@mrgartist @clawedandcute @youjustfeelthemforever @sliverswords @flickeringflame216 @catkin-morgs-kookaburralover @choasuqeen @kiibo-spam @the-kirbe-anon @dont-do-rice-babes @rogue squadron in general + all their victims (@offendedteaspoon @enigma-absolute + many more)
Raoul not just as a foil to Erik, but also a painful reminder of what Erik COULD have been.
Erik as someone who had a heart too big for a world so cruel. Raoul as a lover who loves so much that it hurts him.
Erik hating Raoul not just because he's jealous of him, but also because when he saw him, he saw himself. If things were different, maybe that could've been him. Which makes it hurt even more when Christine chooses Raoul, because it isn't just because she's going with someone else, or someone he hates, but because she's going with someone Erik so desperately wishes to be.
And because of that he can't fully hate him, because Raoul knows how to give Christine the love that Erik yearns to give her but can't. Because he doesn't know how. But Raoul can, because he was loved. Sure, maybe his dad did hate him (something he and Erik might also have in common), couldn't look at him because his mom died giving birth to him, but he had his siblings. And Erik had no one.
Raoul and Erik are foils to each other yet they are also so similar, because they love so hard. Love to the point of destruction. It's just that the world is cruel, and favors some and hates the others. And it's not fair, and never is fair. And I'd like to think that if Raoul had the chance to understand Erik more, like Christine and the Daroga did, then I think he would've felt a sort of kinship with him, too. With the man who has a heart too big for such a cruel world, just like Raoul has a heart too big to ever truly belong.
(thoughts after a lovely painful convo with @dont-do-rice-babes)
For every reblog this gets, I'll write a sentence on one of my WIPs (bonus: if you know my WIPs, you could even choose which WIP I write a sentence for, but don't expect me to do it every time if y'all abuse it!)
And for every like I get, I will edit a little.
(I am not counting comments because my notifs can't handle it!!!)
Anyway here's a Hadley because I will abuse this power and put him on as many of your dashes as possible:
I GOT MY BOYYY. THE PROJECTION ISN'T FOR NOTHINGGGG
ANYWAY, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO, FEEL FREE TO TAKE THIS. I WANNA KNOW WHO YOU GET
But i will also turn this into a tag game :))) tagging: @nerdywriter36 @brendadaaedestler @dont-do-rice-babes @angel-with-paper-wings @achillmango @the-laurenceboy @theragamuffininitiative @choasuqeen @madlybattymontague @its-a-hare-pom-pom @wheel-of-fish @rumpletrumple
Thank you thank you for the tag @rainintheevening!! 🥹
1. Three Ships: Hiccstrid/Hiccup and Astrid (HTTYD), Silverparry/Will and Lyra (His Dark Materials), and Wyler/Wednesday and Tyler (Wednesday)
2. First Ship: Jay and Nya from Ninjago 😭
3. Last Song: I'm actually listening to music literally rn!! The last song that played was Music of the Night from Phantom (Royal Albert Hall version) of the Opera, and now it's All I Ask Of You, also from Phantom of the Opera (also Royal Albert Hall version!
4. Last Movie: the DnD Movie!
5. Currently Reading: Coraline by Neil Gaiman!
6. Currently Watching: Still Studio C tbh LOL, although I've paused for a bit
7. Currently Consuming: like, food?? The last thing I ate was kwek kwek LOL (Filipino street food).