#E/C

[pericardium-and-glass]

The angel in the mirror

[rrredinew]

paper faces on parade

+close up

[platycerium-bifurcatum]

i think they should let christine and erik be batshit insane and play bitey!!!!!!

its more of a sketch because i needed to get this out of my system but since i've read @les-gnossiennes-fantomatiques's the fly agaric fanfic i just have this image in my head that i always think about

[shuang-hua]

::Guidance

first finished E/C art in sooo long ; - ;

posting just in time for @lesmisshippingshowdown I hope ' 3'

[kyannnite]

danse macabre

(closeups below)

[copiabrainrot]

stress relief🌹🎼

reference:

[xphanlocked]

ᴛʜᴇ ғɪɴᴀʟ ᴛʜʀᴇsʜᴏʟᴅ

[archibaldscraven]

Phantom in a nutshell

[polariie]

[luneemeritus]

The Phantom of the Opera IS a love story btw. It's inherently a story about love. A lot of people still find it hard to accept it, probably because they're busy with their "I'm smarter than this beloved classic" Edgy Hot Take, this is why it's always important to remind.

It's a story about a man that, because he was abused and denied of love his entire life, he was forced to live with everything he knew about: survival.

It's a story about a man that craved so much for love, that he thought he could buy, or force it, throught talent and lies.

It's a story about compassion, redemption, and most importantly, love. Because Erik loved Christine. The ending is impactful because he loved her. His love for her didn't make him immune to be obsessive nor to hurt her. And if you don't believe Erik loved Christine, you're the one that misunderstood the relationships between these characters and why the story is the way it is in the first place.

[achildsfirstsorrow]

No Erik, the Red Death costume does not make you Santa.

Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays everyone!

Well, it isn’t exactly the 25th where I am right now but we can ignore that 😅😅, hope everyone is doing well!!!

[pericardium-and-glass]

I have decided to make Christine a Great One in my POTO Bloodborne AU! I thought of some fun ways to parallel some bits of POTO to a Bloodborne setting! LORE BELOW :)

POTO: Erik haunts the basement of the Palais Garnier (there are strange creatures there) BB AU: Erik haunts the old Pthumerian catacombs (there are strange creatures there)

POTO: Erik keeps a wedding dress mannequin BB AU: Erik keeps the company of a “Christine” mannequin that’s alive (more on that below)

POTO: Erik gives Christine his ring BB AU: Erik gives Christine the Ring of Betrothal 

POTO: Erik thinks of Christine as his angel  BB AU: Christine is an actual out of this world eldritch god :)

POTO: Erik wants to keep Christine forever in the house by the lake  BB AU: Erik wants to prevent Christine from ascending by hoping to keep her in the catacombs (he does not succeed)

POTO: Erik thinks of Christine as his salvation  BB AU: Erik thinks of Christine as his salvation

As for the Mannequin, it is a gift from Christine to Erik (like the Moon Presence granting Gehrman the Doll). The Mannequin is in Christine’s image, or how she would appear if she were human. (Think of it as Christine’s human self-insert lmao 😭)

Christine, benevolent in the way Great Ones are - lacking any actual understandings of human wants - believes this will appease Erik if she gifted him with a “living bride” (<- as said in POTO). This however, only upsets him further. But he does keep the Mannequin in his company and treats her somewhat well, albeit very coldly, thinking her to be his responsibility now. She is his “wife” (since Erik would honour Christine’s ‘gift’) but they are purely platonic. <- there are some vague angst relating to their dynamic: 

Original BB: The Doll is made to love the Hunters in her care POTO BB AU: The Mannequin is made to love Erik

Inspired by the extremely heartbreaking dialogue with the Doll in BB: “Would you ever think to love me? Of course… I do love you. Isn’t that how you’ve made me?” (Though I do interpret this ‘love’ in BB as neither romantic or platonic but a secret third thing, anyways.)

All in all, I don’t really intend for this AU to be dark, but it IS a POTO X BB crossover so I’ve kept some elements of horror/creepiness/general melancholy from the source materials! :) Yippee! Thank you for reading through this long post! 

[night-unfurls-its-splendour]

OKAY now when Christine runs here it looks an awful lot, to me, like she's trying to pull Erik off stage with her

SHE TAKES HIS HAND.

When she shouts "No!" It's because she's just realized that Erik is very much in danger and she wants to get him out of there?!

ARE Y'ALL SEEING THIS?! ARE YOU SEEING THIS?

[platycerium-bifurcatum]

alright now the painted version!! i think i'm content with it but honestly it doesn't look as dramatic as i wanted to but well im just happy to draw them!! how come. a book that came out more than 100 years ago simply has me in shackles with its themes. its like they drilled a hole in my head and is drinking the contents like a drink with a little umbrela

[milaeryn]

Hold me, love me, touch me, honey Be the first who ever did

This song always make me think about Erik and Christine...