Omg that is freaking hilarious!! That just about made my day! Give your friends high fives from me, they solved my sadness\ boredom. Lol, how did the store guy react btw? It must have been awkward for the both of them, dear god, I wish I had friends like yours, mine are as boring as hell!

*hugs back* Thank you, that means alot to me.

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Rupert of Hentzau - charming, witty, insolent, endearing, ruthless and deadly.

So I basically have the most insane friends....evar.

And tonight we went Wal-Marting, because that's what you do in mid-Ohio when you have nothing better to do with your lives

And we wound up in the section...well, with all the tampons and sex goo and stuff.

And my one friend, he was looking at all the KY/Trojan stuff, and from two aisles over, my other friend and I hear him go "IT KILLS SPERM ON CONTACT!"

mind you--this was like 2am.

Then a couple minutes later, this same friend was looking at tampons, for reasons unknown. And all of a sudden he just goes, "I'm kind of a pad girl, myself."

I about pissed myself laughing.

Why, you ask?

Because as he said it, DIRECTLY behind him--like less than a foot away--was one of the store workers.

good.fucking.times.

Lord Voldemort--by all means.

Scar from the Lion King as well...

Welcome to the site!

Don't worry; I was a lurker before I actually joined.

Wow! You jumped right in, didn't you? There's discussions for just about every version of Phantom there is; I'm sure you'll find one you like! We have phans young and old, new and not-so-new to the fandom.

Feel free to PM a mod if you need any help; and feel free to PM me if you just want to talk.

Again, welcome to the site!

Nope; it's daytime here.

I predict the next person is definitely stressed.

Heard, but not seen. My old drama club president is obsessed with it!

I predict the next person is up past their "bedtime"

Very interesting, Luxa... I recall a thread sort of similar to this when I was a member of the WB forum for the '04 movie. It was primarly started by avid 'Gerry's Gurl' E/C shippers who used the basis for "Il Muto" (that the Countess would be unfaithful to her husband) as proof that Christine would never stay with Raoul, and validation for their support of the hot pairing.

Anyway, back on topic! But other than that, I hadn't seen any other parallels drawn between the two until this, and I find it very interesting and insightful. I hadn't thought about how the Count's observances and eavesdropping were, in fact, rather similar to the Phantom's actions. And I always was rather disappointed that we never get to see how either "Il Muto" or "Don Juan Triumphant" ended. At least in the latter case, I think it would have been rather insightful into the Phantom's character as to how it would all turn out.

I have to admit, I was surprised to see Raoul listed as "Serafimo", even though that makes perfect sense; I had always associated that character mainly with Christine, not because of the obvious reason that she plays him, but simply because of the name. That name is drerived from 'seraphim', a class of angels. And as the Phantom calls Christine an angel, I always thought it fitting for her to be (initially) in that role.

So, that's my initial take on things. Can't wait to see what others say!

Yams and Ham on the Thanksgiving table.

Yes, I am.

I'll bet the next person has at least heard of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.(I love it)

Yeah, I have been doing a lot of Disney-style works lately for some reason, and a HORRID art piece for a birthday present for my best friend's sister... She wants it Atlantis-themed, but expects me to make an OC version of her and use it often...
>-<


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I predict the next person is enjoying summer whilst it lasts.

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The original, the one I was inspired by, yes I made this one as a tribute to that, which no longer has audio.

"This video contains content from WMG, who has blocked it on copyright grounds."

Multiply that by fourteen and you'd be correct; I'm reading the unabridged version of Les Misérables for a gigantic paper/presentation.

I predict the next person is working on a NON Phantom art piece.

[ETA: Also, if the previous Prediction Game thread was a "Continuation of the Continuation", that would make that thread the third (First > Continuation > Continuation of the Continuation). Which means this is the fourth. Just sayin']

I was putting some thought into a post over in the “Was the Phantom Hearing Christine and Raoul’s Voices” thread, when I realized that our beloved show (as a whole) has some eerily interesting parallels with the fictional opera Il Muto that takes place within it.

Here we go...
-- Top is Il Muto situation.
-- Bottom is its parallel within the show as a whole.

-- (Before Phantom interrupts), the Countess was with her lover, Serafimo, stating how she was deceiving her "poor fool" of a husband.
-- This could be seen as “Little Lotte”. Though Christine was not bragging about how she was deceiving the Phantom (whom at that point she still regarded as her Angel of Music), the audience is aware that Raoul is intruding on an established relationship (though we are not yet aware whom it is with).

-- The Count then comes in and speaks to the Countess, while Serafimo disguises himself (herself?) as a maid in order to avoid detection. In an aside, the Count tells the audience he suspects “his young bride is untrue”, and confides in us his plan to hide and observe her.
-- “The Mirror”. Unlike Il Muto, the Phantom directly confronts Christine about her relationship with Raoul, but does not forbid her to see him. He merely insults the Vicomte and tells Christine he’s no good for her. The title song and “Music of the Night” could also be put here, though the interaction between the Count and Countess is very, very minimal.

-- Once the Count is hidden (under the pretext of a business trip to England), the “maid” reveals herself to actually be Serafimo. The Countess asks him to “kiss [her] in [her] husband’s absence”. They sit on the bed and “kiss”. The Countess insults her husband while Serafimo kisses her hand; the sure signs of an affair. The young couple are completely unaware that the Count is actually listening to this, having suspected she was unfaithful.
-- “All I Ask of You” and its reprise. Christine and Raoul flee to the roof, where they believe they will not be overheard by the Phantom. They declare their love for one another. Little do they know, the Phantom did actually overhear this conversation, and is distraught.

Thus:
Count=Phantom
Countess=Christine
Serafimo=Raoul

Though the Phantom and Christine were obviously not married as the Count and Countess were, they were the two that had an established relationship which was to be broken up by the new lover, Serafimo (Raoul).

Things get a little messy after this, but hear me out:
-- After the eavesdropping scene, we are presented with the Sylvian Glade ballet. The Phantom continuously frightens the ballet girls with his shadow against the backdrop as they perform. The shepherd (don’t know the role’s official title) forces them to stay in character and continue.
-- (BIG leap to) Don Juan Triumphant/“Point of No Return”. The Phantom frightens Christine, Raoul, and the managers (possibly the Girys too, we don’t know) with his prescience, having replaced Piangi. The managers tell Christine to stay in character and continue, as they believe this will be their chance to catch the Phantom.

-- The Phantom laughs evilly, and Buquet’s punjabbed dead body drops from the flies. Everyone is well aware he has been murdered by the Phantom. Chaos ensues, and Raoul and Christine flee to the roof, followed (unknowingly) by the Phantom.
-- The “mysterious replacement” is revealed to be the Phantom, and Christine rips off his mask in front of everyone, revealing his true, ugly face. Piangi’s dead body is discovered. Chaos ensues. The Phantom kidnaps Christine (again) and drags her down to the Lair, Raoul following shortly after.
-- This would also be the equivalent to the Final Lair scene. After ballet and DJT are interupted, we don't know what happens next in the respective "shows"; the opera is never finished and everything after Final Lair is left up to the imagination (leaving Love Never Dies out of things as it should be).

Thus, the love triangle of the musical is (on a very basic level) is told in ten minutes of an incomplete, fictional opera.

Of course, I could be reading too much into things. I read somewhere (wish I had a source...) that Il Muto is supposedly a parody of the real opera The Marriage of Figaro. I’m not familiar with this opera, but is it possible they chose to parody it specifically because there was the potential to parallel the Phantom story? Or was it golden chance?

This obviously isn’t perfect; scenes are missing and slightly out of order. But I’d still love to hear your perception of things. Please, discuss!

[Edited for spelling and grammar]

Not at the moment, no.
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I bet the next person is currently reading a book that has at least 100 pages.

Starfruit and Gooseberry mixed together in a salad of fruit.

Hmmm....Being a Vegetarian and having to eat meat.

WIW:

Being born without arms or having arms and then losing them?

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That confirms it if not making the closing "official." We had a couple of posts on the LND ticket sales thread about a two week period when no tickets were offered---between October 30 and November 15.

Because I had way too much fun with this...

The Muppets "Mahna-Mahna" song... with a Phantom-y twist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGDsj4ZUBZk

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*sends a virtual hug* Good luck for sorting out the computer stuff and for everything else in your life

I've remembered: Jose/Joe Carioca from "The Three Caballeros"! I actually managed to crush on him at one time when I was younger after having a dream about him. He has a beautiful singing voice, and his Spanish accent is cute and impeccable.

There was a video I had to upload to imageshack, instead of youtube. I was allowed to share vids from photobucket in the youtube thread, so I hope it's OK.

I just checked the imageshack links again and they seem to work fine on my
Firefox browser.

Video description:
Author Note: Delta Goodrem and Ville Valo (HIM) are my favourite singers, so I
used clips from their music videos to illustrate the story told in the beautiful
song 'The Sacrament' by HIM which is one of my favourite songs. Oh and in my
intention this video is not supposed to represent Ville and Delta in real life,
just symbolic story which can illustrate the song 'The Sacrament'. It's like
Ville and Delta play the roles in the film, like actors. It is about Jareth, The
Faery Princess and one of the possible meanings of the song. Labyrinth is also
my favourite movie. The storyline is about Jareth (Ville Valo) meeting a Faery
Princess (Delta) who is also a singer and him falling in love with her. I tried
to make the plot of the story in the video at least partly similar to the plot
of the original video for The Sacrament. Basically, the story is about 2 people
falling in love, but now they're not together, though they have a hope that in
the future they'll be happy together again.



So if you want to watch it or share it:

link
http://yfrog.com/9gvideokz

direct link:
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/7244/videok.mp4

P.S. If problems loading the video, Clear recent history before watching then it
should work.