TBUGoth's Church of The Phantom of the Opera Membership Requirements

Location: POTO social media sites.

Mission Statement: To make Phans with better Phandom.

Who is our God?
Gaston Leroux is God.

Bible:
Gaston Leroux's Original Novel Illustrated by Andre Castaigne,

Praying to Leroux:
whenever you pray use this prayer:

Our Phantom who art in Paris
Erik be thy name
Thy Opera come, Don Juan be done
With Christine as star, as it should be
Give us this day our daily aria
And forgive us our punjabbing, as we have punjabbed in your name
And lead us not toward The Phantom Reviewer but deliver us from ______
For thine is Box 5, the mask, and candle, forever and ever
Amen

The blank is for the one version YOU hate most. here is my version:
Our Phantom who art in Paris
Erik be thy name
Thy Opera come, Don Juan be done
With Christine as star, as it should be
Give us this day our daily aria
And forgive us our punjabbing, as we have punjabbed in your name
And lead us not toward The Phantom Reviewer but deliver us from Phantom of the Mall
For thine is Box 5, the mask, and candle, forever and ever
Amen

Hymns

Music of the Night

This Version:
Nighttime sharpens, heightens each sensation
Darkness wakes and stirs imagination
Silently the senses abandon their defenses
Helpless to resist the notes i write
For I compose the music of the night
(music)

Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendour
Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender
Hearing is believing
Music is deceiving
Hard as lightning, soft as candle light
Dare you trust the music of the night..
Close your eyes for your eyes will only tell the truth
And the truth isn't what you want to see
In the dark it is easy to pretend..
That the truth is what it ought to be...

Softly, deftly, music shall caress you
Hear it, feel it, secretly possess you
Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind
In this darkness which you know you cannot fight
The darkness of the music of the night


Close your eyes start a journey through a strange, new world
Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before
Close your eyes and let music set you free
Only then can you belong to me


Floating, falling, sweet intoxication
Touch me, trust me, savour each sensation
Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in
To the power of the music that I write
The power of the music of the night


You alone can make my song take flight
Help me make the music of the night

Wandering Child...

The Beauty Underneath

Love Never Dies

Something Out There

Perfect Music, Perfect Love

Home

You Are Music

Without Your Music

Erik's Position:
Angel of Music. Also Erik is your Guardian and can avenge any wrong. Ask by singing Angel of Music in YOUR Prayer position then ask for what you want. Sometimes Erik won't be able to give it to you. If he does, most likely, it will take a LONG time. And if the Angel of Music gives you musical abilities DON'T BRAG ABOUT THEM OR YOU WILL BE REINCARNATED AS A TOAD IN YOUR NEXT LIFE. IF YOU TRY TO UP-STAGE SOMeONE YOU WILL BE REINCARNATED AS A RAT.

Christine's Position:
Christ

Meg's Position:
Judas. Meg kidnaps Gustave, Christine's and The Phantom's son, and almost drowns him. When Christine, the Phantom, and Madme Giry arrive to save Gustave, Meg, saying she feels unwanted points a gun at her head, But when the Phantom tells her the most obvious thing that she will never be like Christine, instead of just admiring her friend, because of the latter fact or shooting and killing herself, because of the latter fact, she shoots and kills Christine! This sounds like premeditated murder.

Raoul's Position
As a Catholic himself he says it's ok to hold on to any other Religion you have, AND be pat of this church.

Phantom Reviewer's Position:
Devil, because he's a Leroux/ Lloyd Webber Loyalist ONLY. that means he judges every version of POTO based on these two.

Heaven:
YOUR favorite version of The Phantom of the Opera

Hell:
Erik"s Torture Chamber

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Position:
He is a priest, and the most powerful. because ALMOST everybody listens to him. He has influenced Phan Phiction. The 2004 movie is of his musical. YOU SHALL TREAT The 2004 MOVIE AS YOU WOULD TREAT HIS MUSICAL LIKE IT OR HATE IT. "Love Never Dies" is a Sequel to HIS musical. If YOU think of it as a sequel to Leroux (I do) that's fine, just be advised that other Phans might not share your views. In other words, don't force other people to share your views.

Susan Kay's Position:
None

Her novel "Phantom"
This is the most widely accepted Phan Phiction, I know of. For some Phans this is part of our bible, that's fine. BUT. IT IS NOT THE WORD OF OUR GOD. Don't force it as part of our Bible because others might not share your views.

Frederick Forsyth's Position
None

His Novel "The Phantom of Manhattan"
Like it or hate it it's Phan Phiction. IT IS NOT THE WORD OF OUR GOD. It's ok to hate it OR like it (I do) I don't care.

The Dario Argento Version Position:
Like it or hate it I don't care.
I've seen worse, it's called "The Phantom of the mall EriC's Revenge" the only aspects it keeps are the love triangle, and the fact that the Phantom is deformed and kills people.

On Other Phan Phiction and Versions:
YOU WILL NOT CARE IF THE PHANTOM IS DEFORMED OR NOT. INSTEAD YOU WILL PAY ATTENTION TO THE SCRIPT OF EACH VERSION. YOU JUDGE EACH VERSION WITHOUT COMPARING IT TO ANY OTHERS. THEY ARE NOT THE WORD OF OUR GOD. You may accept any version as part of your Bible, but don't force it on others as part of our Bible on others.

Phantom VS. Raoul Debate Position:
This is the ONLY place where you use literary analysis. USING IT ANYWHERE ELSE DOES NOT HELP YOUR PHANDOM, THEREFORE YOU WILL NOT USE IT ANYWHERE ELSE. If you want Christine to be with Erik accept Phan Piction where she is as part of your Bible. OTHERWISE SHE CHOOSES RAOUL.

Position on Considering Yourself Erik's Significant Other:
He's in love with Christine, NOT WITH YOU. SAME WITH RAOUL.

Our Commandments:

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy Erik and ask of it "Who's Erik?"

Remember to keep holy the original novel
(this is where the literary analysis thing comes in)

Thou shalt not bear false witness against Erik by saying any of the other versions are "more accurate" than the original novel. (this is where the literary analysis thing comes in)

Thou shalt not call Christine a weakling
(this is where the literary analysis thing comes in)

Thou shalt not forget that Erik had quite a few good reasons to kill.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's Phantom collection if they haven't read Leroux.

Thou shalt not hate more than One version of POTO
(Because one version is all that fits in the prayer)

Thou shalt not pass judgement on the basis of others, but judge versions for themselves.

Thou shalt know the story of "Love Never Dies" and apply it's lessons to one's life.

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