"The world showed no compassion to me."

LOVE IN ITS MANY FORMS

SENTENCE STARTERS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES FOR PLATONIC DYNAMICS, ROMANTIC DYNAMICS, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

CHANGE gendered words and in-universe phrases as needed.

SPECIFY muse for multimuses.

“   If I had a flower for every time I thought of you…I could walk through my garden forever.   ”

“   You are my fate. ”

“   I'm not whole without you. You are life itself to me ”

“   You mean so much to me that sometimes I don’t know how to handle it.   ”

“   Even before I was touched, I belonged to you.   ”

“   We are more than friends; we are family. ”

“   We’ll protect each other. ”

“   Blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family. You’re my family. ”

“   I want so badly to protect you from the world because I know how bad it can be. ”

“   I promise I will find you in every universe.   ”

“   I’ve always wanted to live a fairytale, and you have written one for me. ”

“   When I fall in love, I fall to pieces.   ”

“   I love you. I’m not just here for the pretty parts — I’m here for you no matter what. ”

“   Something about you makes me feel alive. ”

“   You will never be unloved by me; you are too well tangled in my soul. ”

“   We’re in this together. ”

“   It’s you. It’s always been you. ”

“   I have loved you since we were children. ”

“   I don’t want to have the world’s attention. Yours is enough. ”

“   I broke my rules for you. ”

“   What I have with you, I don’t want with anyone else. ”

“   You have a place in my heart that no one else can claim. ”

“   I’ve been dreaming about you my entire life! ”

“   I’d choose you. Every single time. ”

“   You and me? It’s a forever kind of thing. ”

“   My soul will always find yours. ”

“   If only you knew just how completely and devoutly I worship you. ”

“   I love you with all the broken, blood-stained pieces of me. ”

“   I am your sword, your shield, and your lovesick protector. ”

“   For you, there’s nothing that I wouldn’t do. ”

“   Your subconscious seeks me. ”

“   Sleep. I’ll fight the bad dreams off if they come to get you. ”

“   I don’t think you understand the effect that you have on me. ”

“   You saved me in every way a person could be saved. ”

“   Come back. Come back to me. ”

“   You would not believe me if you knew how often you are in my heart and mind. ”

“   Everywhere I go leads me back to you. ”

“   You are so adorable when you’re angry. ”

“   No, I am not angry. I know your thoughts. Your heart is better than your head. ”

“   I condemn you. Yet my heart yearns for you. ”

“   Whatever our souls are made of, yours and mine are the same. ”

“   My heart is, and always will be, yours. ”

“   I’m obsessed. I’m addicted. I will gladly cross every single line if it means making you mine. ”

“   I am so proud of you. You’ve been so brave. ”

“   The love you have in you is the kind of love that will vigorously shake the world. It is also the kind love that heals all wounds and save souls. And I am tremendously in need of it. ”

“   If I know what love is, it is because of you. ”

you better watch out. you better watch out. you better watch out. YOU BETTER WATCH OUT.

“What are you doing out this late?”

“This part of town isn’t a good place to be at this time of night.”

“Now what’s a pretty thing like you doing in a place like this?” 

“You do realize what time it is, right?” 

“Where are you going at this hour?” 

“The sun isn’t rising anytime soon, you know.” 

“Do you know where I am?” 

“The city looks different at night.” 

“This street is very dark…” 

“Why don’t you come stand in the light?” 

“Are you lost?” 

“I got turned around in the dark…” 

“This isn’t the time to go wandering around.”

“Only fools and trouble come out to these parts at this hour.” 

“Looking for trouble, are we?” 

“A little late to be shopping.” 

“Just coming back from the bar?” 

“Think any of the pubs are still going to be open?” 

“Trouble lurks around every shadowed corner.” 

“Woah! I didn’t see you there!”

“Where did you come from?” 

“What are you doing here?” 

“A bold move to show your face here in the shadows of night.” 

“Go home.” 

“It isn’t safe here at this time of night.” 

“You’re being watched.” 

“What are you doing still up?” 

“Looking for something?” 

“I like walking when the streets are empty.”

“It’s dangerous to walk at night alone.” 

“I know where I’m going.” 

“The trees are kind of spooky…”

“Did you hear that howl?” 

“Was…was that an owl…?” 

“This path is scary at night…” 

“The woods is no place a __ after dusk.” 

“Oh you poor soul, wandering lost in the forest under the new moon…” 

“You can’t see the stars from here…” 

“This is the witching hour.” 

“Dark beasts lurk here. Be cautious.” 

“Stay on the road!” 

“Talking a midnight stroll along the beach?” 

“The ocean is so mysterious at night…” 

“What brings you to the pier at this hour?” 

“What dangers lurk in these dark waters, I wonder.” 

“You’re going to get yourself lost one of these days.” 

introit - if your muse could revive one person from the dead, who would it be and why?

kyrie - what are your muse’s thoughts on the afterlife?

offertorium - what piece of art describes your muse?

domine jesu christe - write about the last time your muse was tempted. 

sanctus - when they wake up screaming from a nightmare, who is it that your muse calls for?

dies irae - how does your muse handle rejection?

lacrimosa - what does your muse smell like?

pie jesu - imagine someone asks your muse “what have you become?” write how they respond to that question.

tuba mirum - what does your muse look forward to most about growing old/er?

rex tremendae - what does your muse fear most about growing old/er?

benedictus - someone is selling jewelry on the side of the road. what piece catches your muse’s eye?

recordare - what is your muse’s least favourite house chore? which is their favourite?

agnus dei - does your muse attend church regularly? if so, describe the church / religion. if not, why?

lux aeterna - does your muse have any mental illnesses? if so, what are they?

libera me - write a small drabble about why your muse is awake at 2 am.

confutatis - what does your muse think about their childhood home / home life? is it a safe place? how did it impact the way they grew up? regardless of whether it is or isn’t, does your muse think it is a good place?

❛ If I am to be saved it is because your love redeems me. ❜

❛ All I wanted was to be loved for myself. ❜

❛ I have tasted all the happiness the world can offer. ❜

❛ Shall we pity him? Shall we curse him? ❜

❛ You have a heart that can hold the entire empire of the world. ❜

❛ Look, I am not laughing now, crying, crying for you. ❜

❛ Tonight I gave you my soul, and I am dead. ❜

❛ You are afraid of me! And yet I am not really wicked. Love me and you shall see! ❜

❛ Are people so unhappy when they love? — Yes, when they love and are not sure of being loved. ❜

❛ Your soul is a beautiful thing. No emperor received so fair a gift. The angels wept tonight. ❜

❛ Blood!…Blood!… That’s a good thing! ❜

❛ Now I want to live like everybody else. I want to have a life like everybody else. ❜

❛ You will be the happiest of women. And we will sing, all by ourselves, till we swoon away with delight. ❜

❛ I should be as gentle as a lamb; and you could do anything with me that you pleased. ❜

❛ I am going to die of love, I am dying of love. That’s how it is. I loved you so. I still love you so. ❜

❛ I am dying of love for her, I tell you! If only you knew how beautiful she was when she let me kiss her. ❜

❛ He fills me with horror but I do not hate him. How can I hate him? ❜

❛ Holy angel, in Heaven blessed, my spirit longs with thee to rest. ❜

❛ Nothing is colder or more dead than my heart. ❜

❛ I had loved an angel and now I despise a woman. ❜

❛ Our lives are one masked ball. ❜

❛ Why do you condemn a man whom you have never met, whom no one knows and about whom even you yourself know nothing? ❜

❛ He would commit murder for me. ❜

❛ If I don’t save her from the hands of that humbug, she is lost. But I shall save her. ❜

❛ We will go from here together or die together. ❜

❛ Your fear, your terror, all of that is just love and love of the most exquisite kind, the kind which people do not admit even to themselves. The kind that gives you a thrill, when you think of it. ❜

❛ Destiny has chained you to me forever. ❜

❛ You must never ask me that. ❜

❛ Are you afraid that you will change your mind? ❜

@amonstrousphantom

Tracey still had some trouble navigating the intricacies of the French language, but she had still decided that this place was the best city she could possibly disappear into. All she had to do was to cut her hair short, and wear loose-fitting shirts over tight-fitting undergarments. Her mother had blessed her with a “too masculine” name before passing on, almost as if she had known what would come (and maybe she had), so nobody questioned anything when the young American joined the stagehands of the Palais Garnier.

The position came with several benefits. For one, the pay was fantastic. For another, an older stagehand named Bouquet had showed her how to join the several denizens who had staked out little unused rooms amongst the basements as their own, so she didn’t need to actually have lodgings. Tracey’s talent for engineering and mechanical work had already saved two shows in the last six months, and the name “Rutledge” was the one everyone seemed to call now when something broke.

Another benefit, well, that was less obvious. No one suspected that Tracey was a woman, and she was starting to truly enjoy the freedom this was giving her. Almost as good was the attention that several of the dancers had been sending her way. As a woman, Tracey had been plain at best. As a young man, though, she was apparently more than a little bit handsome. It was a strange situation, but one she wasn’t in the least upset about.

Today one of the dancers had mentioned “le Fantôme.” The capital “F” was actually audible, she had spoken with such awe. Tracey had scoffed at her, but the woman had insisted he was real before hurrying off to practice.

It isn’t the first time that he’s spied the one called Rutledge working amidst the various machineries of the opera house, though he really wishes the man would choose more opportune times at which to do so. How the cursed fool seems always to be solidly within his path, he is uncertain. Perhaps he has been cursed with ill-timing.

Regardless, tonight the workman seems to have taken up a post right where Erik needed to creep past, and though it would be a simple enough matter to go the long way ‘round to reach another route, he didn’t much care to do so.

Instead, he slips into one of the walls and decides if the worker decides to be a thorn, then perhaps he’ll simply remove them.

to all the books i’ve read in 2019: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

People who support their friends and want them to be happy even it means they get ‘friendzoned’

And people who burn down all of Paris

“ He’s here! ––

                            The Phantom of the Opera!”