#orphydice

To turn and look, then, was never a failure. It was the moment acceptance finally arrived. In that single glance, she was no longer lost. She became eternal, enshrined in memory that even death cannot touch.

the creative ways that his face is covered... the beautiful art... the theme of Eurydice's memory fading... and the last shot is Devastating

I think about their story a lot lately, why does he turn? “Because he loves her, because what is love if not to turn” etc are not really satisfying nor explanatory and i cannot find any logical (both emotionally and rationally) answer. Without totally romanticizing or altering the story, why do you think he turns?

90s AU: Orpheus is the lead singer of a grunge band, Eurydice is the terminally ill flower shop girl that he's in love with, Hades is the callous medical bureaucrat that denies her coverage for life saving surgery. the chorus/workers are his friends in the band, Hermes owns the bar where they play and Persephone frequents. The fates run a tarot shop next to the flower shop and the bar. Eurydice does not survive but there will be some magical realist woo woo bullshit throughout so that it is somehow not the end. Maybe more explicitly Morgan and Jack than my minific but maybe more vague depending on how I feel.