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helenaredamancy · 25 days

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I’m not like any man you’ve met. Oh yeah? What makes you different? You see the world? Of course I do. I’ll make it beautiful for you. For you I’ll change the way it is. With what? [ORPHEUS, holds up guitar] With this!

It’s an old song It’s an old tale from way back when It’s an old song And we’re gonna sing it again and again... It’s a sad song.. It’s a sad tale, it’s a tragedy.

nytw hadestown appreciation → The Tragedy of Orpheus

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helenaredamancy · 26 days

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"but i like making you happy" || quote dump

where the wild things are \\ marvin at the psychiatrist \\ phantom thread \\ western nights \\ mermaids \\ no exit \\ first time \\ normal people

#quote dump #literature #web weaving #musicals #musical theater #where the wild things are #falsettos #western nights #florence and the machine #hozier #normal people #song lyrics #sartre #no exit #phantom thread #film

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helenaredamancy · 1 month

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on orpheus's turn

i'm writing an essay about the rilke poem on orpheus and eurydice so i'm back to thinking about them... so... there are a few different versions when it comes to the specifics of orpheus's turn and so here are some of my personal favorites.

he can hear her footsteps behind him and he's so happy he has to keep stopping himself from looking at her, but he manages to make it to the land of the living without turning. but the second he's out of the underworld, he turns his head to embrace eurydice and see her face in the sun. in his joy, he forgets that they both had to be fully outside the underworld and eurydice would still be in the dark. so he turns out of love.

they're almost there when orpheus, worried that eurydice will faint upon re-entering the land of the living, looks back out of concern for his wife. she falls back into the underworld without any complaint, for "what was there to complain of, but that she had been loved?" (ovid). so he turns out of love.

they almost make it out, he can hear her footsteps behind him. they are both overjoyed as they make their way out. but at the very end, eurydice trips, and orpheus instinctively turns to help her. so he turns out of love.

he can't hear her footsteps or breathing. he's worried hades has lied to him, that eurydice isn't really behind him, or that she got lost or something happened on the way and she's no longer there. he turns worried he was tricked by literal gods, because he's terrified and unable to help her if she's in danger or still in the underworld. so he turns out of love.

with the sunlight in sight, orpheus is seized by what virgil describes as “the madness of love,” and turns to look back at eurydice. she reaches her hands out towards him and falls back into the depths of hell as he stands there powerless. so he turns out of love.

eurydice calls out his name and he turns in response without thinking. so he turns out of love.

their love story is one of my favorite tragedies because it should have been so easy for orpheus not to look, after a literal journey to hell and back. his love for her impelled him to go to the underworld and sing songs of his love that moved the hearts of gods, of stones, of wood. his love for her brought life and humanity to gods and objects. and his love for her impelled him to turn to see her face. there's the same force of love in both acts. it would have been impossible for him not to look at her, because he loves her.

#greek myths #orpheus and eurydice #literature

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helenaredamancy · 9 months

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SOMEONE GETS IT!!!! i could say so much about how similarly i feel like marvin and bobby digest the idea of love and traditional marriage as they reflect on themselves and grow.. they're like twisted little mirrors of each other (insecure men with commitment issues and troubling ideas about The One)

is this love? sometimes i know, sometimes i don't

trivia 承 : love || les miserables || eurydice || company || where the wild things are || being alive || people pt. 2 || people like us || 4 o'clock || father to son || pierre & natasha ||

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helenaredamancy · 9 months

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is this love? sometimes i know, sometimes i don't

trivia 承 : love || les miserables || eurydice || company || where the wild things are || being alive || people pt. 2 || people like us || 4 o'clock || father to son || pierre & natasha ||

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helenaredamancy · 9 months

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this is one of my favorite quote collections i've done bc every few weeks i get to see tags like this where people go through the five stages of grief thinking ab this myth (just like me!)

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helenaredamancy · 9 months

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Spirited Away (Part 1) - Fan art by Julia Tveritina

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helenaredamancy · 9 months

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"but i was ever so much younger then"

"natasha is young"

"now at least i know i know him well"

"don't call him bad. but i don't know, i don't know at all"

i know him so well (chess) / natasha, pierre, and the great comet of 1812

id: a set of lyrics. in order they read, "no one in your life is with you constantly", "andrey isn't here", "no one is completely on your side", ""i don't trust him, natasha! i'm afraid for you, natasha!", "and though i move my world to be with him", "but i can't be andrey's wife", "still the gap between us is too wide", "there is no barrier between us", "looking back, i could have played it differently", "they kiss", "learned about the man before i fell", "he can't be married", "but i was ever so much younger then", "natasha is young", "now at least i know i know him well", "don't call him bad. but i don't know, i don't know at all". end id

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helenaredamancy · 9 months

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yw! yess i got so happy when i found the music on the website :)) ah i don't think its your speakers bc its a bit crunchy for me too (or maybe its both our speakers?)

hey! I was just wondering where you found the love the struggle recording?? or did you just rip it from the YouTube recording?

hi! it's not ripped from the youtube recording (lowk i dislike the audio quality of the youtube recording, it feels a bit flat)- i got it from the official love the struggle musical site :))

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helenaredamancy · 9 months

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Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite characters (can be male or female) from all of the media that you loved (can be anime/manga, books, movies or tv series)? And why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before.....Thanks....

thank you for this question! hmmm i think i'll have to do a top 5 because a top 10 would be wayyy too long and i'll do my best NOT put down 'i relate to them' as a reason for why i love them! the characters aren't in any particular order or rank :)

enjolras from les miserables [book].. this character has been rattling around in my brain for years. he's the revolution incarnate, but his driving force is love. he's described as impossibly beautiful but that's the least memorable part of his character. he can seem cold and terrifying but he's still so obviously young (literally getting compared to a flower by his executioners), relies on and respects his friends, and is so deeply affected by what he has to do. 'the marble lover of liberty' is such a perfect encapsulation of him- fighting, living, and dying for a future he knows he won't ever get to see because of this love is nuts to me. he'll stain himself by committing acts that he knows sentences him to death and punishment even if he'd survived, all for a better future. him telling his fellow revolutionaries and friends that 'he who dies here dies in the radiance of the future, and we are entering a tomb all flooded with the dawn' kind of did something to my brain (keeping in mind he's said the future belongs to love).

marvin and jason from falsettos [musical] :)) there's no way to mention one without the other, and so i've just put them together. i love them because of their dynamic to each other- for context, they're father/son marvin is jason's father, and initially, he's neurotic, self-obsessed, immature, and egotistical. he's incredibly sympathetic the entire way through somehow. he loves his family, he hates that he wants his family to love him, he loves his son, he feels sorry his son resembles him. he tells jason he never wanted to love him. he loves him. his character arc is essentially him growing to become the father jason deserves. for most of the show, jason is disgusted by his father, and he feels that his resemblance to his father is to blame for every negative aspect about him. he's terrified of becoming his father. he says he hates the world but loves his father, he loves the things he never had. marvin thinks jason hates and adores him. but as his father matures and holds himself responsible, by the end of the show, jason is proud that he looks like marvin. i've tried (badly) to explain kinda briefly w/o spoiling the show's plot but essentially! super complex, flawed, but lovable characters who answer the show's initial question of what this family would do for each other even if they wouldn't admit it

paloma from the elegance of the hedgehog [book]! the very distinct and sharp but still childish voice is so delightful and poignant to read.. she's an incredibly intelligent and sarcastic girl, she thinks a lot about the world and she thinks she knows everything there is to know. but no matter how cynical she seems, she is ultimately still a child who craves and responds to kindness, love, and beauty

eurydice (and NYTW hadestown's orpheus too but this post isn't about him) (specifically, eurydice from ruhl's play) ! basically every iteration of orpheus and eurydice all put together has made me adore them. i'm obsessed with the idea that no matter which version of the myth you read, the reason for orpheus turning around is out of love one way or another, with his love compelling him to turn. but ruhl's eurydice is special to me bc i find eurydice's characterization so interesting. classically, orpheus's big act of love is that entire journey to try and bring her back- but eurydice's act of love is more elusive. she's the beloved in their story, but ruhl's eurydice flips the roles and it's genuinely moving to see how much love is held in their one myth.

i'm sorry this writeup is super messy! there are so many characters i adore so much but these are some of my favorite and the ones that popped into my mind when i saw this question.

#musicals #musical theatre #musical theater #broadway #literature #les miserables #falsettos #the elegance of the hedgehog #eurydice #orpheus and eurydice #greek mythology

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helenaredamancy · 9 months

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you said she was withholding, well, that's not quite true. perhaps she held back love from you. [quote dump]

how the body falls apart/your lips and me || i never wanted to love you || lilith (diablo iv anthem) || people will say we're in love || just another day || people pt.2 || maybe || eurydice || dear my friend || what would i do?

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helenaredamancy · 10 months

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hey! I was just wondering where you found the love the struggle recording?? or did you just rip it from the YouTube recording?

hi! it's not ripped from the youtube recording (lowk i dislike the audio quality of the youtube recording, it feels a bit flat)- i got it from the official love the struggle musical site :))

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helenaredamancy · 10 months

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I saw you like Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Taylor Swift and I've just gotta ask you: have you heard of Burn the House Down by Kenna Jenkins? It's an alternate history novel abt the 1st woman president and her secret sapphic relationship/bearded marriage with her mlm best friend ala shoeh and has massive Taylor Swift vibes (especially anti hero, last great American dynasty, gold rush, I Did Something Bad, and champagne problems). It also has a subplot about arson at the White House, ft. an entirely queer main cast and really fleshed out characters, and has a really satisfying, gut-wrenching ending!

oh gosh i havent but it sounds amazing! ill def. check it out, thank you for introducing me to this!

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helenaredamancy · 11 months

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muddled happiness

1: falsettos || 2: intro: 화양연화 (intro: the most beautiful moment in life) || 3,4: oklahoma! || 5: borges and i || 6, 7: the lesson of the moth by archy || 8,9: 표류 (adrift) || 10: wild geese