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| I think I'm permantly grounded to the Lair because I did this picture.But it's true, even though I get the feeling Erik's not too happy about this. Oh well, I can't help it that they don't play nice. I am one of the People for the Ethical treatment of Raoul. Nice to meet you *winks*. This page came about because I am fed up with the bulls@#! that this poor guy puts up with. Yeah, I get pretty teary that Erik gets hurt too in the whole process, as I've been proud to state before I love both the guys very much. I used to hate Raoul too, it was a stupid thing to do, if I claimed as I did then that I liked Christine and understood her. I realize now that that was 100% false. I had yet to think like Christine. Sure, as a phan I loved Erik. But if I personally had someone chasing me(granted I was grieving over a father's death and believed every word this guy said), killing people to get my attention-I don't think I'd be too thrilled. I think the first thing I'd do is appreciate the stable former friend who comes back into my life and offers help. I'm not saying that she didn't have any compassion or a hint of love for Erik. Not at all. That's pretty obvious near the end of the musical and every book, it seems. What's also pretty obvious is the hatred for Raoul that every "true phan" seems to have. If Christine was good enough for Erik, don't go bashing Christine. If you had done that while he was still around at the Opera House you would have got your arse kicked. So if Christine thought Raoul was the right choice for her, then so be it. She wasn't an idiot. Just a very gullible person when under bereavement, which a lot of people are. Just stay up some night and watch psychic mediums. If people believe in them, then I can fully accept that she believed in the angel of music line that Erik fed her. Even Erik understood that they loved each other. I remember the first time I saw the musical how I thought how sweet their romance was, despite Erik needing a little love too(hey maybe Erik and me can work something out, as long as he stops killing people LOL) I admit had "All I ask of you" not come right before this moment where Erik , you know, gets all tearful I might have liked it. Raoul forces Christine to accept what's around her and stand up for everyone's safety. Raoul's the only one with marbles among the bunch of them. "Why make her lie to you to save me?" he says as he's knows he is about to die. He realizes that Christine loves him, and has no reason to believe otherwise. He's the outsider opinion too, the only one not caving in to everything Erik says. He doesn't even care that he dies! How is that not noble and courageous? I knew there was a reason I love the final lair scene! I love Erik's sarcasm and him coming to realize he really loves Christine enough to let her go, and Raoul just being Raoul. Ah, angst! Don't get me started on some....phantom sequal that I read that's by this well known author. I can't believe how he ruined every one of the characters just to sell books. Raoul not being able to have children was just about the cruelest thing I've ever heard. Christine and Erik having a kid that Christine didn't consent to? That was crap. Meg just being the tag along, that was crap. Need I even get into Erik dressing up as a clown and going back to the things he hated and despised as a child? Never mind what he did to Mme.Giry. So there you have it. I won't put up with people who make fun of Raoul without a valid reason. "Because he's in the way" Won't cut it. There's a cool link to a yahoo group down below this, hope you join us! Back to the Lair |
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