Double standard alert!

[betweensunandmoon]

Raoul in badfic: A drunken man-whore who treats everyone around him terribly, especially Christine. This apparently makes him oh-so-repulsive.

Erik in The Last First Kiss: A drunken man-whore who treats everyone around him terribly, especially Christine. This apparently makes him oh-so-desirable.

Surely I'm not the only one who sees a problem with this?

Comments

[erimia]

It's pretty hard for me to take either Phantom or Raoul being man-whores seriously, it's just not their style.
There is definitely a double standard where Erik's suffering or vices make him oh-so-interesting and attractive while Raoul's suffering or vices are just not important even when exploring this subject further would have made a good story. That was my reaction to the infamous twist in The Phantom of Manhattan - who cares about this bullshit with Erik's lovechild, Raoul got his balls shot off, I want a novel-length angst fic about this!

[erimia]

Also, this wanking is golden. Death!Sue wearing Armani isn't what I expected to see even in a bad POTO fanfic. I heard Wandering Child's fics were good, but apparently not really.