crooked crockery

26, writer. daforge truther & lore apologist. benthan admirer. rascal (he/him) 18+ : minors please scram

[erikdefensesquad]

"Poor, unhappy Erik! Shall we pity him? Shall we curse him? He asked only to be 'some one,' like everybody else. But he was too ugly! And he had to hide his genius or use it to play tricks with, when, with an ordinary face, he would have been one of the most distinguished of mankind! He had a heart that could have held the entire empire of the world; and, in the end, he had to content himself with a cellar. Ah, yes, we must need pity the Opera ghost..."

Erik haters are the ones the book criticizes the most and they're too stupid to realized it lol

[cookieelemon-deactivated2025082]

[behindthemirrorofmusic]

For people to miss the true point of The Phantom of the Opera at *this* point in history is actually baffling to me!!

The original author was a journalist (Gaston Leroux) who stood up for the demonised outsider and his novel was considered, what we now call, "woke" at the time. It contained an outsider, a poc and a strong heroine.

The story was a warning on how the trauma of othering and abuse someone to the point they are completely broken and no longer see themselves as human can damage a person. (And the difference showing kindness and understanding ((like Christine did)) can bring.

This is literally what the last lines of the novel spell out.

[behindthemirrorofmusic]

Comparing my English “official” Phantom translation to the original Dutch was really interesting.

The Dutch one has at-least a hundred pages more and so much more details. Especially shocking I found that these cuts in the English version erased so much information Christine gave about Erik and her feelings towards him. In the Dutch version she seemed actually conflicted between what she felt for Raoul and Erik. She said that she was really intrigued by him, and thought of him as still “angelic”, even after seeing his face. She also said she enjoyed most of his time with him, and how amazing it was that he had every opportunity for 14 days but never once at much as touched her or approached her sexually, she is certain that makes him an angel despite of his face. All in all he seemed not interested in her sexually, but worshiped her in other ways for her voice and beauty and he just wants her to show him kindness. She also admits Erik was right: if she had not broken the illusion by taking his mask she would have come back by her own accord no question “I’m not made of stone”, she admits, to Raoul of all people. She was fascinated by his voice, his hands, his life and pain and loneliness. Even after unmasking him she still worries she might go back to Erik if Raoul doesn’t take her away. Christine herself also comes across as a lot stronger and more in charge of herself and her actions.

[gabriezzu]

DOES ANYONE RECOMMEND AN ENGLISH OR SPANISH (PREFERABLY ENGLISH THO) VERSION THAT MOST ACCCURATELY MATCHES THISSSS??

All i could get was a damn de mattos version😭😭😭

[lunetheweird]

PLEASE I ALSO NEED THIS??

[behindthemirrorofmusic]

A very popular translation is the Coward translation which is available here

My personal favourite English translation is the Leonard Wolf one (available here) as it has interesting background information on the story, Gaston Leroux and really looks at the story through Erik’s pov.

He also has really good annotations where he highlights the hidden meaning in chosen opera pieces and things said by the characters.

He also includes an important quote that is often ignored or simply not translated. When Raoul asks if Christine would love Erik if he was not deformed Christine does not immediately kiss Raoul.

Instead she tells him to not "ask me things that I hide deep inside of me like a sin." She only kisses him later, mainly in an attempt to stop him from questioning her more ...

@gabriezzu @luneemeritus

[queerstudiesnatural]

greta thunberg, liam cunningham, rima hassan, and everyone else on that ship, thank you, and i hope you succeed. i really hope you succeed. you know what you are risking, and i wish for you to come back safely, having done what you set out to do.

[queerstudiesnatural]

for those who don't know, the freedom fretilla, a ship headed to gaza to try and get some aid past the israeli siege, just left with among its crew swedish activist greta thunberg, irish actor liam cunningham, and french member of the european parliament rima hassan.

the ship has already been bombed twice during previous attempts at approaching gaza.

my only hope is that if we make enough noise this time, israel won't dare bomb it with such prominent international figures on board, from fear of making them martyrs and turning the rest of the world against them.

so talk about it, post about it, and expect, demand their mission to succeed and their safe return 🙏

the only power we have is political and economic pressure at this point. ethics are out of the picture when it comes to the israeli government. so we need to make it clear that bombing this ship would be a declaration of war against europe.

[crow-studies]

Climate activist Greta Thunberg joins aid ship sailing to Gaza aimed at breaking Israel's blockade

Organizers say climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and other 11 activists set sail on Sunday afternoon for Gaza on a ship aimed at “breaking I

Aid ship aiming to break Israel’s siege of Gaza sets sail from Italy

The 12-person crew, which includes climate activist Greta Thunberg, expects to take seven days to reach Gaza.

^^ if folks would like to read up !!

[nicetony-deactivated20250603]

[divorce-enjoyer]

you dont understand how in love i am with benji dunn. he plays halo on company time. he unironically loves the opera. hes trained himself to bypass a lie detector test. he cant tell his left from his right. he would follow his best friend to hell and back he just wishes he’d stop going there. he loves playing dress up. he runs his mouth when hes anxious. he back seat drives in the middle of a high speed car chase. he fucking hates the cia. hes even gay.

[huntmavs]

Mission: Impossible is THE franchise

[snaillesnaille]

benji sketch/studies collage, feat. one silly simon pegg as ethan hunt

[safehousebooze]

BENTHAAAAAAAAANNNNNN

your art has me in a chokehold 10000/10

✨❤️ BENTHAN ❤️✨

Mwah, thank you so much!! x3

Here's a doodle (and my first art of the year hey)

[nemmet]

my best friend benji dunn, nothing bad ever happens to him 💥‼️

[snaillesnaille]

ghost protocol benji!

[byjove]

I’m battling DEMONS

[wonkyplate]

entering the benthan tag later rather than sooner is just scrolling past a name and stopping like "🫵 u kudos'd my fic"

[snaillesnaille]

[bravoechoes]

the face of a man who just realised he got into a car with the most insane person alive

[bravoechoes]

it’s funny that the dominant fandom conception of the benthan dynamic is benji endlessly worrying about ethan doing crazy shit when in reality benji is constantly like yeah obviously ethan can hold his breath for three minutes while swimming, by the way you need to climb to the 130th floor of this building from the outside with no safety wire, and also I’m gonna lead you to the edge of this cliff so you can parachute onto a moving train. stop yelling at me dude it’s fine I’ve seen you do it before