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• All The Sadness of the World by WistfulWhimsy

  Fandoms: Carry On | Simon Snow Series - Rainbow Rowell  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  01 Feb 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Simon Snow/Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch
  • Simon Snow
  • Tyrannus Basilton "Baz" Pitch
  • The Mage (Simon Snow)
  • Niall (Simon Snow)
  • Gareth (Simon Snow)
  • Agatha Wellbelove
  • Penelope Bunce
  • Rhys (Simon Snow)
  • Vera (Simon Snow)
  • Phantom of the Opera AU
  • Phantom of the Opera retelling
  • Angst
  • Soft Boys
  • Angels the both of them
  • That is a reference yeah...
  • speaking of which
  • Copious Theater References
  • third person
  • Dual POV
  • Singing
  • Lyrics written by me
  • sorry in advance
  • Time Period: 1800s London
  • This Opera House did not exist
  • For reasons that will later be explained
  • We Wish though
  • internalized ableism
  • Period-Typical Ableism
  • and also Present-day Ableism let's be honest
  • Going to try not to make Rhys the token wheelchair character
  • He deserves to be the main character
  • Soon Rhys Soon
  • In another fic he will finally get his time to shine
  • Sorry Gareth but you were the best one to fulfill this role
  • Many elements of Phantom are genderbent
  • But none of the actual CO characters are if that makes sense
  • Fix-It
  • As in I am fixing the ableism as much as I can
  • Don't fret my friends Miri is here to dismantle narrative bias
  • Or try
  • Though the title sounds bleak I do intend this to be generally happy
  • Normal AU
  • Or Is It?
  • Trauma
  • grief and mourning
  • Pining
  • Yeah it's poto and Carry On of COURSE there is pining
  • Disabled Baz Pitch
  • disabled character written by disabled author
  • Unrequited Love
  • Or is it? (again)
  • Slow Burn
  • the slowest of burns
  • Miscommunication
  • murder mystery?
  • Very tropey honestly very dramatic
  • Hopefully there's one person who will enjoy this
  • But it is also very self-indulgent
  • sooo
  • also no beta we die like men
  • Author is blind
  • Just as a fun fact
  • Some very brief cameos of side ships but not enough to be tagged
  • No previous knowledge of Phantom required
  • Honestly it may be more fun to read it without having previous knowledge!
  • Or maybe not you tell me
  • But for my Phantom fans
  • Fan-toms if you know what I mean
  • I have left little gifts sprinkled in for you

  Summary

  Catacombs and masquerades, sculpted angels and broken wings—among all this and more, Baz Pitch and Simon Snow find their way. But can they escape the hatred sewn into the theater's foundations and find something new breaking through the cracks?

  (Yes. Yes they can. Thankfully, though, there is more to the story.)

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  30,288

  Chapters:

  25/25

  Comments:

  59

  Kudos:

  24

  Bookmarks:

  7

  Hits:

  751