Nym

19, He. :)

[amordoloris]

Hello!

I'm Nym/Pseudonym.

I am an artist, mediocre writer, and ran(run) @buccaneeering .

In the past, I've talked many times about starting new blogs, few of which came to be, and all of which, were deleted, which brings us to this one.

On buccaneeering, my posts have become less and less frequent, and to anyone who enjoyed them, I apologize for that sincerely. To put it bluntly, I feel suffocated by the atmosphere I made there, and the patterns I fell into.

Also an IRL found me, which onset the months of silence to start.

I'm making this account in hopes of starting fresh, and to be able to create and share those creations without this looming idea of what it "has" to be. That said, I imagine it will be predominantly Phantom again, or at least, there will be an eventual sideblog for the usual shenanigans.

•I'm an adult now and don't really anticipate this blog will be as "clean" as my previous one, but everything will be tagged with CWs.

Thanks for everything, and I hope you're doing well!! 💛

[fictionadventurer]

The love stories in the original Phantom of the Opera novel are endearing because they're wholesome and innocent in a genre where you'd expect the opposite. The aristocrat who has a passion for an opera singer is a salacious cliche--but here, it's the sweet and innocent story of Raoul reconnecting with a childhood friend.

The Phantom threatens and tortures and gaslights and kidnaps in his pursuit of Christine's love, but his interest is surprisingly sexless. He's not a dark Gothic rapist. He loves Christine's beauty, yes, but for all his grand operatic performances, all his talk of "emotion that burns", his image of marriage doesn't mention the marriage bed. His dream is having a wife he can take to the park on Sundays and entertain with his ventriloquism during long evenings in the drawing room. He wants someone who is willing to endure his company.

The kiss that inspires him to release her and Raoul isn't a make-out session initiated by Christine--it's just that she allows him to kiss her forehead. The telling line is the Phantom weeping about how "my own mother wouldn't let me kiss her." It's not so much that he wants romantic intimacy--he just wants human touch. He just wanted someone to accept the love he offered. The moment he has that, he doesn't need anything else.

Amid all the dark and crazy exotic Gothic chaos of the rest of the story, it's surprisingly sweet to find such simple pictures of love at the center.

[amordoloris]

I am normal about Miracle Workers.

[amordoloris]

Hands, w.i.p.

[gravitybrawls]

It’s not too overwhelming that I reblogged things is it? I can stop if it’s upsetting

pro tip: I fucking love attention

[tincar87]

The best genre of gifs are the one where Captain Kirk is overall having a pretty bad day

[seizethegay420]

[tinyplanetss]

christine daaé my pookie ....... you saw the nuance of the situation despite your terror and STILL managed to say "you deserved compassion once" AND "i can't be the one to fix you" and i love her so much for that

[littlelemonoid]

Wallace &... Doof!?⚗️🧀

[babybutterlamb]

BOOK ERIK MY POOR POOR POOKIE!!! reposting from Pinterest… apparently not as many people on there like ugly men… le sigh

Anyways what do y’all think of this design? This is kinda how I imagined Erik when reading the book, but… minus the hat maybe.

[amordoloris]

oh hi hi!! long time no see, hope you're well! :)

HII! 💛 You too!!! :) Good to see you around.

[kyannnite]

dusted off ye olde apple pencil… it’s time to make a choice 🦗🦂

[do2faj]

Save me Persia era Erik save me

[songdancepsychopaths]

accurate depiction of the very important conversations from the last Saturday stream

[amordoloris]

YOOOO WELCOME BACK! I missed ya <333

TEEHEE! THANK YOU!!

Missed you too, man! :) SO psyched to be back.

[buckyandsteeb]

I appreciate Miracle Workers for their 'in every universe these two will most likely be together' deal. Some of the endings are more open ended but its hope for them

[babybutterlamb]

Here’s Renaissance Cherik lol (he looks like king Henry VIII)

Also here he is with the skull mask. It would be cool if the miniseries had a red death scene.

I forgot to mention. Thanks @blackghostm2o