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children brought up on dirt and vengeance
children who had no purpose after the murder they planned their whole lives
children of royal blood living like peasants to seek justice for their father
children who never got to be children

“He hath conquered, he cometh to free us
    With garlands new-won,
  More high than the crowns of Alpheüs,
    Thine own father's son:
  Cry, cry, for the day that is won!”

poor elektra. an entire life of suffering and loss and distance from everything she ever loved.

the parallels of them both having lived in exile to protect their lives as the only heirs, because their fathers got murdered. fuck.