Author has written 3 stories for Phantom of the Opera. Formerly known as 'Little Sultina'. A self confessed, hopelessly obsessed phan, I spend more time daydreaming about Erik than can possibly be healthy - but when the day dreams are this good, too hell with health? I'm been interigued by Phantom ever since I was little and my parents went to se the musical but didn't take me, and after seeing the film in 2004 I was hooked and eager to explore other forms of Phantom! I've read the original novel as well as the Susan Key interpretation, seen the 1925 film and the stage musical, and though I love every form of Phantom, my favourite has to be the Susan Kay novel. A beautiful novel in it's own right, I sometimes think everyone should be made to read it, but then it wouldn't be such an excellant secret! Amoungst over things I enjoy writing the occasional piece of phanfiction. I am a master of the art of writing various snippets of phanfiction and then not developing them or putting them together, there's a folder full of unposted Phantom bits and pieces lying about my laptop, maybe I'll post them someday, until then I'll focus on my current porject 'From Persia: With Love' which I aim to have finished by the beginning of July, and then, who knows ... ;-) I'm a big fan of context, and spend far too long researching bits of background to give a more accurate picture, or just to inform myself, in short, I know a lot of useless information and couldn't be more proud of it! Unlike other, far more talented phans, I can't play the piano, sing the duet from Othello or speak a word of French beyond the basics. Perhaps that's why I chose to set my current phanfic in Persia and stay where I'm better aquainted ... Here are a list of definitions for some of the terms used in From Persia: With Love: Minbar: A set of steps, with a shape similar to the raised pulpit in Protestant churches, that is used in Mosques as a place for the Iman to speak from. When I was writing the harem girls talking about Adara scene, the phrase 'get down from her pulpit' came into mind, so I decided to use it and substitute pulpit for minbar. Misbah: Confusingly similar spelling to minbar, it is also a religious intrument used in Islam. It's a string of ninety nine prayer beads that a Muslim uses to recite the ninety nine 'most beautiful names' of Allah. Sedan Chair: An enclosed, private chair with a pole on the front and the back that are carried by two men, the occupant rides alone and hidden from view, it was a 'popular' mode of transport in the 17th and 18th centuries ... until the great Sedan chair carrier revolt of '63 ... ;-) Hookah: A pipe used to smoke hashish. In Kay it makes of point of saying that Erik uses on silver plated one given to him as a gift from the Khanum - a little more sophisticated that a paper roll up no? Abrav: One of modern day Iran’s key cities, and an important city from the 1600‘s onwards. Hunkar Begendi: A turkish dish known as ‘the Sultan’s delight’, it’s braised cubes of lamb with eggplant, a delicacy in the Middle East. Siam: The old name for Thailand Abyssinnia: The old name for Ephiopia, (I had been studying it in history and thought it sounded suitably exotic to include) giggles Tar: A Persian instrument that is similar to the Sitar, I've heard people playing it and it sounds wayy beautiful! |
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