Based on a mix on if the characters were actually part of the story and if they were putting on the theater show. (Main cast being actual Hadestown AU and the understudy part being based on theater shows)
More yapping, thought process, and reasoning under the break!
It’s been pretty common headcanon for Jimmy to be Eurydice because of Hades’ line of needing a canary! That naturally left two people in mind for Orpheus: Scott and Tango. I felt Scott’s personality could match Orpheus best plus flower husbands shows how much Scott would care for Jimmy to go to the underworld for him! Therefore, I put Tango as Orpheus’ understudy. Furthermore, people have headcanoned Skizz with angel wings which I thought could be easily dyed or generally match the canary headcanon. Additionally, I have seen ships of Skizz/Tango and Skizz/Scott so whoever is on playing the role has great chemistry either way!
Grian/Watchers felt quite the obvious choice for Hades and therefore DESERT DUO!! People have mentioned and brought up time and time again about Scar being the villain of a series. He’s great at deal making and often has a little soft spot. This fits quite well with Hades giving Orpheus a chance to prove his love for Eurydice! Grian as Persephone just feels like the right chaotic mix, he would love being all wild on stage, pretend to hate Scar, but still love him despite so. Mumbo as Persephone’s understudy felt like the next best choice for him. Also Mumbo and Watchers pairing for understudying with the Watchers playing with him for the coal miner curse!
Both Martyn and Ren were under consideration for Hermes because storytelling and theatrics. However, Martyn is quite involved with creating the Eyes and Ears AU and playing a character that tells the same story again, hoping for perhaps a happy ending, seems like Martyn. Martyn also has to suffer/go through every season of the life series and it’s essentially that they are playing the same game over and over again. Additionally, with the numerous SMPs Martyn has been in, we’ve seen him be warm and caring to a good amount of the members especially Jimmy (ie. Property Police & Big Dogs) and Scott (Mean Gills). This fits Hermes’ personality and actions of guiding Orpheus/Scott to finding his love. On the other hand, Ren has musical talent which would be very useful for the band but I still put him as Hermes’ understudy! Ren would be equally as caring and tell the story just as well.
The Fates was a little more difficult to decide as I kept thinking if Gem or Lizzie should be the 3rd fate. Out of everyone on the list, Cleo, Pearl, Gem, and Lizzie felt the most fitting for the Fates. All 4 have enough heart to bully Jimmy and be kinda wicked (especially Pearl and Cleo). I ended up deciding to put Gem as a fate because Gem has been more involved with roleplay in the series, Lizzie has had conflicts with Cleo (not serious but they’ve butt heads often), and I can just see Lizzie more as a worker. I mean, I just realized Pearl and Gem has their own head butting but they’ve also had plenty of moments where they work well together as well. Gem and Cleo have a pretty decent relationship with each other too, I feel they work together well enough. So I ended up having Lizzie understudy the Fates along with BigB and Bdubs. As far as I’m aware, both Lizzie and Bdubs have singing abilities so they’d make great featured ensemble roles and understudies! BigB’s creaking and being in the neutral zones for most seasons he’s in convinced me to put him as an understudy for the Fates as he fit the vibes and could also bully some peeps >:)
Finally, the band! While not usually casted, I decided to include it cause why not? All those on the band has shown instrumental abilities and I included Oli in it too cause he’s been a big part of the life series with his music composing! Plus, I know Oli and Joel have played together too and it’d be a massive help to have him join the band. The rest of the life series members were then put into the ensemble/casted as the workers, each one also being an understudy for a different role!
This cast of characters have got each others’ backs and they’re going to tell a tragic story together. If I have time and motivation in the future, I might actually draw concept art and/or for this AU! Thank you for reading about my yapping. If you wanna yap with me more about this, feel free to reach out, I love listening to other headcanons and talking about ideas. Have a great day 🫶
Hi, hello!! I’m EllithP, more commonly known as Ellith. I use she/they pronouns!
I’m an artist that is part of the MCYT fandom, more specifically making art from the Life Series, Hermitcraft, and other related series. I’m likely to make art of other series in the MCYT fandom and other outside fandoms such as Sanders Sides, musical theater, etc.
I try my best to post art decently often but I’m usually juggling school and long-term art projects so you’ll see a mix of reblogs and art pieces from me! Once I get my YouTube channel set up, you’ll also see the occasional animatic pop up here and there :)
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