Since Reeve Carney is leaving Hadestown soon, from November 12th to 19th we're going to celebrate Orpheus Week in his honor!
Day 1, November 12th, "To the Sunshine and the Fruit of the Vine" (Edmonton): A day dedicated to the first, rural incarnation of Reeve's Orpheus in the Edmonton era of Hadestown
Day 2, November 13th, "Always had a Crowd" (London): A day dedicated to London's stylish rockstar incarnation of Reeve's Orpheus, who never walked alone
Day 3, November 14th, "Touched by the Gods" (Broadway): A day dedicated to the Broadway incarnation of Reeve's Orpheus, the sweet bartender who lives under Hermes's wing
Day 4, November 15th, "I Believe in Us Together" (Love/Relationships): A day dedicated to Orpheus's relationships in general, whether with Eurydice, Hermes, Persephone, the Workers, even an OC!
Day 5, November 16th, "If It's True what They Say" (Grief/Poverty): A day dedicated to Orpheus's circumstances and lowest points in his life
Day 6, November 17th, "Spring Will Come Again" (Nature/Environment): A day dedicated to Orpheus's love for and connection to Nature in general, and his environmentalism
Day 7, November 18th, "Working on a Song" (Music): A day dedicated to Orpheus's musical gifts and his writing/composing process!
Day 8, November 19th, "To Orpheus and All of Us" (Free Day): This is the day we bid Reeve's Orpheus goodbye, so feel free to contribute to the final toast with anything!
Just tag us (@reevepheusweek) and/or tag your work with #Orpheusweek and we'll reblog! (Or send us the link if it's an external work, like a fanfic in AO3 or a Youtube performance!) Submit your fanfics, fanarts, poetry, songs, anything for our beloved poor boy, whether new or old!
Spill a drop for Orpheus, wherever he is now...
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His arms, her hands.
Both of them are extremely reactionary to touch. Absolutely too touch starved individuals that aren’t great at handling at first. I like how Orpheus allows himself to be  immediately hypnotized staring at his hand and so on— while Eurydice tries to fight however she feels. This isn’t the topic but I wanted to point it out.
Eurydice always holds her hands out the same way. She holds them cupped as if she expects you to drop something into her hand, she waits on the other person to act. Despite always holding her own and bouncing from town to town she is very quick to trust. Trust someone will be there to hold her hand or if she is being gifted something, it will be good.
I also absolutely just noticed the way O’s fingers grace her palm first, a brief touch- caution, making sure it’s what she wants. Hades goes slow with coins but it’s more for show, we know he’d likely force them if she took a second longer. I love this way she always holds her hand because it’s both trusting and foreshadowing.
Not only is it a show of trust but it is also the fact she leads. Orpheus only ever touches her, holds her, grabs her when he knows she wants it, she wants him. She holds out her hand first when she opens up, she pulls him into a hug and was full ready to drag him out of hades in act 2. It’s the “touch starved character to super touchy character”. And I can understand it! The girls had a impossibly hard life, half the time I think she’s checking just to make sure he’s really there with her! She also has the running thing of placing her hands to his chest, and the iconic hold absolutely melting into his arms.
It’s the trust. He has his arms extended/open and she runs into them, she accepts. That’s their thing. What reason doesn’t she have to trust him? The man who comes after her for over a millennium from time loop to retelling?
It’s also interesting considering Hadestown was made with giving Eurydice agency in mind, as in the myth she steps on a snake and dies accidentally. She doesn’t get much stay in the story. In this version I like how every action she makes is so clearly her choice? Good or bad. She’s absolutely an active player and it’s great
Am I a bit over analytical? Maybe? Am I a sucker for touchy characters obsessed with each other? Bet.
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