Wandering Retelling

Desire, Temptation, Regret and Remorse 

*I intend to make a zine of the collective sketches I’ve made of these two! it isn’t canon it purely an AU project*

the vampire whos been avoiding my horny ass for the past 6 months:

Please take one tiny moment to reblog and on their special day to send some kind words and wishes to the March “bday babies” of the Phamily.

Seriously, I beg you, when you see the current month of the Phamily Birthday Calendar on your dash, please hit the reblog button. That’s the only way it will get more attention, be spread among the Phandom and hopefully work. I really need your Phan support here ^.^  .

6th of March: @phantom-of-notre-dame-7

9th of March: @madphantom

13th of March: @jamiepage19

15th of March: @daydreamingpersephone (can't tag you DX)

31st of March: @cornellmercer AND @snarkoftheopera

Mistakes - I try my best to avoid them, but they still can happen. If you’ve already joined the Phamily Birthday Calendar and your birthday should be in this post, but isn’t for what reason ever or is, but with the wrong date, please let me know!

Phan and not a participant of the Phamily Birthday Calendar, but want to be? Contact @timebird84 (personally, not via comments, reblogs or tags!)

i hate how much people invalidate the 2004 movie. the production is amazing, the costumes are PERFECT and the cast is incredibly talented.

gerard as erik was incredible and sensitive and could feel all the pain of abandonment, suffering and anguish the character passed.

and i love how emmy made a beautiful, strong and talented christine and still has the touch of “youthful innocence” as described in the book.

the film is as valid as any of the versions of the musical.

IF YOU CAN’T APPRECIATE THIS MASTERPIECE I’M REALLY SORRY FOR YOU.

Degas redefined!

Masked Degas: Broadway

Christmas Carol Degas: West End

MOTN Degas: Jessica Hill and Suzy Halstead, World Tour (?)

Black Swan Degas: Lara Martins, West End

Boat Degas: Oliver Thornton and ballerinas, West End

Disco Degas: Dan Rychlec and ballerinas, Broadway

Christmas tree Degas: Toronto

Snow men Degas. West End

Grease Lightning Degas: Broadway

Baseball Degas: Broadway

Type 1: He’s pretty sad, but he’ll live. Get him a good therapist and he might even be able to get his life together. Someone’s gotta make LND possible, right?

Type 2: He’s grateful for Christine’s kindness, and will live on with the notion that if she could show him love, then perhaps he could learn to love himself.

Type 3: He’s probably gonna die soon, but he’ll be at peace knowing that one person was finally able to treat him with compassion.

Franc D’Ambrosio + final lair angst

Judgements filled my head again during the opening bars…and then the lyric started.

The Starlight Waltz

Walter Ostanek

when did I love you so hundreds of starlight nights ago you held me tenderly

dancing the starlight waltz with me

you were my dreams of bliss you gave my lips a starlight kiss your blue eyes seemed to say

come take me and waltz me away

never were nights so fine never were lips like yours on mine eyes never shined so bright

you danced into my heart that night

starlight and air like wine how would it feel to make you mine we waltzed til break of dawn

and then that sweet starlight was gone

Such beauty in such an unexpected place.  A reminder to me not to judge, or to work hard not to judge, anyone or anything based on notions, preconceived or otherwise.  To remember that inside of most people, regardless of age, gender, presentation, race, ethnicity–all ultimately meaningless outward manifestations–there are universal desires for love, connection and meaning.  

All of us dreaming of beauty, secretly, secretly…

Here’s the wrong and oh so right song itself:

Franc D'Ambrosio as the Phantom, 1998

Video is courtesy of @wheel-of-fish and @glassprism

Cape flip + phants

Ooooh he touching :0 The vest :00 And the phants :0000000

THE HAND ON LISA'S WAIST!!

The long blonde hair seems more like a relic of his Elisabeth days; judging by his Instagram, it’s more like... short silver hair now.

I’m honestly not sure if I want Uwe Kroger near any production of any adaptation of Phantom in the near future, especially after this casting (and costuming!) debacle (yes, that as Uwe Kroger as the Persian in the Deborah Sasson version, yes he is wearing a turban, no I do not have any more understanding of this then you do), and the days of him being at his vocal peak are long over, nor do I think he would take on a “lesser” role as Raoul after being the Phantom... but I after all that, I guess I’m willing to give him a chance? I suppose even if he sucks, he won’t be boring, and he has less big songs than the Phantom.

Though all I’m imagining is his Raoul doing this to Christine in the middle of ‘All I Ask of You’. I don’t have the editing capabilities to Photoshop Uwe Kroger’s movements there onto a Raoul, so I did the next best thing: Photoshopped a famous Raoul’s head onto Uwe Kroger’s body: