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edit: you guys are losing comment privelege + ive had an abortion so go suck my fat cock

This is because so many of us are carriers for tay-sachs, aka the incurable neurodegenerative disease that kills before age four.

I would also point out that requiring someone to have an acceptable reason for their abortion means that you are requiring them to disclose the reason for their abortion, no matter how personal and painful it is.

But that does not mean that they should not still have that right to reproductive care. Even if someone's personal motivations for getting an abortion are bigoted or hateful or steeped in eugenicism, that cannot be the reason to disallow abortion.

jack curled up in a ball, n2n counter style, audibly sobbing and gripping the edge of the hole, might actually haunt me for the rest of my life.

Hermes having his own special handshake with everybody in the chorus 🥹

Orpheus seeing Eurydice and being so obsessed with her that he literally COULD NOT STOP STARING for 2 whole songs 😭😭😭

“You wanna take me home?” Eurydice playing the absolute HELL out of that line and Orpheus being into it asf, a little scared but also ‘this woman is going to be the death of me and I am completely fine with that’ core

Eurydice’s little twerk during Living It Up On Top she’s sooo me

The sincerity in Orpheus voice during that song as well god it permeated everything he said

“The River Styx is a river of stones” the way that man sang that lyric………… wind me up like a music box and play that through my soul for the rest of my LIFE.

ALLLL OF PERSEPHONE’S EVERYTHINGGGG THROUGHOUT THE WHOLLLLLEEEE SHOW BUT OUR LADY OF THE UNDERGROUND/“THERE’S A CRACK IN THE WAAAAALLLLLLL” OH SHE TOOK HER MOMENT AND SPRINTED OUT THE DAMN DOORS!!! Also how trapped and broken Persephone seemed. Like it was very clear how unhappy she was despite trying to seem lighthearted and the nuances shown through so clearly. A life changing performance.

but especially her shaking her head no to Eurydice and Orpheus whenever Hades wanted to speak with them. As if to say, “Don’t do it, you don’t have to do this.” Like my heart BROKE.

Hades licking his fingers and smoothing his eyebrows down with them 😭😭😭 and him trying to flirt (?) with Eurydice by being all Cool Guy With Glasses

Whatever language the 2nd “my children” was subbed for bc it was NOT English and I thought that was so fun!!!

THE FATES!!!! One was having her own damn show lmao so extra in the BEST WAY. I loved how they operated as the wind and truly helped create it as a character, and how it felt like they truly were manipulating the characters into their decisions, making the inevitability feel all the more real. Their harmonies were DOWN and TIGHTENED TOO!!!!! AN EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE!!!!!!

“Kinda makes you wonder how it feels…” and Orpheus jumping in front of Eurydice with his arms stretched out 😭 he went full protective mode even though he’s 3 apples tall 🥺😭

During Wait For Me, when Orpheus was singing those damn La’s like his life depended on it!!!!! Also ALL the La’s. And I LOVE how DEFIANT some of them were. Like we sat there and watched that man DEMAND the gates of hell open. He sang La like ‘you WILL let me through’ like fuck!!!! It was just so powerful with the staging as well like he was singing and the doors LITERALLY STARTED TO OPEN LIKEEEE I started sobbing. And in the Underworld while Hades and Persephone were dancing and some of the la’s landed like Orpheus was daring Hades to deny his and Eurydice’s exit and therefore his own love to Persephone. Pure. Fucking. Genius. And. Magic.

“IS ANYBODY LISTENING??????? I OPEN MY MOUTH AND NOTHING COMES OUT. NOTHING!!!!!!!” will rattle around my brain FOREVER!!!! THE HEARTBREAK THE RAGE THE PURE DEVASTATION!!!!!!! ESPECIALLY ON ‘NOTHING’ LIKE SHE HALF SHOUTED IT AND IT WAS THE PERFECT CHOICE MY GODDDDDDD

Orpheus kissing Eurydice’s head (he did this so much) and holding her as tightly as possible at all times. He held her so tenderly and treated her with such care. You could also hear the ‘kiss’ sound through the mic and I thought that was soooo cute!!! And the amount of times he went down on his knees in front of her like that’s what I’m fucking talking about!!!!!

IF IT’S TRUE!!!!!!!! GOD!!!!!! Orpheus singing to the Chorus individually!!! As people!!! And Eurydice!!!! Encouraging them ALL to return to life!!!! And you could literally see the hope start to bleed back into his eyes, ESPECIALLY when Eurydice started singing back to him. He looked like he wanted to jump out of his skin and merge souls with her like the hope was that powerful 😭🙏🏽

Hades and Persephone dancing 🥹 and how he held her as well he cradled her head when she returned to him after their dance 🥹💗 and it humanized him so much like I actually felt bad 😭

Electric city blackout >>>>>>

LOVED the staging for Doubt Comes In! It set Orpheus up perfectly for turning in pure doubt and madness and frustration and WHERE IS SHE IS SHE THERE. Also the GASPS in the audience lmao both when Orpheus appeared in the aisle AND when he turned around. And the immediate sobs afterwards when he and Eurydice had their final conversation.

Eurydice finding the flower and her shock and joy in doing so.

Persephone taking care of both Eurydice and Orpheus like they were her babies!!!!

Orphydice seeing each other again for the first time at the end I just lost my shit crying 😭 like we really are gonna sing it again and hope that it might turn out this time!!!!

We Raise Our Cups was excellent also. The sobbing continued.

I loved how innocent and soft Jack Wolfe’s Orpheus was. Even after finishing the song, his “I don’t know” was just so pure 🥺 and I LOVED how you could see Morgan Dudley’s Eurydice fighting her cut and run instincts and how heartbroken she was to return to them after finding safety and love in Orpheus. Their reunion was so joyous, and she wore that joy LOUDLYYYY IT WAS BEAUTIFULLLLLL

“look at that little pixie in the background

he’s so cute!

i bet you he got bullied really hard in school”

He laughs, exasperated at the unfairness he sings about. Even his version of Epic II was fueled by the anger at the gods and the harm they create through their interpersonal issues. It’s as if, now that he’s lost his belief in what the world could be, he’s furious at how the world is.

Other’s have mentioned Jack portrays Orpheus as if he’a aware of the cycle, that he’s done this before, and what the outcome will be and I agree (to the extent I have no comparison). As a newbie to Hadestown, he really embodies the disbelief at the injustice of the world, both in the show and in the real world. Like it’s less about the cycle and more about the situation if that makes sense. It’s less of a “oh no I have to suffer again this is bullshit” and more “oh my gods i can’t believe how broken this place is.”

“Morgan, she is an independent, fierce Eurydice. She falls for this sweet, soft boy, and she just wants to protect him.” (x)

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