all iâm saying is idk how you can expect me to remain silent about the ways in which hadestown distinguishes orpheus as a Magic Music Boy in a medium where everyone is singing, and furthermore how i can have been expected not to imprint on him like a baby bird,,,,,,,,,,
like i just dk how iâm supposed to live with the fact that he is the only character in âroad to hellâ who sings upon being introduced!!!!
or how in âcome home with meâ orpheus not only sings his lines while eurydiceâs lines are spoken but his voice is ALSO twined through with these ethereal harmonies, like thatâs just what happens when he gets excited?? like donât you wish an unseen chorus started harmonizing with YOU when you were trying to impress your crush,,,,,,
OR how when he does speak his voice often sounds kind of whispy and thin, like heâs not used to it, or like instead of being nervous about singing in front of other people, the way most people are, heâs more nervous about speaking in front of them??? and even when he is speaking in that little voice of his thereâs usually still kind of a musical little uptick to it???
or the innocent pride he takes in his Magical Musical Accomplishments, like heâs a little kid whoâs discovered he has a knack for something and not a literal touched-by-the-gods son of a muse who can alter reality with his voice, because this is just how his life is???
âit isnât finished, yet, but when itâs done, and when i sing it, spring will come again :)â
âi sang a song so beautiful the stones wept, and they let me in :)â
speaking of the stones weeping and letting him in, remember how in âwait for meâ the stones sing back to him when he sings That Melody and you get âi hear the walls repeating / the the falling of my feet and / it sounds like drumming / and i am not alone / i hear the rocks and stones / echoing my songâ but then in âdoubt comes inâ NOBODY sings That Melody back to him when he tries it out and itâs just orpheus and his voice and the distant taunting of the fates and you want to lie DOWN on the ground!!!!!!
like just in general the way the world around him responds to his singing is so fascinating to me and it brings me endless joy: thereâs the aforementioned part of âwait for me,â and thereâs also the part of âwedding songâ where he sings That Melody for eurydice and you can hear the world around him opening up, thereâs âIF ITâS TRUEâ and the âis it true?â part of âchant (reprise)â where heâs basically shaking the denizens of the underworld from an amnesiatic TRANCE like iâm
eurydice has forgotten her own name by the time orpheus finds her but he sings âcome home with me?â to her and in a line she is able to sing his name back to him i JUST!!!!!!!!! i will not be SILENCED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!