#at the opera tonight

[dylanoteforever]

Oh boy

Yeah you guys have fun with these

[zu-is-here]

Sing my angel sing!

Sing for me ♪

For the atmosphere <3

[catcorsair]

How is a man to foresee what the Fates have in store for him? How can he predict when his world is to change? Of ever abandoning that lonely bachelor's existence to which I had long-ago grown accustomed, I harbored not a single hope—and then, as if by one thoughtless snip of a shear, I discovered myself no longer a bachelor. Sixty years I had spent in lack of the honest company of a woman and suddenly she was everywhere, in every thought, every action, every desire: I could see nothing past Sophia. Thus the warnings went unheeded, only spiders in dark corners, darting out where they cannot be seen, secrets concealing themselves in the shapes of other things; rarely do those Sisters cut their lines in absolutes. It is the slow unraveling of a thread by which the red strings shorten. But heat makes men mad, and summer is a mad season; despite my attempts to ignore them, the ghosts of Erik’s unsavory history crept up with the rising temperatures. Such specters, I have found, are not so easy to put to rest. The attempt to do so comes too late.

Like Pulling Teeth: Part Six

Read on AO3 HERE

18+ / Very Explicit / EC, EOC, E++ / 50K

Pre to post-Leroux canon. General tags: Gothic, Horror, Drama, Romance, Historical Fiction.

*(edited) cover art by Zhao Dalu

Enjoy!

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[opera-ghost]

[meilas]

[marleneoftheopera]

Anouk van Laake in the Wishing dress + cape. Photos by Ralph Watts.

[beggars-opera]

Down a vintage Defunctland rabbit hole this fine Saturday and found one relevant to my interests

[episims]

[howlonghaveyoubeenseventeen]

me most of my life: lol eric is so goofy for being in love with ariel's voice that's so silly

me after hearing ramin karimloo sing the music of the night: I get it.

[squoobest]

what would you do at the world's end?

[thegreatyin]

you haven't properly roleplayed or obtained roleplay experience until you've gotten intimately familiar with the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of tumblr askblogs

[glindaupland]

just gave yoon youngseok my art crying 😭

[mimirjoo]

[littleeliza-lotte]

Curtain call photos 29/07/23

[serafimo]

floating, falling, sweet intoxication! touch me, trust me, savor each sensation! let the dream begin, let your darker side give in, to the power of the music that i write! the power of the music of the night!