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The Phantom of The Opera (100 Books, 100 Essays Challenge)

Book essay number one, The Phantom of The Opera by Gaston Leroux.

"You are crying! You are afraid of me! And yet I am not really wicked. Love me and you shall see!" -The Phantom

"Does he love you so much?"

"He would commit murder for me." -Raoul and Christine

I find this book especially interesting as it seems to be one of the (if not THE) first times a yandere appears in English literature. The romance thriller follows the young Viscount Raoul de Chagny as he unravels the mystery behind his childhood friend, the opera singer Christine Daae's*, strange behavior and her connections to the Opera Ghost.

It can be difficult to read at times, being an old book that uses old-fashioned dialogue and punctuation, and Raoul's interactions with Christine can be frustrating (to me) at times as he can come across as controlling; though deep down, I know he is really just concerned for her well-being (and maybe a little jealous).

Anyways, once I got into this book, I could hardly put it down. It has that sort of captivating writing style you often find in old books and seldom find in modern stories. I don't know how else to describe it, but H.G. Wells' books all have it, as well as The Lord of The Flies, and so if you're familiar with any of those, then perhaps you'll know what I'm talking about.

My favourite character is probably "The Persian", as he is called. He is mentioned several times before he finally makes appearance and serves as a guide to Raoul towards the end of the book. Basically, if it weren't for him, we wouldn't have our happy (bittersweet) ending. I also like Erik, himself as my second favourite character. For all his evil-ness, you can't help but pity him, and they say so in the book.

All-in-all, this was an enjoyable read which I was able to finish in the span of a few days (so it isn't time-consuming). I'd give 10/10 and recommend it to those of you who enjoy classic literature.

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I drew this for my sister. It's her oc.

And already I can see where I've failed...

"I only care for one person" but not really...

Is anyone else aware of this trope? The idea of someone who will only care for a single person, hurting anyone else so that special person is safe?

Welllllll, J anyone?

I think this newest episode really shows a new side to J. One with care.

The person I'm talking about that she really seems to care for is Tessa.

The moment J shows up, she is helping Tessa with her light panic about the gala and does what she asked to help her.

When Tessa shows to be in pain, J is clearly worried and saddened.

Heck, even in the teasers for the episode, we can see J looking at Tessa nervously. [She isn't looking up high enough to see the parents, but it's high enough at Tessa]

She stops Solver V from slashing Tessa's face

When Tessa is chained up, she is a bit hesitant to break her out. But she is 1. Chained up as well and maybe didn't have an idea yet to get out. Honestly, she was probably feeling really down about the corporate saying she'd be thrown out a scene before.

And 2. When a huge danger comes along, she 's instantly - in the next scene - getting Tessa out. Which actually seems to have hurt J in the process of doing that. Or at least, definitely exhausted her.

And they both help each other to try and fight the threat, and also give each other their preferred weapons.

But, this old version of J does seem to care for more people than just Tessa. This evidence is with N and Cyn.

J does mean stuff to N, but he does seem to be Tessa's fav. So she tries to not do stuff like that around Tessa.

Even then, she does save him as well. She made a 'threat' to have him off himself, yet she saves him from V.

Also while N is optimistic, he does still get fear from getting hurt. Yet he doesn't take her threats seriously. If anything, he was happy with her artwork with the death note.

And with Cyn, she does antaganise her by keeping her in the basement.

But not only does Tessa not seem to like Cyn a lot [whether geniunely or to get her parents off her back], so that would affect how J thinks of her.

But she is still scared when Cyn starts going against the corporate.

She is actually still nervous while N tries to cover for Cyn. She only changes to a dissapointed expression when N makes a kinda dum insult.

She also makes the same face, even with Tessa, when he isn't aware of what Cyn did around them.

A lot of her words and threats are empty.

Something did seem to change thou when her became a DD. She actually nearly got N killed. And I'd love to learn what got her to that point.

Little thing I didn't know where to put it, But she seems to have an intense fear of the corporate. [she's the only one with the empty, circle fear eyes]

She's an impressive rule-follower.