watched the hadestown proshot yesterday and. songbird vs. rattlesnake and flowers have always both held a shit ton of sexual abuse undertones but god you could really see it in the proshot. the fact that hades tells persephone that if she "doesn't want my love, I'll give it someone else who does" then immediately turns to Eurydice as he continues. the expression of fear on persephone's face. the fact that eurydice is so terrified yet just a bit entranced by him, but also needs what he has. orpheus jumping between eurydice and hades during way down hadestown-- which feels funny at first because it's itty bitty orpheus trying his best to protect her from Hades-- and then not being able to keep her from him, anyways. it makes me think of how people stay in abusive relationships because they can't financially support themselves or because it's all they know, because it's safer than doing what you truly love, and they can't afford to be unsafe. it's bad for her, and she hates it, but she needs to survive so bad that she can't say no.
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