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Title: Like Everybody Else (1/11)
Fandom: Phantom of the Opera (Leroux, Kay)
Rating: Mature
Words: ~46,000
Summary: A sequel to the events of the novel, Christine returns to Erik to live as his wife. But the promises Erik made are difficult to keep, and a kiss is not enough.
Notes: Thanks to
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I angst a lot about writing. I angst about not doing it, and doing it, and what I'm doing wrong and (as is more to the point, lately) how I don't do it at all. It's to the point where I'm not sure I want to write, because writers write, and I don't ( Read more... )

Christine, you were right. I can't even believe what I'm seeing.

( With three episodes to go... )

As you are no doubt aware, I never post recipes here. So I don't know if I've offered this one before, and I'm irritated that I didn't think to do so until it was too late to be of use this Thanksgiving. But this recipe comes from one of those self-made company recipe books from decades, ago, the kind that company men's wives all submitted their ( Read more... )

I just finished watching Limelight, and a few days ago did Monsieur Verdoux, which means in the past few months I've seen The Kid, City Lights, Modern Times, The Great Dictator and Unknown Chaplin as well as the last two. And I'm trying to get my thoughts on Chaplin in order, because I'm fascinated by him and by my reaction to him. What's ( Read more... )

I an effort to find a smaller "challenge" to get me writing, I was considering Yuletide. But now that Phantom's off the list again, I'm not sure what I have to offer! My repertoire is so limited, I wanted to have something I was solid in on my list ( Read more... )

( October movies )

Just watched Josef von Sternberg's Morocco and I understand why I've only ever seen the bit at the beginning where Dietrich is in tails and a top hat. The scene is brilliant, and more on that in a bit, but the movie is sluggish, lacks the depth and point of Der Blaue Engel, and Gary Cooper is both the least interesting playboy and the most wooden ( Read more... )

I realize I probably say this every year or so, but I'm so fed up with politics. I'm so fed up with the prevailing strategy of "hey, I didn't vote for X" when, for me, the problem is that not enough legislation has made it through, not too much. So who am I supposed to support? The endless cycle of "I'm an outsider, I'll change things" which is ( Read more... )