Phantom Thoughts pt. 32
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zellephantom{The shadow had followed behind them clinging to their steps; and the two children little suspected its presence when they at last sat down, trustingly, under the mighty protection of Apollo, who, with a great bronze gesture, lifted his huge lyre to the heart of a crimson sky.}
Wonderfully poetic, with an unfortunate side of infantilization.
{"Soon we shall go farther and faster than the clouds, to the end of the world, and then you will leave me, Raoul. But, if, when the moment comes for you to take me away, I refuse to go with you—well you must carry me off by force!"}
So, along with stalking, does Christine also think that kidnapping is really romantic? (Explains quite a bit.)
{"What compels you to go back, Christine?"
"If I do not go back to him, terrible misfortunes may happen! ... But I can't do it, I can't do it! ... I know one ought to be sorry for people who live underground ... But he is too horrible! And yet the time is at hand; I have only a day left; and, if I do not go, he will come and fetch me with his voice. And he will drag me with him, underground, and go on his knees before me, with his death's head. And he will tell me that he loves me! And he will cry! Oh, those tears, Raoul, those tears in the two black eye-sockets of the death's head! I can not see those tears flow again!" She wrung her hands in anguish, while Raoul pressed her to his heart.}
So are we supposed to feel sorry for moles now? And worms? And.. miners? And people who live in survivalist bunkers?
Umm... Christine, do you know who 'kneeling before you, crying, and telling you how much he loves you' also sounds like?? (*cough* Raoul, especially in the previous chapter *cough*) I can see why you'd want to be free of both of them.
{"No, no, you shall never again hear him tell you that he loves you! You shall not see his tears! Let us fly, Christine, let us fly at once!" And he tried to drag her away, then and there. But she stopped him.
"No, no," she said, shaking her head sadly. "Not now! ... It would be too cruel ... let him hear me sing to-morrow evening ... and then we will go away. You must come and fetch me in my dressing-room at midnight exactly. He will then be waiting for me in the dining-room by the lake ... we shall be free and you shall take me away ... You must promise me that, Raoul, even if I refuse; for I feel that, if I go back this time, I shall perhaps never return."}
Never return as in 'get murdered' or never return as in 'be stuck as a captive' or never return as in 'get married'??
(Out of context, someone waiting for you in a dining-room by a lake sounds like a really nice date. But who eats dinner at midnight???)
{And she gave a sigh to which it seemed to her that another sigh, behind her, replied.}
Probably an echo, right?? Totally. No Phantoms here.
{"There is some one in pain," said Raoul. "Perhaps some one has been hurt. Did you hear?"
"I can't say," Christine confessed. "Even when he is not there, my ears are full of his sighs. Still, if you heard ..."}
Yep. Just an echo. Nothing to see here.
Stopping short right here because next time we go into BACKSTORYYYY yay
Wonderfully poetic, with an unfortunate side of infantilization.
{"Soon we shall go farther and faster than the clouds, to the end of the world, and then you will leave me, Raoul. But, if, when the moment comes for you to take me away, I refuse to go with you—well you must carry me off by force!"}
So, along with stalking, does Christine also think that kidnapping is really romantic? (Explains quite a bit.)
{"What compels you to go back, Christine?"
"If I do not go back to him, terrible misfortunes may happen! ... But I can't do it, I can't do it! ... I know one ought to be sorry for people who live underground ... But he is too horrible! And yet the time is at hand; I have only a day left; and, if I do not go, he will come and fetch me with his voice. And he will drag me with him, underground, and go on his knees before me, with his death's head. And he will tell me that he loves me! And he will cry! Oh, those tears, Raoul, those tears in the two black eye-sockets of the death's head! I can not see those tears flow again!" She wrung her hands in anguish, while Raoul pressed her to his heart.}
So are we supposed to feel sorry for moles now? And worms? And.. miners? And people who live in survivalist bunkers?
Umm... Christine, do you know who 'kneeling before you, crying, and telling you how much he loves you' also sounds like?? (*cough* Raoul, especially in the previous chapter *cough*) I can see why you'd want to be free of both of them.
{"No, no, you shall never again hear him tell you that he loves you! You shall not see his tears! Let us fly, Christine, let us fly at once!" And he tried to drag her away, then and there. But she stopped him.
"No, no," she said, shaking her head sadly. "Not now! ... It would be too cruel ... let him hear me sing to-morrow evening ... and then we will go away. You must come and fetch me in my dressing-room at midnight exactly. He will then be waiting for me in the dining-room by the lake ... we shall be free and you shall take me away ... You must promise me that, Raoul, even if I refuse; for I feel that, if I go back this time, I shall perhaps never return."}
Never return as in 'get murdered' or never return as in 'be stuck as a captive' or never return as in 'get married'??
(Out of context, someone waiting for you in a dining-room by a lake sounds like a really nice date. But who eats dinner at midnight???)
{And she gave a sigh to which it seemed to her that another sigh, behind her, replied.}
Probably an echo, right?? Totally. No Phantoms here.
{"There is some one in pain," said Raoul. "Perhaps some one has been hurt. Did you hear?"
"I can't say," Christine confessed. "Even when he is not there, my ears are full of his sighs. Still, if you heard ..."}
Yep. Just an echo. Nothing to see here.
Stopping short right here because next time we go into BACKSTORYYYY yay
