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⌈ Secret Post #5505 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

I think the story is slightly diminished by not understanding the true power of Orpheus' song. At best you get Persephone and Hades to try, and that is verbally said to fix the seasons, but from fandom and other commentary, it's pretty clear that Orpheus as a character and the strength of his purpose isn't coming through sympathetically to the audience. And because of that it's also doesn't come through that Eurydice's "hunger" is a fault rather than just a vulnerability. This is also a personal thing but the "revolt" seem way less threatening when I saw it than when I heard it on the cast recording alone. But I wouldn't want to change the book, in that I like it a lot!

I also think that half of Hades seductiveness comes from Patrick Page's voice and if you don't have him, and you won't forever, then I think you need a little more to make it work.

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[(Anonymous)]

ALSO I totally get why Hades loved or loves Persephone (because if nothing else there's death loves life tropes there), but it's far less clear what is happening on her end and while that doesn't have to be a problem, I think any understanding of why she would love a non-industrial Hades could be done visually without a lot else changing and bring a little more pathos to them.

I don't know, there's a climate change background to the musical, and I would like a little nod to the fact that there is life in the ground (bioluminescent mushrooms, tree roots, burrows, etc) that Hades was crushing by trying to recreate the Sun for her, and she didn't need that.