#the phantom of the opera 1989

[nessie665]

The Prophecy by Taylor Swift (2024) / Phantom of The Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011) / Phantom of the Opera (1990) / Takarazuka Y&K's Phantom (2004) / The Phantom of the Opera (1962) / The Phantom of the Opera (1989) / The Phantom of the Opera (2004) / Phantom Of The Paradise (1974) / Phantom Of The Opera (1943) / Love Never Dies (2012) / The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 

And I sound like an infant Feeling like the very last drops of an ink pen A greater woman stays cool But I howl like a wolf at the moon A greater woman has faith But even statues crumble if they're made to wait I'm so afraid I sealed my fate No sign of soulmates

#Can someone let this bitch be happy for once in his life? #poto #the phantom of the opera #phantom of the opera #christine daae #erik #yeston and kopit phantom #takarazuka phantom #the phantom of the opera 1990 #The phantom of the opera 2004 #the phantom of the opera 1943 #the phantom of the opera 1925 #the phantom of the opera 1989 #the phantom of the opera 1962 #love never dies #poto 90's miniseries #erik carriere #sierra boggess #ramin karimloo #teri polo #charles dance #hanafusa mari #wao youka #man that's a lot of tags #if you are reading this hi <3 ily #herbert lom #heather sears #robert englund #gerard butler #emmy rossum

[carpeossa]

The thing I love about being in the POTO fandom is that I could take a photo of a random skeleton outside of a cottage in summer with flowers growing on its skull, and someone in the tags will add:

”I’m so glad Erik decided to make himself a flower crown, the poor man needs it.”

and I love us for that.

#every skeleton is erik #poto memes #erik poto #the phantom of the opera 1989 #phantom of the opera 1925

[the-leech-lord]

Someone else finish this

My brain stopped working

#robert englund #inkubus #mayor buckman #2001 maniacs #jim bickerman #lake placid #lake placid vs anaconda #lake placid the final chapter #freddy krueger #anoes #slashers #a nightmare on elm street #the phantom of the opera #phantom of the opera #poto #the phantom of the opera 1989 #phantom of the opera 1989 #poto 1989 #erik destler

[crumbargento]

The Phantom of the Opera - Dwight H. Little - 1989 - USA

#the phantom of the opera 1989 #the phantom of the opera #dwight h. little #robert englund #80s horror #horror #horror movies #gaston leroux #goth #gothic #1989

[madreemeritus]

Don Juan Triumphant — An analysis of Erik's masterpiece

Warning: i don't speak French and i don't have english editions of PotO, only Portuguese, so i will translate it directly from my text

Gaston Leroux's novel narrates the fact that Erik was producing an Opera of his own with the theme "Don Juan Triumphant". Unfortunately, we never hear it because it's a book, but a few adaptations brought his work to live with different interpretations.

Let's analyze what Leroux intented to write with Erik's character.

Don Juan is a Spanish archetype of a lascivious and libertine man, created by Tirso de Molina, a poet and religious playwright of the Middle Ages. His character was supposed to be an antagonist of what society considered to be moral and pure at that time. And as any other story, it has its adaptations.

Don Giovanni (the same as Don Juan) is the work of Mozart (composer) and Lorenzo Da Ponte (writer), where Don Giovanni is a scoundrel who seduces and abandons women; one of his victims has his father murdered by Don Giovanni after he tried to prevent the seduction. The spirit of the Commander (Donna Anna's father murdered by D. Giovanni) returns in the form of a statue and drags the protagonist to hell with the help of demons.

Erik, after Christine asks him to play Don Juan Triumphant, says: "Never ask me that. This Don Juan was not composed for the libretto of a Lorenzo Da Ponte, inspired by wine, by furtive loves and by vices finally punished by God. I can play Mozart if I so wish, which will bring beautiful tears to your eyes and inspire you with frank reflections. But my Don Juan burns, Christine, and not because he has been hit by heavenly fire!" (...) "You see, Christine, there is a song so terrible that it consumes all who approach it. You haven't reached it yet, and that's good, because you would lose your soft colors and they wouldn't recognize you anymore on your return to Paris" (...)

Erik says that his Don Juan "burns" and that Christine was in no condition to understand the somber depths of his masterpiece. He refuses to play Don Juan at first (although he is willing to play other Mozart pieces), but after being unmasked, he plays in a form of escapism. Christine is enthralled by the terrible, somber performance. Erik's Don Juan is a reflection of the pain he feels.

He apparently has no interest in writing a story like Don Giovanni, possibly an inspiration for him is Lord Byron's version, where Don Juan is neither a seducer nor a villain: but a victim of a cruel and false love of a woman. Erik says that it took him years to finish his work, as if each event in his life influenced the work more. He also says that, when finishing Don Juan Triumphant, he would die and be buried along with the scores: he changes his mind when he falls in love with Christine.

Don Juan is an archetype that contradicts everything Erik is and believes. Erik scares women by his ugliness / Don Juan seduces and conquers them all. Erik wants true love / Don Juan wants to deceive women in exchange for sex. Don Juan is a handsome, seductive man who is admired by people / Erik was born deformed and was abused, humiliated and rejected by (almost) everyone he met. Erik would probably change the character of Don Juan just as Lord Byron changed it according to his own life experience. That's why he is "Don Juan Triumphant", rather than the protagonist's defeat.

Christine's words after hearing Don Juan Triumphant: "His Don Juan Triumphant (for there was no longer any doubt that he had rushed his masterpiece to forget the horror of the present minute) appeared to me only one long, frightening, magnificent sob, where poor Erik had deposited all his misery." (...) "I remembered the notebook with red notes and easily imagined that that song had been written in blood. It guided me through all the details of martyrdom; it made me enter all the corners of the abyss, the inhabited abyss by the ugly man; it showed me Erik atrociously banging his poor, ugly head against the funereal walls of hell, where he had taken refuge so as not to frighten human eyes any longer, where Pain was deified, and then, the sounds that saw from the abyss and suddenly grouped together in a prodigious and threatening flight. the world. I understood that the work was finally done and that Ugliness, borne on the Wings of Love, had dared to look Beauty in the face!" (...)

For me, Erik's Don Juan is an expression of his life and inner demons. The rejection, the suffering, the pain, the hate, the jealousy, and at the same time, the love, the desire and the will to be loved like any other human being. Erik is as much compared with Death as with Sexuality. This duality would be expressed in his work. And since the work is Triumphant, in the end he would find the love and happiness he longed for.

Adaptations

In my opinion, Andrew Loyd Webber's "Don Juan Triumphant" doesn't make much sense because it only explores a carnal scandal between Don Juan and Aminta. It looks like the same character as Tirso de Molina and Lorenzo Da Ponte, not the alternative — painful and suffering — version of Erik. There is no tragedy, no hellfire and no suffering. It just seems like an empty work made to shock the society of the 19th century. "Oh but it's Erik's self insert", the original work was clearly an escapism, a reflection of his life, a form of expression of the pain he felt. It's not that Erik's work in the book doesn't explore the theme of sexuality, but that's not all. It's not just a horny show between Erik and Christine. Especially because it gives off a weird vibe that Erik just wanted sex with her, and that's a lie. I do love The Point of No Return by its beautiful melody and my E/C bullshit that likes some horny fanfiction.

I adore, however, the 1925s (or 1929s rebuilt) "Don Juan". Not only because it's the main theme scored by Gabriel Thibaudeau, but also because this specifically is the unmasking scene and it captures everything that I imagined as Leroux's description. The pain, the passion, the tragedy, is all there. Lon Chaney's Erik says to Christine that since the first time he saw her, he was inspired to write such a magnificent piece of music. Not 20 years writing it as originally, but more a romantic inspiration coming from his heart. This adaptation, to be fair, is my favorite.

And another version which I apreciate a lot is the 1989 slasher movie with Robert Englund. It's such a sublime song that remarks the exact 'Dark Romance' vibes of E/C relantionship. Obviously is not the best adaptation, actually it has little to do with the original work as Christine is a time traveler, Erik is a murderous psychopath villain and the story goes totally into a supernatural horror. But if you put in your mind that PotO and A Nightmare On Elm Street were merely an inspiration to a slasher/supernatural movie, it's actually an interesting experience.

So in conclusion, this was my analysis of the mysterious Don Juan Triumphant. Feel free to disagree or point out new things in the comments 🙏🏽❤️

#erik #the phantom of the opera #poto #gothic #gothic literature #gaston leroux #andrew lloyd webber #musical #broadway #lon chaney #poto 1925 #the phantom of the opera 1925 #silent movies #robert englund #don juan triumphant #the phantom of the opera 1989 #erik destler

[slashingdisneypasta]

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Grandma hair.

#sorry!! #thats what i think every time i see this XD #the way the light is hitting it #Erik Destler #The Phantom of the Opera #Phantom of the Opera 1989 #The Phantom of the Opera 1989 #POTO 1989 #Erik Destler 1989

[lapsusophobia]

it shouldn’t be questionable that I would chose The Phantom over Raoul

IT SHOULD BE QUESTIONABLE THAT I WOULD CHOSE ERIK DESTLER AKA THE 1989 PHANTOM OVER ANY OTHER OF THEM

#help i have a problem #I should be medicated for this #whats a girl gotta do #the phantom of the opera #erik destler #the phantom of the opera 1989

[fanofspooky]

The Phantom of the Opera

1989 • R • 1h33m

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[phoenixwatchesmovies]

If I had a nickel for every time Robert Englund played a serial-killing psycho with a fucked up face who was effectively immortal as long as someone remembered him, I'd have two nickels.

Which isn't a lot, etc etc.

#currently watching #the phantom of the opera 1989 #a nightmare on elm street #robert englund #erik destler #freddy krueger

[classic80sand90smovieloves2]

Going on that poto marathon and Robert Englund’s phantom be hittin different….

#the phantom of the opera 1989

[phantom-of-the-ruckus]

Phantom Krueger

It is finally done! Phantom Kruger is done! Without the lighting and shadows, I swear that the sketches gave me so much Phillip/Belos vibes XD

Trigger warning for blood and burns!!

Now, everyone will go "Phantom, if Freddy is the Phantom of the Opera, where is his mask?"

And my response is that you, lovely jellybeans, are seeing it. I am not sure if the sketch allows seeing it, but there are some stitches to his face. So, yes, the Phantom's mask is his face...or well...made out of flesh.

This is actually what I mentioned in the Christine! Nancy post about the sketches and how I got the idea:

So, yeah that is actually something that POTO 1989 does with their Erik. I thought it was gory and well fitting to this crossover so I kept it. My major difference is that Phantom Krueger uses it to hide his burns, but just as the Original version he is bald too, so the hair you see in the sketches is just a pretty tight (maybe glued) wig on his head.

I decided to add the stitches to convey he well...stitched them to his face as it is really hard to draw the amazing makeup effect the OG POTO 1989 has

There is some sense of discomfort, or that something is of when you see Erik's face, which adds to the later scene (which is on YouTube) where well he removes his mask as the backstory of his character play.

The hair color was not chosen by me, it is actually from the 1989 Erik as well as an inspired costume he has, which is basically the Red Death costume from the POTO, which was referenced in the mask Freddy's holding as a cute easter egg.

If you guys are wondering what POTO characters do Glenn, Tina, and Rod would be dressed as ?Here they are

Glenn, of course, would be the "Raoul" (or Richard which the POTO decided to name Raoul like) as he is cannonically Nancy's boyfriend in the first film, so I thought it would be fitting.

Tina would certainly be heavily inspired by Meg from both 1989 ver and some small inspo from the musical (just slightly.) as POTO 1989 Meg is still Christine's best friend, so I would be drawing a lot of inspo from there

Rod is a bit hard due to not much of a male character outside Raoul (or Richard...) in the POTO 1989 so far has been, but I'll probably based him around Piangi as he was an actor in the POTO which also ironically died a similar way to Rod-

I'll probably get Glen and the others costumes designs and maybe in a later post explain Nancy's dress.

And just for another reminder. This crossover will not have the Phantom be in love or attracted to Christine because his motivations are based around Freddy Krueger's + its a big no for me

#tw: blood #tw: burns #POTO 1989 #the phantom of the opera 1989 #freddy krueger #robert englund #crossover #the nightmare on elm street 1 #Phantom Krueger #Phantom of Elm Street AU #tw: discussions of Body horror #tw: implied body horror #tw: bloody horror #bloody horror is not on drawing as per se #erik destler 1989 #erik 1989 #phantom of elm street au

[clownsinyourcabinet]

#phantom of the opera #poto #the phantom of the opera 1989 #dall e

[carpeossa]

Of all the moments in POTO 1989 *this* lives rent free in my head.

I think it’s cause of all the horrible things we just saw him do aND THEN HE TWIRLS AND SQUATS LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED! AND WHY DOES HE HAVE A SCARF?! DID HE GO INTO THE SEA AND FETCH IT FOR CHRIS?!

Also he looks cute in the us segment.

#the phantom of the opera #phantom of the opera #the phantom of the opera 1989 #poto 1989 #erik destler #robert englund #erik poto #erik the phantom

[the-leech-lord]

🎼Erik Destler Stimboard🎼

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Day 6 of cringetember stimboards - Yandere

Erik’s the OG yandere lol X3

#stimboard #stimboards #phantom of the opera 1989 #the phantom of the opera 1989 #poto 1989 #poto #erik destler #erik the phantom #robert englund #piano stim #yandere stim #red stim #caligraphy stim #music stim #heart stim #violin stim

[crumbargento]

The Phantom of the Opera - Dwight H. Little - 1989 - USA

#the phantom of the opera 1989 #the phantom of the opera #dwight h. little

[slashingdisneypasta]

Erik Destler receiving feedback from movie critics about the face-mask:

Mhm, mhm... you found terrifying?? Excellent~...

*Leans over to screen, breaking the fourth wall and quickly replacing his hat with a beat up brown fedora. Winks at the camera* I got the idea from an old pal~

Bubba, signing furiously: WE'RE NOT FRIENDS. STOP TELLING PEOPLE WE'RE FRIENDS. PLEASE.

#yes. i am suggesting erik is actually freddy. #and bubba is having none of his buffoonery. #Erik Destler #Erik 1989 #The Phantom of the Opera 1989 #Freddy Krueger #Bubba Sawyer #Slashers #Robert Englund