The vampire is targeting politics and trying to ensure himself a good pool of victims; the pharaoh is punishing the descendants of those who desecrated other mummies. That gives a really wide class of people who will need to be protected or warned.
Put Christine Daee in one or both of those categories and suddenly the Phantom has an interest - an intense interest.
To make life more fun and avoid the Woman as Plot Token, Christine /knows/ she's in one or both categories, and takes matters into her own hands, dragging the Phantom into it whether he wants to or no. He can stage warnings to her and whoever else is in her scope, he can get in the way of the villains and distract them with devices and stagecraft - but ultimately, I think the victory ought to belong to Christine.
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Date: 2017-11-30 10:04 pm (UTC)The vampire is targeting politics and trying to ensure himself a good pool of victims; the pharaoh is punishing the descendants of those who desecrated other mummies. That gives a really wide class of people who will need to be protected or warned.
Put Christine Daee in one or both of those categories and suddenly the Phantom has an interest - an intense interest.
To make life more fun and avoid the Woman as Plot Token, Christine /knows/ she's in one or both categories, and takes matters into her own hands, dragging the Phantom into it whether he wants to or no. He can stage warnings to her and whoever else is in her scope, he can get in the way of the villains and distract them with devices and stagecraft - but ultimately, I think the victory ought to belong to Christine.