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[maplemood]

I spent most all of my free time last week writing 12kish words of Hades/Persephone babyfic and about killed my brain in the process--it's been a while since I wrote anything over 2,000-3,000 words and finals week is coming up FAST--but also I regret nothing because Hades/Persephone babyfic. I don't know if anyone has an undying need for the most dysfunctional couple ever to start procreating, but if you do...here it is. As always there are a whole bunch of things I'd fix if I had more time/knew how to, but overall I'm not completely ashamed of it, which is always a good thing. I just wish there was more kid/babyfic in the Hadestown fandom specifically, because I, for one, do have an undying need to see the most dysfunctional couple ever with babies, and writing your own fics is great but never quite the same as reading someone else's. 

So, yeah. I think I'm going through the worst of my Hadestown obsessive spiral right now, which isn't super ideal when it comes to the timing of final exams and papers but is at least a nice distraction. Also, we've just started to get more spring-like weather around here, so listening to the recording on repeat feels especially appropriate. :) The cyclical nature of the story--at least when it comes to the gods; Orpheus and Eurydice don't get the luxury of trying over and over and over again--makes me so hopeful and sad at the same time; so does the theme of art being both enough and absolutely not enough. I'm probably biased in her favor, anyway, but Eurydice doesn't make any choices that I probably wouldn't make if I were in the same situation, and the fact that she makes what seems to be the best choice at the time and ends up trapped in Hadestown for eternity...if it comes down to a choice between your true love and, y'know, having enough food to get you through the winter, I can't see all that many people deciding any differently than she did. That being said, I do love Orpheus. I love pretty much everyone, and there's no clear-cut villain in the story, even when it comes to Hades, and it makes the whole thing 100x better and 100x sadder.  

Comments

[toujours_nigel]

\o/

[acequeenking]

Listen, as someone who is also in anHadestown obsessive spiral and LOVES babyfic: you are doing the gods work. I got the subscription notification for that this morning, squeed at my desk, and then spent all lunch devouring it (and I'll leave you a review once I get more than GUH). That fic was the highlight of the day and hurt so good. So...thank you for your sacrifice.

And uh...I absolutely will write you babyfic with Hades and Persephone. I may uh...have already written one ficlet in a short story collection I haven't posted yet and and am in the process of writing a really long-form one that deals with them having Zagreus so uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh clearly this is a niche I like a REAL LOT and will gladly wallow in with you forever

The fact that no one is, entirely, the bad guy, is honestly what drives me to love it so much. Even Hades, who definitively is the antagonist, has understandable reasons for doing what he's doing, even if what he's doing is absolutely terrible. I root for everyone in it, and I hope that the gods actually do make it through during this cycle at some point. I don't think anyone can blame Eurydice for the decision she makes, honestly.