A/N: here's the second chapter before I go away for about a week. I am actually quite amazed. 21 reviews in two days! Sorry if I sound melodramatic, but that did truly exceed my wildest expectations. For those of you who can't read the signature at the bottom, this letter is Raoul's.

"Dear" Phanphiction Writers:

You will probably not read this, so I am going to be… shall we say, less than courteous. I shall be brief, too.

The main point of this letter is exactly this: "WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS?" Your reasoning totally escapes me. Unlike my worthy adversary, I did not abduct any one, nor am I a murderer! I am not the one with the death's head and "hands that smell of death." I am also mentally stable, which I had always thought was positive.

Many of you seem to think that I am less worthy of Christine than Erik, and I simply cannot tell why! May I note that I never once drew blood from him (although I did intend to, at one point), while he cut me on the shoulder (yes, I do have a scar; no, you may not see it.) and attempted to strangle me. I cannot make it clearer than that.

My detractors remained in moderate numbers until this new "movie." While it portrays most of us quite accurately, no one could look less like the Phantom then this Gerard Butler person! I am quite certain that every one of you phanbrats (an excellent term) would scream and run as fast as you could the other way if Erik suddenly unmasked himself, for whatever reason was running through his deranged mind.

I realize that not all of you are the talent-less hags that I am normally subjected to. After days of hard searching, I have found only a handful of stories that portray me as I actually am; compared to a landslide of "fop-bashers." Of course, I would never hit a lady, but the majority of you people hardly qualify as ladies; therefore, I would advise you all to keep away from me and my family. I fear that violence is the only thing you will understand, if you totally overlooked the fact that I love my dear Christine more than words can say and would die to protect her. Hardly a week goes by when one of your misguided attempts to muscle into our lives causes some sort of disturbance.

On the topic of my family: I was orphaned as a child and raised by my brother, Philippe. There seems to be some confusion on that point. I married Christine Daae, with whom I now have several lovely children. I think it is safe to say that none of said children are Erik's, seeing that the first one was born two years after our marriage!

This letter has probably done precious little good, read by few, understood by less. To those of you who have, thank you for taking the time to listen. For those of you who haven't, well, there really isn't much point in writing to you is there?

Quite Sincerely,

Vicomte Raoul de Changy

FillyNicole: I don't think Erik remembers his last name. I'm through with common misconceptions of Erik, but there will probably be others. I don't plan on doing every letter in this "Common Misconception list" format, although it has been quite a hit.

Elvenwriter: my little "anti-slash" comment seems to have touched quite a few nerves. Thank you for the compliment about the sarcastic humor, which is about the only kind of humor I can pull off.

Leotabell13: are you yelling at Erik, or at me? I'll just answer for whomever. First, I apologize for the Gerard/Gerald misspelling. Accidental, I can assure you. About "taking it all to the butt:" how would you like it if a gang of anonymous people started spreading all this propaganda about your life? "Won the heart of your angel?" if you were reading the letter, you would have read that Erik respects Christine's decision. I could say more, but I don't have the time.

GerryLover15: Have no fear of me bashing on poor Raoul, I'm a huge phan of his. By the way, what does LMAO mean? I hear it all the time, but I have no clue what it means, and I'll probably feel dumb when I do find out.

Torch baby: I'm surprised that so many people haven't thought of the "Raoul is a wimp, therefore the Phantom must be worse" line of thought before. It seems fairly obvious. Thanks for your vote of confidence.

Morianerulz (sorry if I mis-spelt your name. it's quite intricate): don't hold your breath for Carlotta. She doesn't seem to have enough patience to sit down or write (or storm around and dictate) a letter.

Shandethe Sanders: glad to see you. Oddly enough, I actually follow your stories with great interest, and so your praise means a great deal to me.

Kchan88: I was actually worried about making Erik to soft and forgiving. The first person that read this (my idiot brother) told me Erik was all out of character. I, too, love Raoul.

The Angel's Actress: I never said stop enjoying the misconceptions, just take them with a grain of salt.

Misty Breyer: Thank you for your high praise! Can't you just imagine him sitting there, writing and glowering?

SimplyElymas: I'm afraid that the dagora's letter might not be up to scratch, because I didn't understand him as well as the other characters. Out of all the characters with reveleant back-stories, I found his to be the most confusing, but I just might as well take my best shot.

PhantomPhluter: Thanks for the praise, but maybe you could leave a little constructive criticism (what you liked, what I could improve on, etc.) next time?

Miffster: Once again, dry/sarcastic humor is the only kind of humor I can pull off.

Spaz-ee-tron3000: Setting misguided phanfiction writers straight wasn't the original intent of this fic, but I guess it is now.

Onelastchance: Glad you like it.

Charity: #4 was actually just something that came into my head while I was writing it, sort of a spur-of-the-moment thing, while a lot of the others (#s 1, 2, 3, and 7) I had actually planned out.

Intoxicated by eriks music: you should talk to leotabell13. You sound similar.

Nota Lone: he probably wouldn't have heard of multiple piercings. Does your name come from when Christine sings "God give me courage to show you, you are not alone?"

Phantress: Unfortunately, the misconceptions are endless. As I said earlier, the Persian's probably won't be up to scratch.