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[witless-winion1]

it’s time.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

I might be shaking.

[sandersstudies]

My sister-in-law (husband’s sister) was supposed to get married this fall but due to some immature/concerning behavior by her fiancé, the wedding and engagement were called off. (I don’t want to be too specific, but there were sudden red flags, followed by his sudden decision that he wanted to postpone the wedding months or years despite the fact that most of it was paid for already).

I explained the delicate situation to my mom, as my sister-in-law is letting the news get out by word-of-mouth from the immediate family rather than an awkward “unsave-the-date”. My mom obviously told my own family.

Apparently my dad was so angry by the behavior of this guy that in the lunchroom at work he made everybody listen to the whole story (censoring names and identifying details) and said “I’m not crazy, right? This guy sucks!” And then reported back to me all his different coworkers that agreed this guy sucks, as well as their variety of ages/genders to indicate widespread consensus.

[alexaloraetheris]

Organically sourced AITA reddit thread.

[sandersstudies]

I wasn’t sure if my vibes about this post would come across over text but you all picked up exactly what I was putting down.

[rattito-rat]

I SAW THIS AND I MADE IT

RAH AMELIA!!!!

and kores there too ig.....

[witless-winion1]

pov: what you once thought was a crackship that turned into your OTP gets a gay ass reunion on the first episode released during pride month and you go so insane while listening you turn into Nerbles on your carpet

(also my friend @hyperfixationjunkie PREDICTED THE SONG???)

@dingodoodles what do you MEAN he wrote a whole fuckin song for Rooster. What do you MEAN he froze onstage when he heard Rooster. What do you MEAN his face lit up as he ordered the lights be turned down, interrupting his performance to find Rooster. What do you MEAN he improv’d a whole happy ending to his sad song about missing his friend. What do you MEAN he basically confessed and Rooster put it all on pause to work on himself (which, valid, but also CMON WE WERE SO CLOSE). And the Amore (Amelia x Kore) kiss right after with the golden messenger birds and the explosion???!???!?!??? Unfortunately I am vomiting and crying and I will be hysterical for the next fortnight

[artvoid0]

MARCOPOLLO FOR PRIDE MONTH

I'm so scared for the next episode :>

[nikyistiresarts]

Nerbles is not a fan of the storm. It heckin WIMDY. They would like to go back to their room and curl up now.

[jenjoiii]

🌬️🌬️🌬️

there were three old women all dressed the same ... and they were always singin' in the back of your mind

[witless-winion1]

one good thing 2026

I cleaned out my whole ass closet!

my favorite OTP in my favorite podcast got some CONTENT (Rooster was gone for a year and Marco WROTE A WHOLE SOMG FOR HIM HE WAS SO HAPPY, HAPPY PRIDE MOMTH) and my 2OTP got a KISS!!

Also started really listening to the Hadestown soundtrack today, only to rEALIZE

THE TIMING??? HELLO???

[cherryitadraws]

keep that furnace fed with the fossils of the dead...

[cupidsquilll]

[jaxs-beanie]

Got some new Hadestown memes from Edmonton, London, Broadway, and the tour!

[eerna]

wait for me, I'm coming

[a-genderless-frog]

I've only seen Hadestown once. It was in a high school theater, put on by a relatively new youth theater collective. Nothing terribly special, but there's one thing I'll remember forever.

The Fates, in myth, weave threads of life. This performance gave the fates a red string. In Doubt Comes In, the moment Orpheus turned around, they cut the string and used the two halves to pull Eurydice back to Hades and to hold Orpheus back from going to her. And, more than that, Orpheus didn't sing her name. He screamed it.

That moment, that Orpheus screaming and lunging after Eurydice despite being literally held back by fate, is something I'm never going to forget.

[river-of-wine]

Hades gives Orpheus a trial he knows he himself could never succeed at, but it isn’t just that Hades knows he would turn around. Hades has been failing this trial every single year. He shows up too early. He turns too soon. He is so full of doubt that even the natural order of the world, that Persephone will return to him, is not something he can trust. Hades would fail the trial he has given Orpheus, and he already has. All alone, his blood runs thin.

[glamourweaver]

Some performances have really hit this explicitly on the head with Orpheus and Eurydice changing their final lines to each other

[Orpheus turns around]

Eurydice: [shocked, speaking with fear and despair] You’re early.

Orpheus: [same] I missed you.

[bluebelleisms]

thank you hadestown for rewriting my brain

[prose-n-scripts]

concurrent events

[grimalditeuthis]

what they don't tell you about hadestown is that orpheus and eurydice are not the main characters. neither are persephone and hades. or hermes. or the fates. the main character is whoever in the band is playing the trombone because holy fuck