Bonus:

Am trying to trim down a monstrosity of a manuscript. In the meantime, enjoy some of my Best Writer Brainrot Moments.

BRIEFLY. I was trying to spell BRIEFLY.

More of my spelling mistakes here.

Original drawing

Hellooooo! Send a number in my asks for this drawing challenge I found!

As a treat, you get to say which character you want to see: POTO cats, any of the ones in my MultiPhantomverse, or my OC crew like Pierce.

If you people muddle around like the last time I asked your opinion, I'm joining Raoul in the chair-throwing club 🪑💨

BUT if you've got interesting templates/prompts to send me, don't hesitate, I'll take them!!

Yes, this actually happened. Weeeell, first part did. But Kerik was hardly going to admit he got kicked out of bed by Ayesha, so my point still stands.

The most hinged unhinged thing to happen in the last section of Kay's Phantom. I rambled about Kay's Phantom here, but I had beef with it so fans, skip it and have a gander at Phantom cat comics instead.

Idea by @blackforrestpunk art by @vladimirsangel and angry floof by me.

(L-R Aiden's OC Punk Erik, Vlad's Aurik and my Pierce.)

Sorry to hear the germs got you, I hope you get them back. Have a Chickula.

I made him before I made Innocent. Believe it or not, he was harder to make. He keeps judging my life choices so I didn't finish him, but well, I hope that was entertaining. How entertained do you want to be? Because, like the entertainment industry in general, I am absolutely capable of becoming a menace.

-An imaginary human living in your phone

IS THERE NO END TO YOUR TALENTS??

Count Chickula: Vere is my tail, @purrlockswatson? My majestic vampire feathery tail?

tsk these judgy undead poultry

They make each other worse - in a sweet way. Sarah is very, very done with their hijinks.

How to cheer up a vampire who deals with the pain of immortal existence by crying and bedrotting instead of binge-drinking (arterial blood) and building cults and evil empires.

Voilà, lots of sillies and... other things. If you wish me to elaborate, let me know 🤣

@vladimirsangel @blackforrestpunk @whyisthereacentaur @blackghostm2o @nalesnik-z-morela @ruvyn29 @greenfinchwriter No pressure tags, if like me you hesitate to post photos because you live in a gremlin nest and can't take any pictures without getting photo bombed by A) rubbish or B) demons, never mind!

First 3 photos are from past posts: Blood Box Bandits, Pharoga Kitty Kisses, Camp Vamp.

tagged by @bossboudicca

six non-selfie photos from my camera roll

tagging a few babies don't feel compelled to do this if you don't wanna

@rockygetsrolling @ethantheannus @terrasilvershade @windforkthewriter @pandapool @moosekababs

Phantom of the Opera (2004), we have beef!

(I'm sorry, Gerald Butler's Phantom, you're still very cool. See the original drawing without beef here.)

I'm not saying that the film is entirely bad. It's only that I tend to be extra critical about plot and portrayal. Phans of the film, feel tree to sit this one out. Now, the beef.

🥩 1. They cut out one of the most powerful scenes

Before I fell (or rather, was pushed) into the Phandom, I saw a clip of Sierra Buggess and Ramin Karimloo performing the 'SING!!!' part of The Phantom of the Opera, and even then, it struck me. Watching film, I was waiting to see it again... But they just kept rowing the boat. I find this direction choice rather symbolic of the angle of the entire film: they lowered the prominence of Christine's thrall to the Phantom's music and instead focused on their dubious romantic attraction.

🥩2. The Phantom's origin story

Perhaps they felt the need to explain his past more, but this is a case of the more you explain, the worse it gets. Why on earth would you feel the need to explain that the Phantom has been visiting Christine since she was a child? That is not only terrifying but also creates unnecessary confusion. If he's been teaching her for so long, I find it dubious that nobody has noticed her behaving strangely before the Hannibal performance.

🥩3. They gave Mme. Giry too many hats to wear

In the film Mme. Giry essentially took on the role of three characters: her own, the Persian's, and Mama Valeris' (Christine's surrogate mother in the book). Initially, I liked that they gave Mme. Giry a more active role in the Phantom's past, but then it gets very weird because she's essentially matchmaking her surrogate daughter with a man her own age whom she has witnessed killing someone. I mean, it's not implausible to give a character two conflicting roles, but the film gave no viable explanation for it.

🥩4. The graveyard duel

Why were they using rapiers in 1870? The Phantom dueling I can get behind, being the theatre kid he is, but Raoul? Get a pistol, monsieur le vicomte. Anachronism aside, this addition doesn't add more to the scene. It's meant to show how the Phantom tried to lure Christine again and Raoul comes to disillusion her, but with the duel added in, it's just a question of who wins the duel, who gets to leave with Christine. And I keep wondering how the heck the Phantom lost the fight in spite of his Magnificent Cloak advantage. (Cloaks were used as shields back in the day of rapier duels.)

🥩5. Carlotta

I adore Wendy Ferguson's Carlotta. I understand that the film wanted to make a contrast between Christine and Carlotta, but making her something out of Mean Girls was uncalled for. You got the wrong musical, mate.

I talk about other POTO adaptations here!

Phantoms of the Opera + Laplace's Angel

@sonntagskind Voilà, request received. To everyone else should did not ask for Phantom pain, je suis désolée.

Phantoms in order of appearence: ALW Phantom, Leroux Erik, Kay Erik, 1925 Erik, 1990 Erik, 2004 Phantom, Kay Erik, ALW Phantom, 1990 Erik, Kay Erik, Leroux Erik (and the Daroga)

More Phantom: The Persian (cat), POTO adaptation review/rambles, Send me an Angel (of music)

Today on the Goober Cat Advent. It's them! It's the gang! They've summoned Santa. For very reasonable reasons, I'm sure, lads...? (The gang's guide to Santa summoning here)

L-R @blackforrestpunk 's Punk Erik, @vladimirsangel 's Aurik and my Pierce.

*gestures vaguely* And here are my horrors.

Link to my writing here.

If you end up reading it, let me know what you think, I wish for your feedback!

If you want to share your writing, send me the link, and I'll give you a follow, kudos, crumpets, whatever it is you people do there (lordy lord, I feel like a relic)

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