Memories aren’t for keeping.
They’re for sharing, for connecting with the people around you.
The good memories, the bad, the painful, all of them.
Good memories can help you share that joy with someone else, help you let them experience what you experienced, show them the joy that you once- and hopefully will again, experience.
Bad memories can let you help others understand and what you feel, what you’ve been through, they can help spread awareness and they can help you connect and help others.
You see these memories in the form of stories, memories shared from one person to another or memories shared from generations of people. Stories can also carry your memory as they are apart of you, we see this in history and we see this through random people all over the world, they carry stories of people they never even knew, or of people that maybe they did know but have long past, and they will keep those stories with them and maybe one day they will share them, and they will stay alive through those stories forever. Even after you pass one thing that can keep your memory alive is the stories you shared, maybe some so influential to others that they will share them over and over forever.
But at the end of the day memories aren’t for keeping, they’re for sharing, the good and the bad.
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"It’s not the darkness I fear, John. It’s what hides in the darkness. The possibilities of what lay beyond that are… limitless. A set of eyes could be watching us now, standing cold and motionless on the far side of the black.A creature of immense size could be reaching out at us as we speak, o-or it could be nothing! Just a void of quiet and shadow that yearns to draw us in... and devour us."
Arthur gets it. Arthur gets it so much.
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CHARACTER INFO SHEET
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Name: Orpheus
Name meaning: "Darkness of Night"
Alias: God of Music, Son of Apollo
Ethnicity: Greek
THREE HEADCANONS YOU’VE NEVER TOLD ANYONE:
He never particularly cared for Dionysus as his divine patron, finding him to be more of a hassle than it was worth. Honestly had it been up to Orpheus he would have dedicated himself to Hestia or even Demeter. But sadly Dionysus called dibs the first time Orpheus made a public appearance with his music, much to Apollo's fury later though it did little in the eyes of Zeus who approved it.
Music is not the only divine gift Orpheus inherited from his father though it is the single-most powerful ability he has. Though he didn't inherit any talents in medicine or archery, he did unfortunately have a minor gift in prophecy. Much to his immense distress as a young child when dreams of the future would strike him and leave him sobbing in fear and confusion in his mother and father's arms.
Apollo did indeed help raise Orpheus personally, even bringing him to the Muses once his talent in music began to make itself known so they could help him refine it. However, Orpheus holds no illusions as to his father's true nature, no matter how much he may love him. And so he'll embrace his role as the favorite and youngest child to call Apollo out on his shenanigans whenever it's necessary.
THREE THINGS YOUR CHARACTER LIKES DOING IN THEIR FREE TIME:
Flower arranging, a habit picked up from his mother.
Writing poems and songs.
Surprisingly, he enjoys throwing the discus.
SIX PEOPLE YOUR CHARACTER LIKES/LOVES:
His mother, the daughter of the king of Thrace/Macedonia. (nameless because thanks greek mythology)
Asclepius (half-brother, the only one he knew)
Apollo (father)
Eurydice (best friend since childhood)
Castor
The rest of the Argonauts except Herakles
TWO THINGS YOUR CHARACTER REGRETS:
Failing to save Eurydice from the Underworld. She didn't deserve to die so young, she deserved so much better. And he blamed himself for her death because she was gathering flowers for him to give to his ailing mother. A gift she intended to make him smile again like how he hadn't since his return from the quest for the golden fleece. Discovering she'd been attacked, that she'd been murdered, was the straw that broke the camel's back when it came to Orpheus' grief and terror of losing his loved ones. That's why he went to Hades...but in the end Orpheus was too human despite being more divine than mortal. His heart was too full of love... and so he doubted and looked back and failed. And he's never forgiven himself for it.
How he froze in fear when the Boreads enraged Herakles by suggesting the Argo sail away and leave him to his fruitless search if he wouldn't stop. Orpheus knows that if he had reacted in time he could have diffused the situation since his music can manipulate emotions in all beings. But he was just a youth barely more than sixteen at the time of the quest, and so he froze because of his sheltered life in the palace.
TWO PHOBIAS YOUR CHARACTER HAS:
Claustrophobia. There's no real reason for it, he's never been locked up that he can remember. But the idea of it terrifies him endlessly both in life and as a Servant. It doesn't help that his prophetic dreams made him feel trapped, unable to move or even scream when they would fall upon him in his sleep.
Thanatophobia, the fear of death. Specifically in Orpheus' case the death of those he loves. An unfortunate fear to have considering he watched so many people he cared for die either from illness, old age, or at the hands of others. When his own death came...he was only afraid of the madwomen who were tearing him apart. Death didn't frighten him, it was the events that led to his death that did.
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I have become incredible obsess with The Sandman to the point in which I watch the entire tv show in less than 48hs. I wanted to move on to the comics but they're not only incredible expensive but also not all of them available in my country. Why must this be the unfortune i face? Being poor and obsess with things. What damage could my pass life have done to deserve this punishment in my current one?
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Maybe it’s because I got @tmbgareok Book only two months after graduating from the treatment program, but every time I listen to it, I can’t help but relate it to OCD
Most obviously is “I Broke My Own Rule” - it feels so much like the thought process when I’m stuck in a cycle and can’t/don’t neutralize. It’s the soundtrack of my distress. Like I’m just gonna put at least half the song’s lyrics here but like. This! Is! My! Brain!!
“Everything's wrecked, everything is wrecked
Smashed up, destroyed, smashed up and destroyed
I broke my rule, I broke my own rule
Now there's no rules, no rules, there's no rules
Anymore
“This is as bad, as bad as it gets
I lost the high ground, lost the high ground
I broke my rule, I broke my own rule
I've got no one, no one else, no one else to blame
“What happens when, happens when the, when the freedom, freedom
You want, you want to have, to have comes at
Comes at a cost, a cost you can't, you can't afford to pay
“All is lost, all is lost, all is lost
Not a shred of, not a shred of hope
I broke my rule, I broke my own rule
Now I'm condemned to hell, now I'm condemned to hell”
Slightly less obvious but absolutely still the way my brain works: the chorus of “Less Than One”
“I took a walk, I got tired, I turned around and I got almost home but then I got tired and turned around again
I wrote this down, I erased it, I was filled with remorse for both erasing it and also for writing it down“
Just... following the rules I set for myself (ie “turn around when you get tired”) even when it keeps me perpetually stuck in a loop where I can’t do things I really need to (like getting home to take a nap instead of turning around again!). But it’s a Rule™ and if I don’t follow it then everything’s wrecked and I’m condemned to hell. After treatment, I have skills for how to prevent neutralizing my obsessions and getting stuck, but even though some things have gotten easier, it still feels like this every time I do an exposure. I’ve learned to stop taking it as the truth, but my brain always ends up playing these threats over and over
Anyway, this lives in my car’s CD player and is always on. Idk I just feel so seen by this album
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