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Content Warning

Since this story covers a lot of the villainization of those society hasn't always treated well, especially differently abled individuals, some topics may be triggering.
This story is serialized and still being written. Some themes, topics, or historical contexts may be added to this list as the story develops.

General Information

Content Labels

(I) Implied — referenced but not described
(D) Discussed — talked about in dialogue or letters
(E) Explicit — directly depicted on page or in audio
(P) Phantom — events from Gaston Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera that are important to the story but are not re-lived or reenacted

Disability & Marginalization

  • Ableism - (E)

  • Vision loss - (D)

  • Blind Seer and Disabled Monster/Villain tropes - (D)

 

Abuse & Manipulation

  • Childhood abuse - (I)

    • Emotional - (I)

    • Physical - (I)

  • Gaslighting - (E)

  • Manipulation - (E)

 

Mental Health

  • Bullying (online and in person) - (D)

  • Depression - (D)

  • Apparent Suicide - (D)

    •  Referenced off-screen, including a historical character’s supposed death related to 19th-century homophobia. This is non-graphic: no methods are depicted, and no note text or evidence is shown. This is later revealed to be a faked death

 

Bigotry & Discrimination

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  • Racism

  • Historical and Modern Xenophobia (D)

  • Historical Homophobia - (D, some E)

  • Historical and Modern Islamophobia - (D)

  • Historical Anti-Semitism - (D)

    • See Historical and Institutional Harm

 

Violence & Threat

  • Animal Death (D) 

    • Erik discusses a pet he had in the past passing due to old age. 

  • Claustrophobia - (E)

  • General violence - (E, D, I, P)

  • Kidnapping - (D, P)

  • Physical assault - (E, P)

  • Murder - (D, P) 

  • Stalking - (E, D, P)

    • Christine is heavily stalked during the events of the original novel by Erik and, in my opinion, Raoul as well. 

    • Sarah’s experience with Erik watching over her has some comparisons to Christine’s. She does, however, shut him down relatively quickly and Erik has grown since the events of the original novel.

    • See Sexual Misconduct

 

Sexual Misconduct

  • Sexual harassment - (D)

  • Sexual assault (largely implied rather than depicted) - (I)

    • Sarah will mention a past stalker from high school. It’s implied that the stalker tried to corner her at one point, but she was unharmed.

 

Historical & Institutional Harm

  • History of freak shows - (D)

  • History of asylums - (D)

  • Historical Treatmenet of Performers/Ballerinas - (D)

  • WWII/Nazi Occupation of France - (D)

    • During the second world war, France was invaded by the Nazis and the Palais Garnier was taken as a propaganda hub to promote the Third Reich. Hitler himself visited. Members of the Palais Garnier were suspected collaborators. As such, Erik will be revealed to have witnessed these events, been rightfully upset by them, and have used the tunnels to help hide those harmed by the Nazi Regime.This was a horrible time and history and while it will be discussed, no character will ever support it. 

 

Other (Non-Triggering, But Still a Warning)

  • The ALW musical Love Never Dies. (Lord above, Andrew, why did you do this?)

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