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rainsofcamelot · 16 hours

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"if Hozier and Florence Welch released a cover of 'How Long's half of tumblr would perish"

#oh my god yes #hadestown #florence and the machine #hozier

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rainsofcamelot · 2 days

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It hurts to be something, it's worse to be nothing with you

#they are losers but they are my losers #beautiful art!!#camelot #arthuriana

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rainsofcamelot · 2 days

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Not sure if anyone’s familiar with Teatro Lope de Vega’s production of Les Miserables (Los Miserables) that was in Madrid in 2011. But I cannot recommend it enough. It’s professionally filmed and available on Youtube (it is in Spanish, but like…it’s really good…so)

I’ve been watching it today, and one of the things I adore about it is how their not afraid to let actors touch

Like, they seem so loving. It deepens the relationships so beautifully

#i just remembered i have a javert edit with this proshot #i have to post it #thank you for existing spanish proshot ily #les mis

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rainsofcamelot · 2 days

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They're talking about horse riding

#my parents #greek mythology #the iliad

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rainsofcamelot · 3 days

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Denée Benton as Peggy Scott in S2E07 of THE GILDED AGE

#one of the prettiest looks in the show #the gilded age

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rainsofcamelot · 4 days

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JORDAN DONICA JAVERT

JOHN RIDDLE JVJ

WE USED TO PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THESE!! MUNY just announced their summer Les Miserables we WON!!!!!

#JOHN RIDDLE AS VALJEAN?!??!?! TEAL WICKS AS FANTINE?!???!?! AND JORDAN DONICA AS JAVERT?!?!??!?#no really jordan donica as javert might be one of the best casting decisions ever #i'm so happy lol i need an audio of this #HIS JAVERT SOLILOQUY OH MY GOD I NEED TO S E E THAT #les mis

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rainsofcamelot · 5 days

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#yes #taylor swift

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rainsofcamelot · 7 days

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We need to talk, Pham. Stop shaming Christine Daaé.

I have seen this behavior consistently for the 30+ years I have been a Phan. What's worse is that I see A LOT of it from grown women. I see posts calling her foolish for leaving Erik. Slut shaming her or calling her a gold digger. Calling her stupid, weak, or unworthy because a "real woman" (presumably the women posting these absurd things🙄) would have loved him better and been worthy of his awesome talent and capacity for love. 😳🤮

It's disturbing, disheartening, and disgusting. And it needs to stop.

First off, none of these characters are real, so perhaps let's take things a little less seriously in general. It's a fictional story. I get it: we all love it, and maybe we all identify with Erik/The Phantom to some degree. Regardless of the version of the story, if the actors or authors do their job well, we *should* feel pity and compassion for him. But feeling compassion and completely ignoring the character's dangerous and abusive behavior are two very different things. It has the potential for some severe consequences in the real world.

By shaming Christine for leaving Erik at the end, you are potentially telling young people that staying in abusive relationships is the right thing. You make them think that if their significant other is talented, misunderstood, been abused themselves etc, then they should stay and love them into a healthy relationship. That if they just love their abusive SO harder, sacrifice themselves a little more or for a little longer, or keep putting that person's needs above their own, that the relationship will suddenly become this wonderful, euphoric experience. It won't. As a survivor of longtime abusive myself, I can tell you from experience: it doesn't happen that way.

Celebrate healthy relationships and enforcing healthy boundaries. Stop shaming Christine for fighting for and winning her life and saving the man she loves.

I am sick of members of this Phandom idolizing the Phantom and ignoring his behavior to justify their blind adoration. Erik is an abusive and dangerous character, and extremely toxic. He lies to and manipulates Christine using her trauma from her deceased father. He kidnaps her, multiple times. Threatens her and her colleagues. He xtorts hundreds of thousands from the business managers. He endangers dozen of people with the chandelier crash, and effectively holds hundreds hostage for months or years at a time.

Oh..and he murders. Probably been at that for awhile so we can assume it's far more than the two we see in the show.

And yet, I see some mature phans out here completely ignoring all those things and still shaming Christine for leaving him. WHT? Because he's "sexy" (author's note: PLEASE re-read Leroux. Please). And he's talented. And has so much love to give. And is misunderstood. And society was terrible to him...so it's all fine. 😳🤮 She should have just stayed and loved him like he deserves to be loved. 🙄

Recently I saw a post shaming Christine and the justification was that Raoul was so much worse. He isn't. Is he a perfect character? No, not at all. Does he make mistakes and try to use Christine? In some versions, yes. Does he run around extorting, manipulating, threatening, and killing others? Also no.

And don't ever use LND!Raoul's character assassination as some kind of justification, because he's still the most sane, normal human being in that show, and Erik is still 1,000 times worse than Raoul in LND. Also, using LND as justification for anything just show's how weak and uninformed that opinion is.

"Hurt people hurt people." Ever heard that phrase? Abused people sometimes abuse others, especially if they haven't done the work to heal themselves. Their previous abuse does NOT entitle them to abuse others. That is always a deliberate choice, and those choices have consequences. The dangerous, disgusting rhetoric I see in the Phantom community basically excuses toxic behavior because Erik was previously abused, and nothing is his fault. That is simply not true, my guy. Those who abused me were previously abused. Didn't make my abuse hurt any less. I made the choice to do the work so that the abuse stopped with me. Previous trauma is a reason for the behavior, but it is NEVER an excuse.

...And don't let the fact the dude can sing or that he's a snappy dresser blind you to his toxicity.

We talk a lot more these days about trauma, toxicity, and self care. And yet, as a community, we still shame the character of Christine Daaé for doing the healthy, correct thing. The ONLY thing. And in doing so, we set a disturbing precedent for our young or vulnerable Phans who now might think that staying in toxic relationships in the real world is okay.

Do better, Phandom.

#THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR THIS POST #best post ever made in this twisted fandom!!!!!#literally every word written in here is spot on #poto #christine daae

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rainsofcamelot · 8 days

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It’s 2am. ✌️🕑

Now that you’re a member of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, you may access 15 additional files from the Chairman. THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: The Anthology is out now! 🤍

#WHAT THE FUCK #the devil works hard but taylor swift works harder!!!!!!#she's actually INSANE AND I LOVE HER #like. 31 NEW SONGS!?!?#how does she do it #and people really don't believe she is a legend and one of the best artists ever??????#and i don't mean to sound biased #but girl's constantly writing the most divine songs and breaking records #anyway. SO EXCITED TO LISTEN TO IT #taylor swift

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rainsofcamelot · 9 days

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If you guys were on here at 11 years old what would you be posting about

#oh how i miss to be an 11 year old posting about the great comet on tumblr #(i still want a proshot)#tgc

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rainsofcamelot · 10 days

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