#Mr Hermes Hadestown

[theatrical-penguin]

Can’t believe they had a Broadway legend playing Hermes, talking about smuggling people into the underworld and we didn’t get a note of a Hadestown reference

#on the road to hell #percy jackson #percy jackson and the olympians #Mr Hermes that’s me #lin manuel miranda #hermes #Hadestown

[becky5203]

They should cast Chris Sullivan as Hermes just so he can be the Colin Firth of Greek mythology

#I also think Jake Abel would be cool or even bringing Nathan Fillion back but that seems unlikely #pjo series #pjo disney+ #pjo #percy jackson #Percy Jackson and the olympians #percy jackson tv show #hadestown #hadestown original off Broadway cast recording #chris sullivan #Hermes #colin firth #mr darcy #pride and prejudice 1995 #Bridget Jones’s diary

[pristina-nomine]

Hadestown 🤝 Wuthering Heights

the Wind

#on a scale from nelly dean to mr hermes how well is your foster child whose story you’re narrating #hadestown #wuthering heights #messaggi in bottiglia

[jue0604]

OP x Hadestown au

Coby Helmeppo Hibari → Fates

Ace → Persephone

Roger → Hades

Marco → Hermes

Luffy → Orpheus

Buggy Mr.2 Mr.3 → Workers

⭐【Well in this story, the relationship between persephone and hades are more like a father-son conflict】

#one piece #helmeppo #coby one piece #koby one piece #hibari one piece #portgas d ace #gol d roger #marco the phoenix #monkey d. luffy #buggy the clown #buggy one piece #mr. 2 #mr. 3 #hadestown #hadestown au

[froma-certain-pov]

I’m writing it! Hahaahaha

OUAW HADESTOWN:

Orpheus 🎻: Kremy

Eurydice 🍃: Gideon

Hermes 👟: Remy Garou

Hades 🔥: Mr. Witch

Persephone 🌱: Mr. Light

The Fates 🎶: Frost / Gricko* / Twig

The Workers ⚒️: Witchlight Workers / Torbek / Clementine

*Gricko and Hootsie are a package deal

Alternatively:

Orpheus 🎻: Gideon

Eurydice 🍃: Kremy

Hermes 👟: Pa Coal

The Fates 🎶: The Honk Legion

The Workers ⚒️: Witchlight Workers / Torbek / Frost / Gricko* / Twig

#thank u discord server I’m officially writing this #legends of avantris #crossover #hadestown #once upon a witchlight

[carlsdraws]

one of my favorite little things in hadestown uk was when orpheus stepped back to hermes to confirm with them that this wasn’t a trick he just very quietly and scared said “scuse me hermes?” instead of “mr hermes” and it was 1 very cute and hermes seemed to really want to comfort him and 2 devastating!!!!

#hadestown #hadestown west end #hadestown uk #dónal finn the performer u are #he was INCREDIBLE

[clovercow8228]

gillion and chip as hadestown!orpheus and eurydice

ok so i was listening to hadestown again because i love it dearly and i am still desperately trying to cope with ep 101 and i was like haha. chip and gillion as orpheus and eurydice. because yknow in the context of the actual myth you could compare it to the whole feywild arc and whatnot.

but then i listened to it more (more than halfway through the first song) and i realized it’s way better (worse) if you have it the other way around with chip as hadestown eurydice and gillion as hadestown orpheus. (there’s another way to read it too but we’ll get to that because it’s a bit more convoluted since. well it’s basically a game theory atp)

i’m going through this song by song because i have never felt happiness or peace ever

Road to Hell: ok so ignoring the gods for now. road to hell does eurydice a little dirty so for this song it’s just orpheus i’m talking about, but hermes describes him as a muse’s son and touched by the gods themselves. ok cool whatever so what Any Way the Wind Blows: “eurydice was a hungry young girl / a runaway from everywhere she’d ever been”? like yeah ok sure cool (side note? “ain’t nobody gonna stick around when the dark clouds roll” and  for chip, mr. constantly both afraid his crew will stay and will leave anytime something bad happens and who literally lost his family in the hole in the sea? silly.) plus for orpheus, “and this poor boy wore his heart on his sleeve / you might say he was naive to the ways of the world / but he had a way with words”. that’s my boy right there

Come Home with Me: most of this is just very funny (”oh, a liar and a player too?”) but “why would i become his wife?” “because he’ll make you feel alive” kinda got me a little tbh. and there’s also the ongoing theme of orpheus working on something to fix the balance of the world, which he can do because he’s touched by the gods.

Livin’ it Up on Top: most of this i’ll talk about when i talk about the gods because woo boy that should be a post of its own with how much psychological damage it caused me. but “there was a girl who had always run away / you might say it was in spite of herself / that this young girl decided to stay” for chip?

All I’ve Ever Known: yeahhhhhhhh nothing real metaphorical about this one. fnc shippers come get yalls juice ig idk that’s really all for that one

A Gathering Storm: title aside, the whole thing is eurydice being concerned about the practical way they will survive the winter while orpheus works on his song to make the world right again.

When the Chips are Down: hand to god i did not think about that pun until now. but yeah this whole song really sold it for me. “help yourself (to hell with the rest), even the one who loves you best / take if you can (give if you must), 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” are interesting enough to think about with chip because basically his whole thing is not turning out like that but there are still some times (mainly early on) that he gets a little closer to those ideas. finally, “cast your eyes to heaven / you get a knife in the back”. put your life in the hands of anything but yourself and you get fucked over.

Wait for Me intro: alright one god i can pitch right now. hermes with the “so, just how far would you go for her? you got a ticket? yeah, i didn’t think so. course there is another way, but nah, i ain’t supposed to say.” being as mean as possible rn? hermes as niklaus would work as absolutely unfortunate as that is. which also makes the “ain’t no compass, brother, ain’t no map” line in the actual song even funnier since it’s hermes describing how to get to the underworld to save eurydice.

Wait for Me: the fates hit orpheus with the self doubt and worry that essentially he’s not the chosen one, part one. don’t really need to explain that one

Way Down Hadestown (Reprise): now hear me out on this. because hades’ whole bit is deals for people’s souls. eurydice signs a deal to give him her soul in exchange for not starving to death, and this song is her realizing what that really means and trying to defend it. which i will admit, makes it seem like it would work for niklaus too. but we’ll come back to that

If it’s True: “is this how the world is? to be beaten and betrayed and then be told that nothing changes?” now this one got me a little, between gillion’s ‘my last sin’ speech and what he said to jay in the block.

Intro to Wait for Me (Reprise): “it’s a trap?” “it’s a trial.” hermes explaining to orpheus and eurydice the conditions of them being allowed to leave. at the end of the day, according to hermes, their success rides on whether they trust each other and themselves. arguably the most recurring theme of riptide.

Doubt Comes In: orpheus doubting that he actually has the power to bring her back, thinking he has been tricked or is too weak to do it. in gillion’s own mind, his fatal flaw is not knowing if he believes he can be the chosen one or protect his friends. and for orpheus, he couldn’t.

a good amount of the songs are missing because i haven’t talked about hades and persephone yet. they’re. a separate issue

#long post #like very long #this is my nerd thesis #jrwi #jrwi riptide #fish and chips #kinda #i mean technically #just roll with it #just roll with it riptide #hadestown #can you tell i was a greek mythology kid in middle school #gillion tidestrider #jrwi gillion #chip jrwi #gillion jrwi #jrwi spoilers #not in this post but in this thread #can you tell im grieving yet

[1moreoffkeyanthem]

The fact that I literally wrote a Style Hadestown AU and put Kenny as Mr Hermes and Tweek as Persephone was actually so galaxy brain of me tbh

#i’m fucking crazy #but I am free #south park #fanfiction #hadestown #style #creek #sp style #ao3 shit #I cannot believe I wrote that #my ao3 is pastorcraigenjoyer #if anyones wondering #tf is wrong with me

[funkyness]

i wanna read the hadestown essay

IT DOESN'T EXIST YET

my main gripe with the Broadway version is how they changed the character of Orpheus. all his lines where he criticizes Hadestown in the first act were either given to other characters :

"Everybody hungry, everybody tired, everybody slaves by the sweat of his brow. The wage is nothing and the work is hard, it's a graveyard in Hadestown" went to Hermes

"Mr Hades is mean old boss" and "Sold! to the king in the chromium throne. Thrown! to the bottom of a sing cell" went to Persephone

OR they were cut:

"why would a man of his own free will, go to work all day in the mine, in the mill? why would he trade the sunshine, for a couple of nickels and dimes? when up on top, a man can breathe when he's picking fruit in the orchard trees. no one here is a millionaire, what we have, we have to share"

"give me the sky that you can't buy or sell at any price and I'll give you a song for free. that's how life oughta be"

these are soooo important to show Orpheus ideology, without them he's nothing. he dreams of a better world but is also critical of the one he lives in. Broadway Orpheus is so much more focused on Eurydice and his songwriting. it makes him more romantic but also more boringggg.

when he gives his toast in Livin it Up On Top 2017 he says "Let the world we dream about be the one we live in now". in the 2019 Broadway version he says "To the world we dream about, and the one we live in now". subtle but significant change in my opinion. 2019 Orpheus lives with his head in the clouds without fucking paying attention to what goes on around him. it's a disservice to his character. they sorta try to course-correct in the end with If Its True but that's a whole other thing

#if i write this and anyone cares i might post it #answers

[classicslesbianopinions]

Having just read your post on Hadestown, might I offer an idea I've been obsessed with lately?

Lesbian Hadestown. Not genderbent, just lesbian. Mrs. Hermes giving us some soul or gospel vibes, poor girl orpheus with a mop of tousled cropped hair (still in the same costume cause I'm a slut for ladies in suspenders). Silver haired, tattooed Lady Hades with the rolled up sleeves and a warm but gravelly voice who looks like the perfect mix of Cate Blanchett and Mads Mikkelsen.

I just, I dunno. I saw a single piece of fanart of this and now I'm just in love with it. Gimmie the dumbass lesbian who will go to hell for her wife, and the angry woman who everyone expects to be a mega bitch but she just sad and misses her Wine Aunt of a wife all the time.

okay the current principal broadway hermes is a woman. we didn't see her, we saw the understudy who was a man but like he was dressed like a butch dyke i will be honest. but also i love that it's a gender neutral role, it makes me so happy

anyway as a lesbian i am like 100% always in favor of all-lesbian musical theater. i love when women do things and i get to look at them. if reeve carney was a butch dyke i think that would fix him

#mod felix #hadestown response

[anna-neko]

...Was supposed to see this back in March 2020 but that didnt happen for _reasons_

IT DID FINALLY! AT LAST!!

perfection of a show, Lillias White as Mrs Hermes is a religious experience, Eva Noblezada's anguished cries as Eurydice stab straight into your soul....

All notes just lots of excited incoherent screaming about everything, 12/10 stars, brb crying forever

wasn't frills this time, and ya know what? Still got dress compliments!

and yes, there are flowers and butterflies in my hair. We can't all be the goddess of Spring herself, but am a sweet summer child afterall ~♡

My friend was a good sport and let me "tag him" with a matching butterfly. We also ran back a few blocks for the Back to the Future theater for lulz (tryin to get a photo by Hadestown was impossible....that crowd wasnt budging)

#hadestown #musical theatre

[grimsdeadb0nes]

Grim, if you haven't yet, what are your voice Headcanons for your OCs? You don't have to tell us if you don't wanna, I'm just wondering :)

YAY VOICE HC ASK!! Only issue is that we'd be here all day If I went over everyone (thats, atm, 127 zeti btw; of which im ASSUMING you're meaning my zeti ocs specifically of course) I have a good chunk of the more important ones, most of which I haven't presented here on my tumblr yet- so i'll just focus on those ones - Some are subject to change if I find better suited ones or something, not everyone is super solid - If you have any questions about names unfamiliar, just ask and I'll maybe show them! (If they have anything worth showing that is)! - i've also had most of these already written down for awhile- and i've gone over most of these with wet when i was also helping him figure out some of his own zeti's voices, some of which he helped me choose/decide for my own too (ty wet) - some are very on the nose i admit, be nice to me 😢 - i have too many characters 😭but this is always fun

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Again we'd be here all day If I went over everyone, so im only going to include the more important ones Zenyx - A fairwise tie between Dillvveed/dillweedjpeg on Tiktok/Twitter (funny Rouge meme voice lady) and or Elizabeth Gillies (no one specific, though as Jade (Victorious) is never a bad choice) Zursie - Wendie Malick, specifically as Eda Clawthorne (Also being one of Zursie's general inspos) Zeph - Cissy Jones, specifically as Lilith Clawthorne (Same link as Zursie's bc the scenario dialog 0:00 - 0:50 is very them together actually) Zephyros - Christian Bale, specifically as Howl Zyre - Chris Sullivan, specifically as Hermes (0:16 - 1:10 is all you need) (Hadestown - Off Broadway / NYTW I think? this is the only video I could find with his version for some reason?) Zorin - George Clooney, specifically as Mr. Fox Zahra - Salma Hayek, specifically as Kitty SoftPaws Ziker (Zorin/Zahra's son) - Norman Reedus, specifically as Striker Zeever - Arin Hanson (Egoraptor / of GameGrumps) Zazmin - Elizabeth Maxwell, specifically as Urbosa (though shes alot softer) Zazel - Lisa Hannigan, specifically as Blue Diamond Zatheon - Keith David (No one specific actually, but Husk is a nice choice ithink) Zmodeus - (on the nose I know dont judge me) James Monroe Iglehart, specifically as Ozzie/Asmodeus Zeroz - Christopher Judge (mostly Kratos but really no one specific) Zweis - Colleen O’Shaughnessey, specifically as Pastry Cookie Zelos - Fryda Wolff, specifically as The Collector (also on the nose/inspo)

I'll never have someone solid for Zenyx (my main bby my bby bby gorl i love) probably tbh, but those two (dillvveed especially) are close enough for now This was fun!! tysm for asking 💞

Oh, and some Bonuses under the Cut;

Serene (Hedgepine), Astrid (Echid), and Eerie (Kitsune) currently do not have voice claims! - Dr. Hauntlillie (Hauntly) the Platypus - Tabitha St Germain, specifically as a mix between Princess Luna & Rarity Static - Dawn Michelle Benette, Specifically as Twizzly Gummy Cookie Misery the Octo - a tie between Pamela Adlon, Specifically as Vidia & Erica Lindbeck, specifically as Loona (leaning Loona) Brisk the Peregrine - Olivia Olson, specifically as Marceline Bouquet "Bou" the Skunk - Michaela Dietz, specifically as (later seasons) Amethyst Dessi the Opossum - Cherami Leigh, Specifically as Sonia Reilus the Ibex - Ryan Hakker (Lead vocal/singer of Poor Man's Poison (i think)) Mako the Great White- April Winchell, specifically as Sylvia thats all I have currently for my mobians specifically, but I also have 100+ of them too bc im a maniac 🤭

#bone rattling #ask answered #zeti #zeti oc #sonic oc #my oc #zenyx #zenyx the zeti #zursie the zeti #zeph the zeti #im not tagging EVERYONE that'd be nuts #oc voice claims #its alot but i promise you i have fun and try not to neglect them all #this post is a mess im sorry #the ones under the cut also have links to my artfight that show who is who btw if you're curious #except one bc i havent added him yet #anyway this was fun its now almost 2am so i think this is good enough #hoping everything is right when i look at it again later

[randomthoughtsfromkaitorodrigeuz]

I found out one of my friends hasn't listened to so many musicals I like and so we started listening to Hadestown

We simplified how Orpheus meets Eurydice

Orpheus: Mr. Hermes! I want to talk to her!

Hermes: Alright but don't come on too strong

Orpheus: I'm the man who's gonna marry you!

Eurydice: Is he always like this?

Hermes: Yes

We only got to 29/40 and so far have 2 maybe 3 other musicals

Wish him luck lol

#random thoughts #randomthoughtsfromKaitoRodrigeuz #Hadestown #Orpheus #Eurydice #Hermes #orpheus and eurydice #Musicals

[fictionkinfessions]

its… weird, being sourced from such a circular narrative and trying to piece together a timeline. it’s like i can’t, like i’m not supposed to remember anything outside the story. i can remember learning the storm had taken eurydice, that she’d sold her soul to hades, a million ways around on a million different layers of symbolism. yet i can’t remember almost anything about my childhood. i know i grew up with mr. hermes, that he raised me when mama left, but when i try to recall specifics there’s almost nothing. i can’t even remember anything about mama. it’s like i popped into existence in that bar with a backstory and an unfinished song. and i can’t remember anything after i turned around, either. she disappeared back into the underworld and… i guess the story really does loop back around then. little exists before and nothing after, and i lose her a million times over. to a snake bite, to a contract… to my own insecurity. over and over again. as if it might turn out this time.

- orpheus (hadestown)

(#🍒🧺)

#fictionkinfessions #🍒🧺 #fictive #orpheusfictive #hadestownfictive #memories issue #snakes cw #poison cw #death cw #mod party cat

[necromatador]

I have distinct and strong social anxiety, particularly stage fright (unless I am among a group and cannot be singled out) but I have a list of "dream roles" in musicals that I would kill to perform if I ever got the chance and was able to overcome my anxiety. They are literally 100% based on aesthetics or the songs I most enjoy singing.

Lydia Deetz or, honestly, Beetlejuice himself (Beetlejuice)

Bonnie and or Clyde (Bonnie & Clyde)

Mr. Mistoffelees or Rum Tum Tugger (Cats; basically I want to be the one to sing either or both Rum Tum Tugger & Magical Mr. Mistoffelees depending on the version of the musical)

Billy, Roxie, or Velma (Chicago)

Hermes, Orpheus, or Eurydice (Hadestown)

The Witch, Little Red, or Jack (Into the Woods)

Jekyll or Hyde (Jekyll & Hyde)

Elle or Emmett (Legally Blonde) (or Callahan just to sing Blood in the Water)

Shenzi (The Lion King)

Seymour (Little Shop of Horrors)

Jack, Katherine, or Davey (Newsies)

Gertrude McFuzz (Seussical)

Cosmo Brown (Singin' in the Rain)

Shakespeare (Something Rotten!)

Elphaba (Wicked)

[froma-certain-pov]

OUAWL HADESTOWN:

I was listening to Hadestown and imagined an entire scene with the Witchlight characters so here you go

Orpheus - Torbek

Eurydice - Clementine

Hermes - Frost

Persephone - Kremy

Hades - Gideon

The Fates - Gricko/Hootsie/Twig

Alternatively:

The Fates: Mr. Witch/ Mr. Light/ Mr. Garou

Hermes: Gricko

Orpheus: Gideon

Eurydice: Kremy

#I literally just thought of this #torbek is a good fit but so is Gideon bc they are fucking simps but also kinda obvious and have parents that abandoned them #but Persephone!Kremy and Hades!Gideon are rlly fucking good too #Kremy would be making money and deals to try and distract himself from him and gideons crumbling relationships #the end would be switched around with Gideon wanting torbek to go back with clementine bc he admired torbek and his willingness to fight #Papers is a song I can imagine kremy singing and Gideon trying to stop them but the laughter is so Gideon coded I physically can’t #legends of avantris #once upon a witchlight