A Rose By Any Other Name
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Last published Sun, Mar 29, 2026
-A Forbidden Love story between a Phantom and a Chorus Girl-
Erika Destler, the Phantom of the Opera. Everyone assumes that the Phantom is a man. Surely someone with that reputation and strength has to be a man, right? Wrong. A woman was the Phantom of the Opera Populaire. Many refuse to admit it, but the Phantom of the Opera is talented. The way she has remained unseen astounds all, the chorus girls have heard the haunting sounds of her organ down bellow the opera house and they admit she's good, so why is she so hated?...
Christine Daae, a chorus girl with an enchanting voice. When her father died, he promised her an angel of music. But what happens when the angel isn't an angel after all, but a woman who hides in the shadows and behind mirrors?
Will they find love, or will it all end in flames? Is the phantom truly as menacing everyone makes her seem to be, or is she a mere artist? Are the rumors about her appearance true, and do they stop her from being talented...
After all, a rose by any other name is just as sweet, right?
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(This will be loosely based off both the movie, and the stage version of the musical -with bits and pieces of inspiration from the book too- also please keep in note all of these characters belong to Gaston Leroux and their changes to ALW)
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