"Waiting" and "Night of the Living Wife"
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rec50The Phantom of the Opera Table
Claim: The Phantom of the Opera
Prompt: 43. Denial.
Title: "Waiting"
Author: Kat097 (LJ?)
Rating: T
Length: medium
Brief summary: I love how this story is ambiguous as to what exactly is going on, then suddenly, the whole thing makes sense. A successful morbid/horror fic. Also, ignore some of the author's notes; I think she's being overly cautious. ;)
Link: Waiting
Claim: The Phantom of the Opera
Prompt: 45. Taste.
Title: "Night of the Living Wife"
Author: Toad (LJ?)
Rating: unrated
Length: short
Brief summary: This was another story written for one of PhansOnline.net's Morbidity Contests, and I thought it was the best of that round. I don't like schmoopy Erik--and Erik "date-raping" Christine seemed perfectly in-character for me, especially considering his off-kilter ideas of male-female relationships and his control issues. Needless to say, given the plot, this fic caused a large amount of controversy on that board.
I thought the difference between this and the usual "Erik gets laid" fic is that Erik having sex with Christine is *not* presented as a good thing. He is taking away her self-control for his own nefarious purposes--and that is *wrong*. It's twisted and sick of Erik and no different, morally, than if he had physically restrained her. Only Erik's sense of morality is so screwed up that he can't see what's wrong in this, as long as Christine *appears* to be enjoying it.
Link: Night of the Living Wife
Claim: The Phantom of the Opera
Prompt: 43. Denial.
Title: "Waiting"
Author: Kat097 (LJ?)
Rating: T
Length: medium
Brief summary: I love how this story is ambiguous as to what exactly is going on, then suddenly, the whole thing makes sense. A successful morbid/horror fic. Also, ignore some of the author's notes; I think she's being overly cautious. ;)
Link: Waiting
Claim: The Phantom of the Opera
Prompt: 45. Taste.
Title: "Night of the Living Wife"
Author: Toad (LJ?)
Rating: unrated
Length: short
Brief summary: This was another story written for one of PhansOnline.net's Morbidity Contests, and I thought it was the best of that round. I don't like schmoopy Erik--and Erik "date-raping" Christine seemed perfectly in-character for me, especially considering his off-kilter ideas of male-female relationships and his control issues. Needless to say, given the plot, this fic caused a large amount of controversy on that board.
I thought the difference between this and the usual "Erik gets laid" fic is that Erik having sex with Christine is *not* presented as a good thing. He is taking away her self-control for his own nefarious purposes--and that is *wrong*. It's twisted and sick of Erik and no different, morally, than if he had physically restrained her. Only Erik's sense of morality is so screwed up that he can't see what's wrong in this, as long as Christine *appears* to be enjoying it.
Link: Night of the Living Wife
