#flagbridge

[fdelopera]

Thank you @flagbridge for the perfect Phantom of the Opera mezuzah! Lego Erik is so dapper. I'll be getting a mezuzah scroll for him, and then he'll be going on my doorpost (he'll be going on either my bedroom or my office doorpost).

If you want an Erik mezuzah, too, FlagBridge has them on her Etsy! And she also makes Christine and Raoul mezuzot, so you can have the main trio on the doorposts of your home!

[bonzlydoo]

Phantom of the Opera art for the amazing @flagbridge

thank you for this awesome opportunity to draw this dramatic fellow for your fic All The Vows!

read it here chapter 19 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49217926/chapters/130722502

[dross-the-fish]

Finally done The Phantom of the Opera. "....I will play you Mozart, if you like, which will only make you weep; but my Don Juan, Christine, burns." sold to @flagbridge

[abonnymouse]

@flagbridge and I are writing a little epistolary fic about Raoul and Christine's childhood & adolescence, you should check it out!

[catcorsair]

@heyitszev tagged me in a post to share the last line of my WIP (Hello! Thank you for the tag!! ❤️) so here goes:

From part 6 of Like Pulling Teeth

Very exciting 😂

Join in my darlings: @shinyfire-0 @emotionalmotionsicknessxx @flora-gray @wheel-of-fish @paperandsong @phannah--montana @sadeyedlady-writes @ladystormcrow @flagbridge @lincolnlogger @battydings @ashadeintheshade and anyone else who sees this and wants to because I am having a bad brain day and can't think properly 😅❤️

[flagbridge]

Mes Amicales Pensées

by FlagBridge & @abonnymouse

The Phantom of the Opera, Young Raoul x Christine All Ages. Canon Compliant/Gap Filler. Tags: Coming of Age, epistolary, childhood sweethearts.

Dear Christine,  It has been a little over a month since I left you at the roadside in Perros as I took my leave. I did not ask if I could write, so I hope you will forgive the indiscretion.  I feel the crispness of the seasons changing, the chill in the air as we said goodbye, and I think of your laugh often...

After parting at the roadside in Perros, a young Raoul and Christine secretly write letters to each other. How long will they be able to hide their correspondence until they must truly say goodbye until fate reunites them years later at the opera house?

Read Mes Amicales Pensées on AO3.

POTOMER Day 45: PHANFIC-Mes Amicales Pensées

From April 23 -June 11, I am posting 49 days of POTO content to mark the Omer, except on Shabbat. Masterlist of prior posts.

[nyphantomphan]

Why so green? Am I seeing Wicked or Phantom?

Did POTO Korean producers S&CO do something to make POTO Korea’s proscenium look so gross and green in order to discourage audiences from taking photos? (You bet this did not happen in NYC, London & China!!)

So S&CO in Korea has these extremely strict rules:

(1) Absolutely no curtain call photos/videos allowed.

(2) No designated day(s) for fans to meet & greet Phantom actors at all. Stage dooring for Phantom in Korea doesn’t exist. Actors either (a) stop to wave and bow and then get into a car or (b) walk quickly while smiling and bowing.

(3) No official curtain call photos/videos were ever released except a few seconds in promotional videos early in the production.

So one day, my phriend @jeremyonthelair and I were talking about POTO’s proscenium and how beautiful the angel statue is. But then he mentioned something that piqued my interest right away.

“Did you notice Korea proscenium in Charlotte theater has a green tint on all the golden sculptures? And the strangest thing is I didn’t see the green tint in person!! Only in photos!!”

Side note: Jeremy saw POTO China this past summer and POTO Korea in the fall, so you could say he had something to compare to in a short period of time.

We proceded to share proscenium photos – Jeremy with his China and Korea photos and me with Bway photos.

↑ Jeremy’s Korea photo

↑ My Majestic theatre photo taken on the day of the last public performance

↑ Jeremy’s Shanghai photo

Please note: I did not edit any photos in this post at all (other than a black oval to cover my phriend).

Here I have compiled some Korea proscenium photos as evidence. And for comparison, I also added some Majestic theatre photos provided by me and a fellow NY phan @flagbridge – along with some POTO China photos.

Jeremy’s Korea photos:

1) ↑ Taken with an iPhone

2) ↑ Taken with a Samsung

The weirdest thing is —

3) ↑ Film camera looks fine

4) ↑ Xiaomi phone is less affected, somewhat

Here are some Charlotte theater photos and videos I found online:

1) ↑ Click on the link below to view the video. Yikes, this does not look good!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz09hP6rh-B

2) ↑ Another one from Mezzanine level

3) ↑ The current Korean Raoul, Gunha Hwang, posted this photo of the stage in Seoul – are these lights what’s turning everything green?

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz0ZmborHIj

The same thing is happening in Daegu, Korea right now:

4) ↑ Posted Dec 23 in Daegu – click on the link to view the video

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1L4dEjBTkj

5) ↑ Another video from Daegu

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1OnYyLJ6ry/

Now here are my Majestic theatre photos:

↑ Taken in April of 2023

↑ Here is another Majestic photo from a fellow NY phan @flagbridge

https://www.tumblr.com/flagbridge/728351820760612864/shows-i-saw-in-2023-part-1-phantom-of-the-opera Let’s take a look at POTO China proscenium taken by theatre-goers:

↑ https://weibo.com/1766731021/4959005917580968

↑ https://weibo.com/3965362386/4967561219803733 My question to @lucygold95 @roadtophantom @fadinglandtragedy who have seen POTO in Korea. Did you see the gross green tint on the proscenium in person? Why do you think this is only happening in Korea?

I’d love to hear other phans’ thoughts as well!

Lastly, I want to thank my phriends Jeremy and @flagbridge for letting me use their photos.

[ladystormcrow]

🥤 ⇢ recommend an author or fanfic you love

🏜️ ⇢ what's your favourite type of comment to receive on your work?

🌿 ⇢ give some advice on writer's block and low creativity

☁️ ⇢ what made you choose your username?

🐝 ⇢ tag your biggest supporter(s) and say one nice thing about them

🥤-- I'm a huge, huge fan of @flagbridge's works. So much love for All Vows!

🏜️ -- I have a weakness for people mentioning specific details or lines that they liked or that stood out to them.

🌿 -- For one thing, it's okay to feel such things! Even the most famous, successful creators aren't creating 24/7. It's healthy to take breaks from a project, or focus on something else if you need to (I've seen this described as "mental crop rotation", and that's an excellent way to think of it).

☁️ -- I've used some variation of this username since I first started going online regularly at age 15; it was the nickname I'd been using when I was in the Tolkien fanclub at my high school (we'd all picked character-based nicknames of our choice). If you see a Lady Stormcrow somewhere in the old and deep places of the Internet, there's a decent chance it's me. Oh god please don't go looking.

🐝 -- Oh damn, there are a lot of people who are huge supporters to me, in all sorts of ways! I'll pick two who immediately come to mind:

@cornistasiathecoblinking is wonderful at bringing people together and making them all feel welcome and supported -- anyone who has them as a friend is lucky.

@chaifootsteps is brave and perceptive, and not afraid to defend the things and people he cares about -- I admire that about him so much.

[ashadeintheshade]

Thanks Sadie this is fun!!!! @sadeyedlady-writes

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

This is easy because I have relatively few 😂

1. Alaska AU

2. Angel Demon AU

3. LND canon divergent meg/erik fic

@flagbridge @battydings @shinyfire-0

[ashadeintheshade]

@flagbridge

[bonzlydoo]

He sleeps in a coffin, bro.

[flagbridge]

Do you have an about me? I’d like to get to know you!

I've had this sitting forever and I figured I'd share a few things!

I don't have an About Me section, but here are some things that are "About Me":

I'm Flag, I'm 30something, and I live in North America. This is mostly a Phantom blog with some occasional stuff on Classics, other musical theater and opera stuff, cosplay, trading, and Jewish pride. I block antisemites.

AO3 Page: FlagBridge

Current WIP: All Vows (105K words right now, 18+, will be 130K words when complete). Ships: E/C, R/C, C/M. The story is a redemption arc following the Jewish process of atonement as taught by Maimonides.

Next Project: Nicknamed "Raoul Navy". If you've seen some of my other posts you'll understand that Raoul and I have a lot in common on our chosen vocation.

I sell Lego Phantom mezuzah cases on Etsy at PhantomJudaica (I'm taking requests for other characters and shows). Use the discount code tumblr for 18% off.

Uhhhh what else to people want to know about me?

[snaggletooth]

#AMERICA #flagbridge #happy4th #4thofjuly

[ashadeintheshade]

@flagbridge @fdelopera someone has to buy back raoul 😔

sorry we mistook your boyfriend for a cinnamon roll and we sold him with the chametz. yeah it's just a temporary agreement, you can have him back in eight days. he'll be okay he's safe in a locked cabinet with the pasta

[bonzlydoo]

Progress video of the commission piece I did for @flagbridge, for their fic All Vows [here]

I worked with a far more painterly style than usual for this, and appreciated the help my talented partner @eoinmarron leant with regard to texture detail on the ocean right at the end.

[bonzlydoo]

Look, ok, sometimes I'll draw you good POTO art and sometimes I'll draw you this. Either way you get art.

Fet. @flagbridge and @or-what-you-will