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Chant

Eurydice: Please work so we can survive the winter

Orpheus:

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hey you!

yeah you!

do you like Greek myths?

how about folk/indie music?

well then boy howdy have I got an album for you

Hadestown is a collaborative folk/indie retelling of the famous tale of Orpheus and Eurydice (y’know, the one where he tries to retrieve her from the underworld and fails at the last minute? That one.) It’s also set in a post-apocalyptic version of the 1920s/prohibition hellscape that used to be America. After the album was out a few years they actually made it into a full musical. It features artists such as Anais Mitchell and Ani DiFranco and some really cool effects on Orpheus that I absolutely love.

And if that doesn’t convince you then how about the fact that Persephone is portrayed as running a speakeasy for all the poor souls in Hades’ work camp, or that Hermes is a drifter who gives shaky advice to Orpheus? Perfect.

Anyways, the full album is available on Spotify (<–click it)and it’s wonderful. Just thought you should know. 

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The Kardashian family is made up of a man who transformed into a woman (Tiresius), sisters who so ravenously crave attention they’ll do anything to get it (Harpys), and a mother slowly turning to stone due to plastic surgery (Niobe). The Kardashians are Greek myths come to life for the 21st century.

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I’d like to think that the reason why “666” is tied to the devil is because when re-ordering and inverting each 6 into a spiral, you get the 9 Circles of Hell.

The “10th” Circle of Hell is empty to symbolize incompleteness; a parallel to Heaven’s perfect order of 10 with God in the middle.

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i mean sure

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ha?

every single person who reblogs this

every

single

person

will get “doot doot” in their ask box

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Dudes that Disney one happened to me except it was an amusement park near where I live. Me and these 2 guys and one of my friends sang the “After ever After” songs by Paint in the line for a ride and I never got his name... which is weird cause I’m one of the shyest people ever so to just sing with a stranger in front of other strangers is weird to me. And all I know about them is one played the clarinet and the other a tuba and the clarinetist was a junior and the tuba player was a senior(?) but I never knew their school name either. We ended up in the same coaster so that was cool too. But it tucks I never asked for their name or even their number

marching band au prompts

“band camp just so happened to fall on the hottest week of the summer and you shamelessly took your shirt off in the middle of rehearsal and i can’t stop staring” 

“i swear i can play my instrument but whenever you’re around i get nervous and start sounding like shit”

“you’re in the color guard and you hit me in the face with your flag so i had to march the rest of the show with a bloody nose”

“you play the trumpet and you are currently blaring in my ear do you fucking mind”

“the bleachers at this school are so tiny and i ended up sitting on your lap oops”

“i may or may not have a minor crush on you but this is a big problem because you’re the drum major”

“you’re autistic and people make fun of you because they think you’re untalented and weird but i know they’re wrong because i’ve heard you play before and you sound amazing please join the band”

“this football game is stretching for so long and it’s really dark and cold, so we’re now sharing two blankets, a scarf, and three hand warmers”

“i need to work on my posture and need to stand very still in position but you’re making that nearly impossible because you keep poking me and i’m very ticklish”

“we’re performing a duet in the show and we have to keep on practicing together until its flawless” 

“your instrument is never in tune and i want to scream at you because LEARN HOW TO TUNE IT’S NOT THAT HARD”

“we both auditioned for section leader. i can march well but can’t play well, you can play well but can’t march well, so we were assigned as co-section leaders”

“you forgot to bring your stand tunes so we’re sharing mine but i just realized how close we’re sitting and i’m getting kinda flustered” 

“you’re carrying a sousaphone and you look like you’re going to die do you need help”

“i offered to carry your sousaphone but holy shit i did not realize it was this heavy”

“marching is not really my forte and you offered to help me with my technique” 

“we just performed our last show of the season and yeah it’s emotional and stuff but you haven’t stopped crying for two hours are you okay”

“this bus ride is so long and you fell asleep on my shoulder. everyone’s taking pictures and i want to wake you up but you look too peaceful”

“i always make god awful music puns and you’re the only only who appreciates them” 

“we’re from different schools and both of our bands are taking their trips to disney the same week. we met at the park and you stole my heart and i s2g this is the band version of summer nights from grease” 

“our band uniforms make us look like fuckin nerds but you manage to make yourself look stunning please tell me your secrets”

“you’re always glaring at me and i am 95% sure it’s because you’re jealous i’m first chair but can we please try to get along”

“you have really bad shako hair but i don’t want to say anything because it looks too cute”

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tag your otp

person a: *wearing a band tee*

person b: oh cool! i'm wearing a band tee too!

person a: ... no you're not that's just a plain white tee- oh my go

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i’m both

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So people in my school see me as the “innocent and shy girl who could never hurt a fly” but when they get to know me they are very surprised. One time last year in band me(freshman), a junior, and a senior were talking and insulting each other in band puns and I called the junior a sticcat-hoe and they both just started laughing and the whole band just turns to us and the junior said “she called me a sticcat-hoe” to the director and everyone started laughing and they were just like “why would you say that” jokingly to the senior(they thought she said it) and the junior said “NO, SHE SAID IT” still laughing and pointed at me. So that made everyone laugh harder and my face was red and I was laughing and my eyes were tearing up. The director just looked at us and said “But she’s so innocent and quiet” which, once again, triggered laughter. So then a few minutes later two seniors walked in and they just saw everyone red-faced and smiling and had the face of “what happened in here?”

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one of my biggest pet peeves is when people are like, “i don’t care, my significant other can go through my phone. i have nothing to hide.” 

okay. first of all.

wanting a partner to respect your privacy doesn’t necessarily go hand in hand with “having something to hide.” maybe you’d just prefer that they trust you without putting you under surveillance like a fucking prisoner? 

second.

it’s not only your privacy. if you’re cool with that shit, i really hope you’re informing all your friends and family members who discuss their personal lives with you that they should be prepared for your shitty SO to read through all their messages to you, but i’m betting you’re not doing that. 

maybe your bestie from high school doesn’t want your boyfriend seeing her emotional messages about her recent breakup? maybe your sister doesn’t want him reading her messages about struggles with her kids or her marriage? maybe your friend with mental health issues isn’t counting on you sharing their struggles with anyone else? 

maybe you should grow up and realize that if your partner loves and respects you, they’ll believe you have nothing to hide without checking for themself. 

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ya don’t gotta wear a bra if ya don’t wanna wear a bra! if it ain’t yo tiddies then yo opinion don’t matter hun!

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Okay this entrance is badass and all but I can’t stop thinking about Castiel’s hair getting caught on fire. Just imagine Cas trying to pat it out and keep his “serious business” face on but internally panicking. Then just Dean and Bobby glancing at each other like “what the fuck…”

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10 year old me: 🎶Nick-e-lo-deon🎶

13 year old me: SUPERNATURAL!!

Me now at 3am: 🎶Su-per-na-tural🎶

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