#c; christine

[reedhendrix]

where: idk who: christine ( @christinekingston )

reed stood looking over the list of things that were to be fixed around town. "every time i look at this thing it gets longer"

[facelessinthecrowd]

❛ working together again, it’s just like old times. ❜

@twistedcveryway || thank you and hello!

Meg does not immediately reply. Instead, her fingers come to play nervously with a curl before she discards it behind her ear. There should be joy at such words, but she is aware of the sinking feeling in her chest— the anxiety of being forgotten beyond what she has already.

Still, a bright smile finds its way onto painted lips and Meg turns to face Christine with the confidence she does everyone else.

They are both older now, Meg seemingly more so. When she read Christine would be visiting, the child locked safely away inside clawed her way to the surface; excitement had carried Meg in the days after, but not without her mother planting seeds of doubt.

It does not stop Meg reaching for her friend's hands, a smile for intents and purposes growing in genuity. "And how wonderful to be given the opportunity. I cannot begin to express how much I have missed you, Christine!"

She is not lying. There is something about having her dearest childhood friend here that draws out a degree of vulnerability Meg has not allowed to show since arriving on foreign shores.

"You have settled in well?"

[plainandgeneric]

The angel in the mirror

[rrredinew]

paper faces on parade

+close up

[kyannnite]

danse macabre

(closeups below)

[polariie]

[hasthecityrearranged]

Flowers fade, the fruits of summer fade,

Lucy St Louis as Christine Daae, West End 2023: @callmelasagna’s master

[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.

Edit: I got the Wagner mixed up with other rep - that’s my bad. In case it wasn’t obvious to the tags (did not expect to get so much attention on this post, but ey, shiz happens) I hate the 2004 movie. They had to make Erik that kind of a creep to get across that he’s scary? My guy is a psychologically damaged, living corpse, but they had to make him a pedo instead? It just shows what I’ve always assumed about Phantom is true: we lean away from his deformity and into his character (cuz yes he’s still awful, I’ve never denied that) because we are too uncomfortable with his ugliness. He is who he is because the world has been unimaginably cruel to him over his features (an explanation, not an excuse - Erik is bad for the 100,000 time). What makes Christine who she is is her choice to forgive him - it’s what I love most about her, her compassion. I have been in abusive relationships myself, in case I haven’t made that clear, and yes, oddly enough, I’ve forgiven them. That’s my interaction with this story. That’s why I’m here: to explore the dynamics in a safe way. But some of y’all truly don’t understand how people can enjoy bad things when they’re in fiction. It’s fiction.

Sorry for my ramble and thank you for reading.

[rose-margaritas]

Maybe I like LND more than I'd like to admit 🫣

[copiabrainrot]

🏹🤍🕯️happy valentines to cherik and christine they deserve the world🥀

[milaeryn]

Hold me, love me, touch me, honey Be the first who ever did

This song always make me think about Erik and Christine...

[actressplaygroundxxx]

Christine Smith (32) in Bad Teacher (2011)

[yuanyyyy]

Order your fine horses!

[plainandgeneric]

Impressions of Erik and Christine, in the garden through the archway.

[rrredinew]

Don't wait for gods For hell is insignificant and you’re heaven-sent ‘Cause you are made of perfect stars And I was built from broken parts

Human Enough - ONR

[kyannnite]

things have changed, raoul…

aka: i think about little lotte/the mirror more than i should on a regular basis