When someone points out that in fact the book Christine does NOT fall in love with the Phantom, it turns out that the gospel being quoted here for the 'true' Erik is Susan Kay (and even so the commenter hasn't actually read anything other than the E/C fangirling section at the end of that book "because it hurt my heart so much for him").

I've never even read Kay's book and now I hate it.

LOL - you need to read some fan fiction. Erik redeems himself.

No, you need to read Leroux. Erik redeems himself...by letting Christine go.

I think "LOL you need to read some fan fiction" as a rebuttal to people who are citing canon facts is one of the most bizarre arguments I've ever seen...

Oh, come on! Don't you know that if your ship isn't canon, it means canon must be wrong? /sarcasm

(I checked out her story: she starts off by rewriting the Final Lair so that Christine tells the Phantom she is in love with him, then goes on to state that she had told Raoul on the roof of the Opera House that she would never marry him, and then assure Raoul "You are the murderer in your heart". I can see why she prefers the fanfiction version of the story :p)

...When did Raoul commit murder? Or attempt it?

To summarize, I don't know whether to be enraged on Raoul's behalf or laugh at how deep in denial this person is.