May 1
yes erinpheus does have a guard dog thing (orpheus even calls erinyes his cerberus sometimes) and yes the power dynamics of orpheus telling him to do like anything and erinyes would do it in a heartbeat (even if he sometimes pretends like he wouldn't) and yes they do sometimes have that "call off your guard dog" and it actually works moment but i love thinking of the hidden dynamic there too. where orpheus can't hold erinyes's leash too tightly. he can't restrain him too hard. he of all people knows how all too willing erinyes is to bite
#if this is phrased weirdly yeah. that was not intended but i realized where the phrasing was going and promptly switched blogs HGDWDGHDH#orpheus is only “humanity” in their narrative analogy. erinyes is “the underworld”. he was always made to be his punisher#erinyes doesn't mind orpheus lugging him around but he refuses to be contained or told how to be. he's tired of his life being dictated#for him before he can even think about it. he's tired of others thinking for him when he has his own will to follow#so if ever orpheus were to try something like that it would be a rare case of erinyes causing him real harm. depending on the severity#he believes in eye for an eye. he wants an equal relationship. so if orpheus breaches the boundaries it's only right that erinyes does the#same to him. disclaimer orpheus probably wouldn't though. in the first place he's erinyes's biggest (and only. he will make sure he#remains the only) enabler.. i think there is a chance if perhaps orpheus were on the brink of madness and overprotectiveness but those are#rare situations..#dark's stuff#i'll tie you ever tightly here beside me.♡
