Phantom Phic Writer

Long time fan of Phantom of the Opera to a near obsessive extent.

[writingdose]

© _ADWills

[phantom-sith]

The accuracy of this is unnerving!

[ishazo]

sharing older art as my Procreate is currently crashing every other brushstroke 💔

Referenced from a J.C. Leyendecker painting

[cinema-phantom]

[ifyouhappentoremember]

Gary Mauer as the Phantom

[phantom-sith]

Some wonderful characteristics he gives us.

[xingergou384]

you are my home

[phantom-sith]

I have had this moment floating around my skull for longer than I knew this art existed....

[phantom-sith]

hellooo!! i’m a big fan of your work :) is fanart okay?

Please! I would Love to see anything you come up with! All I ask is that you give a little inspiration credit.

[behindthemirrorofmusic]

Ron Bohmer and Sandra Joseph

[crimeronan]

people who let me wake up to this get a special place in heaven. firefly_fox how does it feel to hold my life in ur hands....

[crimeronan]

my favorite thing about this post is that a handful of people have gone "oh wait! this is tangible proof that i don't need to be embarrassed about leaving a lot of comments!! i'll stop being so ashamed!" YES!! ao3 authors basically universally will die for people who comment spam. we love to see it and we do not find you weird or annoying At All.

think about it this way: we ourselves are weird enough to have spent several hours, days, or Months writing down this story. we are weird enough about the content to do that! why on Earth would we be mean and judgmental toward people who care enough to get excited about reading it?? we shared it Specifically For You To Get Excited About!

[atlinmerrick]

WE WILL WRITE FOR YOU WHEN YOU DO THIS, TOO.

[phantom-sith]

When tragedy befalls the de Chagny family, the Ghost of their past is forced return from the shadows. In the ten years since Erik last saw his beloved Christine, and as they are finally reunited, her life slips away. Shattered, Erik is now left to raise the son he never knew he had. Together, Erik and Charles struggle through their new reality and their grief over Christine.

If only it were that simple. Those behind the de Chagny murders are now hunting down the sole ‘heir.’ The only way to protect Charles is to solve the mystery. In doing so, Erik discovers more of Christine’s secrets that she never had a chance to tell him.

New Chapter(22) is up for the Passion Project fic is up, and could use some love. Edit: Link should appear right below the image when you hover over it.

[justplainlovely]

No, Christine Daaé is not 15-19 years old. No voice that young can sing the works of Gounod or Wagner. Heck, even some 20 somethings damage their voices by singing Wagner too soon. And Faust is a very intense opera for a singer, let alone the role of Marguerite. Much stamina is needed to perform it. She is likely 20-23, given Raoul’s age and the fact that they’re said to be around the same.

In my opinion, I think people put her in the 15-19 age bracket because they don’t want to believe that a young woman can be just as naive as a teenage girl (in the novel it says “she has the heart of a 15-year-old”, not that she’s actually 15). Hate to break it to ya, but some of us adults are also gullible/naive. It makes her a well-rounded, believable character and it’s not her fault that Erik played into the lie. After all, if a voice like his, described as angelic or otherworldly, started speaking to you in your dressing room (I would likely faint cuz wtf, but if I didn’t, I would ask what’s going on) you would likely err on the side of the supernatural too.

[lunetheweird]

Hey Phandom, stop infantilizing a grown ass woman, challenge impossible

Hey Phandom, stop trying to turn Erik into a "groomer" because yall can't handle a survivor, mentally ill man that is not a perfect selfless baby challenge impossible

[behindthemirrorofmusic]

Either some translations miss this or people read over it. But the book literally says that Christine was 16 when she last met Raoul and they meet again 6 years later during the time the novel takes place so she is 21/22.

[marleneoftheopera]

I feel like the misconception of Christine being underage comes from book mistranslations and the 2004 movie. They really took Emmy’s age, ran with it, and then took it a step further and decided it was appropriate to add in a backstory of the Phantom being present in Christine’s life even as a child.

[phantom-sith]

I largely blame '04 for this --- Christine being 16 and 'groomed' by the Phantom was not a "thing" in the Phandom until after the 2004 adaption. Before that, the age gap was fine, and it was fairly understood that Erik(Leroux's Erik) was drawn in by her voice, but fell in love with the beauty of her soul. I am convinced that Erik would have kept the charade Angel of Music on until one of them died if Raoul, or any other suitor, had not taken an interest in Christine. A Suitor would take the one shred of company Erik had, (And likely his little fantasy that they were more) and so, the rest of the story comes to life. Erik loneliness is the point. It Drove his madness and he just wanted someone to talk kindly to him, and to talk to. If Christine was friendly with everyone, so why not create a situation where she would speak with him too? What were the odds of a Young Woman just talking to a Man in a mask-- someone like him? Queue, Angel of Music.

[night-unfurls-its-splendour]

Even my sister laughed.

[jimmyhoffathecat]

He has unfortunately acquired a taste for human flesh and flayed me to the bone. Sad!

[birdstooth]

Ayesha n Erik lmao

[wheel-of-fish]

Paris knew what we wanted

[skyorange223]

for you

[phantom-sith]

One of my Passion Projects that I am still (slowly) working on. Maybe by sharing it here, it can find a bit more love. Anyone want a Leroux-Based Erik trying to figure out how to care for a kid, alone?? Synopsis:

When tragedy befalls the de Chagny family, the Ghost of their past is forced return from the shadows. In the ten years since Erik last saw his beloved Christine, and as they are finally reunited, her life slips away. Shattered, Erik is now left to raise the son he never knew he had. Together, Erik and Charles struggle through their new reality and their grief over Christine.

If only it were that simple. Those behind the de Chagny murders are now hunting down the sole ‘heir.’ The only way to protect Charles is to solve the mystery. In doing so, Erik discovers more of Christine’s secrets that she never had a chance to tell him. Snippet from Chapter 2:

Upon his majestic horse as black as the night around them, Erik broke from the forest to become the wall between mother and child and those who would harm them.

“You!” one of the men exclaimed, as their horses skid to an abrupt halt. “How–?”

“You cannot be rid of me so easily, Monsieur!” Erik’s sonorous voice echoed around them. “Your companions extend their grave invitations to you!”

“We have no qualms with you! Be gone, and we’ll spare your life!”

Erik allowed his voice to come just from him. “You speak as though you are not my prey,” came that growl, a tone that marked him as the Angel of Death.

[nicijones]

Ao3 version that lets you open the 'director's cut' where I, the author, explain every detail in excruciating detail to you and what it is in reference to.

[awordwasthebeginning]

@bonsaibovine being absolutely correct in the tags

[phantom-sith]

I will discuss every curious question you might have on every detail 'til my keyboard dies.

[rainsofcamelot]

i need to talk about this beacuse i've been a poto fan since 2021 and i just have to say... i truly don't think raoul was trying to gaslight christine AT ALL in the rooftop.

the goal of his character is to protect everyone and make sure everything is ok at the opera. including christine.

one of his lines in "why have you brought me here/raoul i've seen him" is: "my god who is this man?"

of course he knows there's someone who's killing people. he just wants to make sure christine knows that it's not a supernatural being, because she is having a mental breakdown and because, at this point of the story, raoul thinks that if the murderer is only a man then he can be defeated and is not as dangerous as a literal monster (that's a reason why he tells christine "you said yourself he was nothing but a man... YET while he lives, he will haunt us till we're dead".)

he even checks to see what is happening when she asks "what was that?". he does care. that's why he's telling her all this. he wants to make her feel safe and calm.

while erik is blinded by the dark he has lived in his entire life, raoul is, at the same time, blinded by the light and his position. he is naïve (and maybe a bit dumb) but he has a heart of gold. he only wishes good for everyone (even for erik in some way. i mean, notice how he gives him advice. and, also, him and christine met because he went to fetch her scarf!! this dude wants to help others!!). and it seems to be hard for him to accept that not the entire world will be good and that not everything will always go as he wants it to be.

he has blind optimism.

and his journey is to see life and the world as it is. it's personal growth. it's letting go of the chains that held you down. and that is also christine's journey.

they both leave their caves and learn about life together.

he wants to do everything for everyone and he may be stubborn as hell, but he would DIE for others (especially for christine). he needs to be the hero, it's not until the end when he becomes the victim that he realizes that the world is more than what he'd always known. and now he has seen the good and the bad. and the middle of both. and he can carry on.

[phantom-sith]

I think it comes down to the actor's portrayal. Out of easily watchable Raouls, we'll take Hadley Fraser from 25th and Patrick Wilson from '04

Hadley's Rooftop comes off as cold and dismissive of Christine's issues, eye rolling and such, and warms up as it goes on as he seems to realize an opportunity. (Win the girl, 'slay' the villain, and be the hero, yay me!! I'm Great!) Which can come off as a bit, gaslighty.

Patrick's rooftop is warmer from the start, trying to dispel her fears but is better at listening to her concerns. His character and portrayal comes off as more authentic/genuinely caring -- which feels more in line with Leroux's Raoul. Various stage Raouls perform it differently. I've seen the scale of "Well arn't you a cute puppy(ahem, current London Raoul)" and "Wow... you're full of yourself/jerk" It's all in how the actor delivers the lines and the vibes he's conveying. I am big in camp Phantom, but there are some Phantoms that are just --- "Yeah Christine, go run off with pretty boy, this Phantom's no good for you." Only makes sense this happens with Raouls.

[jan-senkii]

Erik has low body heat，but not always…🤭

[phantom-sith]

I....may or may not be guilty of writing something along these lines....