#erik phantom

I saw a post that said: “everyone think about your blorbo(s) getting tortured ❤️”.

No, absolutely not! I will not delight in the idea of him being tortured because he spent his whole childhood living in fear and being hunted all for something as insignificant as the shape of his face. He tragically carried that trauma and heartbreak into his adult life, separated from the light, never to live as any other man. And if we follow the book, he eventually died, never once living a single day as he wished, which was quite simple: to live like anyone else. His story is not a cute little erotic tale. It consisted of appallingly abhorrent moments, which were created by the world that called him the ugly one. Those years of his life were never intended to be sexualized or romanticized. I will think of healing and comforting him instead, thank you very much.

Summary

After Christine passes away, Raoul writes her a letter of regret.

the fact that I just discovered them now makes me feel that I've been living underground like an old hermit with the face of death, dramatically smashing the keys of an organ because that's how you solve your problems.