Aug 14, 2023
“But Orpheus wasn’t like the others - he was special, set above all the workaday drudges of the City. He would succeed, because he deserved to die.”
“He didn’t fancy pandering to seedy guttersnipes trying too late to lend themselves a bit of class by learning the arts. His talent was too precious to pass on to others - it was his and his alone.”
“But Orpheus ignored the warnings. That wasn’t going to happen to him. He was different. He was special.”
-Orpheus, Dionysus, Muriatic Acid and the Strange Whirring Thing
We gonna talk about Orpheus’ own inflated ego or nah?
#the mechanisms#udad#orpheus#orpheus. dionysus. muriatic acid. and the strange whirring thing#out of context ‘he was special so he deserved to die’ doesnt sound like inflated ego; it sounds like low self worth#i read both the orpheus stories to ensure i wasnt imagining that narcissus ended up in medea#it does seem that echo ending up there is not mentioned at all so idk where that idea came from#*reread#also. in case anyone else forgets like me. muriatic acid is just HCl
