Vampurr Necessities

Phantom of the Paradise, you're a curious one

For some reason, I was convinced PoTP was set in outer space. Star Trek meets Phantom of the Opera, if you will. ⚠️Mild spoilers afoot⚠️

In a way, I'm glad I was ridiculously mistaken. I felt the full shocking impact of a rockstar-biopic-style narrative turned '70s Faust fever dream. The rooftop scene was like waking up in a nightmare: the metaphor coming horribly to life.

Winslow is a great Erik/Phantom incarnation. As a writer, I'm in sympathy with him for being unable to realise his masterpiece because it's "too long" and the entertainment world doesn't care. And horrible adaptations ARE enough to drive one to notoriety, you go, Winslow. Terrible tragedy that he wasn't allowed access to Erik's gunpowder stash, he deserved it.

Beef is probably the most dramatic La Carlotta parallel to exist, and that's saying something. What in the Santa-looking heck was he wearing as a coat during his "I'm outta here" scene? Somebody Super Like You is absolutely delightful - until he started performing, that is.

Phoenix has a stunning voice and a certain something that just screams superstar.

I'm less impressed by Swan. I'm not acquainted to Paul Williams' works, so I'm speaking solely without context about his background. Personally, I don't think he has the devilish, vampiric quality I'd have liked to see in that role. That's the only letdown in the film, honestly.

Rambles about other POTO adaptations here!

You're a mean one, Mr Grinch 💅🏻

I didn't make him fancy; he always has been.

Monster Pin-ups is not something I thought I'd be doing, but as they say, these things do happen.

If you asked me my favourite Christmas song, I'd say the You're a Mean One Mr Grinch cover by Sabrina Carpenter or Carol of Bells, depending on how refined I want to appear. Both are equally true.

It's the gang of chicken summoners! They're probably bad at it because I can't find the bloody vampire chicken, so they get a dead one.

My smol Pierce looks like a hamster, Erik has a new mask, and @vladimirsangel 's Aurik is holding onto Erik to stop him faceplanting - that mask is heavy.

(Shoot a tag at Vlad for me if mine doesn't work, I dunno if I can tag in asks)

This is gold!

I cannot describe how much i love this little fluffy guys!!!

Set tag: @vladimirsangel looooooooook

Happy new year ! :)

(Might be early, because of the time zones)

(Lil doodle, hope you don’t mind)

Ooooh it's Pierce and his floofy tie! Look at the little coquette. That's him during the New Year's Even reveries. This is him after:

I just woke up and the h in aftermath was lost the the void in my brain.

Happy new year to you too, what a lovely gift this is!

So I asked what you wanted me to do to celebrate a Tumblr milestone

You people got to be kidding me. @vladimirsangel , my vampire friend, do you think it counts if I fistbump you?

ANYWAY, we're doing the 2nd most voted one. Send prompts and meme templates to my askbox! Like these:

Of course, if you have better ideas, go crazy!

Nurseferatu.

They make each other worse - in a sweet way. Sarah is very, very done with their hijinks.

How to cheer up a vampire who deals with the pain of immortal existence by crying and bedrotting instead of binge-drinking (arterial blood) and building cults and evil empires.

Aggressive, gothic-scenery music is what's keeping me going right now.

Have a London after Midnight cat whacking at you with a guitar. It's part of a drawing collage I failed to finish, but funnily enough, now that I'm in a bad mood, I want to pick it up again. Do you want to see the whole thing?

What to do with Santa when you summon him

(Justice for Vampire Teddy! Look at the poor little chap.)

Red isn't the colour for breaking and entering.

You expect us to know what to say to strangers?

Right, gang?

In answer to urgent questions, those are my ideas for a good summoning, I mean, Christmas party. Passing the mic to @blackforrestpunk and @vladimirsangel - I insist that I not be entirely culpable for this.

It started out as a chicken joke, and then Aiden decided it deserves a place in my printable Christmas Advent, so now it seems doomed to be a running gag. The lil summoners are as follows: batty ears is Aurik, Vlad's Nosferatu, masked cat is Aiden's Punk Erik and the dummy in the bowtie is my Pierce.

Bonus:

All of the above is in accordance (in a manner of speaking) by the original text. Voilà.

More Phantom of the Opera Cats here and here!