that one post that’s like “orpheus turns around and eurydice isn’t mad because she knows she is loved.” htn is the opposite of that. harrow is an orpheus who adamantly refuses to turn around, and because of that gideon doesn’t know that harrow loves her.
The classical vibes of griddlehark are impeccable. Yes, they have Hades and Persephone aesthetics; the lord of the cold dead and the blooming flower her heart keeps trapped in the darkness. They also have the courtly love of a knight for her untouchable Lady, if her Lady were also her King. Then they’re Orpheus and Eurydice too, she’s kept alive as long as she refuses to look at her. One of them is also lesbian Jesus with Mordred’s origin story, why not. And of course they’re also Achilles and Patrocles, naturally; an unstoppable force on the battle field, together from childhood, there is no me without you, at the end of everything a final blurring of their edges. Mingled blood, mixed ashes. It’s a Lot.
you may find yourself living in a body that’s not yours and you may find yourself wanting to meet dogs and you may find yourself looking at a monstrous blue sphere in the sky and you may find yourself declining requests to be a weapon and you may find yourself dreaming of a beautiful girl, with a skull-painted face, and you may ask yourself well, how did I get here
