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Nightmare Fuel / Wishbone S 1 E 37 Pantin At The Opera

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  • This version of The Phantom of the Opera does not give into Misaimed Fandom or Draco in Leather Pants. While Christine and Raoul feel sorry for the Phantom and understand his motivations, he is most definitely not a nice guy.
  • Case in point, he sabotages Carlotta at first by making a frog sound while she sings. In this adaptation, Carlotta is not even an Alpha Bitch; she happens to be the target of his pranks. Then he tries crushing her with a sandbag. Christine is the only one who sees the danger and pulls Carlotta back in time. They both scream, understandably, as the sandbag crashes to the floor.
  • Raoul barges into Christine's dressing room with a rose. He sees a silhouette giving her singing lessons, and talking with her possessively. Raoul realizes the man is in love with her and thinks... "That's terrible." You have no idea, man.
  • Christine's fear when talking with Raoul reeks of Domestic Abuse. She confesses that her music teacher is "the opera ghost" and he is badly jealous, so Raoul must go for his safety and not speak to her again. Erik is there the whole time, listening. You can hear the fright in her voice.
  • Raoul realizes that Christine isn't safe as long as she's singing at the theater. At her next rehearsal, he proposes to her on the spot, whispering that they can elope to another city and he'll find another singing job for her. Christine is so happy she nearly cries while saying yes... and we see Erik storming away. Cut to Christine being kidnapped in the next scene, with the Phantom using a trapdoor to make her fall into the opera platform. All Raoul can do is follow her and the Phantom.

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