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Ooof, feeling tired today. Anyway, the picture above is my adoring love for Edmond Dantes and Haidee. I always sort of fall back on the Count of Monte Cristo when I get into a head space. Loved the story since I was 12, never really grew out of it. I was so happy when Dantes chose Haidee and the chance to start at life again, rather than fixate on vengeance for his remaining eternity. I could draw these two embracing one another forever, because I guess I've got a romantic in me... Albeit not an active one.
Let's talk art supplies. Like I said earlier, I've got a thing for single color, and that I typically illustrate with fountain pen ink. This is from the Sailor Ink collections, Sailor Kangyou. It made for a VERY interesting medium as the ink is color shifting. The chromatographic spread of it goes from purple to a green fray. Very pretty, but difficult to control. Sailor Ink also has a bad habit of not layering super well, so definitely a fun little challenge. For reasons I cannot explain, difficult pen ink makes me happy.
Overall, I highly recommend this miniseries. It’s a good watch, with an interesting plot and stunning visuals. The 3 hours flew past, and I was loving every moment of it. It’s not a very accurate adaptation of the book, which is completely fine. I’m not going to deduct points for the series failing to do something they never intended to do in the first place.
Thoughts on the Characters
Erik/Phantom: He’s so irresistibly gentle, with a penchant for mischief. I’m enamored with him. How could you hear: “I was born so that she could save me…she is the reason I was born. I love her…” and not completely melt? He’s giving Philippe a run for his money. Erik sounds so rational explaining all the crimes he commits/plans that I almost forget how bad it is. Blowing up the opera house? Rational. Dropping the chandelier? Rational.
Christine Daaé: Extremely endearing and such a kind soul. Very close to how I imagined book!Christine. She’s realistically innocent and well intentioned, but it’s not to the extent where you get frustrated with her.
Philippe de Chagny: I still don’t understand why they didn’t just name him Raoul, but okay. I like how they made him have a history of being a player, but he wasn’t a douchebag. He’s how I imagine book!Philippe to have been when he was younger. It’s so sweet that he’s smooth until he meets Christine (again), and then suddenly he’s all shy. He’s also VERY pretty. My eyes. Wow.
Thoughts on the Plot (!spoilers!) ↓ ↓ ↓
It was a bit jarring to see Christine and Philippe’s relationship be rewritten to this extent (from book!Raoulstine). However, I like how they were still childhood friends, and were connected by music, in a way. Obviously not as much as her and Erik, but still. Having them already know each other also makes their relationship not seem so rushed, considering the story’s short time span.
I really enjoyed the way they handled Erik’s backstory. Some versions hint at his mother being disgusted by his face, but *somehow* giving him unconditional love from his mother was the version that moved me the most. For him to have been loved and then lose it was even more heartbreaking. The flashback with Erik’s parents was a nice touch. This on top of having Gérard be Erik’s father was icing on the cake for emotional impact. Yes, I did cry.
However, I have to admit that Christine being the spitting image of Erik’s mother, and having the same voice as her, kind of freaked me the heck out. It does make sense, since Christine and his mother are the only people who loved him (besides Gérard), but it made me uncomfortable. My mid-watch notes, verbatim: “She reminds him of his MOTHER? Uh oh.”
The unmasking scene was my favorite, and also obliterated my heart. Good grief…Christine was so well intentioned, but unfortunately…sigh. For a moment there, it actually felt like Erik and Christine could have something. I just feel sorry that it went the way it did.
I’m conflicted about the miniseries’ decision to not show Erik’s face to the audience (besides in childhood flashbacks). On one hand, the audience does not deserve to see his face. We are nothing to him. Christine and his mother get to see it, and that’s enough. He’s not to be put on display for strangers to gawk at. And frankly, the exact nature of his features is not the point. The reactions from Christine are enough. On the other hand, I can see how people might find the lack of a reveal to be a let down.
My only major complaint is how the story never immerses the audience into ideas of the supernatural. We meet Erik in the first few minutes of the series, and see him participate in ordinary banter with Gérard, which alleviates any sort of mystery behind the Phantom. Additional Christine, our protagonist, thinks Erik is just a man, the entire time. This might make her seem less naive and trusting, but it removes some of the magical elements of the story. In the book, the audience have *some* sort of immersion in the myth of the Phantom before the truth gets unveiled, but we never get this in the miniseries. Things do not have to 100% be book accurate, but I think this felt more like an Erik story rather than a Phantom story, if that makes sense?
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The ages of the characters in The Count of Monte Cristo, in 1838, from oldest to youngest.
Major characters bolded, minor characters in italics. Characters who died before 1838 are marked † and the age is what they would have been if still living.
Historical figures are included only if the text mentions their age (and with fair warning that, in every such case, the text fails to match the historical record).
This is hands-down my favourite end-of-STYDI ever caught on camera; I've said it before but it bears repeating that this moment in the show really defines for me both how I feel about an actor's Phantom portrayal and also how I feel about the Phantom/Christine relationship going on from here. (Like, this is the deciding factor in whether I spend the next 2 hours agonising over "they could have made it work!!!" versus being 100% on board with Christine running as far away as possible.)
ANYWAY. Ana Marina. Simon Pryce. Hands.
In my opinion it really paid off that they slowed down this scene and really let everyone marinate in the discomfort of it all. I'm obsessed with how she picks up the mask and looks at it almost reverentially before giving it back to him: it means something different to her now and that gesture itself is like... almost apologetic. She strokes the edge of it??? Hello???
And then most phantoms turn away here but he maintains eye contact with her the entire time, (and she with him! She doesn't look away!) and then there's the little tilt of the head with the nod and the smile like, it's ok (please please please let it be ok?) and how his hand hovers like he wants to reach out to her but doesn't dare - his discomfort and indecision are really, really palpable and I think this comes across as him very genuinely trying to process what has just happened, it reads to me as though he has - I don't know how to phrase it - dissociated beyond the point of embarrassment? Just sitting there staring at the woman he loves as if he isn't physically present in front of her at all.
Usually I see this scene played as though he's really so unused to human interaction that he thinks grabbing her arm and running off with her is the appropriate thing to do, but here it's like. He knows it isn't appropriate or right. He knows he has messed this up and whatever he does next will only make it worse, but he has to do something and he genuinely doesn't know what to do that will make it any better.
Because they let the moment linger you can feel that he's acutely aware of how out of his depth this all is and I just, aaargh. (And also, that few seconds where neither of them does anything makes it all the more intriguing that Christine doesn't offer him anything here - ie. usually it all happens so quickly you can forgive her just sitting there in shock, but this time it isn't like that and there are a few different ways that could be interpreted, I think).
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guy at the bottom was supposed to be a smiley face but she was a little wonky so I tried to give her ears. that didn't work so I gave her limbs instead and then eyebrows because iw wanted her to be max happiness. her mouth is supposed to be open but it just looks like her tongue is out
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