#i got orpheus

[banancrumbs]

calm seas winds alee

#my art #sandman #the sandman #morpheus #orpheus #orpheus sandman #morpheus sandman #morpheus dream #dream morpheus #dream sandman #i did this one so quickly i got a headache #no time for composition just #!!! #i also should be working! :D

[luthiery]

Orpheus and Eurydice, Frederic Leighton // Orpheus and Eurydice, Edward Poynter // Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld, Camille Corot // Orpheus and Euridice, George Frederic Watts // Orpheus Lamenting Eurydice, Camille Corot // Orpheus in Hades, Pierre Amédée Marcel-Beronneau // Death of Orpheus, Émile Lévy // Nymphs Finding the Head of Orpheus: The Head of Orpheus, John William Waterhouse

Cassandra, Florence + the Machine

#reposting bc it didn't show up in tags #obviously this song is about cassandra but what if it was also about orpheus and eurydice #florence and the machine #florence + the machine #dance fever #orpheus and eurydice #camille corot i love u #lyrics edit #frederic leighton #edward poynter #camille corot #emile levy #john william waterhouse #web weaving #art compilation #orpheus #eurydice #i orginally made this in like april/may and just got around to reposting it lol #girl help i cannot stop putting lyrics onto images

[tmos-time]

orpheus talksprite practice doodle accidentally went sick as hell o7

#tmos has art #hades game #orpheus #that background i gave this crashed krita btw. apparently the poor thing doesnt like when i tell it to sharpen a layer like 10x in a row <3 #anyways YES playing hades 2 got me feeling nostalgic for the song good riddance from original hades can you blame me

[akicklineisinevitable]

something about Hatchetfield is so Hadestown coded. something about how it's a sad tale, but we sing it anyway. as if it will turn out this time. (i'll find you in the next timeline). something about how not everyone can make it out, and those that do don't make it out unchanged. something about love that was doomed from the start (wait for me? i will.) (emma, im sorry, you lost) (i'd have to let you go). something about how the scenery changes, but the stories are the same. something about it was a world of gods and men (there are monsters and there are men).

#i am EMOTIONAL tonight gang. i am SAD. #there's no like one-to-one way to jam the narratives of hatchetfield and hadestown together #but the themes man. tgwdlm and orpheus' music. black friday and hades' capitalism. npmd and orpheus and eurydice's doomed love #remember when tgwldlm first came out and we were theorising that the show was all a loop? that they were all infected from the beginning? #someone's got to tell the tale. whether or not it turns out well #originals #hatchetverse #hatchetfield #hatchetfield musicals #hatchetfield series #hatchetfield universe #the guy who didn't like musicals #tgwdlm #black friday starkid #nerdy prudes must die #npmd #hadestown #hadestown musical #hatchetfield meta

[finelythreadedsky]

this is what kills me about black orpheus (1959, dir. camus) actually. because orfeu is familiar with the story of orpheus and eurydice. early on someone even makes a joke like "your name's orpheus? where's your eurydice?" he knows the story and he knows what it means to be orpheus. and then at the pivotal moment he looks anyway because after all he's orpheus and he can't not.

#'there was an orpheus before me and there may be another after i’m gone' #hadestown clearly takes a lot of inspiration from black orpheus #including this sort of manifestation of the iterative nature of reception through the cyclicality of the story #but the way black orpheus has *orpheus* know the story he is acting out and still turn-- yeah. it gets me. #(hadestown is a lot foggier with characters' awareness and no one anything like the kind of clarity of orfeu and eurydice in black orpheus) #mine #i raise my cup to him #the op made this post unrebloggable presumably bc it got an unmanageable amount of comments #were gonna sing it again

[alyona11]

I’m back on my bullshit!!!

#my art #hadestown #hadestown fanart #Orpheus #Eurydice #yes new animatic #I got a triple exposure to hadestown and I need to use it for my evil purposes

[thunderjackal]

*scuttles in and drops this at your door* jmart dnd au anyone??? anyone???

anyway trying to improve on backgrounds and I think this turned out really well as I haven't drawn a proper forest background before, its a little cluttered but alas.

alt w/o eye below the cut

#jmart #jonmartin #teaholding #tma jon #jon sims #jonathen sims #jarchivist #martin blackwood #tma martin #tma #the magnus archives #magpod #the magpod #thunders funky art #thinking this is set in s5 #Martins a wind genasi?? idk if they exist (i completely forgot genasi's have differently coloured skin whoops) (they also dont have tails O #horns but sshh its finne) #he's also a bard but not like instrument bard more like ancient greek bards like orpheus where his voice + poetry is his instrument #Jon is a elf/human idk you decide (half elf/?? maybe) and a warlock #but i think he pretends to be a wizard #BECAUSE THE ASETHETIC #moth Jon got to me guys #i couldn't resist #dnd au #dnd #tma fanart

[moliathh]

my bbgirls

#hellsing #seras victoria #pipsera #pip bernadotte #pip vernedead #i havent drawn them anytime yet this is probably the first time i draw them properly #i think pipsera is very cute #alutegra serving the angst type of mortal/immortal mutual pining slowburn old married couple that occasionally bicker #pipsera giving the vibe of highschool sweethearts #difference between goth/goth and sunshine/sunshine #to me i think #alutegra is hades and persephone #pipsera is orpheus and eurydice #one couple have dark and intimidating gods with heavy duties vibe #the other one have carefree mortal love and songbirds vibe #this is like a warm up so i dont have enough time to colour it yet #still got my final exams piling up #i saw ONE official art seras have heterochromia eyes and it changed me forever

[diamondsunbursts-and-marblehalls]

dead boy detectives is the perfect cure for a broken heart

#missing lockwood and co? cozy yet horrifying found family vibes right here. also ghosts #missing julie and the phantoms? its just a girl and her ghost boys doing the best they can #missing nancy drew? this has got supernatural mysteries with just touch of true love #missing supernatural? absolutely unhinged type of storyline following two boys who would die for each other without hesitation #missing orpheus and eurydice? guess what they both make it out of the underworld this time. #missing teen wolf? the relationships are everything. also the ongoing quest to be a good person despite the world #not to mention a banging soundtrack #and an adorable romantic plotline for everyone i'm crying #i'm not tricking you i swear #dead boy detectives #dead boy detective agency #lockwood and co #julie and the phantoms #nancy drew #supernatural #orpheus and eurydice #edwin and charles #crystal and charles #please watch it i’m begging you

[chaoticsoulsword]

[bg3 heavy spoilers]

Of all the gaslight/gatekeep/girlboss characters in this franchise, the very one that irritates me the most is The Emperor/Balduran. Not because he manipulates you (everyone kinda does in this game, whatever), but because of the way he does it.

He needs the player to trust him? Okay, I could forgive him for appearing in my dreams as my idealistic knight in shining armor (as he puts it himself!!), but he KNEW what he was doing when he chose to wear the greek tunic. HE KNEW!

He was really trying to seduce the player and use it in his favor to manipulate them more easily. He keeps pressuring the player to use the tadpoles and become stronger in order to defeat the Absolute, but he legit keeps the most important part: he wants YOU to become a mind flayer, a fact he only reveals waaaay later. Consent anyone?

And then? He keeps pushing the mind flayer agenda into you, and only reveals stuff about his past when the player finds out. When confronted about keeping you in the dark, he simply says "it's not relevant to our alliance". IDK, man, you killed your best friend who also turned out to be a dragon and the most important defender of Baldur's Gate. Maybe you should have told me that before going through all the trials??? So I wouldn't waste precious time?? Plus I wouldn't have to fight a very angry dragon because of YOUR mistakes?????

At some point, he even flirts with you, and since mind flayers are incapable of having feelings, what was he trying to accomplish if not emotionally manipulating the player even further?

Oh, but it doesn't stop there. He legit keeps Orpheus in the astral plane and gets angry if you suggest to do things differently, even when the very githyanki are fighting nail and tooth to free him despite all their Vlaakith drama.

But the last drop? The last drop??? It's when he tells ME that the fault of failing to defeat the Elderbrain is MINE because I'm WEAK lmao. And then, when the player finally decides to follow their instincts and free Orpheus, he gets SO BITTER that he will get IN YOUR WAY when you're just SO CLOSE to the Netherbrain, even when Orpheus is right at my side, proving him wrong.

The fact is he's just a patronizing, arrogant sob who can't admit he's wrong. And it pisses me off so much the way he needs to be the chosen one because "oh, I'm so special and evolved yaddayaddayadda".

You know which mind flayer I met and trusted him day 1? Omeluum. Omeluum is cool af and never lied to me. He apologized for making my tadpole stronger. He tells the player to leave him to die during the prison break (and I went through all the trouble to save him anyways because I do like him a lot). Omeluum is kind and humble. The Emperor could NEVER and I never felt more pleased when I killed him in the final act.

Rest in Raphael's arms, beatch. Won't be missed 0/10

#bg3 #bg3 spoilers #the emperor #balduran #tav bg3 #tav #omeluum #orpheus bg3 #anti-balduran #pro-omeluum #my first playthrough really got me down #cause i didn't manage to date either karlach or astarion #and then i saved both isobel and the nightsong #then my tav smiled at the lesbiabs and i was like ;_; #forever alone #so i tried to pursue the emperor only to find out he's a pathological liar lmao #seriously i was SO disappointed and heartbroken #gale 🤝 my tav - sad pathetic and lonely wizards

[pastelwhile-art]

Protagonist, probably the villain, lady who definitely killed her husband, and Fredrick.

#identity v #idv #uhhhhhh all the characters man. #alice deross #orpheus idv #melly plinius #fredrick kreiburg #ashes of memory #imagine posting about norton campbell on his specil day #also I got into idv realllly recently but I just drew this because funny #also sorry if you follow my tumblr for one fandom or another #you're uh. going to get a string of whatever fandom joke I find funny that month #also my favourite guy is fredrick #he's truly relatable #pwdoodle

[worm-on-the-moss]

harrow the ninth spoilers below the cut

lying in the tomb that had claimed her heart, faraway in a land she had never travelled, harrowhark nonagesimus fell asleep, or dropped dead, or both (htn)

#watch me become a minstrel who climbs on chairs at parties and recites massive chunks of tlt by heart #anyway i never ever got over htn #the damn orpheus and eurydice parallels!! #the love and loss!!! #this ending!!!! #did i understand it? #fool #i understand nothing #but it makes me feel things #the locked tomb #the locked tomb fanart #harrow the ninth #harrow the ninth spoilers #harrow the ninth fanart #the locked tomb spoilers #tlt spoilers #tlt fanart #harrowhark nonagesimus

[jahiera]

speaking strictly from a plot & writing perspective here, not a commentary on characters or who or who is not my favorite blorbo (they all are). it's gale time and I wanted to get down everything I thought about this go around with his romance & the writing before it escapes me.

so I once again had a ton of fun of course, the game is still a blast, and several arcs were way more satisfying this time around simply because I ... did not skip the creche, unlike my very first run (I was an idiot) (I didnt think it would be that important) (it really really was). love it 10/10. I cannot WAIT to do my gith run & really focus in on that because the lore there is just, so cool, and that subplot was really rich & rewarding this time around since I had someone who was not orpheus become a mindflayer instead.

as for Gale, Thank Fuck I started before they bugged him up again too much. but let's deep dive into The Material.

shoutout to Tim first of all, he's a legend, dreamboat, superstar. there are so many lines delivered so effortlessly when they would sound ridiculous in anyone else's mouth. he gives gale so much soulful intensity and subtle, nuanced gravitas befitting someone like gale; with enough of Gale's own moments of silliness, cheekiness, wry wit & understated sarcasm, to outright flabbergasted at times, I was Giggling every conversation fr. I'm not usually prone to the "I LOVE YOU" Romances that come earlier rather than later, but ohhhhhhh tim gives each line with all the weight & agony that you can feel inside Gale when it comes (the looming death; not knowing what the end may bring; not wanting to leave any regrets behind) so like. MWAH to him. MWAH MWAH. all the kisses in the world.

okay mandatory compliments to the actor aside. I came out of the whole thing with breadth of new appreciation for Gale as a character in terms of the... concepts, threads, that make him up, and act 2 is where he REALLY shines overall.

I didn't necessarily come away from it with the same... weepy...... done-no-wrong? interpretation of Gale that I've seen floating about. he's lovely. he's intense. he's got soul-crushing devotion on his mind, no doubt. but for every fracture of tenderness, raw sincerity, & off the cuff soliloquy, he's got a lot of interesting flaws/characteristics I'd love to unpick with a fine-toothed comb on some replays or rewatches. Still trying to turn over in my brain exactly what that is, but it's there, and I love it. will say I'm really glad I played it mostly in a vacuum rather than getting too into others' thoughts on him, because What I Had Seen on the Webbed Site had near put me off entire (seeing someone say he's not prideful or pompous at all... when he self-describes as pompous?) -- maybe it's my tendency to focus in on what makes a character tick, when are they sharper, or harder, or meaner, and I enjoy watching that play out a lot, but? yeah. I didn't come away thinking him a super soft mushy mwahmwah -- ROMANTIC, yes, but overall as a character not nearly so lovesick and in desperate need of some protector. in fact when you tell him you don't want to be his crutch, he says as much too -- you've helped him, but you're not the sole focus of his person or the only thing keeping him alive.

there's enough of the humanity in his cheekier moments (stop licking the damn thing!!) and plenty of tear-jerking aside all of that. gale my canon-depressive-episode, mildly suicidal, chronic pained up, still-kind-of-full-of-yourself king. I adore you I love you I cradle you softly in my arms. he charmed me entire! I think that the themes hey were trying to tackle are really interesting and nuanced and I do have some thoughts on the success of the game in actually tackling those, what is there is really wonderful. some gorgeous writing in act 2, especially, and it was sold so well by the voice acting & sincerity in the writing I was just like. PERFECT. 10/10. NEED TO WRITE 98 FLUFF PIECES RN. which does not happen often, to me, as a person.

with. some exceptions, going back to critiquing act 3 as a whole.

act 1 & 2 are both strong, really nice. however this romance definitely needed at least one or two more scenes in act 2 to pad out the space between awkward flirting at the party to "I like it when you're sweaty and bloody-- sorry who said that" to "I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU." -- these scenes should've elaborated on Gale's personal feelings; of mystra, of what's been asked of him, of Tav. they should've set in threads of Gale's anger earlier, rather than the jarring shift from late act 2 "yeah I'll kill myself" to "actually... mystra fucking sucks! lol!" in act 3 at sorcerer sundries. yeah babygirl, mystra DOES fucking suck, wish I could've listened to you as you arrived to these conclusions rather than connecting empty character lines between act 2 and 3. and act 3 desperately needed more space to talk gale in or out of the crown. because by the time we get to the end, if he's really into the crown, he's into it beyond the focus of all else. but in the scenes where you talk him off that particular ledge, it doesn't even take very long to do so, and leaves kind of a weird... gap of intention.

I feel like they wrote themselves into a bit of a corner, honestly. because Gale's personal quest literally cannot be resolved until 5 minutes before the end, any climax wouldn't have much space afterward to pad the aftermath. so the solution to that would've been more character focus scenes, more flavor text depending on how you've influenced gale, something that actually makes the choices feel rewarding -- some hurdles to cross too, checks of some kind. but there really isn't any of that, and so the conflict is almost nonexistent. you squirt gale with a water bottle and he gives up the crown with no real additional dialogue. or you tell him "ma...maybe???" and he's suddenly a power obsessed little freak (complimentary) with no recourse, and in either case, we never got much dialogue to get some insight into his personal thoughts on it. this doesn't make Gale a bad character, but it does leave the narrative to be lacking in some regard.

like, for example. Astarion gets dialogue changes depending on the quest outside of character-specific moments (such as a spawn Astarion changing his dialogue after you help Aylin with Lorroakan), post-quest conversations, PRE-quest conversations with his siblings, moments where he reveals more of what he thinks (such as "You're... you. no one is like that.") etc., Gale gets None of that. the only other characters who really do are Lae'zel and Shadowheart; everyone else is either shafted or resolved in the last few minutes too. I came out of this most satisfied as a player overall with LAE'ZEL'S conclusion (also at the end of the game!!) because we had gotten a few more moments where her focus is obvious and her motivations are clear.

anyways, those are just general writing issues. Act 3 overall is the weakest, most agree, and that's still true here. Sadly it kind of takes some of Gale down with it in this case, because his personal quest is both so removed from the overall plot (despite him being a literal fixture as the only character who knows anything about the crown & was decreed by a literal god to take out the absolute).

however none of this is related to Gale as a guy. as a guy I'm Fucking Obsessed With Him. taking him with me everywhere was so rewarding especially in act 1 / 2. his commentary & insights, when they were there, ranged from funny as fuck to genuinely insightful & interesting for the overall plot. the ideas behind him, the glimpses we get of the life he led before, and the life he wants to lead after with Tav -- or what he alludes to wanting to lead with Tav, thinking that he'll still probably die at the end of this -- are lovely, interesting, TOUCHED MY SPIRIT. he's such a neat version of how to do a character that is as endearing as he can be foot-in-mouth, and as intelligent as he can be a little belligerent. I looooved every moment I could talk with him about magic in act 1, see his passions (beyond mystra), argue with him about how to do something (I'M the magical wonder here actually and I get to make the shadowlantern), all of that really MADE the romance for me in the lulls where his Silence or the gaps in his writing were more clear. 10/10 would kiss that fucking wizard again and cry a little bit thinking about exploding with him aboard a giant alien brain while one of those "ITS YOUUU I LIE WITH" songs plays in the bg

#tldr he's my special guy. some of the writing was disappointing as a pacing thing but he's MY SPECIAL GUY #I also cried a little bit as lae'zel got to take off on a red dragon with orpheus but that's secondary #also I said orpheus is hot & NO ONE agreed with me. fine. I'll carry this banner alone #men who are capable of executing a rebellion or instant apocalypse with their swaths of power. What. #who said that. #anyways. GALE MY DARLING. my belovedest. I want to write 1000 dialogue snippets in act 2 and 3 for you #and MAYBE I WILL. who knows. #still chewing on him and need to Ponder if I want to actually make any sort of character studies for him because. um. #some of you.. can be off the rails about this man. but I do think of him fondly and love what was there #he can be a bit of a bitch he can be the most wonderful man in the world he can hold your hand he can cast globe of invulnerability #he can also make the FUNNIEST fucking oneliners known to man. I crave him carnally & emotionally #I want to Add scenes to his romance. I wish act 3 was better. goddamn. #still one of my favorite games though. I am Back on the nautiloid as we speak. Durge and Minthara time #bg3 meta

[jeeaark]

Was Orpheus actually this awful to you if you become a mindflayer? Because if so, I suddenly care a lot less about standing around awkwardly until he decided to sacrifice himself to the change.

Ack, no! Dude's mood turns a 180 degrees when you go squid. Happiest and most respectful Githyanki you ever did see. For various reasons. I've heard some folks say it's a bit too 180 for them, but I got buddy vibes from him, so I like him.

I just. hrm. How do you say-focused on drawing the silly/drama situations that keep giving his eons-worth of inner monk peace a run for his money. Poked the buddy bear as it were. Greygold has a way of bringing out the worst or best in people.

Take the Omeluum Comic for example: While Omeluum is the chillest Mindflayer a Mindflayer can ever chill, I only drew the moment where Greygold inadvertently unchilled the heck out of that squid. No fun drawing the chill bits. Same with Orpheus.

My bad for only depicting Orpheus' cranky-ass side though (cranky-ass Orpheus amuses me). Game-wise, it's like Voss said, chillest githyanki to ever chill after having his 10 minute temper tantrum.

Orpheus is just. not chill whenever Greygold insists on saving/co-operating with the mindflayer that killed all of his personal honor guards and siphoned his powers for a long-ass time is all

Maybe there are other reasonable interpretations with Orpheus having the capability to be hella chill with working with the Emperor, but I thought it more fun having that continued friction between Orph and Emps. Besides drama, it's the only explanation I can reason with as to why there's no option to un-enthrall Emps. ORPH, WHERE'S THE OPTION, SUPPOSEDLY CHILL BUDDY???? YOU GOT SOMETHING AGAINST- oh no wait, yeah you do.

#Off comic-screen Greygold and Orpheus treat each other with the utmost respect; is all good #Really Greygold was surprised it was only a ten minute tantrum and not anything worse given the circumstances #I just keep comic-screening the moments that exasperate Orpheus to no end #Orph's even considerate enough to ask 'what message would you like me to tell my people?' #sure there was no 'maybe don't kill all squids???' but next best thing was 'no two mindflayers are alike' and he was like 'you got it!'

[darkfictionjude]

So who would look back out of all the ROs (can't believe this was never asked)?

Imre: would have moments where he stops and thinks about looking back but wouldn’t

Nia: she’s not looking back at all, she understands this is a trick so she only looks back when she arrives back at her house

Lorcan: he would be too weak to resist the temptation of looking back immediately

#yeah it is odd I never got this classic #I’ve gotten pretty much every other #especially since I’m so interested in classic literature #orpheus and eurydice #we wretched creatures

[ayrennaranaaldmeri]

"I'll look forward to the next 'Last Kiss', and the one after that."

#gamingedit #vgedit #bg3edit #bg3 #gameplaydaily #Shadowheart #Baldur's Gate #Baldur's Gate 3 #bg3 spoilers #faesedits #mybg #mybg3 #*2023 #oc: faolan #otp: more of life than i'd ever imagined possible #she said she'd look forward to it bc she knew they'd be smooching every 2 mins from there to the brain #lae orpheus karlach etc are offscreen like: 👁👄👁 #idc larian totally fucked her endings for me even after i went back to save her parents #still got the worst written shit i hope it's a bug #so this is how i cope now lmao