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• Chiaroscuro by TempleofNuit

  Fandoms: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra | Phantom of the Opera & Related Fandoms  

  • Not Rated
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • F/M, Multi
  • Work in Progress

  05 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Christine Daaé/Erik | Phantom of the Opera
  • Erik | Phantom of the Opera
  • Christine Daaé
  • Raoul de Chagny
  • The Persian (Phantom of the Opera)
  • Mental Health Issues
  • Psychological Trauma
  • Canon Divergence
  • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
  • Nature
  • Survival
  • In this house we believe in Daroga supremacy
  • Original Characters - Freeform
  • canon divergent backstory
  • Humor as a coping mechanism
  • Tragic Backstory
  • Leroux based
  • Touch Aversion
  • Angst
  • no major character is the villain but many are products of their times
  • Qajar
  • Castaways
  • Wilderness Survival
  • Queer Themes
  • Persia
  • medical misogyny
  • Occult
  • Sideshows
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Gothed out Christine
  • Hang in for the long haul and you get awkward virgin sex
  • Touch-Starved
  • come for the angst and stay for the theology
  • Eugenics Themes
  • anti-imperialist Erik and Daroga
  • The villain is the oppressive hegemony yall
  • Very much Erik/Christine
  • neurodivergent characters
  • Religious Themes
  • Friendship/Love
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Mutual Pining
  • I just think you don’t talk to someone in the wall all the time unless you’re besties
  • Erik needs a hug but touch is scary
  • Aged down Erik because I want to
  • Accidental Child Acquisition

  Summary

  Three months after the events of the opera, Christine and Raoul try traveling somewhere sunny after Christine is diagnosed with hysteria. When they run afoul of a kidnap for ransoms scheme, a would-be rescue results in all characters and some newcomers being stranded on a rock island.
  Story told in flashbacks to the opera events, forced proximity on a tiny island, and imperial geopolitics.
  Canon divergent backstories in some cases (Erik is very much not French, and no demonization of Persian or Romani cultures). Nonlinear retelling of Leroux scenes, including the mirror, Angel, unmasking, sideshow, and Persia. This story is preoccupied with how systems treat and often dehumanize people, and what humans can truly be when society is stripped away.
  While this is very much “Erik and Christine are basically shared souls” they aren’t the only relationships that matter. Plenty of queering of gender lines, bisexuality, issues of race, colonialism, gender, disability, and neurodiversity.
  And secret, hidden quotes and clues to something, lots of religious and tarot references.
  

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  160,927

  Chapters:

  45/?

  Comments:

  35

  Kudos:

  27

  Bookmarks:

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