A Phantom rant and other stuff
My rebuttal to Erik/ original character pairings:
I hate them, typically, for a myriad of reasons. The first being that said "original characters" are usually Mary-Sues, and a good portion of the Mary-Sue character is the author herself, becasue she is dying to live in her fantasy world where Erik is all soft, sweet, and cuddly all the time. Second reason is that Erik did not wait his whole life to fall in love just to catch the next chick he saw while on the rebound. "Only you can make my song take flight", means just that. Seriously...he's not going to fall for the next floozie the walks through the opera house's doors. Oh sure, Erik might go on a sex binge to forget Christine, he might even have some sort of relationship, but I doubt he'll ever feel the same way ever again. Erik was approximately fifty in Leroux's work, the original, the canon if you will. A man does not wait fifty years to fall in love to forget it all tomorrow.
Speaking of OC's, can we get some period/ cultural names please!! Research people, this is France, I don't care what the musical or the folks at Disney have told you they speak French, hence French names.
In other news...
Life is in the crapper right now. Due to budget cuts at the kennel I've taken a pay and hour cut. So, money shortages all around, still battling a cold, and staying up way past my bedtime. :) I acutally can't wait for school to start again, I need the sanity it brings to my life, although I've found a shitload of time to clean my apartment now. I have three rats, Sascha, Snuggles, and Sugar. Sascha has seizures and has been so bad off lately I'm considering having him euthanized...so that blows. He's the only one that's actually mine, my poor cute little fuzzy black rat. He looks kind of like the rats in phantom, when Meg is behind the mirror. So, that's about it. Nake a donation to me get a fanfic, cause paying me would be a crime. LOL.
I hate them, typically, for a myriad of reasons. The first being that said "original characters" are usually Mary-Sues, and a good portion of the Mary-Sue character is the author herself, becasue she is dying to live in her fantasy world where Erik is all soft, sweet, and cuddly all the time. Second reason is that Erik did not wait his whole life to fall in love just to catch the next chick he saw while on the rebound. "Only you can make my song take flight", means just that. Seriously...he's not going to fall for the next floozie the walks through the opera house's doors. Oh sure, Erik might go on a sex binge to forget Christine, he might even have some sort of relationship, but I doubt he'll ever feel the same way ever again. Erik was approximately fifty in Leroux's work, the original, the canon if you will. A man does not wait fifty years to fall in love to forget it all tomorrow.
Speaking of OC's, can we get some period/ cultural names please!! Research people, this is France, I don't care what the musical or the folks at Disney have told you they speak French, hence French names.
In other news...
Life is in the crapper right now. Due to budget cuts at the kennel I've taken a pay and hour cut. So, money shortages all around, still battling a cold, and staying up way past my bedtime. :) I acutally can't wait for school to start again, I need the sanity it brings to my life, although I've found a shitload of time to clean my apartment now. I have three rats, Sascha, Snuggles, and Sugar. Sascha has seizures and has been so bad off lately I'm considering having him euthanized...so that blows. He's the only one that's actually mine, my poor cute little fuzzy black rat. He looks kind of like the rats in phantom, when Meg is behind the mirror. So, that's about it. Nake a donation to me get a fanfic, cause paying me would be a crime. LOL.