13 Works by Orphistry
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King Arthur and Queen Mera raise Prince Thomas together as the great nation of Atlantis is afflicted with a plague of sleeping sickness - until they receive a message from a mysterious man in Mera’s former homeland claiming to possess the cure. Our marine monarchs are set to discover whether this claim is a truth or a lie in a desperate bid to save their kingdom as they partake a journey to the North on the backs of their sea-dragons, but a mysterious maelstrom sends them in a detour to an otherworldly dimension where they discover the strange truth about their loyal steeds…
(Loosely based on the 86’s miniseries by Neal Pozner.)
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Arthur Curry only hoped time would let him forget his life – and his crimes – on the surface world. And he did forget it… until recently. Because his former, sorry life had to knock back at his slammed door, resurging like a sand-dwelling mollusk after the sandstorm rescinds.
(Retelling of the comics’ Death of a Prince arc. Follows mostly Arthur’s POV, with a few scenes from David Hyde’s, Garth’s and Tula’s POVs.)
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Jax has always been Orpheus’ best friend - ever since they have met when they were both so young, Spring and Fall were still around. And he has always been there for him when times are hard, even when the storm tried to set them apart.
(Orpheus, son of the Muse Calliope with a river spirit and bestowed with a supernatural connection to Nature, and the world of Hadestown as seen through the eyes of “Jax” - John Krause's Act One Worker in the Original Broadway Cast of Hadestown.)
Orpheusweek, day 3: Touched by the Gods (Broadway)
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- Part 3 of The Orphic Anthology
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He was not always on the brink of poverty, a few pennies from getting stranded on the road with no food or gasoline. He didn’t use to live in a small travelling caravan, nowhere to go, nowhere to stay, nowhere to return to.
There used to be a time the road wasn’t the only home he had, though. He wasn’t born rich, any semblance of riches came later – only to be taken away.
He doesn’t know how his story will end. But that’s how it began.(Based on the idea London!Orpheus is the son of Oeagrus and Menippe, daughter of Thamyris – and just like his late grandfather he used to be famous, until he got disgraced later in life.)
Orpheusweek, day 2: Always Had a Crowd (London)
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- Part 2 of The Orphic Anthology
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Orpheus was the son of a Muse. He was aware it made him very different from any other man he knew. But he loved his mom, more than anything else in the world.
And then, one day, she was gone.
Somewhere in the end of the world, a manzanita tree grew. And there camped a hungry young girl coming from somewhere very, very far away.(Based on the idea Edmonton!Orpheus's mother was Polyhymnia, the Muse of Sacred Hymns, who was also associated with agriculture.)
Orpheusweek, day 1: To the Sunshine and Fruit of the Vine (Edmonton)
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- Part 1 of The Orphic Anthology
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“My Lord, we captured the trespasser.”
The King saw the young man’s awkward gawky frame again, now bound with metallic ropes wrapping his legs and hands behind him. His mouth stuffed with cotton and sealed with silver tape, like a crack in the wall.(AU where Orpheus gets captured after Papers, bound and silenced - permanently. It goes as well as you’d expect.)
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Spring burst through the melting snow, under the light of the blinding bright sun. In a cold, dreary dark cave, away from the bright scented flowers and sunshine, Orpheus curled himself up on the rough hard ground, no tears left to cry.
Until a certain little boy burst into his life.Orpheusweek, day 8: To Orpheus and All of Us (Free Day)
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- Part 8 of The Orphic Anthology
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They made it out this time! But not without hurdles or consequences. As the world still oughts to heal altogether, Orpheus and Eurydice settle down in a still-growing paradise of greenery and songs, still grappling with the aftermath of their descent and return from down below, and with the new world and new life they ought to build together.
THIS WORK HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
Orpheusweek, day 6: Spring Will Come Again (Nature/Environment)
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- Part 6 of The Orphic Anthology
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A saffron bandana incused with fine fiery motifs tight around her neck, over her nose and under her chin. Yet Orpheus felt he always knew her.
A scarlet bandana with delicate black and white incuses tight around his neck, over his nose and under his chin. Yet Eurydice felt she still knew him.Orpheusweek, day 4: I Believe in Us Together (Love/Relationships)
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- Part 4 of The Orphic Anthology
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The Moment Mother Nature Calls by Orphistry
Fandoms: Hadestown - Mitchell, Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
18 Feb 2022
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Men are fools, her Mother used to say, over and over when young Persephone dared to tread the world outside her greening cradle, her Mother’s green field under the skirt of her robe. Men are frail. They will take from you more than you can give, and then leave you alone in the dirt. Give them your hoe and teach them how to dig the ground, they’ll dig you until you are left bare and barren with nothing left.
There was always a lingering bitterness in her words. Persephone would only understand it long, long after. -
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He has never felt so lonely. The world never felt so dark, so cold. His wounds never felt so painful.
He could feel the wind getting stronger and stronger as he got closer to aboveground. As he treaded and walked, a foot front of the other, he could feel the river of shades behind him less and less.
Walking single file, his body paining with a thousand wounds burning against the cold wailing wind, Orpheus guided his Eurydice through the perilous dark tunnel to aboveground.Orpheusweek, day 5: If It’s True What They Say (Grief/Poverty)
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- Part 5 of The Orphic Anthology
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“You must take him.”
At night before Hermes’ leery eyes stood Despoina herself, clothed in vests of night skies full of glittering stars, her shadowed dark hair tied back in a stripped snood. A mantle red as pomegranate – red as blood – wrapped a small boy cradled in her arms.(Thrice ten thousand seasons. This is how long the Transmigration would take until a world’s denizen were free from the Grievous Cycle, had they lived a good, fulfilling, virtuous life thrice in succession.)
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Novelized version of “Epic II”. As the dreary Winter clothes the world Up Above, Orpheus settles within his room at the Station's Inn as he tries to write his Song to fix the World.
Orpheusweek, day 7: Working on a Song (Music)
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- Part 7 of The Orphic Anthology