The Official Phantom of the Opera Thread v2.0

Erik's favorite drink is...

Tea. He's fancy like that.	30.4%	[ 251 ]
Wine. SOPHISTICATION!	46.9%	[ 388 ]
Lake water. Because he lives next to it.	7.6%	[ 63 ]
Gatorade. Need them electrolites for all those "accidents"!	15.1%	[ 125 ]
Total Votes:			[ 827 ]

[The Loveless Blade]

The joy of watching things a million times and noticing little stuff. I did that with one movie an old friend kept making us watch because he liked making commentary on it. It took me like 4 views to figure out why the main characters had the names they did.

I never know if refusing to watch/read/listen to something regarding a fandom is considered bad or if it's just your preference on the fandom itself. Case in point I haven't read several of the published sequels that are famous in the phan world, I don't read fanfiction (general rule), I don't keep up with certain things regarding the musical and I don't want to see LND. In some ways I feel like a bad phan because I'm not getting my hands wet in everything that has the title "Phantom of the Opera" plastered on it. In other ways I'm saving everyone the umpteenth rant about something, so who knows.

I suppose it's alright to limit what you like, experience, and get involved with. After all don't we still call the ones who only have seen the 04 movie, phans? Well, phanbrats mostly depending on their attitude, but still.

And there's my weird, midnight philosophy after being dead silent for God knows how long. Also I find it amazingly weird that I enjoy working out to the 25th's cast of "Notes/Prima Donna".

[The Opera Toast]

The Loveless Blade

Also I find it amazingly weird that I enjoy working out to the 25th's cast of "Notes/Prima Donna".

Best end to a philosophical rant ever.

[The Loveless Blade]

I'm not joking, I think it's because I like the men they had cast as the managers and the way they react in the Notes scene and that almost visible twinge of pain on the line "we need you... too." I've never cared for that part until this cast, it's just so lively. Plus considering I do cardio machines in 30 minute increments the length of that track works out pretty well.

Also it seems my popping back in here led to a rather strange dream. In the dream a woman I know who is a local "artist" and runs bad art classes and a cheap version of those "everyone paints the same picture while we drink wine" classes that are all the rage with midlife-crisis women was helping with the casting of a local production of Phantom of the Opera. Which is weird because she has no theater experience whatsoever and the only version of PotO she's seen is the 04 movie and I'm pretty sure she told me once Gerard Butler lacquers her wood if you get what I mean.

Anyway I showed up to auditions hoping to land at least a chorus part and we were going through the latter half of Masquerade, everyone was sitting down except me, her, and the other people running it and it seemed like whoever wanted X part had to sing when it was X character's turn in the song. It was right at the part where everyone's singing about there being no more notes, opera ghost, etc. and so you'd hear one guy pop up for Firmin, a woman pop up for Mme Giry, and so on and for whatever reason I waited until the duet with Christine and Raoul and jumped in at Christine's "think of it, a secret engagement" just before a younger girl could and this woman stopped me mid-song and told me no I couldn't have that part, no one would believe that part if I took it. (basically saying I was fat, I get that in theater a lot)

So I got mad and stormed off and, I guess as revenge, I did my own version except I used popsicle sticks for the whole cast dressed in felt with the googly eyes and I kept getting frustrated because I couldn't make the sticks have that whole sensual touching and moving crap that goes on during MotN. Then I woke up after trying to smear the Erik stick in chocolate icing to keep me from having to make an actual suit for the stick.

[The Opera Toast]

Best. Dream. Ever. If only because of the icing part. (The not getting a part section was sad.)

Oh my god. Can we actually do/film a phantom popsicle edition?? Like, legit, this needs to happen.

"And do I dream again? For now I find, the Fudge-pop of the opera is there, inside my mind."

[The Loveless Blade]

Oh God Toast you didn't. XD

Would we do it Potter Puppet Pal style?

[The Opera Toast]

I'll do another one even better when I get my other computer and have actual photoshop instead of fake pseudo-photoshop.

I'm not sure. Likely. XD

[Friday_Dora]

You guys, I just found a ten-year old sketchbook with with POTO sketches. rofl They're pretty hilariously bad. I'll scan them once I hook up the new scanner.

[The Loveless Blade]

Dora: Oh don't worry honey. I have sketchbooks that are just about that old full of really bad ones too. My deviantart site has a couple of them, surprisingly the worst of them still gets at least one favorite a week and is the most popular thing out of my gallery. I need to redo it like no one's business.

Toast: I swear to God you enable my insanity. XD

[Catherine_de_Silver]

Oh geeze guys. If it weren't for you I'd have lost all my sanity years ago.


On a good note: I'm at the last chapter writing my script. I find it fun realizing how much of the book went to lunch when I saw the musical. I still need to keep an eye on the novel. smile

[TheAngelsWeepTonight]

You guys are so weird. I love you! XD

I recently got a notice that one of my deviations was featured some where, so I looked. It was a s**t photograph I took in 2008. I was like... " Thanks...?"

I had a dream where, I was forced into this relationship with this polish guy and after two years I decided to break up with him. Then he broke my nose and set my face on fire. But I survived, and so I wore a half white mask to keep the burn from getting infected or something. o_o So it was like PotO role reversal...kind of.