icons: The Phantom of the Opera

[olde_fashioned]

A batch of The Phantom of the Opera icontest entries for poto_stillness. The vast majority are from the movie with Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler, but there are a couple stage icons as well. There is a significant number of Raoul/Christine this time, due to a couple of Raoul-centered challenges. So all you Raoul fans lucked out! ;-)

As always, never alter my graphics, comment, credit, and enjoy!

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Please, if you take anything, be so kind as to take note of the numbers of the icon(s) you're saving, since I am always experimenting with my styles and I would like to know what people like best. (This helps me so I can make more!) The numbers are above the icons.

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Created with angelamaria's Icon Table Generator @ Bauble

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Comments

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

What were you thinking, then?

Well there are tons of women who like "bad boys" and that sort of thing, so Real Life Erik might still beat out Raoul. ;-P I think for some women the danger is the whole point. As for myself, I certainly wouldn't choose Raoul, OR Erik. I'm a Mr. Knightley kinda gal!! ;-D lol.

[elainastone.livejournal.com]

And I would argue that Raoul is something of a knight. =)

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

LOL, then you don't wanna know what I think of him!! ;-P

[elainastone.livejournal.com]

*LAUGH* I've probably already heard it all, so it'll save you time to say so. I'm fairly certain no one views that broadway quite as I do. Frankly, the more I think about it, the words, all the varying meanings, how others react, the creepier/scarier the whole thing gets to me. I could probably launch into a whole analysis, but I don't think anyone would actually care. And, honestly, this is coming from someone who.. I KNOW 4 years ago, and probably 3 or even 2 years ago... was every bit in love with it as any other fan. Erik too was at first my favorite of the characters, and I still think Michael Crawford sings well above and beyond anyone in any musical in any character position (though he can't sing anything worthwhile outside of the Phantom role ^_^). Phantom, as a matter of fact, was mine and my sister's introduction to broadway and theater as a whole. But it just doesn't hide the... Mmm, I'm not even sure what to call it... negativity, anyway, that I now get from the whole thing, and especially from Erik himself. Raoul is the only character who is completely redeemable from this POV throughout the whole performance, though there are a few other characters that might be considered so.

Honestly, I think that if Raoul's costuming and notes were better, there would be a lot more fans. ;) A lot of superficial thought goes into choosing. I mean, num...what better than a dark-haired man in a tuxedo with a rose and a mask? Gorgeous, with an amazing voice and the best musical pieces of the whole thing... This, I think, along with the initial "Oh, his past is so sad." is what most people do not get past to see what he actually is.

Geez, I wasn't going to babble off on this. I love babbling though, and don't have many people to speak with, and never about anything very interesting. Sorry if I annoy you!

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

Well I'm hardly an expert Phan, so I can't really argue with you outside of the movie. ;-) Maybe I should read the book sometime!

I agree with you completely that the HAIR, and even costuming, had a lot to do with Raoul's er, um, lack of fans? If they'd just given him a haircut, and that's all, it would have really helped a lot!!! ;-P

Feel free to babble any time here you like. :-) Isn't that what journals are for? And you don't annoy me. :-)