Catherine Morshaw, antiheroine

Arrête ! C'est ici l'empire de la mort - Taking dubious life lessons from gothic fiction's characters - She/her - Main blog : introvert-in-hiding

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General

- Women in Gothic Fiction

- Men in Gothic Fiction

- Honorable Mentions

Wuthering Heights

- Favorite Character

- Least Favorite Character

The Phantom of the Opera

- Favorite Christine

- Favorite Erik

- Favorite Character

[thelastofthebookworms]

Favorite Phantom of the Opera movie adaptation ?

The Phantom of the Opera (1925) - Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry and Mary Philbin

Spooks (1930)

Song at Midnight (1937) - Gu Menghe and Hu Ping

Phantom of the Opera (1943) - Claude Rains and Susanna Foster

El Fantasma de la Opereta (1959) - German Valdés and Pedro de Aguillon

The Phantom of the Opera (1962) - Herbert Lom and Heather Sears

The Mid-Nightmare 1 and 2 (1962-1963) - Zhao Lei and Betty Loh Ti

Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

The Phantom Lover (1995) - Leslie Cheung

The Phantom of the Opera (2004) Gerard Butler, Patrick Wilson and Emmy Rossum

The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)

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Remaining time: 5 days 19 hours

I'm curious.

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Tumblr Sexyman Contest 2026 Round 2 Part 11

Human Perry the Platypus (Phineas and Ferb)

Frankenstein’s Monster (Frankenstein)

Voting ended onJun 15

Human Perry art by my personal favorite PnF fan artist @chio-chan2artbox

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Tumblr Sexyman Contest 2026 Round 1 Part 81

Optimus Prime (Transformers)

Hal (Malcolm in the Middle)

Frankenstein’s Monster (Frankenstein)

Voting ended onJun 8

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The Phantom of the Opera / Erik (The Phantom of the Opera)

AM (IHNMAIMS)

Marshall Lee (Fionna and Cake)

Voting ended onJun 8

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Lequel mérite le titre de Mister Tumblr ? (Propagande juste en dessous)

Erik (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra)

Edmond Dantès (Le Comte de Monte-Cristo)

Voting ended onMay 18

Propagande Erik : /

Propagande Edmond (illustration : Gustave Staal) : la puissance des héros de dumas est inégalée

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Favorite Book Vampires

Round 2

Count Dracula (Dracula) VS Lord Ruthven (The Vampyre)

Dracula

Lord Ruthven

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Voting ended onApr 20

NO ANTIPROPAGANDA PLEASE

[fathermulcahyofficial]

We need more gothic fiction where men are going mad and running around in billowing nightgowns and women are brooding, byronic, and morally dubious

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Book M/M Ships S2

Round 2

Victor Frankenstein/Henry Clerval (Frankenstein) VS Dorian Gray/Basil Hallward (The Picture of Dorian Gray)

Clervalstein

Dasil

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Voting ended onMar 3

NO ANTIPROPAGANDA PLEASE

[friends-recommends]

Welcome to the book recs blog!

How it works:

You send recommendations to the askbox. However many you like, whatever you think people might like to read.

When you want a recommendation for yourself, send in an ask — feel free to specify a genre, or just leave it to chance! I select a rec at random and send it to you, along with a quick blurb and any message that was left.

Recommendations should include: title, author, genre or genres if you can, and anything you think the person who gets it ought to know.

Questions:

Is there anything that's banned? No, but play nice. Don't use recommendations just to troll people.

Do I have to read what I'm recommended? Well, I certainly can't make you do anything. I do encourage you to, though!

Can I ask for multiple recommendations? Absolutely.

Can I come back and tell you what I thought? Oh, please do!

Why are anon asks off? Firstly, so that you don't miss your rec when it's posted. Secondly, to keep the trolls at bay.

Why are Fantasy and Alternate World split? On advice of my brother, who thought The Lies of Locke Lamora was incredible until a wizard showed up.

Can I submit a recommendation with multiple genres? Of course! Many of them are!

Do you take recommendations for comics or manga? No, nor for serialised stories. These are intended to be one-offs. Standalone graphic novels are fine, though!

Blog tags:

#administrivia for general blog information

#book recs for completed recommendation requests

#reader reviews for people reporting on their reads

#generalia for any other book-related posting

Description of the genre divisions below the cut:

Biography: Writing about the life of a real person. Autobiography and memoir count here too. Think Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes or All Creatures Great and Small.

Fantasy: Fiction with magical or fantastical elements. Think The Hobbit or The Dresden Files.

Non-fiction: Writing about real-world events, places, histories, ideas etc. Think The Tiger That Isn't or True Girt.

Romance: Fiction focusing on a romantic relationship between people. Think The Sun Is Also A Star or Pride and Prejudice.

Alternate-world fiction: Stories taking place in a world created by the author with no fantastical elements, or in an alternate version of our history. Think Swordspoint or River of Teeth.

Mystery: Fiction about a character solving a mystery, crime or puzzle, often (though not always!) a murder. Think Sherlock Holmes or The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

Poetry: Does what it says on the tin! Collections of poetry, long-form poems, verse plays, etc. Think The Waste Land or Australian Poems that would Baffle a Bandicoot.

Science fiction: Stories set in the future or involving new technologies, often (but not necessarily) allowing space exploration. Think Blindsight or The Three-Body Problem.

Literary fiction: Harder to define, but usually focuses on the development of a character rather than large-scale plot. Think Pachinko or Lolita.

Instructive: A book that teaches you how to do something. Think The Medieval Tailor's Assistant or Coding for Dummies. Your additional challenge: try something you learned!

Horror: Fiction designed to scare, disgust or unsettle the reader. Think The Hollow Places or The Haunting of Hill House.

Historical fiction: Fiction set during a real period of Earth's history. Think The Name of the Rose or In Whom We Trust.

Comedy: A book meant to make you laugh! Think Carry On, Jeeves or High Fidelity.

Thriller: Fiction designed to be exciting, with high-stakes drama and suspense. Think The Thirty-Nine Steps or Gone Girl.

Graphic novel: A story told in comic or other visually artistic format. Think Maus or The Flip Side.

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lukewarm vampires

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no listen to me vampires are only "cold" compared to living humans who have a pulse built-in heating unit. but it's not like they have built in refrigeration. the undead aren't actually "cold" per se at best they're room temperature. lukewarm vampires

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F/M Couples S3

Round 2

Catherine Morland/Henry Tilney (Northanger Abbey) VS Christine Daaé/Erik (The Phantom of the Opera)

Catherine/Tilney

Christine/Erik

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Voting ended onFeb 14

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Book poll: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Djali

Claude Frollo

Pierre Gringoire

Quasimodo

La Esmeralda

Sister Gudule

Phoebus de Chateaupers

Jehan Frollo

Clopin Trouillefou

Other

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Voting ended onFeb 5

*Favorite character ?

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Book poll : Favorite Dracula character ?

Mina Murray

Lucy Westenra

Count Dracula

Van Helsing

Jonathan Harker

Arthur Holmwood

Dr. John Seward

Renfield

Quincey Morris

Swales

Mrs. Westenra

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Voting ended onJan 18

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Book Poll : Favorite character from Wuthering Heights ?

Linton Heathcliff

Edgar Linton

Isabella Linton

Catherine Earnshaw

Catherine Linton

Nelly Dean

Lockwood

Heathcliff

Hareton Earnshaw

Other

What do you mean, people have favorites ?*

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Voting ended onJan 12

*WH is my favorite book but a recurring complaint from readers who didn't like it is that the characters are unlikeable

[charnel-grounds]

Theodore Major (1908–1999), “Dance of the Skeletons”

— homage to Henri Matisse

[ubu507]

Agathon Léonard

Le Vampire (ou La Chauve-Souris), 1903