Erik Destler

Hungarian phantom things back again 🤞

Isaiah Bailey & Jordan Lee Gilbert, POTO US Tour 2026

Brad Little & Rebecca Pitcher, POTO US Tour 1999 (Part 1)

We know that Erik is really good at making realistic automatons which brings me to my point: what if to convince Christine that Angel of Music is real real he built an automaton of an angel, even though the said automaton was more of a "special effect" (idk probably showing it in a form of shadow/illusion or something like that to still keep the idea of mystery and that this is an otherwordly entity etc) + he can easily use his ventriloquist skills with this doll; yet still giving this mechanical doll HIS face to 1)draw the line that HE is the angel sent by Christine's father to gain her trust 2)idk but i was thinking about this part of the book where he mentions realistic mask so he could've practiced making those with this mechanical project

So here're some sketches of Erik's sketchbook (wanted to add some notes as well but ugh i didn't have any ideas)

Erik creating his mechanical Angel of Music

And Christine seeing the "Angel of Music" instead of creepy mirror bride

Okay so i've been thinking about this au/hc since i've heard "Mechanical Angel" by Sunday Driver for the first time (3-4 years) and it's actually make sense at least in my head☝️🤓

This haunted face holds no horror for me now