One of them, anyway." Demeter will also confide in Zagreus regarding her daughter. In one conversation, Thanatos mentions that Zagreus has "her eyes. ![]() Little is known regarding Persephone's appearance, until Zagreus reaches Greece. The Olympian gods are, however, still unaware of this fact at the story's start, and do not know Zagreus' true motives in escaping the Underworld. Before the events of the game, nobody in the House except for Nyx and Hades themselves knew that Persephone was Zagreus' mother by the start of the game, everyone in the House (sans Hypnos) has learned that this is the case. She is known only from a flashback sequence triggered by Zagreus sleeping in his room, and from conversations between Zagreus and Nyx. ![]() ![]() Following her departure, Hades forbade all mentions of her in the House, and as such she remains a figure of mystery. Had she died, she would have returned to the House as he does via the River Styx. It is unknown why she left, or if she was successful in her escape, but she did not die. She is Zagreus' birth mother, but has since left for the world above. She married Hades and was noted to be a stately, kind woman as the Queen of the Underworld. Persephone is the goddess of vegetation (particularly grain), and a daughter of Demeter. And it is from this connection that I was able to see the similarities between Hades and The Actor.Mother. The Entity acts in the exact same way: it tells Mark to plot his revenge against William, tells him to steal his body, gets him to amend his plan when Celine comes in, etc. It’s because of The Fates that Eurydice abandons Orpheus to go to Hadestown, and it’s because of The Fates that Orpheus is overcome by his doubt to the point where he ends up losing Eurydice forever. In Hadestown, the real antagonists are The Fates as they are oftentimes the ones that set things in motion: they torment Eurydice and convince her to accept Hades’ offer (despite her love for Orpheus) by preying on her hunger, they plant seeds of doubt in Orpheus that they later dredge up against him, they give Hades the idea to put the outcome of Orpheus’ journey to the underworld into his own hands (who then presents it like its his own to Hermes). It was at that moment that I was able to gain a better understanding of it. His description of the Entity then immediately reminded me of how The Fates are described in Hadestown: “always singing in the back of your mind”. ![]() If you ever have the time, I highly recommend at least listening to the Original Broadway Cast recording on YouTube. For those who don’t know, Hadestown is a retelling of the Greek myths Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone the show has the two relationships act as direct parallels to one another in a very powerful and moving way with their respective relationships impacting the lives of everyone involved. My hyperfixation on the MCoU (Markiplier Connected Universe) ran along side what is a constant fixation in my mind: the music and themes of the Tony Award Winning show Hadestown. Granted, the recent explanation livestream has for the most part discarded the idea that the With Markiplier series are all stories that The Actor is in control of, but given the content of DAMIEN, we can still run with the idea of them all being trapped in The Actor’s stories. Specifically, I’ve been thinking about The Actor, Celine, The DA, the Entity, and the theory of them all being trapped in stories that The Actor controls. Ever since In Space: Part One aired, I’ve been hyperfixating on the story and characters of the Markiplier Connected Universe.
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