Poto 1990 - Blog Posts
Erik drawing!!!!!! Drew this during class and I'm actually kinda proud of it
Tomorrow when the farm boys find this freak of nature, they will wrap his body in newspaper and carry him to the museum.
But tonight he is alive and in the north field with his mother
BAD. That's dirty fighting! Here, have this, okay?
(I'll have you know that Vlad is the whole reason I put in the sidenote. He's that notorious.)
which phantom is ur fav. in all versions. please.
Aahhhhh!
Got to say the OG O.G., Leroux's Erik, but it's EXTREMELY PAINFUL to say so and PLEASE don't tell me all the versions I didn't pick will be put on a converter belt to a Phantom meat grinder
(I'm sorry to every Phan friend who sees this. Cherik lovers, don't come at me with swords, I do love him, okay?)
All my Phantom art in which there is NO FAVOURITISM, I swear
Sneak peek of some Kitty Cherik.
The pixelation is for spoiler reasons, I'm NOT emulating *that* cursed segment of the cursed Phantom 1990 edit I mentioned before although I can't say it's got nothing to do with the video.
Yes, very convincing, Cherik. Oh well, he tried. And hey, it worked! Apologies for messing with Kerik again, it's this or put him in prison, sooo...
Anyway, new reaction picture?
All POTO cats here! Prompts from this list still welcome!
Merik, put that down. You know Cherik is one second away from throwing that timer at you. You're all banned. (THANK YOU for doing this!)
A special episode of the Phantoms House sitcom!
A trade/ collab with the fantastic @purrlockswatson <333 (ily)
Our boys tend to fight A LOT, so Cherik (who’s really good at cooking and basically the chef of the house) had the unfortunate idea of proposing cooking together as a bonding activity…
It was supposed to be something simple… But things did not go very well…
After all this mayhem he has banned the other Eriks from the kitchen, if they want to cook they have to ask direct permission to him and show him a recipe and a detailed plan on how they are going to cook said thing (or beg him to cook, like Gerik usually does)
Fanart as penance. More to come 😈
Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra | Phantom of the Opera & Related Fandoms, Phantom of the Opera - Lloyd Webber, Phantom of the Opera (2004), The Phantom of the Opera (TV 1990), The Phantom of the Opera (1925), Phantom - Susan Kay Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Erik | Phantom of the Opera, Nadir Khan, The Persian (Phantom of the Opera) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Multiple Eriks, Humor, Hobby Store AU, There’s nothing that annoys Erik like another Erik, Fights Summary:
Months go by and still nobody has given you an explanation for the higher-than-average number of customers seemingly dressed for the cabaret. It’s almost becoming a hobby in itself for you, watching the comings and goings of the five masked men.
@purrlockswatson is to blame for this
@blackforrestpunk you’re not blameless either
I love you in every universe? No such luck for Joseph Buquet.
Moment of appreciation for the chibis.
Who is the silliest chibi? Most voted chibi gets a Treat.
More POTO cats here!
Some time ago, I said to a friend (you know who you are) that Cherik had a big sword, and I remember this meme by @1loveonelifetime
Of course, I had to make a Kitty Cherik version.
More POTO cats drawings here!
Why hello, Emo Cherik.
Inspiration from an absolutely unhinged video.
WARNING: I will NOT take responsibility for your dead braincells. If you watch it and feel the urge to bang your head on things, it has nothing to do with me. I wasn't here.
That said, enjoy suffering 1,990 phases of questioning your sense of humour:
All Cherik art here. Mostly less unhinged. And Kitty Cherik to compensate.
Red death.
I was recently informed by @blackghostm2o that we never got to see Cherik at a masquerade. This is my humble attempt to rectify that, since we all know that Cherik is the best dressed Phantom. The fashion historian Bernadette Banner has made a Red Death gown with the boning exposed to give it a skeletal look, so I borrowed the idea and incorporated a boned corset.
I now need to know if we'll ever get a cat Raoul 👀
Why stop at one? How about 3?
Or maybe 6?
I drew these before I had fully recovered from waking up, so they are possibly a little, shall we say, sarcastic?
I did draw two Raoul (Moewl?)s previously, here in a silly doodle and here in an "All I Ask of You" scene, but they didn't look much like Raoul.
I just want to say how much I adore and love the way you draw your cats. And how much I adore YOUR phantom cats.
And Cherik. I love your Cherik! AAAAAAAAAA
May I perchance hold your Cherik please?🥺🙏
Here you go! Please take Kitty Cherik out sparingly, he likes peace and quiet. Picnics in woods are very welcome, though.
Would you people like to hold Cherik? If you send an ask with a photo, I can give you a Cherik to hold like I did above (you can see why I complain about short sleeves now, haha)
Thank you so much for this lovely ask!
Holy crisps.
Storyboard done. Got out the calculator, and found out I have to do around 100 panels of Cat Phantom drawings. (It's an animatic based on the song "Love me Normally")
Please regularly come to yell at me about this project because I really want to finish it, but I don't know it I have the strength to do so.
Break time. I hope you've all been secretly wanting to see Cherik in a corset because, eh, that's what's happening now.
Have some more silly comics of Leroux Erik roasting his descendants while I storyboard a Phantom music video animatic.
@jennyfair7 your reblog of my WIP is on point, that's basically what happened 😹
All PotO cat comics here
At social events, check bushes for Cheriks in the wild.
My computer makes concerning noises when I try to turn it on, so I can't use my scanner or Photoshop. We'll have to live with my mistakes and Erik-esque writing for the time being. Click pictures for better quality, it looks lousy from here.
More Phantom stuff here and on my other blog
Erik.
(More Woolly Erik here)
Cleopatra (middle) makes her vampire partner Pierce (right) and his ex Alexander (left) watch Phantom of the Opera (1990).
To clarify, Pierce likes rats. In a completely normal way.
(All characters are from my WIP Gothic Tales from Melancholia)
(All my Phantom art here and here)
In which Leroux Erik meets his descendants. He is not impressed.
I started this before I read Kay's Phantom (yes, it took me that long to finish), so sadly, that kooky Erik is not present. He'd probably murder all the other Eriks.
Inspired by this post by @blackghostm2oart
My rambles about all these adaptations here.
Guilty as charged, your honour.
(I'm already swamped in unfinished sketches, so I got to ask: How much, exactly, do you people want to see Kitty Cherik powdering his fluffy snoot?)
@cecil-87 This scene when he took off one mask to reveal another mask beneath it had me on the edge of my seat. I went from 'Wait, are we going to see his face this early?' to laughing my head off so fast.
This is not a Christmas ghost...
Today on the Goober Cat advent calendar! Leroux's Erik doesn't like the mask, but I'm sure 1990 Erik would. He's got many fancy masks, after all.
Thank you to everyone who showed the Persian love! @jennyfair7 @angel-with-paper-wings @differenceenginegirl @lokislynx your reblogs are delightful!
More Phantom: Cowboy (Cowcat) of the Opera, more Cherik here!
Phantoms of the Opera + Laplace's Angel
@sonntagskind Voilà, request received. To everyone else should did not ask for Phantom pain, je suis désolée.
Phantoms in order of appearence: ALW Phantom, Leroux Erik, Kay Erik, 1925 Erik, 1990 Erik, 2004 Phantom, Kay Erik, ALW Phantom, 1990 Erik, Kay Erik, Leroux Erik (and the Daroga)
More Phantom: The Persian (cat), POTO adaptation review/rambles, Send me an Angel (of music)
Phantom of the Opera (1990), you did Erik proud
Alternate title: Christine, we have beef!
(Meme inspired by this post.)
I have not a bad word for this Erik (and not just because I can feel a certain friend of mine holding a chandelier over my head). The 1990 adaptation made some big changes to the story, but it perfectly captured the childlike soul of Leroux's Erik that is often lost in translation but vital to him. (When I was explaining POTO to someone outside the situation, i. e. my mum, two things I kept using as comparisons were a child and Gollum - not because he's a chaos gremlin, I was trying to describe how he has a skewered perspective of the world that isn't evil but doesn't follow the accepted moral system. But that's for another time.)
I found myself trying very hard not to resent Christine - a first time for me. I will defend her choosing the Compte de Chagny over Erik, she doesn't owe Erik love, no matter what he did for her. The problem is that she took on a responsibility she couldn't possibly carry.
Never, ever assume to fully understand someone. Especially someone like Erik, who thinks and exists on a different pane as most people. Christine was wrong, terribly wrong, to assume she 'knew his heart.'
When faced with a person so sensitive, so particular, when you are the one person trusted by someone who trusts no one, don't make huge gambles like that. She shouldn't have assumed she knew what Erik needs better than he himself does - if he told you he is happy with where they were, then stay there with him! Instead, she pulled the 'I can fix him' and shattered him completely. I don't hate her for being unable to catch Erik when he falls, I hate her for blindly promising to catch him and failing him.
(I do realise how much of the above describes myself and my worries about how people treat me, so fair warning, I may be a bit biased.)
An opinion: in most versions of the story, Erik emotionally manipulates Christine, but here, Christine is the one who is emotionally manipulative. ('Manipulative' may sound malicious, but manipulators aren't always aware of what they're doing.)
In the second part of the series, she said at least three times 'If you love me...' Now, that is one of my least favourite sentences to see and hear in the best of times, but this is somehow even worse because Erik DOES do everything because he loves her. In other versions, there is the question of possessiveness against love when it comes to their relationship; in that context, I would accept her saying this, to remind him that he should love and not obsess over her. But here, Erik is not possessive.
As for Monsieur Carrière, I have beef with him, too. It's an even bigger, tougher slice of beef. He is irresponsible: not once, but twice, he got in relationships and then left his partners when they have children. The first time could be a mistake; the second time, especially when kept Erik's mother in the dark about his marriage, is inexcusable. Yes, he stayed with her till the end, but then left their son in a basement. Yes, he reached out to Erik in the end, but too little, too late. If Erik is emotional and irrational, it's because Carrière never gave him the guidance he should have.
Christine and Carrière love Erik, I don't doubt it. But it's still painful to see Erik fall down through everyone and everything that should have caught him: his talent, his parents, Christine.
If you'll excuse me, I need to cry in the catacombs and draw something miserable.
I talk about several other adaptations here!
The Phantom of the Opera (1990)
Monsieur. MONSIEUR. As someone doomed by the narrative, you have no right to be that precious. A lot of people will get hurt.
Vlad, how dare you put me through this. Je ne vais pas bien, pas du tout !
I talked about this adaptation here.
More Phantom: Cowboy (Cowcat?) Phantom, the Persian, Erik and his stuff.
The prompt was 'Swan'
some Cherik fanart, oh my!
have a PotO shitpost
