Past the Point of No Return

11 Over Dramatic Cats Who Deserve An Oscar

My latest piece: Our Blessed Rebel Queen, Carrie Fisher

done in watercolour and ink. 

Carrie Fisher has always been a great inspiration to me. As someone who suffers from depression and anxiety, I wanted to create a piece to bring me and comfort and strength. To look upon Space Mom and say “yes, I can face today.”

prints available: https://society6.com/product/our-blessed-rebel-queen-carrie-fisher_print

raoul is dissociating as they play the monkey music box

erik drops the first sandbag because carlotta is flirting with andre and he wants to save the poor man

“mom tell them i say hey and tell them to stay out of box five and to pay me thanks i love you”

hAdLeY fRaSeR is just so damn pretty

raouls little jog up the stairs from christine’s dressing room reblog if you agree

hey erik maybe if you didn’t yell at your girlfriend she wouldn’t be afraid of you

raouls eye roll when carlotta snatches the letter out of his hand reblog if you agree

raouls little eyebrow quirk / half smile combo during the rooftop scene as he says “there is no phantom of the opera”

erik shaking and rocking in order to calm himself and then reacting out of anger because he cannot sufficiently process his emotions

erik spreading his arms so the cloak looks like wings and he looks like an angel when he says “the phantom asked of yooooouuuuuuu”

raouls flamboyant hand motion during masquerade

protective raoul

raoul kneeling before christine and cradling her face in his hands

raoul yelling “clever friend” threateningly / being genuinely concerned and angry for and on christine’s behalf

mme giry sticking up for eriks music during rehearsal of don juan

piangi shaking and stumbling over his lines because he’s scared of erik

the violin transition before wishing you were somehow here again

christine’s strength and determination shining through her facial expressions and vocal intonation during wishing you were somehow here again

eriks feathery hat during wandering child

the sweetness in eriks voice during the first verse of wandering child

erik getting steadily more desperate / begging throughout wandering child

the way raoul spits “this thing” during wandering child

the fire balls !!!

raoul stamping down his anger in order to place christine’s safety as his first priority at the end of wandering child

raoul saying “give the order”

raouls facial expression when erik announces himself after the doors have been secured and starts throwing his voice

“for once monsieur le viscount is right”

erik just wants to watch his opera he doesn’t care that the whole police force is there

christine’s facial expressions during past the point of no return

the way christine wipes her mouth and erik takes her wrist in his hand during past the point of no return

erik grabbing his thighs and shaking when christine touches him during past the point of no return

eriks lips parting in shock and his little head shake when christine whips the hood off his face

erik looking so disheveled and his voice cracking when he sings the verse from all i ask of you to her

“say you want me”

madame giry holding meg to comfort her and then grabbing for raoul and telling meg to stay as she leads raoul by the hand after erik and christine

raoul rolling his sleeves up

the way raoul sincerely and gently says thank you to madame giry amongst his fear

the way erik has very obviously slicked his hair back again by the time christine is in the wedding dress but it’s still sticking up all over the place

christine holding eriks arms and looking him in the eyes when she sings the line “it’s in your soul where the true distortion lies”

eriks breathy “monsieur”

erik playing the organ because he doesn’t know what else to do after the line “this is the choice”

christines face when she says “tears of hate”

raouls “please” in “please forgive me”

raouls save in “why make her lie to you to save me”

erik sitting down because he’s overwhelmed

eriks resigned “make your choice” as he drops the veil

eriks hands trembling when christine calls him pitiful

erik fidgeting on the hand that usually has the ring on it

raoul turning away when christine kisses erik because he can’t bear to watch

erik squeezing christines hands a final time as his goodbye before going to release raoul

erik touching his lips after the kiss

raoul squaring up as erik approaches him, and the expression on his face

raoul grabbing eriks elbow when erik picks him up after releasing him from the noose and the second of prolonged eye contact they make

“angel in hell” as erik starts melting down and then him collapsing on the stairs and sobbing

eriks whimpering as he drags himself over to the monkey music box

the way eriks voice breaks on “paper faces”

erik turning and seeing christine and straightening his vest as he stands

“christine i love you” is a soft gentle statement of fact and he looks so sad and she kisses his hand and he shakes and watches her go and when she turns to look at him he inclines his head, giving her his consent to please go

erik sinking back to the floor and clutching the veil

raoul extending his hand to christine and the look on his face

erik kissing the veil

the tears visible on eriks face during his final lines

meg in pants

If outright laughter at that purple prose doesn’t scare them away:

Consistently refer to your character’s breasts as such, both in purple prose and in spoken word. Be sure to also use similar prose for other parts of the body. I am particularly fond of ‘little man in the canoe’ when referring to the clitoris. If your partner has a penis, here is a compendium of innuendo for penis and similar reproductive anatomy, organized by known publishing date. 

Some favorites:

baloney pony

low neck and short sleeves

mutton gun

gay deceiver

trouble monkey

Charles Dickens

You will find less official words for the vagina, so it will be a challenge. Come up with some new, exciting terms for your ‘secret flower.’ I feel it is more important here to refer to your character’s body parts in as flattering and empowering terms as you can. On your partner- aim for ridiculous. 

However, any moment that you can use the word ‘cravasse’ will result in extra points from the judges. But only because it will get “Wonderboy” stuck in their head. 

Counter-offer:

i know lots of you might be worrying about what you need to move into your first apartment. that’s why i put this little checklist together! 

Squee!

Stanford University faculty and students hope to help give nerds like us the context to understand a wealth of medieval manuscripts “by presenting a diverse array of short medieval texts within their cultural and historical context: sharing what we know about who produced them, who read them, what their importance was, and how it has shaped the way we think about the Middle Ages today.”

facts: in fact succubus comes from the latin word “succubare” which means “to lie under” and incubus comes from the latin word “incubare” which means “to lie on”