humblegeniusinboxfive

Writer. In love with The Phantom of the Opera and classic literature. Art, aesthetic, moode. Can’t live without Beauty.

[humblegeniusinboxfive]

After years and years of pining… it’s finally mine.

[muirin007]

Based on a shot from the 1990 miniseries. I have such a soft spot for that series, since it's one of the very few adaptations we have that shows Erik and Christine's relationship in detail. I love when they go from teacher and pupil to friends to lovers. HNNNNNNGGGG.

[forever-and-whats-left-deactiva]

I know some of you wanted the Leroux kiss to end with a kiss on the mouth, but I actually prefer it the way it is. A kiss on the mouth might have been a clear show of romantic feelings, but a kiss to the forehead carries all the love he was denied in life; platonic, romantic, familial, etc. There’s something equally beautiful in the fact that Christine chooses to give it. There’s no pressure on her now. He’s let her go. And still, she chooses to kiss him.

[humblegeniusinboxfive]

Beyond a doubt. Plus the forehead symbolizes divinity and spiritual connection, which is just so completely perfect because that is the bedrock of their relationship. So a forehead kiss is actually MORE meaningful than on the lips because it is in all regards symbolic of a “higher” love—you might even say…. “love of the most exquisite kind”… agape rather than just eros…. Oh, no…. I would not trade that exchange of forehead kisses for the world.

[neupokoevv]

AGAIN!!!

[artechna]

ok bro… thats an interesting theory… i guess???

this is how crime and punishment went, right? 🤔

[humblegeniusinboxfive]

Man, I love him

[kawaiiyuutsu]

Some sketches of Saint-Clair and Rouletabille from "The mystery of the yellow room" ☀️

Aww, I love this book and characters so much. It's one of those perfect classic detective stories that just doesn't get enough love. I never see any art for it which is a shame, sooo here's my contribution! 🤭

And... u know... just listen, i see something like spark between them 🤲🏻✨️

i'm in love with how Saint-Clair calls Rouletabille "my young friend " 🌠

Я редко шипперю кого-то, но порой случается всякое... но их отношения скорее на эмоциональном уровне, а не полностью тактильные. Я правда была расстроена, когда поняла, что я единственная кто создает что-то по этой книге. Так-то я и ранее рисовала этих двоих, но этим скетчам полгода, я не хочу их показывать☹️

[humblegeniusinboxfive]

Oh my goodness—it’s art for the Mystery of the Yellow Room! This NEVER happens!

[lincolnlogger]

"After giving three taps on the wall, he walked in quietly through a door which I had not noticed and which he left open. He had his arms full of boxes and parcels and arranged them on the bed, in a leisurely fashion, while I overwhelmed him with abuse and called upon him to take off his mask, if it covered the face of an honest man. He replied serenely, 'You shall never see Erik's face.' And he reproached me with not having finished dressing at that time of day: he was good enough to tell me that it was two o'clock in the afternoon. He said he would give me half an hour and, while he spoke, wound up my watch and set it for me. After which, he asked me to come to the dining-room, where a nice lunch was waiting for us."

[songdancepsychopaths]

Raoul and Christine had both disappeared, both had withdrawn far from the world to enjoy a happiness which they would not have cared to make public after the inexplicable death of Count Philippe

They took the train one day from "the northern railway station of the world." Possibly, I too shall take the train at that station, one day, and go and seek around thy lakes, O Norway, O silent Scandinavia, for the perhaps still living traces of Raoul and Christine and also of Mamma Valerius, who disappeared at the same time!

Possibly, some day, I shall hear the lonely echoes of the North repeat the singing of her who knew the Angel of Music...

Epilogue, The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

[humblegeniusinboxfive]

*sigh*

[sunstitched]

“christine was no longer in tears, but i was weeping, and i wept alone.”

hahahahhaha i’m GOING to kms.

[humblegeniusinboxfive]

the line no one talks about but hits the hardest

[artfortheages]

Outside the Opera, Paris - Jean-Georges Béraud - 1879

[ablatheringblatherskite]

Tagged by @rainintheevening to list 6 books I wanna read this year!! It's my New Year resolution to read more this year so this is great!!

One Piece (currently I have Vol. 1-3 but I plan to get at least up to 12!)

Re-read Wings of Fire 1-6, then read books 7 and 8 for the first time!

Mary Poppins!! One of my closest friends gifted me the most lovely copy and I really wanna read that!

Re-read the Phantom of the Opera!!

The Mouse and His Child by Russell Hoban! It's been on my bed waiting for MONTHS lol

Re-read Artemis Fowl 1-3, then read book 4 for the first time!!

No pressure tags: @the-old-fashioned-girl @overthinking-with-katy @enigma-absolute @nerdywriter36 @brendadaaedestler

[nerdywriter36]

Thanks for the tag @ablatheringblatherskite! 💕

Finish Les Miserables by Victor Hugo 🥖 I am finally making progress with thanks to my new Kindle!

Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett 🍃 I am DYING for this book even though I don’t want this series to end.

Fearless by Lauren Roberts 👑 I am terrified of the end of this series, this is so much fear in my heart.

Accomplice to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer 🐸 This has become such a comfort series and I love Evie and Trystan more than life itself.

The Love Haters by Katherine Center 💕 She is an auto-buy author for me and has yet to miss with one of her books, so I’m itching for this new one!

Glorious Rivals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 🎲 This new trilogy intrigues me very much and I’m interested to see where it goes! Also Grayson Hawthorn ❤️

Believe me, there are MANY more, but these came to mind first!

Tagging @brendadaaedestler @wheel-of-fish @plant-books @rose-margaritas @achillmango and anyone else who wants to play!

[achillmango]

thank you for tagging me, Emily!! <3 < 3

The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu. I watched the Pantheon, the TV series that was inspired by this book, and it was AH-MAZING!! incredible world-building!! Can't wait to read the book the series is based on!

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones loved the movie, so i'm excited to read the book!

Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card. I've been meaning to finish reading the Ender's Game series, chronologically i think that's only the 2nd book, so I've got a ways to go lolol

Cinder by Marissa Meyer tbh i've kinda of avoided this book, but my cousin recommended it so i'm gonna give it a chance

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobbs sounds super fun and it's bee on my TBR for a while.

Such A Quiet Place by Megan Miranda. Started it then forgot about it for a while.

no pressure tagging: @cuddlesforerik @wingchunwaterbender @spocks-blue-eyeshadow

[cuddlesforerik]

Thanks @achillmango for the tag! Love seeing these in my inbox 😄 (My list isn't really in any order, btw).

1. The Royal Wedding Series by Rachel Hauck. Read them once a few years ago and I want to do it again--they're such great books.

2. Pride and Prejudice. I never really actually sat and read the book--the Matthew MacFayden movie was a bit more interesting lol :).

3. Powerless by Lauren Roberts. I want to see what the hype is about Kai Azer...if he impresses me or not.

4. The Twilight Books. Again, saw the movies, but never read the books.

5. The Caraval books. From what I've seen of them, they look like something up my alley.

6. Read my Bible more. I feel like with the business and stress in my life, I don't make enough time for God's Word. After all, He is the reason I'm here in the first place; so I'm trying my best to prioritize my Bible above all the other books I'm thinking of reading.

Tagging @setxhorusyaoi @humblegeniusinboxfive @battydings @dil-hai-kafkaesque @ashadeintheshade @litloverscorsetlaces @soul-from-inferno

[humblegeniusinboxfive]

@cuddlesforerik Thank you for tagging me!

Yay, this one is about BOOKS. Let’s see…

1. Currently finishing up The Count of Monte Cristo. (Took nine hundred pages for the story to actually start, but dear goodness, it’s so good.)

2. Next will be The Gentle Spirit by Fyodor Dostoevsky (my favorite author to ever exist). This is one of the few stories of his I haven’t read yet, so I’m very excited and have been preparing my soul to be crushed once more.

3. Les Misérables is a must. Finished Notre-Dame de Paris a while back, and I’m in love with his writing style. Truly a master at his art.

4. Bleak House by Dickens. Because nothing that man writes is bad.

5. The Turn of the Screw. A recommendation from my sister, so we’ll see.

6. And finally, Fear and Trembling by Kierkegaard. I started it a while ago, but I was too busy to give it the attention it deserves (30 pages in and could already tell it was a masterpiece), so I’m going to start from the beginning now that I have more time to absorb it properly.

No pressure tags: @angel-with-paper-wings @buccaneeering @holyspiritgirl

[20000-franks]

I love the Phantom because he wasn’t “pretty on the inside”.

He was full of hate and disdain for himself and mankind.

And he was beautiful through his gifts and talents. And he was beautiful when he was exposed, when he was unguarded… But he was also ugly. He was more complex than simply being a monster or being ugly ‘on the outside’.

He was still magnificent, but he changed the rules. He changed the game. He changed everything. He wasn’t kind and he wasn’t terribly sincere and he wasn’t patient or helpful but he was still beautiful.

He was beautiful through his obsessions, his knowledge, his struggle and his downfall.

His struggle, his downfall, his destruction and his insecurities were his beauty.

[gabriezzu]

This is more of a personal interpretation of the book, but I think that Erik, even though he was madly in love with Christine, would have remained her faithful “Angel of Music” till the end of his days if it had not been for Raoul’s presence/threat to their “relationship”.

And in that sense, I think it’s beautiful that Erik had such deep and sincere love for Christine as to be able to remain nothing but a voice and words of guidance for her, when in truth we all know that he wanted so much more. He wanted a real life, but was willing to not even try to persue it because he was giving Christine happiness by just being a Voice.

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I remember how Leroux says (paraphrasing) that Erik had a heart that could hold empires. And I’ve seen the various thoughts and translations regarding what that could mean. But I take it at face (no pun) value, that he had so much love to give and was once had naive and innocent, pure love, and there is still some of that in his heart. Christine rekindled that.

I think it took work and telling himself over and over the world wasn’t worth loving and people were inherently bad. It helped him survive and cope with the hatred and abuse he faced. But somewhere in his heart he was the ever-optimist.

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Be right back, I’m actually sobbing about my husband.

[humblegeniusinboxfive]

I literally have never seen a more beautifully accurate account of this man.

The other day, I was trying to explain to a friend the difference between Erik and Quasimodo from the Hunchback, and I got caught up in this distinction. Erik isn’t a moving character just because he’s a softy misunderstood by society. He’s awful. He’s terrifying. He IS horrific. And it’s the dichotomy within him that makes him so compelling. It’s the fact that he is both Angel AND Phantom. The point of the novel is in the question: “Shall we pity him? Shall we curse him?” It’s a choice that Leroux puts to every reader, having given them evidence and justification for either options. It isn’t sugar-coated; it’s raw and real. It’s life and death. It’s shocking but it’s truth. Just like Christine in the first unmasking scene, we are exposed to it in all its horror; but it is only through this very horror, the full expression of his madness and his grief, that we are able to experience the heights of his innate divinity and, like Christine, finally recognize the truth of his identity: “the most unhappy and sublime of men,” a man acquainted in equal measure with both Heaven and Hell.

We must never forget that our Erik is tragic hero. Uncomfortable and doomed but, because of this, oh so beautiful.

[annaskellington]

I noticed this the other day and it made me sad.

At the end of All I Ask Of You, Christine says she must go and is about to leave when Raoul sings "Christine, I love you" and she turns back and goes to him, they end up leaving the scene together all happy and in love.

Phantom tried to do that at the end of Final Lair, his "Christine, I love you" is an attempt at making Christine stay the same way he saw Raoul do in the rooftop :(

[vinegar-rights]

Wedding day

[nerdywriter36]

Nine people I wish I knew better

Thank you for the tags @meilas and @dj-triumph!

Favourite colour: Green, especially dark forest greens

Currently reading: The Otherwhere Post by Emily J. Taylor and an ongoing read of Les Miserables by Victory Hugo. Almost finished both!

Last song: There Are Other Ways from the Circe Saga of Epic: The Musical by Jorge Rivera-Herrans

Last film: The first half of Chicken Little before bailing on it

Last series: Andor

Sweet/salty/savoury: Always a toss-up between sweet and salty for me

Tea or coffee: Coffee, but always decaf!

Working on: Goodness, a few things, and I am excited about all of them!

A new oneshot about @rose-margaritas’ bartender!AU, based on this piece specifically

My next multi-chapter fic, which is another collab with @brendadaaedestler that we started for NaNoWriMo 2024

The third and final part of Heaven Is Not Fit to House a Love Like You and I

A multi-chapter fic expanding on The Blackened Rose, my 1920s Phantom AU oneshot

Tagging: @brendadaaedestler @ablatheringblatherskite @rose-margaritas @erik-carriere @xcspy @les-gnossiennes-fantomatiques @achillmango @angel-with-paper-wings @blackghostm2o (apologies for any double tags/tagging people who’ve done this already! 💕)

[angel-with-paper-wings]

Thank you so much for tagging me @nerdywriter36, @lapsusophobia, and @forever-and-whats-left!! I feel so loved!

Favorite color: Ultramarine blue!

Currently reading: god I have so many fanfics bookmarked that I need to get to, but currently I’m keeping up with “The Things Your Heart May Well Regret” by my friend @lapsusophobia!

Last song: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) by ABBA

Last film: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Last series: The Last of Us (ongoing)

Sweet/salty/savory: It definitely varies, but right now something sweet sounds good!

Tea or coffee: Coffee usually, but I do enjoy a nice chai or earl grey here and there!

Working on: the last couple chapters of my fanfic, hope to start on the sequel soon!!

No-pressure tags: @achildsfirstsorrow, @sad-eyed-lady-of-the-paperbacks, @ladystormcrow, @achillmango, @buccaneeering, @wheel-of-fish, @jennyfair7, @kiwip, @dj-triumph

[achillmango]

Thank you for tagging me @dj-triumph @litloverscorsetlaces @nerdywriter36 @angel-with-paper-wings

Favorite color: Purple!

Currently reading: ummmm so many books i've started and haven't kept up with let's go wiiiith Howl's Moving Castle

Last song: Cherry Bullet - Q & A

Last film: Treasure Planet

Last series: Jane Eyre 2006 TV miniseries, it's my fav adaption!

Sweet/salty/savory: Sweet my beloved lolol

Tea or coffee: Coffee, iced is my vibe.🧊 but it's more a treat than for the caffeine.

Working on: my fic for Jetara week that has yet to have a title lolol

no pressure tagging: @blackforrestpunk @vixenmaggie @kotaka-kun @void-ptr @cuddlesforerik @bunnybb-art @decadentpaperduck @hneyteacup @stubbornly-floating

[cuddlesforerik]

TYSM for tagging me @achillmango 💕

Favorite color: lilac and white paired together

Currently reading: A Peep Behind the Scenes by Mrs O.F. Walton (1877)

Last song: Espresso Macchiato by Tommy Cash

Last film: Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl

Last series: Versailles

Sweet/salty/savory: salty baby

Tea or coffee: Coffee is my sanity med, though I absolutely love a lavender iced matcha latte....

Working on: Getting ready for a getaway weekend in two weeks (what to wear=what to pack...my poor suitcase XD )

No pressure tagging @setxhorusyaoi @rom-e-o @napoleonic-sexyman-tournament @soul-from-inferno @emaadsidiki @humblegeniusinboxfive @massivex @cheeseburger443 @incorrect-fnaf-quotes

[humblegeniusinboxfive]

@cuddlesforerik I am honored.

Favorite color: Honestly, black. It’s so beautiful to me. Very classy/elegant. But if that doesn’t really count, I also like a dark red, almost burgundy.

Currently reading: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas (1846); The Collected Works of William Wordsworth (1793-1850); Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard (1843); AND I am about to start Le Fantôme de l’Opéra by Gaston Leroux (1909), for the first time in the original French (so incredibly excited).

Last song: “Talking About Hope” by Snow Patrol

Last film: 2005 Pride and Prejudice (in theaters, I might add. Gorgeous.)

Last series: “The Walking Dead” (original)

Sweet/salty/savory: Sour. (Guess that falls under sweet most of the time?)

Tea or Coffee: COFFEE. Black. Though, I can be persuaded to drink a flat white now and then. But only when in Europe. Which leads nicely to my last point…

Working on:

Currently: Getting home from a trip to England (lovely, lovely country, home to many of my favorite authors).

In general: Writing a novel, learning French, and preparing for grad school (daunting but full of promise and reward).

No-pressure tags: @fdelopera @forever-and-whats-left @dailykafka @mournfulroses @waistcoatntails @coatntails

[forever-and-whats-left-deactiva]

Currently imagining Erik's limp hand as Christine gives the ring back to his corpse

[forever-and-whats-left-deactiva]

Daroga is so funny because wdym you saved him because you thought he was funny?? Was it the really dry jokes about death?? The bad puns?? The weird cryptic metaphors???? The frog impressions?????????