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Orpheus/Eurydice
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Orpheus/Eurydice |
| Alternative name(s): | Orphydice, Orphedice |
| Gender category: | het, m/f |
| Fandom: | Hadestown |
| Canonical?: | yes |
| Prevalence: | common |
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Orpheus/Eurydice, often smooshed as Orphydice is one of the most popular canon pairing in Hadestown fandom.
Fandom
Fanworks such as- fanfic, fanart, gifset, graphic are popular.
Common Tropes
- Fix-it: Fics with happy endings instead of the canon one are the most popular trope in the fandom.
- Alternate Universe - Orpheus Doesn't Turn Around: Since canon follows the original myth where Orpheus turns around, fix-it fics where he doesn't are popular.
- Kidfic: Fix-it fics have a subgenre where they have child/children either biological or adopted.
- Post-Canon: Exploring the aftermath of canon are also popular. Sometimes this includes reunion of Orpheus and Eurydice in the Underworld.
- Novelization: Rewrites of various songs from the musical are seen often. These fics often include magical realism.
- Time Loop: The circular nature of canon has led to it being interpreted as a time loop. Fics where authors explore different versions of it are popular. Often these fics have happpy ending where the loop is broken.
- Modern AU: AUs set in modern world are relatively popular. Most of the times, these have happy endings.
- Slice of Life: Fluffy fics focusing on their domestic life are common.
Example Fanworks
Fanfic
- The Stars Too, they tell of spring returning by grifterandthief. "An example of fix-it fic with the kidfic trope."
- begin again by orphan_account. "An example of time loop with happy ending."
- As True As Your Heart by EveryMomentStronger. "An example of Modern AU fics."
- What He Did Was Sing by talefeathers. "An example of a rewrite of the song Come Home With Me from the musical with magical realism."
Fanart
- And Eurydice was a young girl/ But she’d seen how the world was/ When she fell, she fell in spite of herself/ In love with Orpheus by eerna.
- Now I Wanna Hold You Too by rasqberre.
- Come Home With Me by quibbs.
- Orphydice art by batkingsalem.
Gifset
- imagine being loved by me by musicalgifs. "A gifset showing parallels between Orphydice and lyrics from Talk by Hozier."
- wedding song//promises i, wedding song//promises ii by waitformereprise. "A pair of gifsets showing parallels between Wedding Song and Promises from the musical.
- you think they'll make it i don't know by jesterlesbian. "A gifset showing parallels between Orpheus and Eurydice sing Wait for Me."
Graphic
- Orphydice Pride Icons by singerorpheus.
- She called your name before she went / But I guess you weren’t listening by amycurtismarchs.
- And all the flowers will bloom by allthefights.