thinking about word to the wise and his kiss, the riot.... thinking about how theĀ āsnippetā of advice literally snips out orpheus and eurydiceās chance.... thinking about how the basically all of both songs applies to both hades and orpheus..... thinking about āevery coward seems courageous in the safety of a crowdā and how itās easy for hades to continue as a tyrant when his people believe his words but as soon as other people stop believing in what heās preaching heās forced to question all of his choices..... thinking about the lineĀ ānothing makes a man so bold as a womanās smile and a hand to hold/but all alone his blood runs thinā and how hadesās wall and all his Fucking Up was the direct effect of his fear that persephone wouldnāt come back to him and he wouldnāt have a hand to hold anymore..... thinking about how when the fates tell hades thatĀ āmen are fools/men are frail/give them a rope and theyāll hang themselvesā they LITERALLY give him the rope that he hangs his own compassion on and by showing him that thereās a bipartisan way out they prevent him from making a kind choice....... thinking about how hades literally gives orpheus the same test that he failed when he was unable to trust that persephone would still love him come fall...... how the fates take the conflict hades already recognized and magnified it for him until he was completely overcome by it, inevitably pushing them all towards the ending that hermes has been trying so hard to avoid over and over...... thinking about the change from the liveĀ ālet them think that they have wonā lyric toĀ ālet them leave, but let there be some term to be agreed uponā because his motivation in the story has changed from lowkey malicious to just desperate for some way to maintain some image of power while still showing some form of compassion....... the callback toĀ ādoubt that sheāll never come, dread that sheāll never comeā withĀ āall alone his blood runs thin/and doubt comes, doubt comes inā and the fact that, again, orpheus is literally set up with the exact same test that hades failed.....
