#phantom novel

[phantomonabudget]

"𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒛𝒆 𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒆𝒃𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒖𝒊𝒔-𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎. ...𝑰𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒔, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓, 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝑱𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒛𝒆: 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒐....𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓! 𝑩𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓! 𝑨 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏: 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒔! 𝑰𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒔! 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝒋𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉!"

(ɢᴀꜱᴛᴏɴ ʟᴇʀᴏᴜx, ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʜᴀɴᴛᴏᴍ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴘᴇʀᴀ)

The scorpion and the grasshopper always hold a unique meaning to fans of Gaston Leroux's original Phantom novel. Erik's ultimatum to Christine forced her to choose between marrying her ghoulish captor, or deny him at the peril of everyone in the Opera House. It was implied that the grasshopper was connected to the stores of gunpowder Erik had wired to blow the building sky high.

I recently found this brilliant, antique Japanese bronze grasshopper figurine, and knew I had to acquire it. It just arrived from Japan, and is a brilliant piece. Paired with an antique Chinese scorpion and model caskets, it makes a beautiful addition to my Phantom collection.

[elyjm1313]

An old sketch of Leroux-inspired Christine and a digital painting I’ve done this year (also I figured out the skin painting thing from the creepy Enjolras painting). I think I’m going through a bit of a style evolution with my character paintings (Thank god)

[eriksfrickedupface-blog]

If Erik’s Internal Monologue Was Honest With Himself

I’m going to aggressively backflip into a chandelier, lighting my bedazzled cape on fire, which will result in me crying over the ruined cape, and then attempting to backflip into the chandelier again because I never learn from my mistakes and I like to be dramatic.