History Fanfic / ThePhantomOfWinslow

* IKnewIt: Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom readers engaged in a lot of WildMassGuessing as to the Phantom's identity, the most common speculation being Taylor [[spoiler: which was confirmed in Interlude Middle C]].

-->'''[=Brocktonite03=]''': It’s hard to believe that [[ForegoneConclusion it’s been a year since the accident that]] [[TonightSomeoneDies claimed the life of our very own]] [[DeathByAdaptation XxVoid_CowboyxX]]. I know that Void’s reputation on here wasn’t the greatest, but please be respectful of him as his family and friends do read PHO too. For a rundown of the Winslow Theater Incident, please refer to Bagrat’s post here giving a rundown of what happened. With that said, there are still a lot of unanswered questions about this accident, who knows, maybe this thread can help answer some of them.
-->'''[=GstringGirl=]''': RIP Greg. It’s been a year and it still hurts, losing him like that. P.S. I’ve seen the leaked video. There’s no way that what happened to him was an accident. Phantom doesn’t want to know what’ll happen to him/her if I ever find them.
-->'''White Fairy''': I was in the audience that night, it’s not something that I like thinking about to be honest. Hindsight is 20/20 and all but if the drama club was getting threats like people have come forward about, they should have just cancelled the show outright. P.S. I’m with [=GstringGirl=], that was no accident.
-->'''Bagrat''': Again, there’s no proof that Phantom, if they exist, is any kind of Parahuman. The only known incidents involving Phantom are from a disembodied voice, in a theater. You don’t exactly need to be a tinker to hijack a sound system in a theater.
-->'''Char''': Bagrat, please don’t hijack this thread with another “Is Phantom a cape?” derail. She’s very real, I’ve met her, even seen her unmasked. I still have nightmares about that.
-->'''Lady_EB''': @Char Oh that’s rich coming from you of all people.
--> -The [[EstablishingSeriesMoment opening dialogue on PHO]].

* IKnewIt: SpaceBattles readers engaged in a lot of WildMassGuessing as to the Phantom's identity, the most common speculation being Taylor [[spoiler: which was confirmed in Interlude Middle C]].

-->'''Brocktonite03''': It’s hard to believe that [[ForegoneConclusion it’s been a year since the accident that]] [[TonightSomeoneDies claimed the life of our very own]] [[DeathByAdaptation XxVoid_CowboyxX]]. I know that Void’s reputation on here wasn’t the greatest, but please be respectful of him as his family and friends do read PHO too. For a rundown of the Winslow Theater Incident, please refer to Bagrat’s post here giving a rundown of what happened. With that said, there are still a lot of unanswered questions about this accident, who knows, maybe this thread can help answer some of them.
-->'''GstringGirl''': RIP Greg. It’s been a year and it still hurts, losing him like that. P.S. I’ve seen the leaked video. There’s no way that what happened to him was an accident. Phantom doesn’t want to know what’ll happen to him/her if I ever find them.
-->'''White Fairy''': I was in the audience that night, it’s not something that I like thinking about to be honest. Hindsight is 20/20 and all but if the drama club was getting threats like people have come forward about, they should have just cancelled the show outright. P.S. I’m with GstringGirl, that was no accident.

''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/the-phantom-of-winslow.897542/ The Phantom of Winslow]]'' is a crossover between ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' and ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' by InstantSunrise.

The fic starts InMediasRes on PHO, [[WhamLine a thread begun in May of 2012 revealing that]] [[DeathByAdaptation Greg Veder was killed]] [[ForegoneConclusion in a high-profile accident involving a chandelier]].

The fic then rewinds back to the year before and begins to show the events leading up to the disaster.

* AdaptationalUgliness: As this fic's version of The Phantom, [[spoiler: Taylor Hebert was the last person to be disfigured by Jack Slash before his death and, as Panacea hadn't Triggered yet, she wears a mask]].

* AnachronicOrder: The opening chapter is a PHO thread in 2012, then the fic rewinds to 2011 and features a ''lot'' of flashbacks.

** [[spoiler: Taylor Hebert]] is this fic's version of the Phantom; in a bit of a DecompositeCharacter situation, her canon bug control and leadership of a Villain gang is given to [[spoiler: her mother, Annette Hebert]].
* DeathByAdaptation: Greg's is the very first thing the fic reveals.

* DramaticIrony: Interlude three reveals [[spoiler: Taylor is still waiting for Annette to come home,]] but Interlude 2 showed that [[spoiler: Annette thinks Taylor is dead and has Bonesaw and Panacea as ReplacementGoldfish]].

* HauntedHouse: Interlude Three reveals [[spoiler: the Hebert house is this, with rumors of it being Jack Slash's final resting place and with Taylor and Sophia loitering around it]]. Although not directly mentioned as such, [[spoiler: the coal chute Sophia phases through]] is a dead giveaway as to which house it is.
* IKnewIt: SpaceBattles readers engaged in a lot of WildMassGuessing as to the Phantom's identity, the most common speculation being Taylor [[spoiler: which was confirmed in Interlude 3]].

** An anonymous town in Interlude 2, when the Slaughterhouse Nine roll in.
* OutOfGenreExperience: Interlude 2 follows [[spoiler: Annette Hebert as leader of the Slaughterhouse Nine, which she has reformed into a surrogate family, with Riley and Amy as her two surrogate daughters]]. It reads like a group of HeroicComedicSociopath sitcom protagonists on a road trip- [[spoiler: Annette stops to get Riley and Amy some ice cream while Shatterbird breaks all the glass in town!]]

* WhamEpisode: Chapter 7- the death of Greg Veder, built up to from the first lines of the fic, finally happens.
** Interlude 2: [[spoiler: Annette Triggered with QA bug control, took over the Slaughterhouse Nine in a KlingonPromotion, and now has Bonesaw and Panacea as ReplacementGoldfish]].
** Interlude 3: [[spoiler: Taylor is confirmed as the Phantom, and Sophia is established as this fic's Expy of The Persian]].
* WhamLine: The very first thing the fic describes is that it's been a year since Greg Veder died in an incident in Winslow.
** At the end of Interlude 2, revealing exactly ''who'' is controlling the Slaughterhouse Nine: "[[spoiler: ANNETTE HEBERT]]! WE HAVE YOU SURROUNDED! COME OUT WITH YOUR HANDS UP!"
** Interlude 3, and who exactly greets Sophia in the basement of the abandoned house: "[[spoiler: I'm Tayl- I mean, I'm Erika]]".

** [[spoiler: Taylor de facto confirms she's the expy of the Phantom by having changed her name to Erica]].

** Interlude 3, and who exactly greets Sophia in the basement of the abandoned house: "[[spoiler: I'm Tayl- I mean, I'm Erica]]".

* AtTheOperaTonight: Winslow having an ornate auditorium is hand-waved by the infamous inner-city school- one that a ''lot'' of ''Worm'' fanfics will depict as not being up to safety regulations- having been built around the existing structure of an abandoned opera house.

* {{FallingChandellierOfDoom}}: What kills Greg- or was he hanged from it when it was pulled back up?

** When Greg is ''finally'' killed by the {{FallingChandellierOfDoom}} in Chapter 7.

* FallingChandellierOfDoom: What kills Greg- or was he hanged from it when it was pulled back up?

** When Greg is ''finally'' killed by the FallingChandellierOfDoom in Chapter 7.

* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler: Taylor de facto confirms she's the expy of the Phantom by having changed her name to Erica]].

* Haunted House: Interlude Three reveals [[spoiler: the Hebert house is this, with rumors of it being Jack Slash's final resting place and with Taylor and Sophia loitering around it]].

The fic starts InMediasRes on PHO, [[WhamLine: a thread begun in May of 2012 revealing that]] [[DeathByAdaptation Greg Veder was killed]] [[ForegoneConclusion in a high-profile accident involving a chandelier]].

The fic starts InMediasRes on PHO, [[WhamLine: a thread begun on May 1, 2012, revealing that]] [[DeathByAdaptation Greg Veder was killed]] [[ForegoneConclusion in a high-profile accident involving a chandelier]].