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[skygiants]

Okay, I swear after this I will get Phantom of the Opera OUT OF MY MIND and not post about it again for a while. But while I'm on the topic of Phantom fanfiction, I kind of want to compile a list of stories that are just Phantom of the Opera: IN SPACE.

I mean, I don't know if there are any that are actually in space. But here, some other examples:

V for Vendetta: Phantom of the Opera WITH REVOLUTION
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: as I have discussed before, Phantom of the Opera IN A SUBMARINE
Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark: Phantom of the Opera WITH TOO MANY LEGS

I know there are more that I can't think of right now. Brainstorm with me, flist!

(And yes, all right, Phantom of the Opera is just basically Beauty and the Beast: IN THE OPERA, JUST DECONSTRUCTED ENOUGH SO THAT THE STALKER MONSTER DOESN'T GET THE GIRL, BUT NOT DECONSTRUCTED ENOUGH THAT THE FANDOM DOESN'T STILL ROOT FOR HIM. So I guess my criteria for something being Phantom of the Opera IN SPACE or whatever is:

a. there is some kidnapping/Stockholm Syndrome action
b. the monstrous love interest/kidnapper/etc. and the ingenue have some kind of SHARED INTEREST. For example, ocean science! Or being arachnids!
c. the monstrous love interest ends up sad and alone and probably dead

But I am willing to hear arguments for things that lack some of these criteria!)

Comments

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

The one that springs to mind is "Requiem for Methuselah."

[skygiants]

Not familiar with that one - what's it about?

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

Old guy lives alone on a planet with a woman named Rayna, his "ward"; the Trio come across them, meddle around, Rayna (intrigued by the idea of other people) falls for Kirk and vice versa, old guy won't let them leave, eventually Rayna is revealed as an android and dies, Kirk leaves distraught, and old guy is left all alone.

It's not just Phantom of the Planet, but it does have those elements.

[skygiants]

Hah! That may be more Phantom 2, which has both tragically dead women and automotons!

[marfisa.livejournal.com]

That plot sounds pretty similar to the old movie "Forbidden Planet" to me, except in that I'm pretty sure the girl survives and lives happily ever after with the spaceship captain. I think her father dies, though. So "Forbidden Planet" might actually be closer to Phantom of the Opera in Space (with Robbie the Robot), although the standard comparison is to Shakespeare's "The Tempest."

[skygiants]

No reason it can't be both!