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tumblr discourse after 13 years on this fucking website

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lovely character. i need him to finally break down sobbing clutching his chest like it'll stop the pain crumpling to the floor begging God to either help him or let him die

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In case y'all needed yet another Emmrich spotify playlist, here's mine 💀🥀

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If you're using gen AI because "you want to make art but don't know how/can't learn/it's easier/whatever"

You don't want to make art.

You want someone to make art for you, but you don't want to pay or exchange anything of equal value for it, and also you want it right now, in whatever style you fancy that moment, and in whatever quantity you want. You're greedy and entitled and it is just that simple. You don't want to make anything.

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I would go so far as to say that Raoul falls into the damsel role more than Christine ever did. He lacks the most agency in the story. He's terrified out of his wits, his brother is breathing down his neck, and he's about to be thrown back on a boat for god knows how long. None of which he has any control over and most of the book he is spiraling because of it. By the end of the book he has nothing, his brother is dead, he will likely be framed for the murder in the absence of any concrete killer, and with that he will be completely alienated from his family and fortune.

Christine, on the other hand, fills that hero role. She saves herself in the end without cruelty or malice but a promise of kindness to her teacher and mentor whom she did care deeply for and pity.

Erik is an enigma, the only character who doesn't tell any portion of the story from his own perspective. Such a fun way to present such a complex and amorphous character.

And Daroga, my beloved. My favorite literary character of all time. He is the key witness in this mess of a piece of journalism presented by the character that is Gaston Leroux himself.

I truly didn't intend for this post to turn into literary analysis. Read the damn book. Come to your own conclusions. Keep them away from me tbh. After 10 years of reading and re reading this book, I have endless appreciation for it, but there are too many of you who can not have civilized discussions.

The tiktok Phantom of the Opera fandom is terrifying. Saw someone say that book Raoul is verbally and emotionally abusive to Christine, and that's why they're team Phantom. Y'all stay safe out there.

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I dont know why I bother posting on here about Raoul. The aggressive Raoul hating E/C people find me, they always find me. Please just block me, save me the energy. DNI.

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I can see how that would rub people the wrong way. No one accused him of being a perfect man. He is as flawed as the rest of them, certainly. But abuse? Definitely not. Especially not when compared to Erik. Calling it abuse or saying he was a manipulator also strips Christine of her agency. She *wanted* Raoul. Didn't choose him out of a sense of obligation. Otherwise, she wouldn't give him the time of day. He isn't a necessary part of the story. She cared for him, though, and certainty didn't put up with his bullshit.

'I am mistress of my own actions, M. de Chagny: You have no right to control them, and I will beg you to desist henceforth.'

(Moving this out of the comments into a reblog. Not targeted at you, more so general frustration!)

The tiktok Phantom of the Opera fandom is terrifying. Saw someone say that book Raoul is verbally and emotionally abusive to Christine, and that's why they're team Phantom. Y'all stay safe out there.

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The tiktok Phantom of the Opera fandom is terrifying. Saw someone say that book Raoul is verbally and emotionally abusive to Christine, and that's why they're team Phantom. Y'all stay safe out there.

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Just realized I reached 500 followers on here!🎉🎉🎉

Thank you!! ♡♡

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POV:

You pissed off a very powerful necromancer

Bloodied and un-bloodied versions ✨️

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DEATH

✨️Emmlich inspired tarot ✨️

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top-tier moment in the phantom of the opera novel is when raoul goes to the opera looking horridddddddd and the managers are hanging out in box five and moncharmin is like 'that's the vicomte? he looks ill and should be in bed.' and he was so so right because approximately two minutes later christine looks at raoul and he begins sobbing directly into his hands

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This is a thank you to everyone who interacts with my art, but particularly those who reblog and leave such wonderful comments in the tags ♡♡ you guys keep me going, thank you!!

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"It goes beyond dread. It can't be reasoned with or soothed over. It comes without warning, in the dead of night, in sunlit streets. A raw, strangling fear, struck somewhere deep past the heart." A study\redraw of "Death and the Maiden" by Marianne Stokes

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✨️WIP WEDNESDAY✨️

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Alien pulling your sleeve to get your attention: and who is this Cunt you all serve

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