forestkodama:

princesssarisa:

wildefluorescent:

a-l-o-n-e-t-o-g-e-t-h-e-r:

meduseld:

sawasawako:

thinking about how orpheus turning to look back at eurydice isn’t a sign of mortal frailness but a sign of love

“Eurydice, dying now a second time, uttered no complaint against her husband. What was there to complain of, but that she had been loved?”
― Ovid, Metamorphoses

This is true no matter the version you’re reading.

1. Eurydice trips and Orpheus turns to help her because he loves her.

2. Orpheus cannot hear Eurydice behind him, and fearing that he’s been tricked, turns to make sure she’s there.

3. Orpheus makes it out of the Underworld, and so full of love and excitement to be with Eurydice, turns to embrace her, forgetting that they both need to be out of the Underworld.

No matter what happens in the story, Orpheus loses Eurydice because his love for her compels him to look.

Orpheus, I can forgive you, then,
There’s not a soul alive who wouldn’t have looked back

The Descent, by Tyler King

Don’t forget Gluck’s opera, where Eurydice doesn’t know Orpheus is forbidden to look back, Orpheus is also forbidden to tell her, she assumes he must not love her anymore, and Orpheus finally looks back to reassure her of his love because he can’t bear her anguish.

In that version in particular, but possibly in all retellings, a part of us wants Orpheus to look back, because his failure proves his love.

I’d be the voice that urged Orpheus
When her body was found
I’d be the choiceless hope in grief
That drove him underground
I’d be the dreadful need in the devotee
That made him turn around (Hey ya)
And I’d be the immediate forgiveness
In Eurydice

- Talk, Hozier

mikiruma:

mikiruma:

are you freaking serious did they actually put steve in minecraft

in my delirious half-awake state i appear to have typed the wrong game

xxtc-96xx:

Newtwo can do it for you

Streaming zelda wand of gamelon with @scraps-is-busy

twitch.tv/rogue_of_heart

fuckinnhell:

sakurafacts:

despite what u may think naruto IS actually vaccinated..i had to use a blowgun but i got him

guerrillatech:

Dave Oshry (CEO of New Blood interactive) made fun of an NFT artist and then they tried to email his “higher up” to get him to stop

spiffybug:

bodhimcbodeface:

I need a Thank u Mr Terry tag

#thank you mr terry#thinking something isn’t doing it and doing is all people see#and deep down it means that when the ugly thought reared its head to be realized#you stood up in front of that ugly hurtful thought and said ‘sit down’

Pardon me, but I needed to read your tags tonight.

askfallenroyalty:

jeannetart:

dare-i-say-asexual:

setforstars:

False

funniest part about this is i dont know which category youre trying to add him to

learn2anarchy:

tacofrend:

enchantingcoffeenightmare:

headspace-hotel:

guerrillatech:

I thought this was my hometown for a second

So this has actually been cited by academics as part of the major draw to online spaces is the fact that just existing in public is reacted to with hostility and punishment. Gretchen McCulloch discussed this is in her book Because Internet, citing research that shows teens and young adults want to be outside! We want to spend time in social places, it’s just that there aren’t any places to exist in public without being charged for it.