#christine x raoul

[tondroom]

The main trio, in color!

[prettyinaccurate]

let all of them have EACHOTHER

[phanblog]

12.31.23

[deeneedsaname]

Phantom of the Opera feels like this really dramatic story until you break it down to the bare essentials. We have a ballerina who upstages the lead singer, a French nobleman who knew the ballerina years ago and is in love with her, two dudes who bought the opera despite warnings of it being haunted and who are SO unprepared for this and really just want to sit back and make money, the dramatic lead singer and her equally dramatic partner who just follows her around to make her look better, a mysterious ballet teacher who knows way too much about the opera ghost and is here to remind everyone they’re in mortal peril, and her daughter. These bumbling theater kids are all dealing with a supposed Opera Ghost, who is actually just a totally mortal man with a facial disfigurement hiding up in the rafters, killing people, demanding money, and confusing the poor ballerina by giving her voice lessons, using her grief for her late father, and also being in love with her.

Tl:dr - phantom of the opera is about a bunch of theater kids trying to catch a traumatized man hiding in the vents of the opera house

[raoulisalwaystheanswer]

one of the best hobbies is blasting the phantom of the opera overture on full volume.

[ablatheringblatherskite]

Raoul after Christine gives him some attention (and kisses him all over the face) (bonus points if he was actually turned into a dog) (I need someone to draw Raoul himself with kisses all over his face tho 😭 wish I could draw)

[beautyinsteadofashes]

I've seen Raoul (especially Hadley Raoul) get a lot of flack for not being supportive enough but you've got to remember his girlfriend thinks she's talking to the ghost of her dead father but it's actually a serial killer who's in love/obsessed with her. I'd be walking around with a WTF expression on my face too if I were him!

[darklinaforever]

I'm sorry but Raoul Viscount of Chagny vaguely reminds me of another Viscount...

Yes, that’s exactly what I was telling myself. Also here :

Our two viscounts have very similar ways of looking at the love of their lives. 😂

@ablatheringblatherskite

[lemoneste]

Okay yall, I NEED a Phantom of the Opera fic where everything is the same up until Raoul comes into Christine’s dressing room after performance and Phantom is behind the mirror seething and emitting smoke from his ears cuz this handsome bastard is in a room with his babygurl like NO!!!!!! But then!!!!! Raoul and Christine (for some reason) sing together and Raoul can sing?!????!?!!? Like, so well????? Like omg his voice is so good??????? And it unlocks The Phantom of the Opera bisexual Phantom arc except everything remains more or less the same apart from the fact that now Phantom ALSO wants Raoul bc either

1.) he thinks that Raoul and Christine singing together is a perfect combination and wants to hear it forever or

2.) Raoul is BOTH pretty AND talented so YOINK!! That’s mine too, or

3.) Raoul is talented and pretty but just like not musically educated so Phantom takes it upon himself to teach him just like Christine.

Or all of the three above!!!

AND EVEN BETTER!!!! If Phantom is like being weird and Christine is like “oh sir what is it that plagues you?”(idk some gay shit like that) and Phantom is like “you know that boy who came into your room-“ and Christine is immediately like “NO!!! Don’t kill him he’s my friend!!!! Please-“ and Phantom is like “no girl, I’m gonna kidnap your boyfriend ALSO!!!!” And Christines like “NOOOO!!!!!!” And Christine tries to warn Raoul but bc Raoul is the 1800s equivalent of a himbo jock baseball player he’s just like “🕺girl, that’s crazy!🕺” and then when Phantom pulls him into the ceiling by yanking him up by his pants with a rope and hook Raoul is just like “🕺girl you were right🕺”

And then Phantom has two(2) of them.

Anyways thx for coming to my Ted talk, that was the beginning, now I will talk abt how-

[rumpletrumple]

Shipping wars are so dumb I propose we all just love our sillies and share hcs and aus about them I’ll go first 🫶

Christine loves to read and Raoul encourages it, buying her whatever books she wants or has even thought of wanting :} He loves to hear her talk about the characters and where the plot is at in the book!!! Also since their reunion Raoul has forgotten a lot of the violin lessons her father gave him, so she’s begun to teach him again <3

Erik absolutely LOVES Raoul’s bed because of how comfy and big it is, the first time he laid in it he didn’t want to get up since he never usually got the pleasure of a big comfy bed <3 Also Raoul likes his hair being touched and Erik loves how soft + curly it is :}

Also I have some rerik aus!!! A siren + pirate one in which Erik is a curious siren and Raoul is a pirate captain :} Another is a sheriff + outlaw where Raoul is a sheriff and Erik is an outlaw!! The last one is my vampire + vampire hunter au where Erik is a mysterious vampire haunting the opera and Raoul is a vampire hunter brought in to get rid of him… in all of the aus they kiss ofc

Also Raoul’s the little spoon in all ships involving him because he’s just so silly billy !!!!

[lepetitphantom]

Little phantom scetches 💫

[youhavebeentraceyd]

9B/9 POTO AUS 16/02/23 - Final Lair

Here we go!!!! I was absolutely devastated when I discovered that I hadnt recorded any of the the Final Lair on my 31/01 viewing. But I’ve got it now!

My desire to become a phantom bootlegger stems directly from this one moment: 

When Christine kisses Phantom, Josh falls to his knees and I have been obsessed with that moment since I first saw it in October. He does it every time and I eat it up every time!

[icantrecallaskysoclear]

Raoulstine Week, Day 3: Wedding

Raoul x Christine + “Wedding/If Dreams Came True” (A Tale of Two Cities the Musical)

I’m so happy I learned how to easily gif youtube videos and make them pretty. I feel so accomplished!

[phanblog]

ugh this song makes me cry all the time

[angel-with-paper-wings]

Modern!AU Phantom of the Opera Headcanons Part 2: College/University

More modern!AU headcanons for our favorite squad of weirdos. Enjoy!

Christine:

Major: music performance, Masters program (originally in creative writing but took an elective music class and was so good/loved it so much that she decided to switch)

Meg is her roommate, Madame Giry is one of her professors and is super strict

Met Raoul at a party that Meg dragged her to, she wasn’t really enjoying it and was about to leave when Raoul recognized her and they started talking (they were middle school friends)

Met Erik super late at night in a library when she was feeling really stressed/burnt out for an upcoming test. Erik noticed her struggling and found some books to help her, leaving them in obvious places for her to find. She eventually catches him hiding a book for her and thanks him for his help; it soon becomes a routine for them to meet up and study together in the library.

Has a part-time job at Starbucks to help pay for tuition, has Erik’s order memorized and ready for him by the time he walks in at the same time every day

Joins a bunch of clubs freshman year, had a hard time managing it all and got really burnt out, she learned her lesson and quit most of them the next semester

Erik:

Major: double major in music theory and history, working on PhD in architecture

Takes most of his classes virtually or watches the online posted lectures so he can stay home and not have anyone see him

Goes to the libraries/lecture halls really late at night to study (this is how he met Christine)

You know the threatening notes he sends to the managers? Those are what his emails to professors are like; he’ll find dirt on them and blackmail them into boosting his grade

For example he found out a science professor was having an affair with a student and threatened to tell administration; now he has his own private lab space in the basement of the science building

Cannot study without music, has the ultimate study playlists

His notes are messy and practically illegible, but he can somehow decipher them enough to study from them; you definitely want his study guides, they are so thorough

He can hack into the school’s records and access all of the test questions from previous years, uses it to help Christine study

Raoul:

Major: originally business (his family wanted him to take over the family business) but he hated it, was undeclared for a while before settling on law

Secretly loves the movie “Legally Blonde”, always talks about how realistically it portrays its court cases

He is 100% in a frat (but like a rich kid frat), has a lot of events involved with the fraternity that take up a lot of his time

Partied a lot in freshman year, scaled it back the next year when he failed a couple classes

Joins the intramural tennis team on campus, tries to get Christine into it too but it is just not right for her

Always wants to be in a group with Christine for group projects, mostly because he likes her but also because she is really smart and responsible; she motivates him to study

Almost started a fire in the dorms when he snuck in a contraband hotplate

Has a car and offers to drive Christine everywhere, but parking on campus is a nightmare and he can’t parallel park to save his life

Definitely ~experimented~ in college before becoming Christine’s boyfriend

His first official date with Christine was at a college football game; they left during halftime because they were bored and their team was losing anyway, got pizza and watched a movie instead.

Daroga:

He is a history professor working on his tenure

One of those “cool” professors who lets his class out early and super easy to talk to

Responds to essay-long emails with “Ok”

Wears suits to lecture; you will never see this man in jeans except at the grocery store

Erik shows up to his office one day to complain about a mistake he thinks Daroga made in class while lecturing, and Daroga brings up the fact that Erik doesn’t even attend class so he has no right to talk. They have a conversation about Erik’s insecurities and eventually make a deal where Erik can watch class online but has to make up his attendance grade for the class by completing an extra project by the end of the year.

From then on, Daroga is like a mentor to a begrudging Erik

Daroga even makes him be a TA for his class; Erik hates the idea at first but actually proves to be a pretty good teacher (but a harsh grader)

[entity-of-the-opera]

everybody shut the fuck up and just look at them okay they’re in love they’re so sweet fuck you