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Name: Christine De Chagny (neé Daaé)
Canon: Phantom (Susan Kay Novel)
Canon Point: After her death in 1896
Age: 36
Description: Christine was always a very beautiful girl. She did not, however, possess the sort of beauty that caused all attention to be on her the moment she stepped into a room. If she wanted to disappear, she very easily could blend in to the crowd. She had always been a very private sort of person and it showed in her body language. While not exactly shy, she took great care to at least project an image of herself that wouldn't cause those around her to worry for her well being. She always carried a certain air of innocence about her, even in her later years. Her features stayed round and child-like, even when she fell ill towards the end.
If she was on a stage though, she was completely different. When Christine was on stage, she felt alive and it showed. She would practically be glowing. The thrill of getting to tell a story through song absolutely transformed her. If she was singing, then she'd just about hypnotize everyone near her and she seemed to be an entirely new person.
For a PB, I'll be using Christina Ricci. She just has a look about her that I think really fits Christine from the Kay book.
Physical changes: Standard issue, functional white angel wings.She's literally the Angel of Music now.
Powers:Christine has the power to make super creepy corpse guys and super hot aristocrats like, instantly fall in love with her. Christine is a normal human woman. She's an exceptionally good musician, though. She possesses quite possibly the most angelic soprano voice you've ever heard. And it's not just because she's got fancy wings and a halo! While in Heaven, her father also taught her to play the violin. Nothing else fun happens in Heaven, okay.
History: Christine was born in the spring of 1861 to very loving parents in Uppsala, Sweden. They lived a fairly simple, middle class sort of life until when Christine was about 6, her mother passed away unexpectedly. That set off a chain reaction of misfortune for the Daaé family. Christine and her father found themselves with virtually nothing, living on the streets. So they traveled. Her father was an exceptionally talented violinist and so they made a meager living by performing. Him playing, Christine singing and charming everyone around. They traveled through Denmark, Germany, Belgium and by the time they reached France, they were the famous Swede and his daughter. Their income was no longer meager and wealthy French aristocrats were constantly requesting their talents.
When Christine was about 15, she met Raoul De Chagny when his family hired the Swedish violinist to perform. They had been near the sea, enjoying the weather as winter had begun to fade away. A sudden gust of wind carried Christine's scarf out into the water. Without much of a thought, Raoul ran out into the sea to fetch her scarf for her. Soon after, the two teenagers fell in love and spent the summer listening to fantastic stories told by Christine's father. Their favorite being the story of the Angel of Music and Little Lotte. They would tell each other stories, favoring tales of horror intended to cause the pair to cling to each other in innocent delight. At the end of the summer, they parted ways, knowing that while they loved each other, they were meant to live different lives.
Christine and her father eventually made their way to Paris, where they stayed. With a stable income once more, Christine began attending school again. Her father dreamed that one day, she'd enter the Conservatory at La Palais Garnier, home of one of the most critically acclaimed opera companies on the continent. Christine couldn't imagine ever being the sort to perform on such a glorious stage.
But then as her father laid dying, she promised him that she would try her best to attain his goals for her. He promised that he would send her the Angel of Music to teach her, after all. Christine was very talented among the other chorus girls but her voice was always weak and timid. She never sang with much emotion, sounding much like a girl who had long since been dead. With her father gone, she had lost all passion for her art.
Until the day that changed everything. After her one close friend, Meg Giry, had urged her to sing on the stage, long after rehearsals were done, Christine caught the attention of the resident Opera Ghost. And he was determined to make her belong to him.
After learning as much as he could about her, Erik came to her as the Angel of Music. This instantly restored her passion towards singing and for months, as he taught her, it was enough for her. Erik had other plans, though. He wanted her to sing in the starring role of Margarita, replacing the horrid diva Carlotta. Erik always gets what he wants. Christine had her great triumph on the stage and the opera's latest patron had noticed her that night...
By a beautiful stroke of fate, Raoul had come back into her life. Relentlessly, he pursued her and she turned him down each and every time. Because the Angel of Music had chosen her, she did not wish to anger him or do anything that would cause him to leave her. Despite her feelings for Raoul and her desire to say yes, she was also in love with the Angel. She dreamed and dreamed that the Angel was a real man that she could reach out and touch for if he was, she'd have followed anywhere he led.
Turns out, yeah. He was a real man. Just...a really ugly one. Like, Freddy Kruger face fucked a topographical map of Utah ugly. Any sane girl would have run for the hills but...not Christine. She found herself sucked into a world of darkness and light and feelings that she could not understand. She loved Raoul. But she also found that she loved Erik. When Erik asked her to marry him, their story reached it's climax. Finding herself unable to say no and yet unable to say yes, Christine decided to let Raoul steal her away and flee the country. Erik overhears their plans and decides to kidnap her again and lure Raoul down into his lair to force Christine into making a choice. Choose Raoul, Raoul dies. Choose Erik, Raoul gets to live. Christine, in a moment of bravery, finds the courage to kiss Erik and show him a moment of love. She also realizes that despite him looking like an avocado that had sex with an older, grosser avocado, she could show him physical love. Even so, Erik sends her away with Raoul.
The night before she and Raoul are to wed, Christine returns to Erik. He is near his death but they spend one, beautiful night together filled with bliss. She stays with him until he passes away and then leaves with Raoul. They move to England, get married and live happily ever after, for the most part.
They have a son and though it's clear that Raoul is not the boy's biological father, neither he or Christine ever speak of it. Due to complications from her first pregnancy, Christine never has any other children and is an utterly devoted mother to the one child she's been gifted with. She always tried to be the perfect wife, though Raoul very much realized that she had loved Erik in a way that would always be closed off from him.
In the end, she gradually wasted away due to cancer, hoping to be reunited with her Angel one day.
Hell Status: Heaven Transfer...that's been wandering around Hell for about a year or so.
What Brings Them To Hell: Long story short? She's looking for a man. More specifically, she's looking for the man she loves. Not her husband, the other one. The ugly one. Yeah. She's looking for the Phantom because she's a glutton for punishment or something.
In her short time with Erik, he managed to teach her so many things and open her eyes to possibilities that she never would have dreamed of on her own. And she was a pretty big dreamer to start with. When Erik died, it ended up leaving a pretty big void in her heart. Yes, she loved Raoul with all her heart too and they were very happy together but it just wasn't the same as what she had shared with Erik. He had left her feeling like she didn't really belong in Raoul's world anymore. But she never really felt like she fit into Erik's world either.
Searching for Erik gives her a purpose again, something to be passionate about. It's an excuse for her to go looking for her own path since for most of her life, she followed rather than led.
The Pitch: Hey Brimstone! Want some Angel wings? Here's some, practically served up on a silver platter! With a free halo included at no extra charge? WHAT A DEAL!
Okay, okay, I'll stop being silly.
There's a passage in the book that really speaks to me for why Christine would be an interesting character in Hell. Towards the end, when Erik is about to kill Raoul, he makes an observation of Christine.
"She had shrouded her face in the wedding veil, and seeing this I suddenly knew a moment of intense remorse. I'd completely dismantled this child...taken her to pieces in my crazed determination to make her heart tick in harmony with my own. I'd taught her to sing like one of God's own angels, I'd loved her more than anything else upon this Earth...but my love had destroyed her, reduced her to a pitiful creature barely aware of her own actions...made her as mad as I was myself."
So just how much did he destroy her? Through the rest of the book, there's only brief glimpses of what has become of her in her later years. She seems serene but ultimately very melancholy. Like she was simply waiting for death to finally take her so that she may find, what she saw as her true happy ending.
But this is Hell so...happy endings are never what they seem. I'd really like to explore that with her. In life, she had definitely been a good, picture perfect sort of person who had committed very few sins. But she was always bound to something, her father, the Phantom, Raoul, her son. In Hell, she'd have true freedom from all of that so what exactly would she do with it? Even though she grew far more mature after Erik's death, one of her key personality traits has always been her innocence and naivety. In such a different world, would she fall prey to another madman and get sucked into some wacky melodrama? Would she end up having the strength to avoid the temptations surrounding her? While I can't imagine she'd ever do anything outright evil, there's a bit of darkness in her soul now so how will that effect her and her decisions?
TL;DR, Victorian era lady with her head in the clouds gets to learn how to navigate a more magical, modern world full of all the stuff she was terrified of as a child in hopes of finding her lover. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG???Everything. Everything will go wrong.
Setting Fit: I got a little carried away.
Samples: Sample in setting!
PSL with Meg Giry
PSL with Elizabeth DeWitt
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💀 Character Information
Name: Christine De Chagny (neé Daaé)
Canon: Phantom (Susan Kay Novel)
Canon Point: After her death in 1896
Age: 36
Description: Christine was always a very beautiful girl. She did not, however, possess the sort of beauty that caused all attention to be on her the moment she stepped into a room. If she wanted to disappear, she very easily could blend in to the crowd. She had always been a very private sort of person and it showed in her body language. While not exactly shy, she took great care to at least project an image of herself that wouldn't cause those around her to worry for her well being. She always carried a certain air of innocence about her, even in her later years. Her features stayed round and child-like, even when she fell ill towards the end.
If she was on a stage though, she was completely different. When Christine was on stage, she felt alive and it showed. She would practically be glowing. The thrill of getting to tell a story through song absolutely transformed her. If she was singing, then she'd just about hypnotize everyone near her and she seemed to be an entirely new person.
For a PB, I'll be using Christina Ricci. She just has a look about her that I think really fits Christine from the Kay book.
Physical changes: Standard issue, functional white angel wings.
Powers:
History: Christine was born in the spring of 1861 to very loving parents in Uppsala, Sweden. They lived a fairly simple, middle class sort of life until when Christine was about 6, her mother passed away unexpectedly. That set off a chain reaction of misfortune for the Daaé family. Christine and her father found themselves with virtually nothing, living on the streets. So they traveled. Her father was an exceptionally talented violinist and so they made a meager living by performing. Him playing, Christine singing and charming everyone around. They traveled through Denmark, Germany, Belgium and by the time they reached France, they were the famous Swede and his daughter. Their income was no longer meager and wealthy French aristocrats were constantly requesting their talents.
When Christine was about 15, she met Raoul De Chagny when his family hired the Swedish violinist to perform. They had been near the sea, enjoying the weather as winter had begun to fade away. A sudden gust of wind carried Christine's scarf out into the water. Without much of a thought, Raoul ran out into the sea to fetch her scarf for her. Soon after, the two teenagers fell in love and spent the summer listening to fantastic stories told by Christine's father. Their favorite being the story of the Angel of Music and Little Lotte. They would tell each other stories, favoring tales of horror intended to cause the pair to cling to each other in innocent delight. At the end of the summer, they parted ways, knowing that while they loved each other, they were meant to live different lives.
Christine and her father eventually made their way to Paris, where they stayed. With a stable income once more, Christine began attending school again. Her father dreamed that one day, she'd enter the Conservatory at La Palais Garnier, home of one of the most critically acclaimed opera companies on the continent. Christine couldn't imagine ever being the sort to perform on such a glorious stage.
But then as her father laid dying, she promised him that she would try her best to attain his goals for her. He promised that he would send her the Angel of Music to teach her, after all. Christine was very talented among the other chorus girls but her voice was always weak and timid. She never sang with much emotion, sounding much like a girl who had long since been dead. With her father gone, she had lost all passion for her art.
Until the day that changed everything. After her one close friend, Meg Giry, had urged her to sing on the stage, long after rehearsals were done, Christine caught the attention of the resident Opera Ghost. And he was determined to make her belong to him.
After learning as much as he could about her, Erik came to her as the Angel of Music. This instantly restored her passion towards singing and for months, as he taught her, it was enough for her. Erik had other plans, though. He wanted her to sing in the starring role of Margarita, replacing the horrid diva Carlotta. Erik always gets what he wants. Christine had her great triumph on the stage and the opera's latest patron had noticed her that night...
By a beautiful stroke of fate, Raoul had come back into her life. Relentlessly, he pursued her and she turned him down each and every time. Because the Angel of Music had chosen her, she did not wish to anger him or do anything that would cause him to leave her. Despite her feelings for Raoul and her desire to say yes, she was also in love with the Angel. She dreamed and dreamed that the Angel was a real man that she could reach out and touch for if he was, she'd have followed anywhere he led.
Turns out, yeah. He was a real man. Just...a really ugly one. Like, Freddy Kruger face fucked a topographical map of Utah ugly. Any sane girl would have run for the hills but...not Christine. She found herself sucked into a world of darkness and light and feelings that she could not understand. She loved Raoul. But she also found that she loved Erik. When Erik asked her to marry him, their story reached it's climax. Finding herself unable to say no and yet unable to say yes, Christine decided to let Raoul steal her away and flee the country. Erik overhears their plans and decides to kidnap her again and lure Raoul down into his lair to force Christine into making a choice. Choose Raoul, Raoul dies. Choose Erik, Raoul gets to live. Christine, in a moment of bravery, finds the courage to kiss Erik and show him a moment of love. She also realizes that despite him looking like an avocado that had sex with an older, grosser avocado, she could show him physical love. Even so, Erik sends her away with Raoul.
The night before she and Raoul are to wed, Christine returns to Erik. He is near his death but they spend one, beautiful night together filled with bliss. She stays with him until he passes away and then leaves with Raoul. They move to England, get married and live happily ever after, for the most part.
They have a son and though it's clear that Raoul is not the boy's biological father, neither he or Christine ever speak of it. Due to complications from her first pregnancy, Christine never has any other children and is an utterly devoted mother to the one child she's been gifted with. She always tried to be the perfect wife, though Raoul very much realized that she had loved Erik in a way that would always be closed off from him.
In the end, she gradually wasted away due to cancer, hoping to be reunited with her Angel one day.
Hell Status: Heaven Transfer...that's been wandering around Hell for about a year or so.
What Brings Them To Hell: Long story short? She's looking for a man. More specifically, she's looking for the man she loves. Not her husband, the other one. The ugly one. Yeah. She's looking for the Phantom because she's a glutton for punishment or something.
In her short time with Erik, he managed to teach her so many things and open her eyes to possibilities that she never would have dreamed of on her own. And she was a pretty big dreamer to start with. When Erik died, it ended up leaving a pretty big void in her heart. Yes, she loved Raoul with all her heart too and they were very happy together but it just wasn't the same as what she had shared with Erik. He had left her feeling like she didn't really belong in Raoul's world anymore. But she never really felt like she fit into Erik's world either.
Searching for Erik gives her a purpose again, something to be passionate about. It's an excuse for her to go looking for her own path since for most of her life, she followed rather than led.
The Pitch: Hey Brimstone! Want some Angel wings? Here's some, practically served up on a silver platter! With a free halo included at no extra charge? WHAT A DEAL!
Okay, okay, I'll stop being silly.
There's a passage in the book that really speaks to me for why Christine would be an interesting character in Hell. Towards the end, when Erik is about to kill Raoul, he makes an observation of Christine.
"She had shrouded her face in the wedding veil, and seeing this I suddenly knew a moment of intense remorse. I'd completely dismantled this child...taken her to pieces in my crazed determination to make her heart tick in harmony with my own. I'd taught her to sing like one of God's own angels, I'd loved her more than anything else upon this Earth...but my love had destroyed her, reduced her to a pitiful creature barely aware of her own actions...made her as mad as I was myself."
So just how much did he destroy her? Through the rest of the book, there's only brief glimpses of what has become of her in her later years. She seems serene but ultimately very melancholy. Like she was simply waiting for death to finally take her so that she may find, what she saw as her true happy ending.
But this is Hell so...happy endings are never what they seem. I'd really like to explore that with her. In life, she had definitely been a good, picture perfect sort of person who had committed very few sins. But she was always bound to something, her father, the Phantom, Raoul, her son. In Hell, she'd have true freedom from all of that so what exactly would she do with it? Even though she grew far more mature after Erik's death, one of her key personality traits has always been her innocence and naivety. In such a different world, would she fall prey to another madman and get sucked into some wacky melodrama? Would she end up having the strength to avoid the temptations surrounding her? While I can't imagine she'd ever do anything outright evil, there's a bit of darkness in her soul now so how will that effect her and her decisions?
TL;DR, Victorian era lady with her head in the clouds gets to learn how to navigate a more magical, modern world full of all the stuff she was terrified of as a child in hopes of finding her lover. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG???
Setting Fit: I got a little carried away.
Samples: Sample in setting!
PSL with Meg Giry
PSL with Elizabeth DeWitt