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hello world

i am an enjoyer of many many things !!

such as;

Interview with the Vampire

Cyberpunk

Life is Strange

Yellowjackets

The Last of Us

Red Dead Redemption 2

The Hunger Games

Musical theatre (especially hadestown, into the woods, & rent (and many others))

The Muppets

Taylor Swift

and much more ٩(◕‿◕)۶

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i don't do much on here except say random things and interact/yap with my friends who i love dearly

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an orpheus that doesn’t turn around is an orpheus that wouldn’t have gone to the underworld for eurydice in the first place— BUT THERE’S ALSO MORE TO IT

(this is considering the musical, I’m not sure how it is in the original myth esp because there’s so many interpretations of it)

it’s literally said in the song that “DOUBT COMES IN”. orpheus DOES doubt their love, eurydice’s commitment, his ability to make it out with her, but it’s not only because he can’t see her; it’s because he’s ALONE!!! he no longer has the revolutionary camaraderie and community they found in if it’s true, chant reprise, epic III, etc; people seem to gloss over hades saying, “every coward seems courageous in the safety of a crowd, bravery can be contagious when the band is playing loud”. I think this is another point in the musical where we have to remember the true point and central message of it which is how capitalism hurts us and strips us of our humanity. the fate of orpheus and eurydice and his ultimate decision to turn around, to me, represents what happens to us when we are isolated and endure, as hermes states, the “dividing and conquering” of communities at the hands of capitalism. the doubt he feels comes from no longer having a community to support him throughout his otherwise revolutionary act of defying hades and the fates— just like how many people feel afraid to go out and protest when they don’t know anyone else going, just like how one person’s belief that their actions won’t mean anything in the long run or that someone else will help affects an entire cause, just like how our own doubts often kill revolutions and change before it’s even started