#leroux phantom

[from-the-dead]

[do2faj]

Help him make the music of the night

[crystalclocktower]

I think its really interesting that at the end of the book Raoul and Christine running away is phrased as if they are escaping from society's judgement, especially from the rumor mill around the De Changy's, whether the rumor that Raoul killed Philippe, or shock that he married someone poor. I feel like too many adaptations compartmentalize the "society is the true villain" to be just about Erik, when it's a running theme with Raoul and Christine too!

[lucygold95]

POTO Italy's promo video.

Italy Red Death costume is closer to origin – The Masque of the Red Death!

[buccaneeering]

Lovesick/daydreaming Erik.

Can you tell I never draw him happy? I should more often. He's my favorite right now.

I hope you have a good day, whoever you are. 😊

[thephantomessoftheopera]

A Visit to Box Five

Thanks to my lovely friend, I finally had the chance to experience a performance from Box Five! It was a fantastic experience to share with another phan - and we were lucky that there were no other people in the box with us, because we went crazy during every intermission :)... Even though we did not bring the cane recommended by Leroux, we still tried our best to knock on the marble pillar. And if you knock on the metal base, it does indeed sound hollow!

Next to the marble pillar, you can also clearly see the ledge where Erik left items for Madame Giry. The wallpaper in this box has been restored to its original look, which you can also see in detail below.

[les-gnossiennes-fantomatiques]

The Roses of Yesterday

Read on AO3 here.

“There was nothing left to do but put this Augustine from his mind. She was, after all, nothing more than another pretty woman in Paris, doing what all Parisians of a typical, more attractive build did: forget they were dying slow, happy lives at the expense of others’ misfortune. He told himself that he would not fall vulnerable to the whims of such creatures. Not when they served no purpose in his life, save to bring him false hope.

But Erik was always horrible at keeping promises—especially the ones he made to himself. And unfortunately, he was only a man.”

I unfortunately could not help myself. What started out as a one-shot follow-up to All Imaginable Pangs has now spiraled into a Midnight Sun-retelling from Erik’s point-of-view. More art history wank. More awkward smut. More feelings about not wanting to die alone. Will probably clock in around 50k words in its finished form.

Leroux-based. Canon-compliant. Set primarily during the construction of the Palais Garnier. Original female character. Some background Pharoga and Erikstine.

Image credit: Study of a Woman Seated, Romain Cazes

[negativ3cr33p]

[keetadelopera]

"Tonight, I gave you my soul, and I am dead."

[untitledpebs]

I was trying to draw in a chibi style and I accidentally drew the nose like that and it reminded me of Leroux Erik. So now he's there.

[from-the-dead]

Red Death has come to take what is rightfully his own.

Version without wings under the cut:

[flagbridge]

“Ne me touchez pas”

Chag Pesach Sameach! Starting next week, During the 40 days of the Omer between Pesach and Shavuot, I’ll be doing 40 days of POTO content. Mostly things that live rent free in my head. It could be gifs of boots, cosplay WIPs or shoots I haven’t posted, fanfic, art, etc.

Today I can’t stop thinking about how Erik has “DONT TOUCH ME” embroidered in gold thread on his Red Death cape.

Your honor, my client is guilty as hell but he looked great doing it.

Follow the POTOMER tag for the content!

[shernoel]

Hello POTO fans I have food for you for the first time in years

(Design heavily inspired by @a-ghost-on-the-roof !)

[jadeite-art]

PotO: Erik's house floor plan (book based)

While there already exists a pretty cool floor plan of Erik's house (this one) it's constructed around the idea that there is a shore or rock formation on which the house is built and that it looks like an actual house. That didn't sit with me as the book clearly says that the house is built inside the double casing of the foundation, so I made my own model. And yes, I totally built it in the Sims.

Things we know from Leroux that helped me build the model:

The placement of the house in between the inner and outer wall of the foundation suggests that it would be roughly rectangle-shaped

There must be some kind of small platform on which you could step out from the boat. A hidden mechanism must then move a part of the wall to reveal the actual door to the house, similar to the entrance from the third cellar

The entrance from the Lake opens directly to the drawing room. I'm no expert on Victorian architecture but it appears to me that a drawing room is basically a living and based on some photos of Victorian houses I saw I concluded that there'd be a fireplace and possibly some shelves for books, even if they are not directly mentioned in the novel. Erik would also surely have a rug. Persian of course ;-)

A door in the drawing room leads directly into the Louis-Philippe room. Connected directly to it there is also an en-suite bathroom. There is also an additional door that supposedly leads to the Torture Chamber. There is a fireplace (Erik/Christine mention the scorpion and grasshopper boxes on the mantelpiece), a bed set, some kind of sofa, and a chest of drawers.

Considering how the Torture Chamber is shaped and what it does, as well as the fact that Daroga is unable to find the hidden latch on the wall that the Chamber shares with Louis-Philippe (the wall on which the peeping window must be located) I concluded that the door mentioned by Christine must actually lead to a sort of oddly shaped room/corridor that goes around the chamber where the heating system and mechanical elements are located (this unfortunately couldn't be properly rendered due to the limitations of the game). From there you can access the actual Chamber by pushing a plain frameless door. Since it opens inwards and has no handles, in order to open it from the Chamber, you'd have to resort to some kind of spring system as described in the book.

We know that the dining is accessed from the drawing room. Considering it's the dining, it must also be connected to a kitchen and pantry from which, I'd assume, one could access the cellars with wine, water, and whatever else Erik might keep in there

After dinner, Erik takes Christine's hand and shows her his room. There is no mention of them first going back to the drawing room. That led me to believe that the door to Erik's room is located in the dining room. The drawing room has enough doors as is anyway.

Leroux mentions a pipe organ that takes up an entire wall. I know organs are large but I think it would be the narrower one. Then we have the coffin in the middle (unfortunately the Sims didn't have anything I could use as the canopy), a desk the exact location of which is unknown but I'd place it near the organ, possibly some wardrobe or chest of drawers, and probably a door to another en-suite bathroom as I imagine he wouldn't be using the one attached to the Louis-Philippe.

If you like the model feel free to use it / reference it in your fanart or fanfic :-)

[hyperesthesias]

It is very clear that Erik has Cotard's Delusion, and I feel like it needs to be talked about more. I mean for God's sake the man sleeps in a coffin.

[buccaneeering]

I got around to the full-body! Yet ANOTHER Erik. "Right this way! Right this way!" Maybe he's showing someone to his lake house.

I don't think it's very good, but, at least there was an attempt(always better than nothing).

I hope you have a good day, whoever you are. 😊