This blog is a disaster beyond your imagination

So the Spoon Theory is a fundamental metaphor used often in the chronic pain/chronic illness communities to explain to non-spoonies why life is harder for them. It’s super useful and we use that all the time. But it has a corollary.  You know the phrase, “Stick a fork in me, I’m done,” right? Well, Fork Theory is that one has a Fork Limit, that is, you can probably cope okay with one fork stuck in you, maybe two or three, but at some point you will lose your shit if one more fork happens.  A fork could range from being hungry or having to pee to getting a new bill or a new diagnosis of illness. There are lots of different sizes of forks, and volume vs. quantity means that the fork limit is not absolute. I might be able to deal with 20 tiny little escargot fork annoyances, such as a hangnail or slightly suboptimal pants, but not even one “you poked my trigger on purpose because you think it’s fun to see me melt down” pitchfork.

                  HAVE.        BEEN.                             ALL.          BLIND.

Rules: answer 20 questions so your followers can get to know you better, and tag 20 other people you’d like to know better.

name: Alyssa

nickname: none

zodiac sign: Scorpio

height: 5′2 

languages spoken: English. I also speak German and Spanish, but I’m not fluent in either (yet).

nationality: American

favourite fruit: strawberries

favourite season: autumn

favourite scent: old books, flowers, and fresh baked goods

favourite color: blue, violet, red, and black

favourite animal: dogs!

favourite fictional character: A tie between my girls Jane Eyre, Christine Daae, Sansa Stark and Hermione Granger.

coffee, tea, or hot chocolate: All of the above, but if I have to pick - coffee.

number of blankets you sleep with: Two, usually more in the winter.

when was your blog created: 2012, I believe. I don’t know why I’m still here either.

favourite subject: English, History, and languages

currently watching: The Handmaid’s Tale

favourite band: Florence and the Machine

instruments played: I used the play the piano, but I’m severely out of practice.

favourite book: Too many! Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier are probably tied for my favorite, and they compliment each other so well!

Rules: answer 20 questions so your followers can get to know you better, and tag 20 other people you’d like to know better.

Name: Rachel

Nickname: Rapunzel (I have really long hair)

Zodiac sign: Scorpio

Height: 5,1

Languages spoken: English and Spanish fluently and a little bit of German

Nationality: British

Favourite fruit: Pineapple

Favourite season: Summer

Favourite scent: Old books

Favourite colour: Red

Favourite animal: Dogs

Favourite fictional character: Erik

Coffee, Tea or Hot chocolate: Coffee because I’d die without it

Number of blankets I sleep with: 1

When was your blog created: 2 or 3 months ago (I think?)

Favourite subject: Biology

Currently watching: The Grand Tour, I’m also a lover of cars

Favourite band: My Chemical Romance

Instruments played: None

Favourite book: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux but I also love the books mentioned by @opheliarose7 they’re my other favourites!

This seems familiar... I feel like I've done this before.... But Ill do it again :D

name: call me Requiem

nickname: none

zodiac: capricorn

height: 163cm

languages spoken: can speak english and cantonese (a type of chinese). also im learning latin at school

nationality: chinese but i live in new zealand

fave fruit: kiwifruit

fave season: autumn

fave scent: new magazines. and pie/sausage rolls/baking in the oven. also roast chicken

fave colour: reddish pinky orange. its called "coral" i think

fave animal: cats or snakes or ants

fave fictional character: erik, iron man (tony stark) or heimdall from marvel maybe

coffee, tea or hot chocolate: well i prefer eating dry hot chocolate powder... so hot chocolate

number of blankets i sleep with: 2 in winter and 1 in summer

when was your blog created? in 2016 but i only started posting this year

fav subject: trombone. (it's written as a subject on my timetable so it counts) but if not, then physics, digital tech and maths

currently watching: i dont watch tv

fave band: twenty øne piløts but i prefer classical music

instruments played: i can play piano and flute really well, i also play trombone and i taught myself recorder

fave book: The Trombone by Robin Gregory 😎

For anon: some of my favourite, small dumb little quirks of the Viennese orchestrations.

Christine - flute (soprano, lyrical, etc)

Erik - organ. what else? (well maybe violin)

Meg - clarinet (goes well with the flute)

Madame Giry - bassoon (stern i guess)

Piangi - trombone

Carlotta - violin maybe

André and Firmin - I’d say the conductors but they’re not really the ones in charge at the Opera House so maybe the trumpets??

In the past couple of weeks, I’ve told these kids that (a) the Romans believed there were demons in their public toilets and (b) the word for “janitor” comes from “ianitor”, which means “(door) guard”.

Basic info

Name (or what we should call you): fish

Age: adult

Pronouns: she/her

Location: USA, eastern time zone

Discord: wheel-of-fish

Rabb.it: wheel-of-fish

FFN: Wheel of Fish

AO3: wheel_of_fish

Deviantart: n/a

Instagram: private, sorry

Shop(s): n/a

Other: wheeloffish on ko-fi

Phan history

1. General phan since: mid ’90s

2. Part of Tumblr phandom since: May 2017

3. One-sentence summary of how you got into Phantom: my mom started playing the original London cast recording after she saw the show

4. Phantom-related performances attended: Toronto production; seeing LND in October and possibly restaged tour in early 2019

5. Adaptations you’re familiar with: original novel, ALW musical, 1925 film, 1943 film, 2004 film, 1987 animated film, 1990 Charles Dance phantom, Kay, Phantom of the Paradise, David Staller phantom, Tom Alonso phantom, Phantom of the Opera on Ice, Takarazuka Revue, Wishbone…

6. Other relevant tidbits you’d like to share (collections, costumes, celebrity encounters, etc.): as kids my brother and I would reenact the final lair with action figures and I saw Laird as Raoul but I think I’ve mentioned that about 500 times

Blog

1. Main blog: wheel-of-fish

2. Phantom sideblog, if applicable: n/a

3. Other sideblogs you’d like us to know about: n/a

4. Your blog focus/aesthetic, if you have one: hahaha I don’t think so

5. Types of fan content you produce, if any: mostly gifs these days, fanfiction historically, an occasional ridiculous video edit, nosy surveys

6. Types of content you reblog (Phantom or otherwise): photos, art, gifs, occasional fic, stream announcements, cool PotO memorabilia and trivia, pretty things, things that speak to me on a primal level

7. Do you post or reblog NSFW content? I sometimes post links to mature content offsite, but otherwise I usually don’t because I suspect there are a lot of minors following me.

8. Other general interests: reading, piano, nature, animals, stars, indie music, food/cooking 

Phan favorites

1. Favorite adaptation(s): the original novel and the ALW musical (and ok, the Persia section of Kay)

2. Favorite character(s): Christine, Erik, the Persian

3. Ship(s) you ship, if any: I can ship anyone at this point if it’s convincing enough, but I do gravitate toward E/C and pharoga. 

4. Favorite actor(s): Gina Beck, Hugh Panaro, Saulo Vasconcelos, Jeremy Stolle, Earl Carpenter, Michael Crawford, Amy Manford

5. Other Phantom-related obsessions: Phantom hands, Christine’s entire wardrobe

Fandom involvement

1. Favorite phan blogs: see this post

2. Content you’d love to see more of: characters besides E/C, as much as I love them; current cast bootlegs (ha); and really anything that brings more phans together

3. Phandom discord server(s) that you frequent: I don’t log in a whole lot, but I’ve joined Palais Garnier Hellpit, OG’s Obedient Servants, and Phantom Pals. I’m a bit more active on the Hellpit because they were the ones to draw me out of my shell. :)

4. Do you/would you attend phan-hosted streams? If so, what would you like to see streamed? I try to attend them regularly, and I host on occasion. Would love to see more of the foreign replica and non-replica productions.

5. Do you read fanfiction? If so, what kind(s)? I read very little of it these days due to a combination of burnout and an inability to focus, but I love me some angst to fluff. Slow burn is excellent too.

6. Anything else you’d like to add? Thanks so much to those of you who have filled this out, or plan to do so! I’ve loved reading them! 

Age: minor 

Pronouns:she/her

Loaction: Ireland (GMT/BST)

Discord: pippa-writes

Rabb.it: n/a

FFN: pippa-writes

AO3: once more, pippa-writes

Deviantart: I don’t think I have one. Maybe for viewing phanart, but nothing else

Instagram: (My most active platform!) writerpippapenn

Shop: n/a

Phan history

1. General phan since: 2017

2. Part of tumblr phandom since: June, I think

3. One sentence summary of how you got into the phandom: I watched an animatic that had no lyrics and searched up the song, which ended up being All I Ask of You (2004)

4. Phantom related performances attended: None, sadly, as of yet

5. Adaptations you’re familiar with: I think this refers to the ones I’ve seen and read, in which case: The Leroux book, The Webber show and movie, the Yeston/Kopit show, the Charles Dance miniseries, the 1925 film, and perhaps one or two I’m missing. The Phantom Reviewer on youtube taught me a lot too.

6. Other relevant tidbits you’d like to share: My first full length phic is starting its weekly uploads tomorrow, and on FFN and AO3 on Sunday.

Blog

1. Main blog: this one actually

2. Phantom sideblog: nope, just this

3. Other sideblogs: n/a

4. Blog focus or aesthetic: I wish!

5. Types of fan content you produce: Mostly fanfiction, and a lot of reblogs!

6. Type of content you reblog: Phantom related content, really. If I like it and I can make a witty comment or phangirl, I’ll reblog. @coatntails creates perfect art to write about though!

7. Do you post/reblog NSFW content?: No

8. Other general interests: History, phanfic binges, browsing bookshops, singing even though I can’t, and I recently started dabbling in a bit of piano playing.

Phan favourites

1 Favourite adaptation: The 1990 miniseries, without doubt!

2. Favourite character: Is it too cheesy to say Erik and CHristine? Also, Nadir is a boss.

3. Ships: E/C, R/C (don’t ask), and if you can give me an OC I like, I do ship those, especially if it’s for the Daroga (who deserves so much love and joy)!

4. Favourite actors: Gotta love Hugh Panaro! Also, cheesy as it sounds, I love the current Broadway cast! Kelly is on that list. Ben Lewis is definitely on the list. And how could I move on without mentioning Bronson Norris Murphy, Rachel Anne Moore, Meghan Picerno, Michael Gillis, Sean Thompson and basically the entire LND tour cast??

5. Other Phantom related obsessions: hmmm… The Star Princess costume. I might actually defy social norms and try to wear something similar to the debs, if I can. Also, Crawford Cross!

Fandom involvement

1. Favourite phan blogs: I’m so awkward, so I’ll put my head down and type. @muirin007 @tetraphosphate @coatntails @asklefantome @lordjazor @tallestsilver @timebird84 @masksonmasks @cherikcinnamonroll @phantomoftheoperadumpster and, funnily enough, @wheel-of-fish There are bound to be a load I’m missing, but those are the first that spring to mind.

2. Content you’d love to see more of: Honestly, more Cherik fics and art! And The Persian needs a lot more love too! Also, a boot of the LND tour would give me life and make my crops flourish *cough cough*

3. Phantom discord server(s) you frequent: The Palais Garnier Hellpit is a wonderful place!

4. Do you/ would you attend phan-hosted streams?: I try, but due to time differences, they’re always on at about three am, and I fall asleep (if I remember at all) before I get on. If they were earlier, that would work so much better, but I understand that people have to fit them in around their time schedules and you can’t exactly up and move everything for one person, can you? I don’t mind!

5. Do you read fanfiction? If so, what kind?: Ohhhh, yesss. I do indeed. I read more fanfic than I do published work, to be quite honest, and I write it too! I mainly steer towards fluff, but longer fics with more chapters and conflict will take precedence. I used to dislike modern AUs, but recently I find more and more of them in my browser history. A guilty pleasure, you see.

just give me an hour, im a bit busy