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LND Liveblog

I decided to introduce my friend (who only recently watched POTO for the first time) to Love Never Dies. Here are the best bits of her reaction:

Beneath a Moonless Sky:

• “Ma’am, you literally f***** this man you need to stop fainting the moment he enters the room”
• “She bang him with the mask on?”
• “I know he’s got self-confidence issues but”
• “Yeah if you don’t listen to the lyrics this is wonderful”
• “This doesn’t make any sense”
• *confused eyebrows*
• [‘A woman and a man, no more and yet no less’] “What does that even mean?”
• “It’s such a good song. If you listened to this in a foreign language it’d be beautiful.”
• *incoherent wheezing*
• “They’re both being so dramatic right now.”
• “I still can’t believe this guy finally got the thing he’s been dreaming about for years and then he literally just LEFT?”
• “He’s definitely just digging his thumb into her boob right now.”
• “She’s really pretty though. They both are.” (and yes my friend is bi)

Devil Take the Hindmost:

• [Erik pops up from behind the bar] *incoherent wheezing*
• “Why the f-?”
• “He’s definitely into, like, degrading people” (about the phantom)
• “This man definitely acts like a dominant but he would probably fold” (again about the phantom)
• “This is so gay- what?”
• “There’s no need for them to be this close to each other.”
• “They even fit the stereotype for gay couples with the tall dark one and the smaller blonde one… and their girl boss wife.”
• [The phantom chokes Raoul] *snorts*
• “He’s not even really trying to get out of this man’s grip right now” (about Raoul)

Beauty Underneath (as requested):

• “It’s very dramatic”
• “Why is he grabbing him like that?”
• “Is this dude [Gustave] not like concerned at all that this guy…? I don’t know”
• “This guy [Erik] just comes in and is like ‘look at all this strange sh*t’ and the kid is just like ‘cool!’”
• [Demon skeleton horse thing appears] “Hello?”
• “Who are these people?”
• Friend: “Does he own a circus?” Me: “Yes?”
• “That mirror thing is kinda resembling the torture chamber, no?”
• “What is the finger-?” *sound of disgust* “No not the fingernails”
• “At least this is a healthier outlet than torturing people.”
• “Did [Erik] dress his son up in this little suit or is the kid already as extra as his dad?”
• “It’s a mermaid! Not in water. Probably dying.”
• [Gustave screams upon seeing Erik’s face] “It was a good scream- it was a little rude, but uh. This dude [Gustave] seriously went around like ‘oh yeah I like all this scary sh*t’ then screams in his face… like???”

Til I Hear You Sing:

• “So dramatic”
• “Sad boi”
• “Does he have a portrait of her?” *wheezing*“She looks like Mary- this looks like a religious posing. Did he paint this?”
• “He’s like a dramatic golden retriever boy that also has a lot of trauma.”
• [Excellent note by Ben Lewis] “Ooh that was good”
• “He’s a really good singer”
• “He really is like so dramatic but this is all his doing, he literally could’ve had a happily ever after with this woman but he was like ‘oh I’m so ashamed I slept with her’”
• *wheezing*
• “Very dramatic hand gestures here to finish”

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