1) I don't know if you're referring to "Sandman" or my general fandom, but either way, my sister felt the same way when we saw the musical production in Phoenix. (The stage production is so much better.) I read the novel just before the movie came out, because I have this thing about reading books before seeing their movies, and I had always loved the songs and the imagery. I think it boils down to the fact that Phantom entered my life at a time when one of its major themes was drawing a frightening parallel to an interpersonal situation I was in at the time, and it hit me hard. Once it had caught my attention, I started to analyze Erik more, and I found him fascinating. That, and I have a penchant for the gothique nonsense. I was one of those Hot Topic kids when I was younger.
Honestly, the musical is one of those things that is much more fun to sit through if you already know it. Kind of like Rocky Horror Picture Show. Even if you don't like sitting through the entire thing, I highly suggest downloading the original cast recording featuring Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford. They are sublime.
2) ...*dance break* The re-written beginning will make everything make more sense and overall suck less / make me wince in horror and embarrassment less. I'll leave it at that and with telling you that Rainbow Bridge will still fall.
3) Honestly, yes ("Sandman" was entirely Subaru/Seishirou), but I am not of the belief that they are the only ones for each other. I am also a big Subaru / Kamui fan. Kamui / Fuuma grew on me through writing "A Perfect Circle", as did Naive!Fuuma / Seishirou. You will see what I mean by that. I do think Subaru and Seishirou have undeniable, overpowering chemistry, and their reciprocal nature is beautiful--fragile and near-unheard of. As a whole, there are few couples I believe are the only ones for one another. Human relationships are far too complex for that. Most of the time. Alucard/Integral or bust
4) I have been told as much, and it gets me in trouble sometimes, especially with people who are not familiar with me. I am very objective, but far from sterile; in real life I am reserved and will keep to myself, but I am very approachable. My normal expression is neutral, but if something is funny or makes me feel inclined to smile, I smile. For some reason I have developed a strong personal aversion to emoticons or modifiers; I use them in moderation. I prefer for things to be implied through context, but I know that in clippets on livejournals have little context, and given my frequent snark and sarcasm, I can see where something would come across as being a bite.
Honestly, unless somebody directly address an issue that concerns me, if I do not have something neutral-at-best (or nice) to say, I won't say anything. I keep forgetting that online, people do not know me as my real-life friends do, and will not interpret what I say in the same manner. I joke very hard and am very sarcastic, because that is how I was raised; my entire family is the same way. Some people, I forget, are not used to that and see a snide remark about their flaws as an attack, not a friendly in-joke, of sorts. I can be the meanest and make the most acidic comments at those people I respect the most. We’re all flawed; why not laugh about it together?
Re: OMGMEME
Honestly, the musical is one of those things that is much more fun to sit through if you already know it. Kind of like Rocky Horror Picture Show. Even if you don't like sitting through the entire thing, I highly suggest downloading the original cast recording featuring Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford. They are sublime.
2) ...*dance break* The re-written beginning will make everything make more sense and overall suck less / make me wince in horror and embarrassment less. I'll leave it at that and with telling you that Rainbow Bridge will still fall.
3) Honestly, yes ("Sandman" was entirely Subaru/Seishirou), but I am not of the belief that they are the only ones for each other. I am also a big Subaru / Kamui fan. Kamui / Fuuma grew on me through writing "A Perfect Circle", as did Naive!Fuuma / Seishirou. You will see what I mean by that. I do think Subaru and Seishirou have undeniable, overpowering chemistry, and their reciprocal nature is beautiful--fragile and near-unheard of. As a whole, there are few couples I believe are the only ones for one another. Human relationships are far too complex for that. Most of the time.
Alucard/Integral or bust4) I have been told as much, and it gets me in trouble sometimes, especially with people who are not familiar with me. I am very objective, but far from sterile; in real life I am reserved and will keep to myself, but I am very approachable. My normal expression is neutral, but if something is funny or makes me feel inclined to smile, I smile. For some reason I have developed a strong personal aversion to emoticons or modifiers; I use them in moderation. I prefer for things to be implied through context, but I know that in clippets on livejournals have little context, and given my frequent snark and sarcasm, I can see where something would come across as being a bite.
Honestly, unless somebody directly address an issue that concerns me, if I do not have something neutral-at-best (or nice) to say, I won't say anything. I keep forgetting that online, people do not know me as my real-life friends do, and will not interpret what I say in the same manner. I joke very hard and am very sarcastic, because that is how I was raised; my entire family is the same way. Some people, I forget, are not used to that and see a snide remark about their flaws as an attack, not a friendly in-joke, of sorts. I can be the meanest and make the most acidic comments at those people I respect the most. We’re all flawed; why not laugh about it together?