetry #muse of eloquence #lyre #musician #child #baby #family #illustration #pen and ink #art #artists on tumblr

[w-o-r-d-s--f-a-i-l]

Yua was wandering the grounds after her and her mother’s performance. She’d seen the last few bands play at least a dozen times on this festival tour, which was amazing, but she figured at this point she’d like to take the chance to enjoy the scenery. The beastly young woman was so lost in thought that she wound up bumping into someone. “Oh I’m so sorry sir! That was my mistake! Are you alright?” She asked. (For Orpheus) @jamesfactscalvin

Orpheus stood almost a full foot shorter than the woman who’d bumped into him, and he frankly hadn’t known people could get that tall to begin with. He was sure she probably just didn’t see him with her height and looked up at her, giving her a calming and understanding smile despite having stumbled a bit when bumped into. “Oh no- no worries, I stopped in the middle of the path so it was my fault too,” he assured her, his voice as he spoke having an almost melodic tone as if doing almost spoken work poetry behind a rhythm nobody else could hear. He’d been lost in both his thoughts and the woods when he’d stopped to gather his bearings for a moment. “I’m sorry to you, too. Next time I stop I’ll be sure to be off the path. No harm done.”

#muse: orpheus #jamesfactscalvin

[protect-namine]

if you only have to watch one (1) genshin lore video, I highly recommend this one. not because it's a beginner-friendly guide to those new to the lore (it's not), but because the vibes of this theory are immaculate and explains like... the kinds of things that fascinate me about the game

paimon is consecrated for consumption, in a eucharist way. blood is wine is memories is life is power. ambrosia for ascension. the blood to the traveler's bones

there are so many things in the game that seem like innocuous off-hand comments but when put into a bigger picture, is so ???

like. do you ever think about how paimon likes to eat slimes because they are pure elemental energy, and she functions as the traveler's conduit for the elements similar to a vision for vision-wielders (even though she is not a vision)

and what does this mean for the traveler who is hinted to be a star? how much can they consume before they "collapse under their own gravity", so to speak

I really have nothing to add, I just wanted to share how much I love the vibes of the content of this video. this is peak genshin theorizing to me

#mine musings #liveblogging genshin #the stuff about chaotic spacetime and block universe are interesting too but not NEARLY as fun as “paimon is literal emergency food” imo #also because like. time travel shenanigans and quantum stuff aren't that new in scifi so it's like. neat but whatever #personally i'm starry-eyed over the idea of “blood is wine is memories is life” like. the implicationsss of that in genshin #“death is a one-time loss of memory” like man if i can just translate my thoughts about how venti IS a psychopomp #like ashikai did a video on that too but i'm going one step further to say that if istaroth is kairos #then venti is orpheus. if not ORPHIC DIONYSUS #if i can just translate my thoughts to words you'll understand but like. wine and katabasis and shit. that's venti #as long as you view death as tied to memories and wind is the carrier of memories and kairos is both weather and time #and venti is a strand of the thousand winds if not a fragment of istaroth herself #and acts like the psychopomp to stanley and promotes wine and festivities #and also did you know western theater was birthed in dionysian festivals #and how orphic theogony talks about phanes as the primeval god if not dionysus himself and dionysus is the twice born god and-- #anyway. yeah. i went off topic. i just wanted to say that traveler having communion with paimon as the sacramental offering is 👌 👌 👌 #genshin lore