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[birdstooth]

Based on this ask sry it took so long lmaoo @lapinlune1910 😭

#poto #the phantom of the opera #poto doodles #comics and doodles #the mëatbålls from ikea remind her of home 🇸🇪 #poto asks

[night-unfurls-its-splendour]

For the send a fic idea ask:

What are your thought on a Phantom of the Opera vampire AU? 👀

OMG OMG OMG

I do not have the brain to write one, but I WISH I did and I am SO excited to share why.

About two years ago I got into a minor debate about whether "sexy" vampires are a "modern" invention or if there's any basis for it.

Now my standard for "Modern" as far as vampires go is BD and AD ("Before Dracula" and "After Dracula")

So the answer to that was "Yes and No".

No, because "original," vampires of Slavic folklore are mainly zombie-like.

Bram Stoker's classic Gothic novel is largely considered the birth of the modern vampire in pop-culture, and that's TRUE

BUT

He is NOT the first example of the Vampire as a fantastical erotic stalker in media.

Now most people probably do know that Dracula was predated by John Polidori's The Vampyre and Varney the Vampire or the Feast of Blood by several decades.

But the ORIGIN of the erotic vampire predate THEM by more than a century.

Widely considered the first appearance of a vampire in media is the 1748 poem Der Vampire by Heinrich August Ossenfelder. (Read more about that here)

The poem is notable, not only for being the first recorded appearance of a vampire in fiction, but also for its intense erotic subtext.

So how does all this relate to a PotO Vampire AU? Well because when I rediscovered this poem after getting into PotO I discovered in it a few things that connect it, albeit loosely, that connect it to Phantom, some things I think will probably jump out to you as well, including, what I think, is the ideal title for a PotO Vampire AU.

Here is the text of the poem's English translation, which is, like the first translation of Phantom of the Opera, flawed but iconic:

My dear young maiden clingeth Unbending. fast and firm To all the long-held teaching Of a mother ever true; As in vampires unmortal Folk on the Theyse's portal Heyduck-like do believe. But my Christine thou dost dally, And wilt my loving parry Till I myself avenging To a vampire's health a-drinking Him toast in pale tockay. And as softly thou art sleeping To thee shall I come creeping And thy life's blood drain away. And so shalt thou be trembling For thus shall I be kissing And death's threshold thou' it be crossing With fear, in my cold arms. And last shall I thee question Compared to such instruction What are a mother's charms?

If I ever DID work up enough of an actual story to write a PotO Vampire AU, I would, without restraint entitle it "But My Christine, Thou Dost Dally"

But the other section I highlighted you'll notice is the mention of Tockay.

Now Tockay appearing here is not an astonishing thing. It's a sweet Hungarian wine, and as the poem alludes to the Eastern European origins of vampiric lore, the likening of a maiden's blood to this particular wine is not at all shocking.

What does make me smile to myself a bit is the fact that Tockay is also mentioned in both Dracula and The Phantom of the Opera. Its not really a massive bombshell in either of these places either, because Dracula himself serves Jonathan Harker at his castle in Romania, with his tasty roast chicken dinner; and Gaston Leroux has Erik serve Christine a duvet of Chicken with tockay during her stay in his house by the lake.

(Also not too much of a stretch in the case of PotO because Tockay was very in vogue in the early 20th century and only fell out of favour following the Great War when availability became scarce. But Gaston Leroux was a noted admirer of Dracula, and even mentioned Erik reading vampire serials in the original Gaulois serial.)

Tl;dr I have the perfect title for a PotO Vampire Fic

I just don't have the brain to write it.

Yet.

#phantom of the opera #poto #poto asks #ask game #poto vampire au

[willows-escape]

hi! i was wondering if you'd write for the 1943! phantom? :3

i need to watch it at some point, it is on my to do list but if i like it then 100% will be adding it to my list! :)

#✉️ #poto asks

[nipuni]

Once again I bring you some Eriks 😊

#The Phantom of the Opera #Phantom of the Opera #poto #phantom of the paradise #time princess #erik #yes I'm playing time princess just for him listen... #it is very cute #I also wanted to draw him with cat eyes because Leroux makes it sound like he has them with the perfect night vision and glow and color #and his whole little meow meow personality and Miette way of speaking it just feels correct #also that one cover #and Winslow because potp is great and I think hes neat #I may do another one of these just so I can draw Cherik because I miss him #I've been neglecting my asks!! I'm so sorry I'll get to them soon I just haven't been online much..like this whole year #so I'm falling behind and catching up gets increasingly more overwhelming #this past few months have been stressful I've been waiting on a lot of stuff to fall into place and I have no control over any of it #so I just draw Eriks #aaaaaa anyway enjoy #my art

[kyannnite]

murderous tendencies be damned my boy can work a violin

#aka finished that erik wip today #you may ask. kaya why do you use the same color pallet for everything. and i will reply with: because i like it and i can #are the squiggles sound or are they secondary structure proteins the world will never know #this is what i get for coloring during cell and molecular bio #phantom of the opera #poto #erik phantom of the opera #erik poto #erik the phantom #phantom of the opera art #my art tag

[aanthonyvb]

More poto Italy inspired stuff

#I ask again why is remembering stuff so hard #it’s drawn from memory few hours after seeing the performance #as you can see I’m a huge sucker for ramin so I didn’t do him that dirty #well maybe a little #poor amelia tho #I should have looked up a reference for her :’))) #anyway it was super fucking cool if you couldn’t tell #the graveyard scene is still stucked in my head #fucking angel Erik really? #not that I complain #poto italy #erik poto #poto fanart #phantom #poto #phantom fanart #erik phantom fanart #phantom of the opera #the phantom of the opera #ramin karimloo #phantom of the opera fanart #christine daae #fanart #so much hashtags aghhhh

[opera-ghost]

Could we get a compilation of times Jeremy Stolle heard “slut” when the director called “cut”? 👀

(ask is referencing this post) yes! in my research i found myself only able to focus on this one specific show towards the end of the broadway run, amazingly captured by @angelofmusicishere. and you can see why

like. come on. the flourish when he grabs the hat? the unwavering eye contact? the cape flip????????

slutcullis sprawl. (also him lingering after,,,,,,,)

dude is getting his shit ROCKED

and then he's just annoying! (slut)

and as a bonus, i have to include that time he went feral when half the set pieces stopped working during the first lair

#little known fact they actually closed phantom bway to protect us from him #sorry for my commentary he's just. yknow #thanks for the ask! #poto #phantom of the opera #op gifset #asks #jeremy stolle #also julia udine is excellent in this boot and just in general <3 #in reality it is 3am but i am queuing this for tomorrow afternoon lmao

[nerdywriter36]

Assignment: sluttiest phantoms and explain why 😊

In no particular order:

Hugh Panaro - The man is feral and so pelvis-forward. His permanent smirk only adds to it.

Franc D’Ambrosio - The way he moves, look at that man. See also his PONR for the noises he makes.

Greg Mills - He is so soft in real life, but gosh, he is slutty on stage. We don’t call him Greg Finger Lickin’ Mills for nothing.

Ben Crawford - I’m just going to put this fantastic video by @opera-ghost here as my explanation.

Jeremy Stolle - That man PROWLS when he moves.

Adam Robert Lewis - I’ve never even seen video of him, but his VOICE. That tells me all I need to know.

Howard McGillin - Look at all that leg, come on now

#thank you to chloe for assisting with this #and socks for the ask #poto #ask em #hugh panaro #franc d’ambrosio #greg mills #ben crawford #jeremy stolle #adam robert lewis #howard mcgillin

[milaeryn]

One love, one lifetime

Just an AU idea where Christine and Erik actually get married!

#phantom of the opera #poto #erik the phantom #christine daae #music of the night #point of no return #all i ask of you #gaston leroux #e/c #erik x christine #erik and christine #phans #phandom #phanart #fan art #milaeryn

[littleeliza-lotte]

Phantom of the Opera, West End 23-24 Cast

#phantom of the opera #christine daae #poto london #west end #poto west end revival #poto #joe griffiths brown #lily kerhoas #jon robyns #Paige blankson #Meg giry #raoul de chagny #his majesty’s theatre #raoulstine #eristine #music of the night #think of me #Prima Dona #all I ask of you #masquerade

[birdstooth]

Christine finds Erik in her closet dedicatedly hemming and mending her dresses/clothes. She likes the idea, but ... what about her undergarments?!!

Big ty to Executive Producer @night-unfurls-its-splendour who helped me w the historical undergarments situation 🙏

Edit: comic completed! Other parts can be found here

#poto #the phantom of the opera #poto asks #poto doodles #anons #night-unfurls-its-splendour #comics and doodles #huge closet from narnia?? #Sleevegate

[carpeossa]

#“I did everything that romance book advised! How did I fail?! #“I can’t ask Daroga he’ll say I’m in the wrong #phantom of the opera #the phantom of the opera #erik the phantom #erik poto #poto #lerik #poto shitpost

[lowlowmaoo]

At the all I ask for you

Christine, Christine…

#fanart #doodle #sketch #phantom of the opera #poto #sketchbook #the phantom #the phantom of the opera #erik the phantom #digital doodle #digital painting #my artwrok #my art stuff #digital sketch #all i ask of you

[nipuni]

Some requests were for modern AU so I played dress up with Erik in some modern outfits 😊

#The Phantom of the Opera #Phantom of the Opera #erik #poto #my art #they are kind of basic listen I'm not a trendy person but I don't think he would be either so it's fine #hopefully these cover some scenarios for fanfic visualization needs 😊 #everytime a client asks for 'gen z' clothes I am reminded that I have no idea what people wear

[kyannnite]

the draft that started me down a rabbit hole…. phantom of the fanzine….

aka: a friend making a comment about how notes/prima donna could be some very dysfunctional zine activities created a brainworm in my mind that will never leave

#i have so much for this written btw. yall are unprepared #now it’s just about. putting pen to paper and attempting to draw it all out #phantom of the opera #phantom of the fanzine #POTO au #the phantom of the opera #my art tag #btw if you would like to hear more about the lore. please ask ill tell you all of it

[unavailabletozombies]

All I could think of for the whole show

#poto #erik poto #phantom #phantom of the opera #game changer #Sam Reich #i’ve been here the whole time #all i ask of you #rooftop scene #meme #mine