Okay, I was always one for liking Eric more than Raoul. BUT, I was very happy with the ending of Phantom of the Opera, in both the musical and the book. Though I loved Eric the character much better than Raoul the character (come on, a crazy murderer is so much more interesting than the all around good guy) I always knew that it was right for Christine to go with Raoul. I mean, if I was in her place I definately would! (Though yes, I will admit to reading E/C fanfiction. And even writing it--though at the end she goes back to Raoul. 'Cause lets be realistic here, Eric is a dangerous psychopath.)
This whole thing pisses me off. Gaston Leroux book was just so awesome and the ending was heartwrenching and perfect. And now Webber is trying to ruin that by making a sequel based off of a cheesey, badly written paperback novel. (Yup. I've read what this is based off of. Terrible, terrible book.) It makes me sick.
*grumbles and curses*
Oh! And in the book, Raoul was still a good character, and Christine still doesn't go back to Eric. There is nothing whatsoever about Raoul being some drunken failure. Seriously, has Webber been indulging in too much badfic or what?
I totally understand, because really it's not at all hard to see why Erik is such a strange and wonderful character. But like you said, Gaston Leroux knew what he was doing when he wrote the book, that's why it's still selling and why more people know that story, NOT the one this will be based off of.
The fact that Webber would turn Raoul into a drunken loser, is not only disrespectful to Leroux and his characters, but to every person who's ever played Raoul. heh, and that list includes non other than our very own John Barrowman. *sigh* like haro said, I really hope this flops, bad.
This whole thing pisses me off. Gaston Leroux book was just so awesome and the ending was heartwrenching and perfect. And now Webber is trying to ruin that by making a sequel based off of a cheesey, badly written paperback novel. (Yup. I've read what this is based off of. Terrible, terrible book.) It makes me sick.
*grumbles and curses*
Oh! And in the book, Raoul was still a good character, and Christine still doesn't go back to Eric. There is nothing whatsoever about Raoul being some drunken failure. Seriously, has Webber been indulging in too much badfic or what?
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The fact that Webber would turn Raoul into a drunken loser, is not only disrespectful to Leroux and his characters, but to every person who's ever played Raoul. heh, and that list includes non other than our very own John Barrowman. *sigh* like haro said, I really hope this flops, bad.
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