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The Love Story of Orpheus and Eurydice

Orpheus, the son of the muse Calliope, was a gifted musician and poet whose music could charm all living things and even the stones of the earth. His lyre, given to him by the god Apollo, produced melodies so beautiful that rivers stopped flowing, animals gathered to listen, and the world itself seemed to pause when he played.

Orpheus fell deeply in love with Eurydice, a woman of great beauty and grace. Their love was pure and intense, and soon they were married. On their wedding day, however, fate struck a cruel blow. While Eurydice wandered through a meadow, she was bitten by a venomous snake. The poison took her life almost instantly, and she was taken to the underworld, leaving Orpheus in unimaginable grief.

Unable to accept her death, Orpheus decided to do the impossible: descend into the underworld to bring her back. Armed only with his lyre and his unshakable love, Orpheus made his way through the dark and treacherous path to the land of the dead.

When he arrived, he played his lyre and sang of his love and sorrow. His music was so heart-wrenching that the souls of the dead wept, and the great rulers of the underworld, Hades and Persephone, were moved to compassion. Hades, known for his stern and unyielding nature, granted Orpheus’ request—but on one condition:

"You may lead Eurydice back to the surface, but you must not look back at her until you both have reached the world of the living. If you turn to gaze upon her too soon, she will be lost to you forever."

Orpheus agreed and began the long, perilous journey back to the world above. Eurydice followed silently behind him, her footsteps faint, like whispers on stone. As they ascended, the light of the surface grew brighter, but Orpheus could not hear her, and doubt began to creep into his heart. Was she truly behind him? Had the gods tricked him?

At the very last moment, just steps away from the world of the living, Orpheus’ resolve broke. Overcome with fear and longing, he turned to look back at Eurydice. In that instant, her figure began to fade. Her eyes met his with a mixture of love and sorrow as she was pulled back into the underworld.

Orpheus cried out in despair, but there was nothing he could do. He tried to return to the underworld, but the gates were closed to him forever.

Heartbroken, Orpheus wandered the earth, playing his lyre and singing songs of loss and love. His music, once full of beauty and joy, became filled with melancholy, and the world mourned with him. He rejected the company of others, consumed by his grief.

In some versions of the myth, Orpheus was eventually killed by the Maenads, followers of Dionysus, who were angered by his refusal to embrace life and joy. Other tales say he was simply taken by the gods, who pitied him and reunited him with Eurydice in death.

Thus, Orpheus and Eurydice’s love story became a timeless tale of devotion, loss, and the fragile line between life and death. It reminds us of the power of love and the tragic consequences of doubt and impatience.

When you think back on watching The Pink Opaque, how do you remember it?

I SAW THE TV GLOW (2024) dir. Jane Schoenbrun

Speaking of Ethel Cain, I miss Hayden’s presence on this app so much.

Obviously, her reasons for logging off should always be completely respected but really missing the hours upon hours I’d spend just scrolling through her page just to read her “ask me anything” responses. She is so eloquently spoken and knowledgeable about the topics she speaks on; I can only hope to eventually reach just half of her reflective capacity. And also, obviously, her lyrical and storytelling genius like no other; it is actually mind blowing. Truly one of the greatest artists of our generation. No one does it like her.

(And if she’s not sharing the sacred secrets to her craft, she has me laughing till my stomach hurts with her responses)

MotherCain, we absolutely do not deserve you but I hope you return one day ily 💔 so excited for the new album coming up.

#the want #the thirst

WILLOW (2022-2023) | 1x08 "Children of the Wyrm"

hopelessly devoted to you

saw someone point out that in jackie's death dream she imagined shauna the way she's always seen her: kind, gentle and full of nothing but love for jackie, even though that version of shauna never completely existed, whereas shauna hallucinated a version of jackie that was incredibly mean and only made jokes at shauna's expense and acted like she's above shauna in every way, when that version of jackie never completely existed either. but both of those versions were the warped way they perceived each other. day ruined

thinking a lot about the almost.. homoeroticism of isabel and tara’s relationship (or at least the glimpses we get of it) and its implications in relation to maddy and owen’s

lee begging, BEGGING maren to eat him because he wouldn’t want to die any other way and maren refusing at first because how could she? how could she devour her lover? maren, eventually caving, because lee BEGS her and he wants her to and she needs to because even more, how could she deny the wishes of a lover dying? a lover, who in his death keeps her alive.

watching the scene where maddy draws the symbol on the back of owen’s neck was like. oh. Oh. this is Such an intimate experience and even though, physically, we are watching a boy and a girl exist on screen, it is SO MUCH a representation of a young queer person’s first experiences of intimacy with the same gender that it almost physically hurts. i felt like i was intruding. how much she touches him, pushes his head forward, the slow drawing of the pen, fingers drawing softly over her shoulders afterward. it was so tender.

“are you gay?” — boring, overused, very awkward

“how do you feel about haymitch abernathy?” — new, revolutionary, popular with the teens