musicals were my first love

Phoenix (or just Damage), any pronouns | got obsessed with Tanz der Vampire in kindergarten and my brain was irreversibly altered henceforth

[glassprism]

`Erik,’ I cried, `show me your face without fear! I swear that you are the most unhappy and sublime of men; and, if ever again I shiver when I look at you, it will be because I am thinking of the splendor of your genius!’ Then Erik turned round, for he believed me, and I also had faith in myself. He fell at my feet, with words of love… with words of love in his dead mouth…and the music had ceased… He kissed the hem of my dress and did not see that I closed my eyes.

[warpweight]

weird sad christine/daroga situation post-rikdeath where they are both like "in the absence of this guy it was hard to be around... what are you doing later" but also what christine is doing later IS being married to raoul. so it's like not only are you still kind of being distracted from normie life by the spectre of this dried-out bog body with a full-coverage foundation on its smushed bog face, BUT you are also being distracted by that bog body's, like, ex? or friend? former coworker? handler? and if it's been leroux-typical thus far then raoul can't even be like "what the hell" about it because he's like hey i know that guy. he's actually so nice and charming and has a beautiful heart and also a beautiful face and he's so polite and thoughtful and smart? aw nuts christine and here i thought i had a leg up over the competition by being alive. there's more than one alive guy on earth. fuckkkkkk

[muirin007]

Do you guys remember when Erik first took Christine to his house, clapped his hands together and went, “Right! House tour!”? And she goes into his bedroom and immediately sees a coffin and whirls around to look back at him and he just goes, “That is where I sleep. Anyway, I installed this great loft by the kitchen with a little reading nook where we can make out.”

[muirin007]

@buginateacup That is the funniest possible thing you could’ve said and how dare you hide that in the tags?

[andwedontlookback]

a ticket to the underworld .✦ ݁

[soleaspfeiffer]

If it's true what they say, I'll be on my way

[ragtimebanshee]

I remember when I started listening to Hadestown, I was a little confused about Orpheus' 180 from a naive, innocent kid to Mr. "It's a trap!" Considering that all he's done is write songs, fall in love with a girl, and go on a walk. . . it seemed out of character.

Anyway, then I saw it live, and there's a good section where Orpheus petitions Hades and then proceeds to get the everloving shit kicked out of him. So anyway. That reframes everything fr

[grievinginadvance]

Also, the 'walk' was like <link to hadestown animatic>

The River Styx is high and wide Cinder bricks and razor wire Walls of iron and concrete Hound dogs howling 'round the gate Those dogs'll lay down and play dead If you got the bones, if you got the bread But if all you got is your own two legs Just be glad you got 'em

and

You're on the lam, you're on the run Don't give your name, you don't have one And don't look no one in the eye That town'll try to suck you dry They'll suck your brain, they'll suck your breath They'll pluck the heart right out your chest They'll truss you up in your Sunday best And stuff your mouth with cotton

and then he also gets the everloving shit kicked out of him

[blue-cat-shitposts]

The Hadestown Grindset™

[bluebelleisms]

thank you hadestown for rewriting my brain

[64feet]

Drawing this pose from the musical is an uphill battle every single time because there's so much expressive hands and folded fabric and dramatic lighting/shadow and it can look weird and disproportionate really easily

But it's also so so nice when the hard work pays off and I get it right, and this was one of those occasions ✨

(pencil on cardstock | please don't repost elsewhere)

[edw-lugh]

Daily affirmations:

No one will find the picture in your attic.

It's not your fault the person made of cadavers you sew together and you revived killed your family.

It's perfectly normal to enter your house climbing like a lizard.

The fact that you killed a man doesn't make you guilty, it was just your silly alter ego.

That raven who won't stop saying "nevermore" is an asshole, don't listen to it.

Your fiancé is definitely NOT hiding his mad spouse in his attic.

The big ass dog that killed members of your family isn't real, dw.

You deserve revenge for having been abused as a child, go back to moors and show them!

Go and kidnap that singer!

[rubyymd]

Tanz Der Vampire with Frankie as Alfred and Riley as Sarah:P

[fufferrrrrrr]

the red boots

[do2faj]

Sketch dumppp I hate them so much

[do2faj]

For anybody who's wondering;

Has the dew of the night fallen onto your eyes?

I plead, don't look at me all wet like that.

Let your hair down on my chest, tell me your troubles,

Just don't look at me all wet like that.

English translation for the Turkish lyrics in the last sketch. It is only the last two lines in the drawing, but I wanted to include the rest of the intro because I love it hehe

It's Islak Islak by Cem Karaca

[do2faj]

Very very important periodical fit checks + height difference because I simply just couldn’t hold myself

[lunetheweird]

OP I AM HUNGRY OPPPPP

[do2faj]

Whenever I see someone get absolutely FERAL over the happy trail I drew I feel like a proud hunter whose traps are working efficiently

[ashleyslorens]

It’s an old song It's an old tale from way back when It's an old song And that is how it ends

[antigonehappy]

imo part of the message of hadestown is that fundamentally love alone cannot stop oppression. it can make things more bearable in the meantime. it can even motivate people to take further action. but you cannot destroy the cruelty of capitalism just by loving hard enough.

orpheus's love for eurydice might have driven him to go to hadestown looking for her, but it couldn't save her. hades's love for persephone might have driven him to give orpheus a chance, but it couldn't convince him to give up his empire. love makes the story repeat over and over again, but love cannot break that loop. something else is necessary. something else is required. and multiple times the characters are on the cusp of acknowledging that (if it's true, chant ii, word to the wise) but they never fully reckon with it. hadestown is a story about love, and that's a big part of why it's a tragedy.

[kafeino]

Chant 🔨