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THIS SONG WAS ONE OF THE MOST I WANTED TO DO. CUZ OK WAIT....THERES SOME META GOING ON HERE.

First its so fckn romantic, gushy, sweet, and just utter declaration of love for each other. Tenna's line of 'Suddenly I'm holding the world in my arms' LIKE YEAH THATS YOUR WORLD!!! THAT WHOLE LIL GUY!!! and while i didnt draw it just thinking of Tenna singing the stanzas before this

I don't know how or why Or who am I that I should get to hold you But when I saw you all alone against the sky It's like I’d known you all along

LIKE ITS SO HIM. LIKE the idea that Spamton is too precious or so bewilderingly out of his league to hold him in his arms. Its like Tenna saying/admitting that he's so unworthy of holding him. THE 'ITS LIKE I'VE KNOWN YOU ALL ALONG' LINES THO? AND THE ONES THAT FOLLOW?

I knew you before we met And I don’t even know you yet All I know is you're someone I have always known

I....am going to go very meta/lamely multiverse here and say that its exactly that. '...You're someone I have always known'. I SO BADLY wanted to draw like all the different aus that have come out in just UNDER A YEAR of these two where they are destined in every universe to meet. Please see my vision: 'I knew you before we met' Tenna sees Spamton for the first time in this AU and falls HARD but can't help but FEEL the impact of many versions of him have crossed his path before once upon a time and never, all at once. like whirl winds of Bigshot spam, trash heap undertale husband, a human version--many many MANY forms this object of his affection. Then, it settles back to the one in front of him 'and i don't even know you yet' and he builds the courage to approach him; like a love song on repeat, it's sung again.

*blows a kiss to the fandom* for the Carol / Toriel and yuri fans~

I 500% wanted Toriel to be Persephone hands. down. It's perfect because who else does Tenna consider a friend but also regards and places someone high enough as a god than Toriel? i so, so, SO BADLY wanted to make Asgore work as Hades (tenna trying so hard to fix their relationship, beheld their love as his world, etc) but he just could NOT fit the idea or character.

I mean i was this 🤏 close on just brute forcing it, but my idea of Asgore is still stuck with Undertale Asgore (a king with presence through the whole game but turns out to be a softie, still intimidating and powerful) buuuuut considering people like to overlap and especially make Deltarune Asgore the butt of a lot of jokes (not to mention we don't REALLY know much of him yet CMOOOON CH.5) so he just wasn't working.

OK OK i've had this on my noggin for a while and if you are unfamiliar with Hadestown PLEASE listen to the musical. i cannot reccommend it enough and it deserves your undivided attention and divorced (haha) from fandom influences.

For this AU everything pretty much plays out the same as the musical. I am just playing with toys and inserted Tenna and Spamton as the roles of Orpheus and Eurydice because they fit so well 😭 these are some of the earliest doodles i had done between commission work and other stuff because AAAAA i'm glad i'm not the only one that sees the vision (bless y'all in the TMC discord your minds a beautiful and phenominal *5000 chef kisses*)

I was stuck for the longest on roles besides the main couple but after some thinking and tweaking i think i got a decent role assignment:

Tenna as Oprheus

Spamton as Eurydice

Gerson as Hermes

Toriel as Persephone

Carol as Hades

FRIEND, Jevil, ERAM/Shadow Mantle Holder as the Fates