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musical-miss — Either Way You Choose
Published: 2009-10-07 00:07:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 2607; Favourites: 54; Downloads: 0
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Ten hours. Over ten hours throughout three weeks, this took. My hand was literally cramping when it came to the background. But it was worth it.I realized too late that I'd done Christine's hair two different ways, but as this was a birthday present for a friend I can't fix it now. I found a permanent style for it, in the one where she's with the Phantom though. It looks a billion times nicer that any way I've ever drawn it before.
Howard McGillin as the Phantom
Jennifer Hope Wills as Christine
Raoul is Ryan Silverman
Phantom and affiliated things belongs to Gaston Leroux and Andrew Lloyd Webber
Howard, Jennifer and Ryan belong to themselves.
While favs and collections are much appriciated, COMMENTS are really what makes the artist know their work is liked. If you're going to fav/collect, PLEASE comment. Thanks!
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It's awesome? But, what's that growth under Erik's lip?
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That's actually part of his lip. In the stage version it's just as deformed as the rest of the right half of his face.
Here's a couple good photos that show it: [link] [link]
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oh ok, that's cool. i did not know that!
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It's definitely worth checking out -- by far my favorite version of the story. There are some excellent performances available on YouTube if you're curious (I especially would recommend looking up Gary Mauer and Beth Southard, and anything with John Owen-Jones or John Cudia. Amazing actors).
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Awesome work! 
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That was kind of the idea I had in mind while making it; thank you!
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it looks amazing!! i especially love that i was able to recognize everyone before even reading the description
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and props to you too for drawing them fantastic enough that i could actually recognize them
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Thank you!
(Also, LND reference? 
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huh? oh! *slaps self* i didnt really notice that my comment was lyrics from LND.
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Luxa, this is gorgeous!!!! It's very amazing, and I'd like to favorite it, if you don't mind.
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No need to ask to fav, it's completely up to you (thanks for the fav, though!). Thank you for your kind words
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Wow this is incredibly beautiful and detailed, all the work was well worth it! (Pick Erik!)
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Wonderful way of showing the love trangle! Christine's hair looks very nice.
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Thanks! I'm glad you like Christine's hair; I'm still refining the technique *laughs*
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Wow this is amazing... I think she should have chosen Erik...
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While Erik is my favorite character, no contest, I'm a Raoul fan. If Christine hadn't chosen Raoul, we wouldn't have a story, would we? Or ideas for fanfiction
And thank you for all the favs and the watch. Much appriciated!
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I see your point, Raoul just irritates me no end :L
Your welcome
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He irritates me in the Leroux novel sometimes, and he's a rather underdeveloped character in most other versions (ALW musical included). I still love him though.
And I am clearly in the minority of the fandom for doing so.
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Yeah i dont really like him much, but thats just because hes a bit of a ponce and i find him irritating, but i freely admit he isnt worked on as a charachter enough- maybe if he had i would like him more
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Unfortunately that's the way a lot of the fandom feels about him 
But, as I've said, I can certainly see where you're coming from with the irritating argument, in the Leroux novel at least. At certain points I know I verbally expressed my frustration at him while reading for the first time.
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yeah a faithful movie would be good, though deffinately unlikeley, as it would be hard what with the bias of the fandom....
lol so did i, and probably got weird looks for it XD
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*sigh* I love the Phantom phandom, but we're hard to please.
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true, and even within the musical diehards (i loove the musical but i wouldnt count myself a diehard) there is a split between Gerik and Crawford and then of course the other stage phantoms.
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Exactly. There's too much split between everyone's favorites. And no matter what you're doing with anything, it's simply impossible to please everyone. They did a respectable job though; even those who aren't fans of the movie can still usually find SOMETHING they like about it.
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yeah, though i find it too... im not quite sure, but i do like how they did the opera house, so I prove your point :L
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Exactly. I may not be much of a fan of Gerard or Emmy's singing, but my god I adore Patrick Wilson. And Minnie Driver (though she didn't do her own singing).
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she did sing the song on the credits though, and its beautiful, i love that song <3
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It's quite a pretty song. I have some of her solo work too; she has a nice, relaxing sound.
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it is
ah did she make a cd then?
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She's made a few, to my knowledge... the one I have is called "Sea Stories". Very nice, soothing, great for car rides. Check it out if you're fond of "Learn to Be Lonely", there's a few songs on there that might interest you.
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This is great! I love how you drew Christine with both Raoul and Erik, sort of making you think, "Who should she be with." I always lean toward the Raoul/Christine side, but some versions make me lean toward Erik/Christine. Depends on how Raoul and Erik are portrayed, I guess.
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Oh I agree completely. If Christine hadn't stayed with Raoul in the end, the story wouldn't be anywhere near as loved. I was trying to portray the difficult choice, so I'm very glad it came across.
Thank you!
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Yes, it's what makes the story so intriguing!
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