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do you think Eurydice spent the rest of her afterlife knowing Orpheus only looked back because he loved her
do you think that even after she forgot everything else, like she did in Flowers, she still knew that someone loved her so much they’d risk everything for her
do you think Persephone sometimes looks at Eurydice and sees herself. Maybe Hades was the one to grant Eurydice the mercy of knowing that she was loved, even after she forgets her own name.
Maybe it was Orpheus who wrote their song, so that he wouldn’t be the only mortal to have known of Eurydice and how much they loved each other. Maybe that’s why Hadestown paints Orpheus in the way it does, because he can’t help but think of how his distraction pushed Eurydice down that path. And that’s why Hermes sings it, because he thinks that maybe even if the story stays the same, he’s still fulfilling Orpheus’ wish for people to know Eurydice.
I hate this show so much like you don’t even know