#little lotte's red scarf

[jessfandrawer]

I've only seen PotO one time; during the pandemic when a professional recording (of the anniversary production?) was offered for "The Shows Must Go On" on Youtube. It was good theater, what can I say.

[shinyfire-0]

Chapter 5 of The Phantom of the Opera - The Enchanted Violin - is one of my favourite chapters in Leroux. 

It’s where we hear about Daddy Daae telling Christine and Raoul ‘legends of the lands of the North’ and the line ‘"Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing. Her hair was golden as the sun's rays and her soul as clear and blue as her eyes. She wheedled her mother, was kind to her doll, took great care of her frock and her little red shoes and her fiddle, but most of all loved, when she went to sleep, to hear the Angel of Music." 

It’s also where we meet Raoul running into the sea after Christine’s red scarf:

‘One day, a little boy, who was out with his governess, made her take a longer walk than he intended, for he could not tear himself from the little girl whose pure, sweet voice seemed to bind him to her. They came to the shore of an inlet which is still called Trestraou, but which now, I believe, harbours a casino or something of the sort. At that time, there was nothing but sky and sea and a stretch of golden beach. Only, there was also a high wind, which blew Christine's scarf out to sea. Christine gave a cry and put out her arms, but the scarf was already far on the waves. Then she heard a voice say:

"It's all right, I'll go and fetch your scarf out of the sea."’

(text from the de Mattos translation which is freely available online)

Trestraou is very near to Perros-Guirec, which now a busy seaside holiday town. And it really is a ‘stretch of golden beach’ in a natural harbour.

i took these photos on the beach at Trestraou in the summer of 2023. It was very windy on the beach which meant that the light changed quickly!

[danisbrainrot]

lott modelling new clothes she bought for you to cheer you up after a rough day :(((

lottie matthews x reader

I love cute little blurb ideas like these <333

her shopping bags landed messily on the bed as she crawled on top of you, shifting so you were between her legs and she could press her forehead against yours. "you okay, baby?" lottie murmurs, kissing you softly.

you shake your head, leaning into the kiss and not letting her lips go. finally, she pulls away, looking at you seriously as a sigh leaves your mouth, "I had a shitty day," you reply. she pouted, pressing another kiss against your lips before pulling away.

"well, I finally used my t.k. maxx credit up, do you wanna see some of the stuff I bought?" lottie asks, you nod eagerly, your mood lighting up immediately. she laughs at this, but crawls off you and opens some of the bags. "close your eyes," you do as instructed and wait patiently until she allows you to open them again.

her first outfit is cute, a pink miniskirt and a white top. she gives a little spin, flourishing with a small curtsy. "you look like a Barbie doll," you tease, she flicks her hair behind her shoulders and blows you a kiss, before getting unchanged again. you close your eyes, letting her next outfit be a surprise.

lottie shows off five more outfits—making you worry how bad of a habit this whole stealing shitty clothes from t.k. maxx was. finally, she covers your eyes with a scarf she'd bought, "your eyes definitely have to be closed for this next one, because I bought this somewhere else," she whispers, her tone seductive; you grew excited by what she meant.

"you can take the scarf off now," she instructs. once the fabric is ripped off your eyes, your jaw drops at the sight. she was dressed in a scant red lingerie set, showing off her long legs and gorgeous figure. you swear you could feel drool in the corner of your mouth. she giggles at your reaction, twirling around to show off every inch of her. "do you like it?"

you finally unfreeze, gaining the ability to talk again. "I love it," you admire how gorgeous she looked standing before you in her red bra and undies, "in fact, you should wear that more often," she giggles, before crawling on top of you again. you pull her in for a passionate kiss, feeling the full weight of her on top of you, as you grip her waist tightly with you hands. "thank you, my days better already," you mutter against her lips.

a wide smirk appears on lottie's face as she begins moving your hand from her waist further up to her boobs. "just wait until you feel what's underneath it," she teases, shooting you a cheeky wink.

[donfantasmaa]

Perfumes Inspired by Phantom of The Opera

I’ve compiled a list of perfumes relating to POTO. My criteria was based on three things:

Things that can be interpreted as direct references to the book or ALW musical

Perfumes that could realistically have been worn by actual characters

Vibes

I am sorry that a lot of these quite expensive, I personally only own them in my dreams.

Erik:

Black Phantom - By Killian

This one is self explanatory. It’s a sweet and boozey coffee scent

Angel - Mulger

Also self explanatory. Both a well loved and a well hated perfume, there’s a good change you already own this

Death and Decay - Lush

To smell like Erik’s hands of course

Dead Sexy - Tokyo Milk

You know why. Woody vanilla scent

Christine:

Everything & Nothing - Tokyo Milk

“Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing…”

1889 Moulin Rouge - Histoires de Parfums

Not the right year but this is the ultimate Belle Époque Parisian performer scent. It’s a powdery makeup-y smell, probably what backstage at the Garnier smells like.

Wedding Bouquet - Floris

All those flowers Erik bought for the wedding

Lily of the Valley - Floris

Made in 1847, this realistically could’ve been worn by Christine, and I think it suits her well. It’s a fresh citrusy floral, with violet, rose, jasmine, ylang ylang and ofc lily of the valley

Raoul:

Acqua di Colonia - Santa Maria Novella

Created in 1533 in one of the oldest perfumeries in the world in Florence, a fashionable and worldly gent like Raoul might’ve worn this.

Insolence - Guerlain

“INSOLENT BOY!!”

Beach Walk - Maison-Martin-Margiela

Raoul running into the sea to fetch the red scarf

Under the Stars - Maison-Martin-Margiela

Where Raoul and Christine kiss and everything goes wrong

As a bonus, here’s one that reminds me of the fanfic By Starlight by wheel_of_fish because it’s my fav:

Clandestine Clara - Penhaligon’s

[roll-de-chagny]

Thinking about Little Lotte's red scarf and the blood-red noose around her Vicomte's neck. Always thinking about it.

[tooneys-russo]

BOOTS AND BROKEN HEARTS

Previous Parts: Chapter 1, Chapter 2

Summary: Alessia and her UNC coach Willa have a bit too much chemistry. Only downside is that Willa has a girlfriend.

CHAPTER 3

Alessia scrolled on Instagram catching up on everything that she had missed, one image in particular caught her eye, posted by Jennifer, the picture of her coach and the soccer star appearing happy with the coach giving Jennifer a kiss on the cheek. Alessia sighed and looked through her coaches Instagram instead, there were a few pictures of her and Jennifer but there were a lot of her in her Bruin days. Alessia spent some time focusing on the pictures where Willa was in her playing shorts and a sports bra after a hard training session, she continued scrolling until she saw a picture of her at a Newcastle United game a few years prior. Willa looked so carefree, she had a beer in her left hand, a Newcastle shirt, beanie, scarf and puffer jacket on. Alessia stared at the picture and as she went to continue scrolling she accidentally double tapped. Her eyes widened with her action. “Shit.” Alessia said to herself, she didn’t know if she should unlike the picture or just live with the fact that Willa now knew she was stalking her Instagram. Alessia locked her phone trying to stop herself from liking another picture. Willa felt her watch buzz with a notification, she saw that Alessia had liked a photo of hers, she opened her phone and noticed that it was an old picture of her at a Newcastle game she smirked knowing that Alessia was having a bit of a deep dive into Willa’s profile. Willa sent a text to the young striker, ‘Hey you okay? Did you want a Newcastle shirt?’ Alessia felt her phone buzz and checked the message, she smiled at her phone. ‘God no, it was a pity like. I would never in my life wear that god awful black and white shirt.’ Willa smiled wide at the cheeky reply, she checked if Jennifer was paying any attention to what she was doing, Jennifer was looking at her own phone smiling at it. ‘I bet you would look great in a Newcastle shirt, I will take you to a game one day. Maybe we will both end up back in England.’ Willa dreamed of going back home, even if she ended up in London she would be happy just so long as she was in England. She re-read the message noting that it was a little flirty, but I mean they were just friends right? Alessia’s face went bright red while reading her coach’s message, it was definitely flirty and she knew how to respond. ‘Would we be able to watch the next Newcastle game in the theatre then?’ Alessia bit her lip waiting for the next text, the bubble appeared and disappeared a few times after a few long minutes she got a response from Willa. ‘Deal, we can watch the next Manchester game too, it might be a City game though because sometimes I get confused with crap teams ;)’ Alessia squealed as she read the text, Lotte looked over at her friend. “You okay?” Alessia nodded and smiled. “Yeah, I just saw something I wanted in an ad.” She lied and messaged back. ‘I will educate you, coach.’ Alessia put her phone away and rejoined the conversation with her teammates. 

During the game Willa took notes for both Jennifer and to take some of the tactics back to UNC. Orlando won 2-0 and Jennifer assisted a goal, honestly she was slotting into the NWSL perfectly. After the game Jennifer walked out in her tracksuit and polo shirt from Orlando Pride, she wrapped her arms around Willa and kissed her. “Babe you had an amazing game, the way you set up that goal and cleared the line was great.” Jennifer smiled wide. “Thank you baby girl.” Willa and Jennifer headed back to the apartment, they got changed for a team dinner and went to the local Italian restaurant. Willa sat next to Jennifer and Alanna Kennedy who was on the Orlando Pride team sat on the other side of Jennifer. A couple of the players spoke to Willa during the dinner, Ashlyn Harris and Ali Krieger were both very interested in Willa’s work at UNC and her history at UCLA. In comparison Jennifer was talking quietly with Alanna, her back was to Willa and no interest was shown by Jennifer towards her girlfriend. Willa tried to listen to the other conversations as the night went on and join in but she wasn’t close with the girls and struggled to fit in. Willa leant over and touched Jennifer’s thigh, the girl looked almost annoyed by Willa’s touch, “Baby I am heading back to your place, I have to leave early sorry.” She kissed Jennifer and wished everyone a lovely rest of the night. Jennifer mumbled a quick goodnight and focused back onto Alanna. As she waited for her Uber she looked through Alessia’s instagram, she smiled as she saw the girl’s pictures from her junior days for England. She liked an old picture of her wearing a Manchester United shirt and messaged the girl. ‘Manchester is blue.’ She knew the girl wouldn’t message back because it was so late she should be in bed.

Jennifer didn’t get back to the apartment until three in the morning, she got straight into bed without a word in just her underwear. Willa hoped that nothing happened between her and Alanna but it would be convenient to cut ties. Before leaving that morning, Willa put on the coffee machine so that when Jennifer woke up the coffee would be ready. She kissed Jennifer gently and left a note saying thank you and told her she loved her. In the car ride to the airport a text popped up on her phone from Alessia, ‘Manchester is red. Also I hope Newcastle lose today x’ Willa smiled at the message and replied. ‘That is just hurtful Alessia, don’t make me punish you with laps at training tomorrow.’ Alessia went bright red as she read the text, thinking of a punishment she wouldn’t mind receiving from the coach, might even be more cardio work than laps. 

The following day Willa got to training early and saw the blonde striker practising. “Oi, head over the ball, you aren’t punting an American football.” The blonde turned around to the coach. “Nice to see you are back from your little vacation.” Alessia had her hands on her hips as Willa approached her. “Eh, it wasn't much of a vacation. Jennifer spent most of the time on her phone or talking to her teammates.” Willa juggled a ball then kicked it towards Alessia. “You should have just watched the game on tv.” Alessia replied slightly annoyed with the current topic of Jennifer. “Yeah I should have, then at least I could have worked with the team.” She put her foot on top of the ball. “October 7.” Willa said and Alessia replied with a confused look. “Manchester and Newcastle are playing, I put a booking in for the theatre.” Alessia’s face lit up. “Oh perfect! When United wins you have to wear a Manchester United shirt.” Willa laughed. “I will never wear a bloody Manchester United shirt, not for anyone, not even you Alessia Russo.” Willa kicked the ball towards Alessia and they both laughed. The rest of the team slowly made their way towards the pair ready for training to begin. Willa pulled a few players off the field to have a chat about things to work on, Alessia slightly jealous that she didn’t get a chance to chat to the coach.

The month leading into the UNC season became a little more intense as they lifted their work rate at training. Willa tried to catch up with Jennifer but their schedules didn’t line up as well as what she hoped, Jennifer seemed to have team sessions more frequently than she did at the beginning of the season, must just be wanting to increase their work rate. The training prior to the game the team line up was read out, Alessia wasn’t starting, Willa saw the girl’s face fall when she realised. The girls went onto the training pitch with a focus on set pieces beginning with the starting team. Willa worked with the players who would be starting on the bench, Alessia seemed somewhat distant from Willa during the session. At the end as the girls were leaving Willa grabbed Alessia’s wrist before she left, “Hey you okay?” The blonde shrugged. “Yeah I am fine, just surprised is all, didn’t think after how well you said I was doing that I would be on the bench against Providence.” Alessia pulled her arm away. “Well if you wanted to have a chat about why then I am happy to tell you.” Willa crossed her arms over her chest slightly pissed off by the girl’s reaction. “Well I’m all ears Coach.” Alessia turned to face Willa. “Your shots are either at the goalkeeper or missing over the bar, Julia Ashley is hitting the ball cleanly and causing a lot of headaches for defenders at the moment. I need - we need more from you.” Willa said bluntly. “Fine, then you’ll get more.” Alessia walked back to the changerooms to shower. She needed the calming shower after the frustrating conversation with Willa, there is no way that Julia was better than her.

When Alessia had gotten changed and was walking past Willa’s office she heard her talking to Anson. “Alessia’s work off the ball is exactly what we need. She is aggressive and can beat defenders with raw power, not just fancy footwork. We need her on the field.” Alessia heard Anson’s reply loud and clear. “I need her to show me that she can turn defenders, work with her on that hold up play and she’ll have that consistent starting position.” Anson walked out and Alessia hid in a doorway, once he was gone she began walking past the office again. “Hey Alessia can I grab you for a second?” Willa walked out of her office to the blonde. “Yeah, of course.” She followed Willa into her office and sat on the couch, Willa sat at her desk. “Okay so, to be completely transparent I think you are a bloody brilliant player with potential to be the next Ellen White and Kelly Smith. But there are a couple things we need to work on. I am more than willing to do extra sessions to get you there but I need you to be on board too.” Alessia took in the massive compliment that was just paid to her and she nodded. “Yeah I am down to do that.” Willa smiled. “Perfect, we get started the day after the game. Don’t worry either, you will be playing.” Alessia stood and headed towards the door of the office. “I am sorry for being a bit rude before, I was just frustrated.” Willa stood in front of the girl and Alessia could smell her perfume. “I get it, I was benched once at UCLA and kind of lost my shit. At least you were calmish about it.” She winked at Alessia. “Head up, Russo, get some sleep, big game tomorrow.” Alessia walked back to her dorm a little lighter and with her heart racing. Willa’s heart raced like it hadn't for a long time, she was in trouble.

CHAPTER 4

[lucygold95]

Recent pictures - Christines in capes / Phantoms in front of the organ.

💚손지수 Christine / 송은혜 Christine💙

🎼 김주택 Phantom / 전동석 Phantom 🎶

[nerdywriter36]

Notes - Phantom Broadway - Monday, March 20 (evening)

Notes courtesy of my best friend @brendadaaedestler (I can tag her now, she's on Tumblr 😂)! These are long, so enjoy the read if you're up to it. I'll put them below the cut!

Act One

The trio was Jeremy Stolle, Julia Udine, and Paul A. Schaefer

Paul’s old man Raoul sounded like he was three seconds from keeling over.

Ted’s Piangi was really funny. Also, his top notes? Stunning.

Ted’s Italian accent has improved.

During Think of Me, Paul stood up really quickly to excitedly applaud Christine.

He looked around at everyone else in the box like, “Why aren’t you clapping?”

Julia and Sara had real bestie energy, their hug before Angel of Music was so sweet.

You could tell Paul’s Raoul enjoyed joking with Christine during the whole “Little Lotte, where is your red scarf…” bit.

Paul and Julia’s shared giggles were so sweet; they seemed so happy to see each other.

Jeremy spat out his “Insolent boy…” lines, and we got a really good “fool”

Jeremy’s HAND when the mirror closed!!!

Paul had a very good, very confused, “Angel?”

For the title song, they had a bunch of tech issues, which meant Jeremy and Julia had to do a bunch of improvising. The candles didn’t totally move aside, so the boat didn’t completely come out. They stayed in the boat until just before Jeremy’s last “Sing for me!”, when he walked around the candles to then lift Julia out of the boat.

The organ and mirror bride didn’t make it out at first, so Jeremy took his hat and cloak off during the whole “I have brought you…” bit and had to lay the cloak on the floor.

He just had to Strolle™ around the stage a little at the beginning of Music of the Night, as the organ and mirror didn’t make it on to stage until a little before his top note on “soar”.

When the organ finally came out, Jeremy Strolled™ over to smoothly pick up the cloak from the floor and then draped it over the organ.

The first time they nearly kissed, Jeremy pulled away with an audible intake of air, as though very overwhelmed by the proximity to Christine.

The portcullis didn’t come down, but Jeremy is incredible with his improv, so instead of a portcullis sprawl, he briefly wrapped his arms around Julia’s waist.

Jeremy’s voice was so rich throughout the whole song.

He looked so amazed at Christine’s presence during the whole “you alone can make my song take flight”, and we also got a voice crack, which just made it heartbreaking.

Jeremy really chose to be anger in Stranger Than you Dreamt It, and I was so here for it.

The candles were still out, so they had to run around them. Jeremy half hopped/half tripped over the boat at one point while chasing Julia.

He had to take a moment to compose himself before going into “Stranger than you dreamt it…”

His crawl was so smooth.

We got some growls in his singing, some voice cracks, all of the good stuff.

“Oh, Christine” sounded so devastated.

You could see the confidence visibly return once he had the mask back on.

Craig and Nehal had such great chemistry during Notes and the beginning of Prima Donna. Nehal did his usual frantic gesturing to Carlotta to get Firmin to join him in his groveling, and Craig sounded like he wanted to throw up at having to say “we need you too.”

Jeremy acting on the proscenium was fantastic. His “Madame, perhaps it is you who are the toad.” had Cherik sarcasm vibes. He was absolutely killing himself laughing; they weren’t evil laughs, it was laughter of pure amusement.

He yanked the chandelier so hard that it was still swinging well into All I Ask of You.

Paul’s All I Ask of You was so comforting. He did the little lean over and head tilt thing at the beginning when standing in front of her.

Paul’s vocals were incredible, as always!

He gave Julia a good spin at the end.

Jeremy shattered me with his Reprise. He was a broken man throughout the whole thing.

When Paul and Julia started singing, he immediately shoved his hands over his ears and seems so tormented/broken-hearted to hear her with Raoul. His voice got really low on “no” and he sounded so broken.

Jeremy went off on “You will curse the day…”

Act Two

Paul’s dancing in Masquerade was absolutely phenomenal. Him lifting Julia was sooo smooth and honestly really hot.

Julia’s dancing was also super good! You can tell she’s done ballet.

Nehal had a solid catch when Jeremy tossed the Don Juan score. Great job on both their parts.

Paul is really soft in Notes II when he kneels in front of Christine.

Julia’s Wishing was absolutely stunning. Up until now, her Christine was sort of generic for me, but she went off from this point forward.

Wandering Child was absolutely gorgeous.

Paul really put his back into that belting.

Jeremy went up a note on “do not shun me.”

The way Jeremy hits the last “angel” really does things to me.

Julia’s Christine stood there very entranced during Jeremy’s “Come to me, Angel of Music” and was genuinely shocked to turn and see Raoul standing there.

Jeremy shuts the curtain in a really sexy way when he appears as Don Juan.

His voice was soooo rich, and the choreography was super smooth. You can tell he’s been playing this role for years.

PHANTOM HANDS!!!

The way Jeremy sings “soul” is sooo sexy.

He went progressively lower on “what rich desire unlock its door?” 👌🏻👌🏻

How he hits “seduction” might actually be the sexiest thing in this show, and it should be illegal.

Julia’s vocals and acting were stunning throughout the whole song.

After Julia starts singing, when Jeremy got up from the bench to walk around it and sit down on the other side, he was super sexy in his movements. HANDS.

The bench acting was phenomenal. He started out not really moving, and then the hands started going up and down his thighs, and he touched some ahem other things a couple times.

He went rigid when Christine put her leg up on the bench.

We got a fully body reaction when Christine touched him.

Julia scooped her hands really low when he was on the bench and she was standing behind him. You can draw your conclusions about where the hands nearly were.

When Christine was feeling the mask, Jeremy tried to turn his head away like he was trying to stop her.

They both startled at the same time and ran from each other.

When Jeremy noticed Madame Giry, he stood up straighter and looked very resigned, like he’d just realized: “wow, so you betrayed me too.”

His proposal was shattering. He was so pleading, and he got really breathy on “save me.”

The POWER in his voice when he got to “anywhere you go…”

Down Once More was so full of anger and betrayal. “Christine, why?” sounded genuinely confused and so hurt, and then the second “why?” was angry.

Jeremy gave Julia a good shove forward when they entered for final lair.

Jeremy turned into such a sad Mama’s boy at “this face, which earned a mother’s fear and loathing…”

He immediately switched to being angry when he got to “Pity comes too late…”

Jeremy was very sarcastic when Raoul showed up, while also seeming frustrated that Raoul came to throw a wrench in things.

Paul’s vocals when begging at the portcullis? chef’s kiss

Paul looks like he’s actually choking to death when he’s caught in the lasso. I was concerned for this man for a second there.

At “raise up your hand to the level of your eyes,” Jeremy just kinda Strolled™ over and held his hand up and stared at Paul for a moment before walking away. Had vibes of “are you dumb?”

You could watch the plan form in his head during the whole “nothing can save you now…except, perhaps, Christine.”

Jeremy did the “This is the choice!” opt up!!!!!!!!

The whole “You try my patience. Make your choice” was very low and a bit growly at the end.

Julia’s Christine sounded sooo sad singing, “Pitiful creature of darkness…”

THE KISS!!! Jeremy’s arms sort of hovered around her like he wanted to hold her to him but didn’t really know how, and then he just kinda froze when she hugged him. When Christine kissed him again, his arms reached up like he didn’t know what to do with the situation, but then he melted into it and brought them down around her, almost holding her (he may have actually held her very briefly, but I don’t 100% remember).

I once again feel the need to state that Paul’s acting in the noose is so amazing. It really does look like he’s dying, and then his collapse when the Phantom lets him go is very realistic. Props, man.

Jeremy’s “take him, forget me…” lines sounded so broken.

He sounded so sad when yelling at Raoul and Christine to leave him.

When he got up to face Christine when she came to return the ring, we got a little snuggle before “Christine, I love you.” He held on tightly to her hand for a moment before she pulled way, and they stood there looking at each other for a moment before she turned to leave.

Jeremy seemed so dejected when she left and after a moment of standing there by himself, he went over to shove his face in the veil.

His final line was absolutely breathtaking, and I love the way he looks around at his lair, taking it all in before he disappears

[mel-0n-earth]

When Christine first arrived at Skyhold, winter had yet to fully settle into the rock and soil of the mountains. The river below was just short of freezing, and snow came only in light, powdery dustings that left patches of brown autumn grass poking through the tattered blanket of white. However, after the chandelier fell, a storm stirred in the mountains, sending a bitter chill slithering its way into Skyhold like a wintery serpent, eager to bite.

Little Lotte, where is your red scarf?

New chapter of my Solavellan Phantom of the Opera AU is up. Hope you all enjoy :)

[faded-florals]

[klausscrimshaw]

Sorry I couldn’t leave Raoul out of this « relatively happy childhood » AU ;__;

Look who got some sunburn in early September

[dechagnys]

        tag  drop  pt.2   !!!

[ifyouhappentoremember]

Quick Thoughts - The Phantom of the Opera - Broadway - August 13, 2022 - Matinee

My main trio was Jeremy Stolle, Elizabeth Welch and Paul A. Schaefer. I was especially hyped to see Stolle as the Phantom since the last 8 times I’ve seen Phantom, it had been Ben Crawford in the title role. At this point I needed to see someone new as The Phantom to figure out if Ben was doing the blocking or if he was making ✨ acting ✨ choices ✨.

The CHEMISTRY between Jeremy Stolle and Elizabeth Welch, lord help me.

In that scene that is between Angel of Music and Little Lotte, after Christine reads aloud the note “A Red Scarf, the attic…,”, she happily adjusts her dressing gown/crown while glancing in The Mirror (yes, THAT one) before sitting at her dressing room table. 

I knew I was in for an emotional rollercoaster during the title song because the Chemistry was so good.

The long and meaningful look between Stolle and Welch right before the first ‘Sing for Me!’

This was the most interested I’ve been in the first lair in a while.

This was not the best vocal performance of Stolle that I’ve heard. As the show went on his voice sounded more and more strained. He was able to hit all of the money notes, but I still worried for him.

During Il Muto, when the Countess (Carlotta) and her husband are saying goodbye, Elizabeth’s maid cap fell on to the floor behind her while she was fluffing the pillows. It took Elizabeth a full 10 seconds to realize this. After frantically placing the fallen cap on her head, she sheepishly looked between the Countess and the Count to make sure her slip up went unnoticed while hiding the lower half of her face behind a pillow. It’s a very good cover for a random costume mishap.

Oh, and Paul A. Schaefer was there too I guess. He is an aloof Raoul. The way his words would somehow slur together made me think he was playing Raoul slightly intoxicated?? [The way he whipped out that champagne bottle from Firmin’s hand was way too smooth, so you know he can handle himself around a bottle.] If you told me that his Raoul would become Love Never Dies Raoul, I’d 1000% believe you.

Stephen Tewksbury, who plays Andre, didn’t have the skeleton body suit during Masquerade. I am unsure if this is a permanent or temporary change.

Let’s talk about The Point of No Return. We all remember how good the recording of Point of No Return with Elizabeth Welch and Hugh Panero is right?  Picture that level of chemistry, add in the new blocking for PONR and you’ve got the closest approximation I can get to the Stolle/Welch rendition I saw.

When Elizabeth uncovers the hood, she stares up at Jeremy with this 🥺 face (actually Elizabeth Welch spent like 80% of the show basically making that 🥺 face and I love her for it).

The Final Lair destroyed any sanity I had left for the day.

[anecdotal-acorn]

POTO Fluff Week 2022 Day 3: Meet Cute

Christine scrunched up her nose, which was turning a shade of cold-nipped pink on the beach. Now she thought that maybe it hadn't been such a good idea to take an afternoon stroll-- this afternoon in particular happened to be very, very cold and very gray. But at least now she didn't have to worry about anyone else crowding the beach. It was just her and Raoul.

“Does my nose look as chilly as yours, Little Lotte?” Raoul asked, kissing hers right on the tip and sending a delightfully warm flutter all through her.

“Yes!” She answered, leaning over and giving him a brisk kiss for his nose, which in mere moments turned into a lengthy kiss for his lips. She closed her eyes, and forgot all about the crashing waves from the adjoining sea and the wind too, until something soft blew off of her shoulders.

“My scarf!” She looked down at her dress and saw that her precious red scarf had indeed blown away, again. She cursed herself for even having worn it in the first place on a windy day like today.

When she looked up, Raoul wasn't next to her.

But then she heard something, ever so faintly from that sea. She ran down the beach, and the closer she got to the water the more she could make out the words…

“...Got it! I’ve got it!” Raoul was soaking wet and holding her scarf.

“Raoul! It's freezing!” She yelled, splashing into the waves to meet him. She supposed she was a hypocrite then, charging after him as he'd charged after the scarf. But it was freezing.

“That didn't stop me the first time, did it?” He told her through chattering teeth. She could see his breath and hers mixing together in the November air.

She hugged him close in response to his remark. “No, it didn't. And I'm grateful you saved my scarf, again. I ought to pin it to my dress from now on, don't you think?” They had a nice laugh about it all and as they waded back to shore together Christine thought back to that first time she'd lost her scarf in the sea. She thought back to how it was like that was the day she’d really met Raoul, because that was the day she'd realized how devoted he could be. So she would start pinning her scarf to her dress, but she was glad to know he would fetch it for her another time if she ever did forget.

[coatntails]

POTOber 2021

I had so much fun doing Whumptober last year, and I would like to try to share this joy with the phandom. So I've used the Whumptober prompts as a jumping off point and put together a Phantom of the Opera themed prompt list. There is a prompt for every day of October, including a couple alternates (just like the Whumptober list) to help give inspiration more opportunities to strike!

Anyone can participate in this event. The prompts can be used to create fan art, fan fiction, or anything else you can think of. Participate as much - or as little - as you want to. Do all 31, or just a few. Combine them if you prefer. Anything goes!

This list was made with ALL versions of POTO in mind. if this event becomes popular enough to repeat, maybe we can branch out into multiple lists. But for now, feel free to interpret these prompts to fit any of your favorite phantoms - Leroux, Andrew Lloyd webber, Kopit and Yeston, the many movies - they are all welcome! (yes... even rat!phantom... no judgement.)

If you'd like to participate, tag your posts potober so we can find them.

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1) “To serve me, to sing” - Ensnared / Bound / Seduced

2) “the level of your eyes” - Garrote / Choking / Gagged

3) “My God, this place really is haunted” - Taunting / insults / Prima Donna

4) “Down once more” - Taken Hostage / the Torture Chamber / Escape

5) “And now, how you repay me…” - Betrayal / Trust / Her Teacher

6) “touch me, trust me” - Touch starved / Hunger / Lust

7) “Close your eyes” - helplessness / blindness / Music of the Night

8) “from the moment i first heard you sing” - Desire / Pining / Wedding Dress

9) “did you think that I had gone for good?” - Presumed dead / disappeared / Relief

10) “A composer, Monsieur” - writing music / mood swings / Don Juan Triumphant

11) “lake under the opera house” - Drowning / the underground lake / the Siren

12) “The Scorpion or the Grasshopper” - Begging / Choices / the Ring

13) “Past the point of no return” - removing the mask / innocence lost / Amnita

14) “Twisted every way” - Force / Manipulation / Defiance

15) “i remember there was mist” - Delirium / Dreaming / the Mannequin

16) “Miss Daaé has returned” - Aftermath / Recovery / The Daroga

17) “He’ll take me, I know” - Dread / Anticipation / Bait

18) “Your fears are far behind you” - Rescue / Protection / The Rooftop

19) “Wishing you were somehow here again” - The famous Swedish violinist / The Graveyard / Grief

20) “Order your fine horses” - Caesar / the Pegasus / Carriage rides in the Bois de Boulogne

21) “Little Lotte” - Backstory / Beginnings / the Red Scarf

22) “Stranger than you dreamt it” - Cursed / Demon / Deformity

23) “Lot 666, ladies and gentlemen” - Auction / Money / the Music Box

24) “War between us” - Rivals / Revenge / The Chandelier

25) “The 5th Cellar” - Hiding / Secrecy / Labyrinth

26) “Those who speak of what they know” - Trap Door / Lasso / Madam Giry

27) “A Mystery never fully explained” - Thrown voice / Yellow Eyes / The Rat Catcher

28) “Look at your face in the mirror” - Seduction / Deception / The Mirror

29) “Box 5 to be kept open” - Threats / Notes / Box 5

30) “I will send you the Angel of Music” - Ghost / Angel / Just a man

31) “prelude to a bright new year” - Masquerade / Red Death / Disguise

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Was randomly thinking of “All I Ask of You” earlier and it reminded me of how I’ve always imagined Christine and Raoul escaping to the seaside and living a quiet but happy life together ‘till the end of their days

this is so precious to me, as a christine/raoul truther from childhood. that's exactly what they deserve - let me be your shelter! let me be your light! you're safe, no one will find you, your fears are far behind you - they find their perfect cottage by the sea and live in contentment, and she sings whenever she wants to, and maybe it isn't for an audience, but her voice soars free. and they read to one another, and even when silver streaks through her hair in the sun, when christine stands on the shore as waves roll in, and a breeze whirls around her, he still only sees his beautiful little lotte, and the red scarf like a flame that he pulled with love from the sea.