it's just.
if the story had been the story, the original, the one we know exactly (or vaguely), claudia is a little girl, she wants a companion/mother/woman in her life (although there's definitely a sense of sexuality within that desire too), they're both killed, it is sad, it's a tragedy, we know that this is the Direction the story goes
but also enough things are different that there's a small part asking, well what if it's different enough, what if what if what if, and truthfully i don't think they're going to make it, and it's still the tragedy we know and the what ifs are enough that it'll take us by surprise, even though we know we know we know
but also. what if
i both am and am not expecting it to be different. every iteration of orpheus and eurydice ends the same, even if the details differ
but what if



















