I like your story too, Allison. I've really only seen the Phantom of the Opera once, and then as a musical performance in London, but I do recognize parts of the lyrics from the musical in your story:
‘Fly once again with me, in our strange duet. My powers draw you close to me, and grow stronger yet. And though you turn from me, to glance behind, the Phantom of the Planet is there, inside your mind.’
‘Some who have seen your face, draw back in fear,’
Well, it's not exactly like the lyrics in the musical, but close enough!
And this, too:
“My spirit and your words, in one combined…”
“Your spirit and my words, in one combined…”
“The Phantom of the Planet is there, inside your mind.”
“The Phantom of the Planet is there, inside my mind.”
I like it! I want to sing along, actually!
I may finally have given up on the Superman comics, but I kept reading them for at least twenty years. In the nineties, there were the so called Elseworlds stories, which were very romantic for a while. The best one was where Kal-El was adopted by the Waynes of Gotham City and grew up to become Batman (and then he fell in love with Lois, of course - now that was a good love story
). And there was another one where Kal-El was Tarzan, more or less, and again he fell in love with Lois, of course. I really liked these "alternative takes" on Superman. So why shouldn't Superman be the Phantom of the Opera? I think it's a great idea!
I'm curious, of course. Is "Superman" disfigured here, just like the Phantom of the Opera is disfigured? How long has he been hanging around the Daily Planet, and why? How long has he been watching and guiding Lois, and why? He apparently brought her to his Fortress of Solitude in the Arctic(?), because it is
the place of words’ sweet throne
Hmmm! I wonder what part the Fortress will play in this story.
I'm curious what is going to happen, that's for sure. And I really like the romantic 19th century feeling of this, too.
Ann
