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clay pulse babyrik interaction will haunt me. Yes kid drag me into a hiding spot with you we'll keep quiet. Oh fuck oh no it didn't work I'm so sorry.
The immersion worked I felt so terrible when I got to his cage I knelt down and immediately apologized and told him like escape when you can, dude, get out. Then he gave me his mom note and I'm like "bro you can NOT do this to me"
and yet he did
Masquerade fit :] including a clearer version of my mask (inspired by lepetiteghostcat's Rik and book Rik masks) and when I was maskless (I went all out w jewelry I made/got to match.) The outfit as a whole was inspired by Alphonse Mucha's Clair de Lune and other similar art to that particular piece. AKA flowers and stars :]
And the hand I'm holding up in the last pic is The Hand That Got Touched Twice™
I'm thinking once I get home I'll recreate the fit for more and better pics :]
Not going into detail but as a non-spoiler favourite fact THEY USED ERIKS NAME ON THE POSTERS. AT THE CIRCUS. which if I go wild w that that between me and god. No wonder he didn't tell Christine his name in alw's version. Gawd.
* note the only reason I caught this was because I stared at posters in the circus lmao
Still Masquerade NYC brainrotting. About the end.
Reading back on jennyfair's post, I forgot that Young Erik doesn't have the deformity when he gets to the Phantom after Christine's false return. In the one I saw, YE takes off the half mask from the props room himself, then the audience is gestured to. That's when Phantom looks around at everyone unmasked like himself. Then he disappears and we're led to the lair bar after his half mask is picked up by Giry.
I personally read this as Erik is truly just like any one of us, deformed or not. It's just a part of him, nothing to hide. YE had the face he always wanted to have but it's always been a part of of him. He's not alone. IDK that's not super in depth or sensical but alas, neither am I.
It could also just have been harder to do the makeup on YE if he has a full on sack yoinked off his head more than once but! That's the interpretation I like.
The number of people (myself included) crying as he looked around and realized we all no longer were just masked people, maaaan...
Top highlights of last night for real tho that are spoiler free
Holding Hugh Panaro's hand TWICE. TWICE.
Jeremy Stolle telling a joke while looking directly at me about Piangi being a tenor holding his breath too long.
And meeting @litloverscorsetlaces !!!!!
And low-key clocking that exact medley played at the beginning that was funny to me and me alone
Fuck it you get my masquerade spoiler thoughts post because I'm supposed to be getting ready to go out but the thoughts man. The parasites.
Okay okay okay starting off with the fact this is a retelling from Erik's POV, his mind, right. You absolutely forget this until later when it 1 hit KO's you twice, perhaps more as I think on it.
Like watching the circus scene was fucking heart breaking. Yeah we joke that you throw popcorn at Young Rik in the cage but like. He's on a leash, literally. His name is plastered next to his title of Devil's Child. His monkey musical box is taken from him and he's taunted with it. He grabs someone's hand and holds on before getting rattled to let go.
When he runs, it's fucking BUQUET that hollers after him. He hugs Giry in thanks but she just kind of does a "oh that's uh nice kid let go" thing and pushes out of it. When he gets his mask, he shatters a mirror and creates the known half mask. Current Erik sings to Young Erik and they HUG. IM SUPPOSED TO BE FINE AFTER THAT?
THEN THE ENDING. Where Christine comes back for ring return except that she DIDN'T. He puts a cloak over her and she disappears!! BECAUSE SHE DIDNT COME BACK. And then! Then! Young Rik comes back and takes off his mask and then WE'RE all motioned to take ours off and. Fuckin hell man oohhhh my god.
And that's just a few points where you're reminded you're watching "in Erik's Mind" for this. Fuck maaan.
Then there's the whole animatronics scene where a Phantom and Mirror Bride (I won't lie I saw her and went ":D Barb!!") do a beautiful dance and proposal and at the end they end up back on the platform Barb started at looking into a mirror together like it's a wedding photo. The audible "aw :(" that left me.
We also got !! A carry!! Which was fantastic!! And if you ask me, MOTN and I Remember where a lot more sensual with the staging which definitely ties back into the "more reminders we're in Erik's Mind" bit. (This is the point I won't keep my yap shut about character interactions as Hugh Panaro was my Phantom and I got picked to sit next to Christine's bed so he led me to the seat and showed me the monkey's mask!)
The Notes 2 scene(s?) were absolutely funny as hell I might add. That's when we witness Piangi "being very drunk, you know how tenor's can hold their breath!" And Carlotta's croaking! Stolle and Grodin were the managers for the performance and by god it was so entertaining.
I do love how Piangi got his own note (which I got!) that asks him to "step aside in favour of another, lest further accidents befall." And then quite soon gets dragged into the clothes and falls out later (he's just drunk, y'know them tenors.) The managers actively know it's Erik on stage at this point, not Piangi!
It's also the same room we watch Twisted Every Which Way in and augh. That's all I got for that one, chat.
AND ANOTHER LITTLE DETAIL in the cemetery I loved!! The live violinist from the start of the show is supposed to be Papa Gustave Daaé! When the scene ends and we're all ushered on, he steps into the outline of the angel! (It was also when I realized at that moment that a decent chunk of the people around me had no clue Papa Daaé is named Gustave and that was her Father's grave but fair!)
I'm sure there's more I'll tack on as I continue my day but good golly. Good griiiief.
Masquerade time :]
ALSO PIANGI AND CARLOTTA???? PHUMZILE AND SATOMI??? God I love them. Phumzile's Piangi loved his big ass Don Juan hat as he SHOULD
