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Both sides annoy me to tell you the truth. I mean, I get pissed when people insist I shouldn't like Winslow "because he's ugly" and that I'll "come to [my] senses one day and thing 'what the hell was I thinking, liking him like that?'," so, yes. It's terribly moronic when people are like "OMG TEH PHANTUM IS SO BETTAH DEN ROUL YOO SO STOOPID TO LIKE ROUL" etc., but it's also kind of wrong and a bit discourteous for her to bash all people who like Erik better than Raoul. Honestly, I wonder why people can't say "Okay, I like Raoul, you like Erik, we're all good," and let it go.

And...it's not the "Deal with it" part of her signature that really bothers me. (It doesn't. At all. I accept that she's making a statement.) It's where she calls Erik fans "losers" that seems rather unnessecary. I mean, as I said, if you expect people to be alright with your liking Raoul, you had better be prepared to accept that they like Erik in return.

It was the losers bit that got me because it seemed she was addressing major Phantom-supporters as losers. But it's the internet and without proper toning and stressing to be heard, there can be misunderstandings.

In this fandom, it's a continual war as I've noticed. One side is for Raoul, the other for Erik. There are few who are neutral or both. Not only that, but the fandom picks up a lot of teenagers because of ALW and the Gothic Romance which everyone just seems to engorge themselves on these days. So naturally stakes are high and tempers are flaring. Any little thing will be taken as a slap to the face and for the other person to automatically slap back.

It's nothing we can help, honestly.

Neither side are losers. It's the people themselves that will be labeled as such for their actions.

Raoul is not a sissy...

Can't be with you? What is that supposed to mean? Raoul loved her and Christine was being pulled back by Erik. Raoul would fight for her.

Annnd I am netrual-ish, but more for Erik. I don't yell at people who like Raoul (one of my friends on here is for Raoul). I think she meant losers for people who try to defend Erik, but end up making reasons that can not be backed up by anything.

It's not a romantic drama. It is a horror/mystery.

Christine pitied Erik. That's why she wanted to sing one more time.

Raoul's only in his twenties and he never experianced something like that before. Back then it was okay for men to cry like that. (Erik sobs in the last couple chapters) Raoul isn't hot headed.

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Of course he would be angry by this because from his point of view it is some freaky guy kidnapping the one he loves. You would get mad if that happened to you, right? I know I would.

What Beth and WtMH said.

And yes, the endless fight between the Raoul fans and the Erik fans gets on my nerves sometimes. Like, debates are fine (I for one get a huge kick out of debating) but when one is bashing the other or vice versa it just becomes rather pointless. I mean, there's no hard proof that one character is better than the other. I mean, can we just deal with the fact that different people like different things and get on with our lives.

Note: I didn't say anything against this thread or the debating of opinions. Just the bashers who seem to come in and say the same things they've said thousands of times over, using bad grammar and whatnot. That gets tiresome. But I digress. We might as well get back to the actual discussion.

I like to spelling things incorrectly. I have taken up a career in making new words and easier spellings. Forgive my sarcaism; I'm just lazy.

Um...I did not start a fight with my friend with my friend BECAUSE she liked EC...I love the EC pairing, but in reality, it wouldn't happen. I wasn't saying "Stop going crazy!" Even though that is what she said to me, I actually started this because she called me "Mindless" and "crazy" for telling her that EC realtionships would never work.
I agree with everything you guys said, about the EC supporters and the RC supporters. I really like the EC pairing, because as I said in the debate Erik needs someone, and Christine was there, but Raoul and Christine loved each other. Christine didn't love Erik, and people can still say she did, but please don't debate by saying the same thing over and over.

Mme., don't worry. This usually happens. One side of the battle field is E/C, the other is R/C. When they clash, there's blood and text. But we shall keep a friendly little convo. ^^