auld lang syne

Every time I have seen Hadestown - on stage or in the movie theater - people gasp when Orpheus turns around. I just love how it's so old and yet everyone is still always hoping that this time

any other girls feel a permanent sense of unbelonging no matter where they are or who they are with

on a scale of nothingburger to everything bagel

(voice of a person spiralling) its embarrassing but i still havent figured out if its ok for me to be alive

“i asked chatgpt” okay well i asked orpheus and he said la la la la la la la la la la la la la la

nothing is real and then all of a sudden everything is very real with no warning

nothing is real and then all of a sudden everything is very real with no warning

Cannot possibly explain how feral I feel about the Hadestown proshot having so many shots that include the audience. Because they’re as much of a part of the story as Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone are. Because they are there watching however they’re powerless to do anything except watch because that’s just the way the story goes but they sing it anyways and and and

(voice of a person spiralling) its embarrassing but i still havent figured out if its ok for me to be alive

also when fleetwood mac was like “can i handle the seasons of my life?”

‘She wasn’t a good mother’ great are we evaluating this character trait as one of her many facets or are we just damning her for not being the most maternal womanliest woman who ever womaned

the thrilling sequel ‘he’s a bad father but we’re using it as grounds to see him as beloved and a deeply complex and intellectual character that needs to be studied’

kids were roleplaying with minecraft figurines and one of them had their figure go up to the other and say “i’m in love with you” and the other one replied “sword slash to the chest. and you’re on fire”