Book Nine: The Breath of Evil

I. What a splendid Party!
II. All the Sadness of the World
III. Creature of Darkness
IV. Slave of Fashion
V. Look back on all those Times
VI. Talking in Riddles
VII. Child of the Wilderness
VIII. Turn around and face your Fate
IX. Close your Eyes
X. See why in Shadow I hide

Author's Note: Just the usual: Thank you to all reviewers for their cries of undying support, etc, etc. Sorry, my head is getting just as swollen as Carlotta's. ;) Well, at least you truly made my night.

And since I now own the DVD (at last!), a brief, but necessary comment on changes I made for this narrative, due to forgetting what it was like in the cinema. Most important, I realized that the Phantom seems to be wearing a wig, which I didn't quite see earlier on (I merely wondered why his hair shifted colour towards the end g). I will stick with that change and leave him his real hair. Also, I wrongly accused him of removing Christine's corset (I thought she wasn't wearing it anymore when she woke up again, which is an error). I let him go barefoot when he first comes to the Opera, which he doesn't, and, more important, I forgot that young Mme Giry sees his face at the fair already. I gave Christine her own room, while actually she still seems to sleep in a dormitory. I describe Lefevre as lean, which does not quite fit. And the outfit Meg wears at the end rather seems to be some kind of Don Juan related costume, not stuff of her father's. And the image of the lair I had in my head was somewhat different, more drawn out. And I once call the organ a harmonium, which the Phantom would certainly never forgive. I hope you will, though.

There is, however, something new: This start-of-Book chapter (or whatever we shall call it) contains SPOILERS FOR THE SEQUEL TO THIS STORY. So don't read on if you don't like spoilers.

1) The sequel will also be divided into ten Books, which will all have similarly constructed titles. Yes, I know them already. No, I'm not telling you.

2) The first ten actors (and actresses, I have nothing against women, so don't run and complain g) appearing on the cast list are, in that order: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Ellison, Kate Beckinsale, Miranda Richardson, Gary Oldman, Arnold Vosloo, Bruce Willis, and Alan Rickman.

3) Other new cast members will include Hugh Jackman, Liam Neeson, Rupert Everett, and Viggo Mortensen, as well as some hot girls (but you're only interested in the men, anyway g).

4) Yep, the Phantom is finally going to make his first experiences as far as… well, women are concerned.

5) Raoul's parents are going to appear.

6) Many characters from the first part will reappear, some with a rather larger role. But very many will be new; the cast list will be considerably longer.

7) We will learn something important about the Phantom's origin, as well as the other Lost Ones.

8) The historical background will be very important… (just a reminder: French-German war…)

9) The Phantom will be working on a new opera.

10) All reviews will be answered at the beginning of each chapter. That is encouraging to reviewers, isn't it? ;)

Right, tell me what you think. )