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 do have a certain sneaking sympathy for that, since I skim through E/C fics (or at least the ones that label themselves 'Raoul-friendly') skipping all the scenes with Erik in and looking for the Raoul material... at least up until the point where the author decides to dump him conveniently out of the story. It must be masochism.
(I'm still faintly persevering with Solo for the Living, which is one of the few stories where the author credibly depicts a Christine who does love Raoul, but "not like that" -- and like the Raoul in that story, I'm prepared to cling on for those scraps, because what she hasn't done is show a Raoul who conveniently decides not to love Christine...)
Don't you know that if your ship isn't canon, it means canon must be wrong? /sarcasm
Another E/C fangirl complained on one of these videos (though I failed to find it again) that "Love Never Dies" wasn't good enough for her because Christine didn't appreciate Mr Y's kisses and devotion and gave the impression that she kept wanting to run off with Raoul. Which was ironic, because if even people who don't want to see C/R in the sequel can't help seeing it, then the canon in that case isn't terribly convincing...
When did Raoul commit murder? Or attempt it?
According to her fanfic, Raoul was plotting to kill the Phantom and only Christine's brave actions on the stage (i.e. ripping off the mask) saved the victim's life, at the cost of humiliating the poor dear. "All he wanted was to give me back the ring I had so carelessly lost"...
Oh, and according to this defender, Erik hasn't killed anybody since Persia, because Leroux moved the chandelier crash from 20 years later, and he, ALW and Kay all 'blamed it' on poor innocent Erik :-p Having a replica torture chamber in your house that kills passing stage-hands is a mere accident that could happen to anyone; hanging Buquet and breaking Piangi's neck in the musical doesn't count, because that was all Lloyd Webber's invention (as was the Final Lair kiss and "Point of No Return", but I notice she isn't deleting those from the record!)
I wonder what happens in her canon to all the 'other women' in Leroux who have insisted on seeing behind Erik's mask and who now 'belong to him for always' ("quand une femme m'a vu, comme toi, elle est à moi. Elle m'aime pour toujours!")... It's not a definite admission of murder, but it's pretty creepy :-(
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I do have a certain sneaking sympathy for that, since I skim through E/C fics (or at least the ones that label themselves 'Raoul-friendly') skipping all the scenes with Erik in and looking for the Raoul material... at least up until the point where the author decides to dump him conveniently out of the story. It must be masochism.
(I'm still faintly persevering with Solo for the Living, which is one of the few stories where the author credibly depicts a Christine who does love Raoul, but "not like that" -- and like the Raoul in that story, I'm prepared to cling on for those scraps, because what she hasn't done is show a Raoul who conveniently decides not to love Christine...)
Another E/C fangirl complained on one of these videos (though I failed to find it again) that "Love Never Dies" wasn't good enough for her because Christine didn't appreciate Mr Y's kisses and devotion and gave the impression that she kept wanting to run off with Raoul. Which was ironic, because if even people who don't want to see C/R in the sequel can't help seeing it, then the canon in that case isn't terribly convincing...
According to her fanfic, Raoul was plotting to kill the Phantom and only Christine's brave actions on the stage (i.e. ripping off the mask) saved the victim's life, at the cost of humiliating the poor dear. "All he wanted was to give me back the ring I had so carelessly lost"...
Oh, and according to this defender, Erik hasn't killed anybody since Persia, because Leroux moved the chandelier crash from 20 years later, and he, ALW and Kay all 'blamed it' on poor innocent Erik :-p Having a replica torture chamber in your house that kills passing stage-hands is a mere accident that could happen to anyone; hanging Buquet and breaking Piangi's neck in the musical doesn't count, because that was all Lloyd Webber's invention (as was the Final Lair kiss and "Point of No Return", but I notice she isn't deleting those from the record!)
I wonder what happens in her canon to all the 'other women' in Leroux who have insisted on seeing behind Erik's mask and who now 'belong to him for always' ("quand une femme m'a vu, comme toi, elle est à moi. Elle m'aime pour toujours!")... It's not a definite admission of murder, but it's pretty creepy :-(