Mackenzie

kenz | 25 | queer | girlfailure mostly phantom of the opera and whatever else I’m watching at the moment she/they

[bway-ghost]

Welcome to my blog:

Hii, my name is Kenz aka bway-ghost. I’ve been on tumblr for about 13 years now (🫩) posting about Phantom of the Opera but never made one of these so I guess now is the time lol.

About me:

I made this blog when I was a 12 year old neroudivergent kid desperate to discuss my biggest hyper-fixation: Phantom of the Opera.

Mostly the ALW musical but also the book, various movies, 1990 tv miniseries, etc. I’m now 25 years old and still want to talk about those things.

I was pretty active in the fandom for years but it was a bit hard to navigate being so young but I found a really warm and welcoming community. I took a break from posting for a while for no real reason. But Phantoms truly been in a renaissance recently between the various tours and Masquerade NYC- it’s made me want to post again, and it’s felt like a homecoming for me as corny as that sounds. Phantom is truly my favorite thing and has been since I first discovered it. Specifically, I can’t express what Christine Daaé means to me, she’s truly my favorite character of all time.

I would love to have more phantom based mutuals so if you like what I’ve said let’s connect and revel in this specific type of brain rot together :)

Things I post:

Mostly just shit posting, reblogging with my thoughts in the tags, cosplay content- been doing a lot with Christine recently, I plan to post more art like I used to but I got to warm up that part of myself a bit more.

I also like to post reviews anytime I see Phantom. I live in a major city close to New York so I’ve been lucky enough to see it on Broadway 3 times, Masquerade 3 times (soon to be more), and the restaged tour 3 times. (I don’t really care for the restaged tour though oops…😗)

Shipping:

I think everyone in phantom should kiss each other. This includes raoulstine, erikstine, rerik, all of it. It’s the ideal way to enjoy the story in my humble opinion. I don’t really care who you ship, I probably ship them too lol just let everyone do what they want! ♥️

Non-phantom things I post about:

Theatre in general (my other favorite musical is great comet), One Piece, horror movies, gothic literature (I have a BA in writing and literature, fun fact!), Star Wars, anime in general, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and whatever tv show I am watching at the moment. I’m also a sapphic leftist so I post stuff related to that as well !!

DNI:

Basically if you’re a bigot don’t follow me. This includes racism, homophobia, transphobia, zionism, anything pro-tr*mp, etc. I’m also very much anti-AI and prefer not to engage in any content related to that if I can.

In conclusion:

Overall, this is a long winded way to say: hi!! Welcome to my blog, I hope you enjoy. If you like phantom of the opera, or any of these other things let’s be oomfs!! 🫶🫶🫶

[litloverscorsetlaces]

Isaiah Bailey & Jordan Lee Gilbert, POTO US Tour 2026

I've always been completely normal about the yearning in Isaiah's gaze. Now I'm normal about it in trailer pro-shot HD slowed to half speed.

[wheel-of-fish]

Saturday, June 6, 2026 • 9 p.m. EST

Fish's 300th and final stream—STOLLEBOOT

I'm usually pretty decisive about what to stream, but this one eluded me for weeks. How do you cap off 300 nights of shared memories and shenanigans and collective suffering? You can't. Not meaningfully, anyway. What you CAN do is have a party and watch the most ridiculous option possible.

Stolleboot is a brilliantly seamless edit by @cowardtranslation that stars beloved jack of all trades JEREMY STOLLE as the Phantom, JEREMY STOLLE as Raoul, JEREMY STOLLE as Passarino, and JEREMY STOLLE as Piangi.

As always, the stream will be on cy.tube and shy anons are welcome. For more info, please see the Saturday Streams FAQ! Link and password will be posted here at 8:45.

Remember to follow @from-aldebaran for stream posts going forward!

[bway-ghost]

Claire Leyden is taking over as the principal Christine in pulse 6 🥰

[gh0stbra1nz]

thinking about alw erik and raoul. an interesting dynamic (and queer take on them) would be that erik yearns for christine because of her voice, the way it completes his music perfectly. he therefore conflates romantic love with idolisation, his loneliness and hunger for affection fueling this need for her and her gentle nature; her kindness being such that he believes she might be able to accept his monstrous looks.

enter raoul who, despite being different in personality, appearance-wise erik sees he is ideal by other's standards. this fosters a sort of heat within him each time he sees the man with christine, hears his voice, sees him smile, thinks about him after his mind drifts from christine to that man who so often attaches himself to her. he believes the heat is jealousy, when in truth it is partly envy, because he wishes he were so handsome, well-liked and naturally charismatic, then love (platonic and romantic) would be easier for him. he wants to be like raoul, mimic the way he carries himself, the way he dresses and looks, because that is what is considered good and perfect by society, yet he can't. it looks wrong on him. but that heat is also the starting flame of a crush, a simmering lust that grows in intensity until it confuses erik, infuriates him.

why must his thoughts of christine always lead to that man? why does his imagination wander into territory unbidden, of the delicate face of the singer he adores, her lips smiling and pressing against his, to those which belong to raoul? he's angry and frustrated, and blushing has become such a common occurrence that he scarcely realises when he does it.

but he does it, and christine notices it first when she is in the phantom's presence and their conversation somehow diverts to raoul, and this strange, half-masked man's eyes flit off to the side, his fingers fidget and wriggle in tight fists, his one exposed cheek glowing such a fierce red that it's clearly visible in the dim light. and christine tries to understand whether this was the phantom angry and jealous, or perhaps something more reminiscent of someone filled with a desire they have no idea how to handle.

[les-gnossiennes-fantomatiques]

Yeah well like idk sometimes you gotta be the whole party.

[dogpuppy]

[a-shakespearean-in-paris]

Masquerade Friday May 29 with Georgia and Clay, she kissed his forehead before going to Raoul during the final layer and leaving and I will now never know peace.

[valtsv]

parents love giving you job hunting advice that's like Have you tried destroying and betraying yourself for nothing

[64feet]

The little tap I am unwell

[64feet]

@bway-ghost @litloverscorsetlaces @nerdywriter36 @lonlonranching we've all been feeling nice and normal about this one since last week I see

[thickness-protection-program]

I'm probably someone's "not this guy again" on Tumblr

[bway-ghost]

Photos of Addie Morales as Christine !! Happy trails to her <3

photo credit to @gretaswartz on instagram

[64feet]

The little tap I am unwell

[philbins]

“You answer quick – they can survive but a few moments!”

[opera-ghost]

editing the phantom of the opera US tour trailer like a tiktok thirst edit part 1

[bway-ghost]

Happy last day to Addie Morales at Masquerade!! X

[opera-ghost]

phantom US tour full trailer REAL !!!!!!!