I hope someday you'll continue. It's sad thing if you didn't since I know it would be a very good read. I'll wait till then.

~evergreen

Ï really like this one.. but I wonder what happens next.. hope that you will add some more//Anna

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Sorry, I've disappeard for a while but I wouldn't forget to review this you know! :-) So, to begin with, I'm really curious where this is going, you've picked up so many topics and themes that can be developed, it makes the whole story very intersting! I'm beginning to really like Meg, not that I wasn't fond of her earlier, but she is closer now. I know her hopes, troubles and fears. What I find particuarly intersting is her relationship with Christine. They appear to be deeply connected and great frineds, and Meg really knows all about Christine, but not vice versa. Though Christine doesn't notice this so it seems, especially when she implied that Meg was childlike. I liked Meg's reactions to her story though, the way she behaves, shows that she is much more of an adult than Christine. And I too understand her feeling less pretty that her fiend, sort of living in the shadows of Christine, always being referred to as "Christine's friend". Wonder what will happen to the mask... I'm too hoping we will see the opera house being rebuilt, and maybe moments of Christine and Raoul as husband and wife. Anyway, I feel a bit bad about Mame Giry sending Meg away, it really seems that she likes Christine more..well, probably not, but it can make feel Meg bad too... I wonder what she has to say to Christine though! Anyway, I am happy with the Meg you created, she is very much like the way I would have imagined her to be. My favourite part of the update was definitely Meg's recall of Erik on stage in Don Juan, very-very-very well written! I'm still maintaning the opinion that it was not easy to read, since yo switch between thoughts and memories and actions all the time. It makes the story good, not to mention the language too, but definitely not the easiest piece! :-) I hope you will update soon, and thank you for such a long chapter!

Meg said slowly, “So…you’re saying…that I need to kiss the Phantom of the Opera?”

And preferably soon. I like the concept, but I want to hear more from Erik. Also, is this entirely ALW based or has some Leroux? Just wondering.
BTW-Thank you for not going so incredibly fast w/ this though. I've read phics where Erik and Meg are at like bunny rabbits..*shudder*
E/M forever!

Just in response to your email (as I could not return it to the address displayed):

I must say, that is a very interesting mind set! I will admit--I read some of your other fanfic, because I was so impressed by your writing. There are several places that I just want to note, and highlight, and you have no idea how much I wish it would end as E/C. I want to love E/M, I really do, because there are so many wonderful writers out there who prefer it. But I just can't, and I've stopped trying, because every time I try to read one I can never finish. It actually makes my gut hurt, and I can't explain why. It's like (in a metaphorical way only) the writer and singer in me is as in love with Christine as Erik was and could never fall out of love with her. In an interview, Shumacher said that he wanted to portray Christine and the Phantom as "deeply in love." Actually, when I first saw the movie, I was convinced to the very end that Christine was in love with him but feared him more and had to make the right decision. I actually thought she was returning to him instead of just giving him the ring. It didn't occur to me until I found message boards and the like that some people felt that she never loved him, and couldn't. LOL I think I was just blinded by the heart-wrenching tragedy and romance of the tale. I still stick to it, however--I think she made the wrong choice, but for the right reason. Anyway, please do send it to me! If I ever get up the courage to read an E/M, yours will be the first, trust me. I actually read a great deal of it, until I got to the part where Christine was "radiant" at the thought of her wedding to Raoul, and then I just wanted to cry and had to stop. I don't know why Phantom has effected me so much, but it has, and it's like, embedded in me. Anyway, another note: how interesting that you would parallel WebberMeg to LerouxChristine! I have never even considered it, and now that I think about it, they even look the same. I actually wasn't fond of the book...Raoul cried more than Erik and Christine put together, and Christine didn't seem to have the strength I saw in the movie (believe it or not!). I did like LerouxErik though--he was so tormented, so dark, and his redemption by Christine was incredible. But the parallel's you've drawn between W*Meg and L*Christine...wow. They even look alike. I already said that. Oops. It actually calms my spirit at the thought of E/M, in a strange, supernatural way. As if she is Erik's Christine in some unexplainable fashion. What is an "old soul," anyway?

Ah, I see. She is one of my favourites as well, actually. I was honestly not expecting a fic where "Meg and Erik see eachother and fall into one another’s arms passionately and say, 'Screw Christine and screw Raoul and screw maman. We’re in love!'" Those tend to get rather tedious. One much prefers a phic with substance over mindless fluffy drabble any day.

I like it...It's rare to find a phic that focuses so much on Meg's character, even in this pairing. I look forward to updates!

Ek! You have to update it soon, or the suspense will kill me! ::dies:: Oh look what you did!^^ I can't wait to find out if he comes for her, will he? I mean, he needs the mask after all.^^ It was a very good chapter, and I love the way you write your visuals. You use the simplest of words to bring forth very vivid images. Like when you described Meg as she walked up to the full-length mirror, or when you described Madame Giry's hair that was falling out. Very good! Keep up the good work.

Linwe

Ah, what a beautifully proofread chapter, no? Ok, I'll stop.^^ You know I loved this and I can't wait to read the next chapter! ::hugs::

Your P.S.S.(Psychic Soul Sister^^),

Linwe Ringeril

I can't wait to find what turn this story will take.

And I imagine he does come back for the mask. Maybe, who knows? I'll wait and find out ^_^. Keep Going!!

Wow, this is REALLY good. I love the way you tell the story, making Meg such a feeling character. In the movie, you never know how she feels as she finds the empty lair and the mask, and you write her terror and anxiety with all the perfect realism I think it should have. Beautiful, beautiful. Remember, write more quickly!

(Oh, and in regards to my story -- what are you, psychic or something? The next scene I have planned is a set-up scene between Meg and Buquet. *suspicious glare* You haven't been reading my mind, have you?)

Anyway, keep up the stupendous work! (Is that even how you spell stupendous? I'm not sure.) But anyway, can't wait to read more!!

I hope I'll be the first one to review this! My favourite feature was the way you brought the whole Opera House with present and past into two small rooms. And I love how you describe Christine and Meg's friendship by showing Meg's concerns about her kidnapped childhood friend, and Christine's happiness upon Meg entering the room. I'm also glad that Madame Giry is still worried about Erik. And so she hasn't told Meg about the origin of the Phantom then? I imagined it would be so, but still...I wonder what will happen 'tomorrow' when all people get up...Especially if Erik would show up claiming his mask...Besides the themes, your writing style is also very special, you use beautiful imagery. My favourite was the description of the firemen putting out the fire. Anyway, I do hope you update soon! How about tomorrow?

Wow, this is really awesome. I really love your writing style, and your brave Meg. I love how your Meg can hate the Phantom for what he's done to her friend, but at the same time she has the instinct that he's more than a monster, that maybe he's just a pitiable man in love. My Meg's like that. But your story's off to an awesome start. Keep it going!!