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CICADA

phantom of the opera!modern day au | christine x erik

For a long time after, she would sporadically recall the tale of the Fossegrimen. But more often, she would remember the Nøkken. 

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THE LAST OF US, S02E01: "future days"

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𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔰𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔭𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔬𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔤𝔯𝔞𝔰𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔭𝔭𝔢𝔯?

“in one of the caskets, you will find a scorpion, in the other, a grasshopper, both very cleverly imitated in japanese bronze: they will say yes or no for you. if you turn the scorpion round, that will mean to me, when i return, that you have said yes. the grasshopper will mean no … the grasshopper! be careful of the grasshopper! a grasshopper does not only turn: it hops! it hops! and it hops jolly high!”

— le fantôme de l'opéra, gaston leroux.

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Natalie Díaz, from “That Which Cannot Be Stilled”, Postcolonial Love Poem

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BUT THE LAYING IN THE GRAVE SO LONG

phantom of the opera!zombie apocalypse au | christine x erik

The world ends twice. First, when her father dies, and then again when everyone else does.

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"Myth" by Muriel Rukeyser, 1968

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BUT THE LAYING IN THE GRAVE SO LONG

phantom of the opera!zombie apocalypse au | christine x erik

The world ends twice. First, when her father dies, and then again when everyone else does.

tags: dystopia, graphic depictions of violence, older man/younger woman, forced cohabitation, sterility plague/repopulation trope, tyrannical government, grief, suicidal ideation, slow burn

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30s. she/they.

amateur writing blog; gothic romance, horror & phantom of the opera; monster-lover; richard silken enthusiast.

find my phantom sideblog @/poorerik

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❧ but the laying in the grave so long - christine x erik, zombie apocalypse!au

❧ cicada - christine x erik, modern!au

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