Tear Jerker / Stray Gods

• If you side with Apollo, he tells you about how most of the Idols don't have children because they usually don't retain the parent's immortality, and it hurts to see them grow old and die.
• The entirety of Aphrodite's song, from her tragic fate, to her husband's sacrifice, to the damages it had done to her son, Eros, who is forced to watch her die again and again. And if Grace fails to or does not convince Aphrodite to move on, it's entirely possible they will continue this song and dance again.
  • If Eros sings his feelings, he sounds so broken by his mother's continuing efforts to be reborn, as he has to see it fail over and over again, and he feels more broken each time she gives up.
  • While she suffers from PTSD due to her treatment by the Nazi regime, her single biggest regret is spurning her husband Hephaestus' affections.
    Aphrodite: The man that I ignored, saved me when I fell. Yes, the husband I abhorred rescued me from Hell. I thought it was a joke when it was said to me: He struck a deal with our enemy's enemy. Made a secret weapon so my captors let me go. He gave up his freedom, leaving just a memory, and this love I'll never know is what he gave to me.
• During Cast a Spell, if called upon to help Asterion, Freddie first praises him for his courage to confess his feelings, then says she wishes she could do what he does. The camera then pans to show Grace in the audience's seat as Freddie says she lost her chance because of this lack of courage, implying (and later the player would learn it to be true) that she is referring to Grace. The tragic part is that she may well be entirely wrong and that Grace can share her feelings all this time, and if Freddie is not brought back from the Underworld, she would never get the chance to confess to Grace.
  Freddie: I'm saying that I've missed out before / Last chances rushed out that exit door / I could never let my heart be heard, and it's withering / Now I'm reconsidering...
• Freddie, with no hesitation, stepping between her best friend and the Furies and dying for it. Their reunion in the underworld is no less tragic, with Grace in tears either saying her goodbye or begging her best friend to stay.
• Persephone revealing she can't bring Freddie back, which is a tearjerker enough, but it can play out in multiple ways.
  • One of Persephone's break-up options happens right afterwards with Grace feeling that for a moment she thought she cared about someone other than herself.
  • If Grace gives Persephone the throne, her voice breaks as she realizes everything worked out for Persephone — she gets the throne and Grace gets nothing. Depending on your choices, Persephone then realizes that having the throne doesn't make her any happier, and she abdicates.
  • If Grace didn't give Persephone the throne or Persephone realizes it was pointless, she highlights that neither of them get what they wanted.
• In Pan's romance song, it goes from a fun cheerful song about Pan encouraging Grace to enjoy herself, to Pan admitting he doesn't think Grace will survive the Trial. Grace goes from smiling and enjoying herself to calling Pan out on his lack of faith in her.
• If you haven't romanced Pan, before the Trial he coolly suggests letting the prophecy play out in the hopes it will turn out okay. If you have romanced Pan, he's so worried about Grace he suggests they flee the city and admits to having no idea what to do.
• The Green path to end The Trial has Athena call herself a monster and apologize to Grace and everyone, and Calliope's spirit forgives her. This song is also a Dark Reprise of Medusa's song, reflecting their Commonality Connection.
• Persephone's relationship with Hades. Not only was she kidnapped and trapped in an abusive relationship with Hades for centuries as a trophy, but she managed to escape only to be caught by Hades again. She saw Apollo and begged him to help her but did he nothing, cementing her grudge against him.
  • Though Apollo didn't help Persephone because he didn't want to risk a war breaking out, he remembers and regrets not helping her.
  • Persephone freed herself from her marriage by killing Hades and taking the throne of the Underworld, but was punished for it by the other Idols and the throne taken away.

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