"You Know You Didn't Have To Start Like A Whole Fight Club Just To Date Me."

― Ovid, Metamorphoses

shauna never fully letting go of jackie and her and jeff visiting her parents on her birthday every year. misty being willing to do anything for nat. lottie saving nat’s life. van writing i love you to tai in her blood. shauna crying when she realizes that she has to kill nat. the other version of tai whispering “go to her” and leading her to van. lottie getting beat up just to make shauna feel better. shauna and van not letting tai sleepwalk. misty being with nat when she finds travis’ body. tai paying for nat’s rehab and doing whatever she can for her. ALL OF THE SURVIVORS DANCING TOGETHER IN THE SNOW THAT TRIED TO KILL THEM 25 YEARS AGO IT’S NOT A LOVE STORY BUT IT’S A STORY THAT HAS LOVE IN IT ARE YOU GETTING WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY??

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.

critqal's bottoms - ruby cruz - "hazel" | interview

Hadestown: a Song-by-Song Summary

ACT 1

In which Hermes spoils the entire plot

In which Eurydice is Sad (part 1)

In which Orpheus pulls a baddie by being whimsical

In which Orpheus cements his status as a Disney Princess

In which Orpheus tells a story

In which everyone dances drunk

In which Orpheus and Eurydice cuddle

In which everyone dances drunk (but sad and groovy)

In which Orpheus is Dumb (part 1)

In which Orpheus tells a story (but sadder)

In which everyone grooves while doing a slavery and also Orpheus yells and also Persephone is pissed at her husband

In which Hades definitely looks like he's about to cheat on his wife

In which the Fates are high school bullies (part 1)

In which Eurydice is Sad (part 2)

In which Orpheus realizes he's Dumb (and sings about it)

In which Hades is a dictator and Disney Villain (part 1)

ACT 2

In which Persphone is Drunk

In which everyone grooves while doing a slavery again

In which Eurydice is Sad (part 3)

In which Orpheus tries to Disney Princess his way put of Hell and fails

In which Hades is an asshole who doesn't believe in love

In which Orpheus gets the Disney Princess almost beat out of him

In which the Fates are high school bullies (part 2)

In which Orpheus is Sad and accidentally starts a labor revolution

In which Hades and Persephone do marriage counseling

In which Hades is a Disney Villain (part 2)

In which Orpheus tries to Disney Princess his way put of Hell and succeeds this time

In which Hades and Persephone complete their not-getting-divorced arc

In which Orpheus and Eurydice complete their not-getting-divorced arc

In which the Fates are high school bullies (part 3)

In which Hades is a Disney Villain (part 3)

In which Hermes tells Orpheus not to be Dumb

In which everyone works it out on the remix

In which Orpheus is Extra Dumb

In which everyone is Sad

In which everyone is less Sad and more drunk

man. tara went back for isabel and it’s like such a plot that Would happen in one of those shows like one of the best friends is trapped in a simulation and the other has to pull her out but IT DOESNT WORK!!!! that is so fucked up that’s insane

not normal about orpheus and eurydice and i never have been. like imagine loving someone so much that you can’t bear to live without them. imagine loving someone so much that you walk through hell to save them. and then you find a way, a real way to save them, and you love them so much you ruin it. whether it be turning just too soon in your excitement, or out of worry and care or they trip and it’s just instinct to catch them. no matter the reason you ruin it by looking back and it always comes from love.

t-shirt that says i watched i saw the tv glow and all i got was this ache in my chest from an emotion i cant put the name to

oh wyatt callow, the boy who weighed everyones odds in the arena and still threw himself in front of a blade for lou lou, knowing hers too.

what if you were POOR and then you got a GIRLFRIEND who was always SINGING and then she DUMPED YOU and then you got elected PRESIDENT and then some district 12 rando ALSO HAD A GIRLFRIEND THAT SINGS and then he tries to BLOW UP YOUR CHILD DEATH ARENA and then ANOTHER district 12 rando can SING AND BLOWS UP YOUR CHILD DEATH ARENA and then she doesn’t SHOOT YOU but you still DIED