The "Orpheus and Eurydice" Pattern

I'm revising my novel Jim and the Flims this month, getting ready for a final push to the end. I haven't taken any new pictures since last week, so I'll just recycle some images from 2009.

In my novel, Jim is in the afterworld (called Flimsy), and he may or may not bring his dead wife Val back to life on Earth. It's a take on the Orpheus and Eurydice legend, but I'm considering a happy ending, although I keep wondering if a "happily ever after" ending is best.

I gather that, in romance...