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achilles | he/him | 19 smelly fanboy the little bitch of valley forge since 2020

[anxeious]

this is making me emotional

[o-fantome]

anyways i’ve been really into ghost for the past few years and also i’m in university now so here’s some recent art

[filthybonnet]

When a Raoul would have never become a gambling drunk post shows up on my dash and I start my bullshit again because I have free time.

Oh don't worry I know Erik is a piece of shit but he's my safe, escape fictional I can fix him man because God knows I did that in real life for 6 years and it didn't work.

[o-fantome]

didn’t realize a year+ old post about my take on a character from a musical would cause this much drama but alright hi everyone

[bonesy-doodles]

And the Ghouls are done! They are all soooo,,, twirls hair,,,, Tell me who's your favorite!!! And don't be afraid to ask for my ghouls head canons!!! I'd love to share <33333

[o-fantome]

free, public libraries are one of the last good things we have under oppressive capitalism.

support and respect your local library. treat the books kindly. be nice to the staff.

[o-fantome]

reblogging this because it is important again (and always)

[o-fantome]

the voices... the voices are telling me to make a ghoul OC to justify buying a replica helmet.... and also name it something poto related.... because i am silly.........

[shrimp-teeth]

bug to bug communication

[phantomunderneath-deactivated20]

oh fuck raoul de chagny & the opera ghost are practicing kissing what do we do???

rerik art, YAY! (this won’t be the last)

[o-fantome]

“fight on. i am proud of you.”

[jack-the-sol]

Raise your hand if you have been personally victimized by the death of TRJL (that happened last night)

[o-fantome]

i was up watching it happen in real time it WRECKED me

[the-real-john-laurens]

fight on. i am proud of you

[o-fantome]

i’ve reached the “rip raoul’s balls” side of tumblr.

[o-fantome]

okay. quick history lesson, LND was started in the 90s, when andrew lloyd webber collaborated with author frederick forsyth to write the phantom of manhattan. this was the original plan. but it was bad and no one got on board and the very idea of a sequel was dumb. everything was scrapped (which is why you can hear the coney island waltz and beneath a moonless sky motifs in the 2004 movie; ALW just had them lying around and didn't have anything to do with them.) now comes along 2006 and they start to work on it again. SEVERAL changes are made from forsyth's book but the most important ones here are what they did to raoul. to save time here's a quick list and if you read the book (it's on amazon) you'll see what i mean:

he no longer knows and accepts from the beginning that gustave (pierre in POM) is not his son

he's now an alcoholic and gambler and broke

he is no longer there on the scene when christine dies

most of all: he's no longer the better option for christine

ALW and his team wanted so badly for erik and christine to be the favoured pairing that they NUKED raoul's character for the sequel. to make the sudden character shift from "loving childhood sweetheart who's just a little dumb" to "borderline abusive husband and neglectful father" believable in the sequel, they had to tweak how he acted in the original. in 2010-2011 (when LND was in the final stages before being premiered) actors playing raoul were told to change how they presented the character. start looking annoyed, be snappier, be less caring, etc.

the most obvious example of this is hadley fraser in the 25th anniversary performance. he looks grumpy, he rolls his eyes at christine when she's in distress.

here is a compilation of some comparisons between steve barton, hadley fraser and post-covid raoul actors (who i will address the importance of in a moment) in the rooftop and masquerade scenes:

i think these two moments really display raoul's character, both in the good eras and the bad. on the rooftop hadley looks annoyed. he's physically rough with christine and then dismissive when she tries to explain. the others (ESPECIALLY steve) are just concerned and continuously (try to) comfort her. in masquerade it's the same thing; hadley is upset and argumentative when the others are worried and even try to lift christine's spirits by showing her how happy they are about the engagement.

and finally here is a post on ig from former firmin actor matt harrop where, in the caption, he talks a bit about the resurrection of raoul as he leaves phantom:

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tl;dr: 2010-2019 was a dark era for raoul as a character because of his presence in the sequel. god bless our lord and saviour steve barton and the raouls of the 2020s.

goodnight raoul nation 🫡

[o-fantome]

baby trans me is cheering because i call myself a fag and castrated mutant on the daily

thank you junior high bullies for inspiring me tbh you’re the real hero here 🥰

[cowgremlin11]

daroga the moon and raoul the tide and post

[cryptidspacepirate]

my hottest take is that phantom of the opera isn’t a romance or a gothic horror but rather a tragicomedy. cuz some of that shit is funny as fuck

[o-fantome]

“25th anni raoul is canon” my brother in christ 2011 era raouls are NOT canon as decided by andrew lloyd webber himself. they were told to act out of his regular character and be more asshole-y so that his character in love never dies would be more digestible

80s-2000s and post-covid raouls are the canon ones. show some respect to steve barton, who started it, and rhys whitfield, who brought it back.

[o-fantome]

no one asked for this but i’m digging through different recordings/bootlegs to SHOW you the difference because i’m so invested and also angry