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Haha. I never said I liked Luciana. She really did deserve it. Wanting to see his face, not listening to what her father had to say, then freaking out when she didn't like what she saw. I'm just saying, a lot of phangirls are like that. Not neccesarilly any of us, but I've encountered them a little too often in the Official Phantom of the Opera Thread. They're all like "OMG! TEH PHANTOM IS SO SEZZY heart !!!!!111" and then they leave, not being at all commited to PotO except to rant about how much they love Gerik. I bet half of them'd faint if they saw an actual deformed guy somewhere. So Luciana makes me think of them, obsessed with the fantasy and disgusted by the reality.

Seriously. Why the hell would somebody wear a mask for no good reason? 'Cause it's cool? 'Cause he plays dress-up 24/7?

To Homeland Security: Okay, we've caught some guy who's wearing a mask and won't take it off. He must be a terrorist!

It's not the most normal thing to do, regardless of what time period you're in.

Amen sister, Amen.

Yes. It pisses me off endlessly too. Which is why I rant and rave at them that they have no idea what they are talking about, and that Erik is not supposed to be "SEZZY".

The inside of my mouth is kinda deformed. And one of my pupils is slightly larger than the other one sometimes. And I have some really freaky eyebrows.

Just felt like adding that.

Youko: I actually knew a "little person" back in kindergarten. His name was Caleb. He was the coolest kid I knew. I think I saw him once in Middle School, too, but I can't be sure. My memory is le terrible.


On the subject of Luciana: If there was ever a fictional character that made me madder, I cannot think of them at this very moment. I could not believe how utterly spoiled and incompetent this girl was, even with such a genteel father. While mild-mannered men like that (without wives) tend to let their daughters do as they will, I would think him being in Italy as it were, would give him the temper to know when to slap her. And while I can see her lack of a mind would lead her to the childish aggrivation-because-they're-in-love bit (which btw is also cliche and rather aggrivating) Kay went a tad too far with it and especially to say that Erik had just about mutual feelings of adolescent affection. I would think he would loathe the girl for being as scatter-brained and catty as she was.

Also, I think her death was justified. Served the b***h right, if I might say so. She shouldn't have been up there in the frst place, much less bringing her Father into the situation by making him tell Erik to take the mask off. Just what was she going to do if he didn't? Throw herself off the roof and call it murder? I think not.

On the subject of deformities:
While I hold no real expertise to this, my theory in point is Erik was a victim of FAS, or Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. The effects are similar to what he had, but then again so are a lot of diseases. I merely cling to this theory simply because there was a love for the drink (namely wine by Catholicism standards) and people did not know its effects on pregnant women's children.

And while that's a tad off-subject, I bring it 'round just because (if I remember correctly) Erik's mother drank a good bit. Yes, yes, a lot of people did, but that's not really what I'm going for here.

In this day and age we still hold a mediocre acceptance of the deformed and mis-shapen. We may not call them demons or mark them as "untouchables" as they did then, but we still have those amongst us who cringe at the sight of a child with a mental disorder. Those who are disgusted by the "special" children. It's never going to go away. We hold too high a standard for what people should be and those who cannot ever reach it because of a disease brought about by genetics or their own stupid parents are often ridiculed and hated.

Society will never be perfect and though we're more accepting of the imperfect, it's not even a whole step forward.

((curse you people. I love debates. >< ))

Wow, that's a pretty good theory. Very plausible indeed.

neutral Yep.

...we can still talk about... uhh... o_o ...


...can you explain this whole... why-does-everyone-look-like-everyone-else thing in the Kay book? gonk I don't understand... are Christine and Erik related then? Does that make Christine's child possibly not Erik's...? What's with the coincidence with the kid's name? Am I thinking too deeply? e.e;